HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07.14.1947 - Granting Permits for Buses and TaxicabsAN ORDINANCE ON THE CITY OF 3MGETO1W, TEXAS, PROVID-TIM FOR TR.E •
GRA-TTIidG OI+' P`" °::ITS FOR `-'::I OPERATION WITIMT Su ID CITY, OF PUBLIC
Gx,TgZy.j $N T E OF TIM CLASSBS T1,0M AS BUSES- AITD TAXICABS, AIM REG-
U`LATIPTG TIM OP IATIOIT OF SUCH COiTVyy'YANCES s' AND PROVIDIi;G A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATI072T OF THIS ORD!NAME, AND DE'LARIiTG All M.:ERGE`TCY.
BE 1T ORDA DTED BY Tim CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETO 4�iT TEAS : ,
ils `
Section li That a bus, within the meaning of this ordinance, is a public
abnveyance, operating principally within this Oity, th::it carries pass-
engers for hire, and that hasa regularly fixed schedule and route.
That a taxicab, Jithin the Me`;n ing of this ordinance, is a public
co4vey:�e, operating principally diithin this City , and c .crying
�'passenJers for hire; Tom. thout having .any regular schedule of trips or
route.
Secti_,n 2: That the City Council of the said City shell , at such
times vs to it shell,seem ;proper, examine into all matters, pertaining
to the convenience and necessity of the public, and aw to the Character,
of vehicles conveying passengers for hire, within said City, and shall
fix, and determije the number of buses and the Hama.;_ of taxi Icabs that
permits
sh.-::uld be granted/to operate in the said City. Th:. t, until changed
by the City 6ouncil, the number of buses that may be granted permits,
is hereby fixed at two ; and*the number of taxicabx that may be granted
permits is hereby fixed at five.
Section 3. Tha_, from &ad after the taking a=°feot of this ordinance,
ffy person desiring to operate any bus or any taxicab, shall, in writing,
mare application to the City Council of the said City for a permit to
operate any such . vehiels. That such application shall state the name
or names of the owner or owners of the vehicle for which gpplication is
made; and shall atate the name of the person who i-s to opera'v a or drive
the same . and shall state the size , capacity and make and model of
al
the donueyahce to be used; and shall state the amount of the, fe6 orxZk
@barges proposed to be charged each passenger; and shall state.'the
location or headcuarters of such bus or taxicab, That when such app-
lication is so presented to the City Council, it shall have the power,
and it is its duty to, at any regular or any special session, of the
City Council, examine into gll matters pertaining to such application,
and to d, termine whetherp or not such application shapuld be granted.
�That if it shall be found that such application sYiould'be granted, it
c
shall order arn�i°eth City Secretary of said Cy Issue to say..
applicant-Oermit to operate vehicle; when such applicant small
I
eve pad in to Gity Treas=y the sum of Sixty Dollars
..
ight to oplzate such vehiele on the public streets of said City.
4 That 1pon the payment of said Sixty Dollars ( i°60.00)
granting of the said qwrmit, the vehicle for wAch same has been
_, ved may opeatatf ' on the streets of the said City for a period of
one year from the date of such permit, unless the same be sooner ca11
::;elied by tha City Council, under provisions hersof. . `'shot it is esti—
mated that the said fee of Sixty :Collars ( 30. _-0) so raid, is less
than two -,percent ( 20 ) of the ;dross e_ rMys for a year, realized
flora the operation of such vehicle • That id, at the end of one year,
it be m.,ade to appear to the City Council that th-. said Sixty Dollars
( 450.00) so paid, is more than trio percent (2Q) of the gross earnings
of such
vehicle, then
a rebate may be made
to
said
applicant, in
an
amount
�, . e �
sufficient �O
j within a
bring the SU_1 i�hin
the
�
s:�1.C�
, ,
t-„O percent (,.,;�)
? cq •
&action 5. Is ca further condition for the granting of the permit
herein mentioned, the applicant shall flake and deliver to the said
City oxxxxtj a good and solvent security bond to be 4pDroved by the
City jounc it of the said City, in the sure of wive, Thousand Dollars
( 5000.00) which said bond shall be payable to the Layor of the said
City, and conditioned that the maker thereof shall pay all demages
occasioned in any .,fanner by the negli en#tA or ixongful operation
of such vehicle. Provided , that in lieu of such bond, the applicant
for permit may tender to the City jouncil , for its Wroval, a Dolicy
of -insurance in sops good solvent insurance can',pany, insuring such
automobile for the length of time it is to operate under such per_lit,
against public liability and property da.Eage in the sum of not less than
-five `thousand Dollars (; 5000.00) and if the City Cou oil find th at the
said policy is in ull thin s sufficient, no bond shall be reLuired.
S03ti= 6. That in the rn tt.iag OR :applications, the City Council
shall have the poser and it shall be its duty to see that fees to be
charged by the operator of any vehicle, to pwssen;e;rs, shall be reas-
onable -and e ;.ual and uniform; and shall conform, as nearly as is prac-
b eing
ticable, to fees/charged q;d received by other vehicles in said City
performing si vilar services; and that the fees proposed to be charged as
set out in all 4pplic'_tions for permit, shall be in conformity with the
fees allowed to be charged by the City Council; and when suc> permit
has been granted, no highsA: fees than those stated in o Ach application
shall be charged or collected consent of the City Council.
r
_tion . That the City Council shall have the power, and it shall
be its duty to cancel any IDeimit that has been °;ranted, 7ahen it shall
come to its knowledge that the holdrer of such permit has violated the
terms and conditions of this ordinance. And it shell have the power, and
it is made its duty to cancel any such permit, when it shall come to its
knowledge that the vehicle being used in the transportation of Dassen-
k;ers is not of the kind and character stated in the application, or
has ceased to be a safe vehicle for such use; or. that thedriver
of such vehicle -is not a �ua.lified licensed chauffeur; or that he is not
of rood to opera to habits, or that he is in any runner not a suitable
person to operate such vehicle.
section Be Tkiat before refusing and. ?)crsnit where proper tZh�plication
h<,s been I'LLLILde3 and before cancelling any ,?vriait that has beenraanted,
she City Council shall give to the person or -persons interested therein,
notice that such application is under consideration; or that tr.6
cancellation of such permit is under consideration, and the date and
t .. e of such hearings, , giving -to the person or persons at interest, a.
full opportunity to be heard thereon.
section 9.b That. from and after the taking e_'feat of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate , or cause �o
be driven or ope-ated, -sithin this City, any bus without having and
holding a permit Ito operate same; and any person violating this pro-
vision hereof shall be fined in any. amount not exceeding One Hundred
Dollars W 100.00)
S._.;tion Tha t from and after the taping effect of this ordinance
it sh 11 be unlawful for any person to drive or opge.ate within this �
City, or cause -to be driven or oa, rated, :it?zin this City , any ta- -i-
cab , tiyithout having .end holding a permit to o;berate file s<.;uej and that
ng this provision of this section hereof shall be
y person violati
in any. SUM not exceeding One Hundred Dollars 100.00) .
_ _tion_ That from "nd :4fter the taking effect of this ordin nce, it
shall be unlawful for 441jy ;person to convey passengers for hire, frm one
place to another within this City, in any charac er of vehicle other than
in a regularly licensed bud or in a regular�y'licensed taxicab, and that
any person violating this section of this ordinance shall on conviction
be fined in any amount not -to exceed One Hundred Dollars ( 100.00}•
Section 12. That from and "fter t1ae ev'fect of t Iiis ordi n"Mce
it sh:;ll bo unlawful for any -person to knoti,rin�ly violL.te an,Tr of the
provisions of this ordinance; and that any person knowingly violating
any of the provisionQ_ of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be
fined in uny sum not less than One Hundred Dollars (4 100.00 ) .
Section 13. That if any clause, section, or words of this ordinance
be decreed to be invalid for any reason, it sh_ ll not affect the validity
of any other portion hereof; and that all portions hereof, other than
such as may be decreed_ to be invalid, -shall be and remain in full force
and effect.
Section 14. That this ordinance shall supersede and repeal all ord-
inances and parts of ordinances heretofore passed, r gulating the issu-
ance of permits for the op. ration of buses and taxicabs; ivad that all
permits issued under any such ordinances -are he:°eby rendered void and
inoperative. That from :nd afte'r the effective date hereof, each oi-ner
or ope-ator of a bus or t`kxicab, 1,Trishing to operate same as such, shall,
before operating same, procure the permijt herein required; End shall
each year thereafter procure a like permit .
Section 13. That the fact thE..t there is no ordinance of this City that
makes adeuuate provision for the regulation of buses and taxicabs, creates
an emergency, and Makes it necessary that the rules rewiring that
ordinances be read at three separate meetings before passage, be sus-
pended; and the seine ,`;.re hereby sus;0ended, and this ordinance is here
and now passed, and is ordered to take effect 30 days after its passage.
Passed, -:end approved this the
.Attest:
A,&h day od Tult, .A.D. 1947.
or City City D�' Ze g toy n, ^ex, s
ecretary - City of aeorget own., -'exas
c�0 0