Ordinance No. 947ORDINANCE NO. 947
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF
CHAPTER 29, TAXICABS, BY AMENDING SECTION 29 -50
THEREOF, PROVIDING INCREASES IN FARES CHARGED BY
TAXICABS OPERATED IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; PROVI-
DING FOR A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED
($200.00) DOLLARS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSIS-
TENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter
29, Taxicabs, by the amendment of Section 29 -50 thereof,
which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 29 -50. Fares.
The City Council shall have the right
to change or establish the rates and
fares to be charged by taxicabs in the
city at any time it deems necessary by
ordinance. Until otherwise changed by
the City Council the following taxicab
rates and fares shall be effective in
the City:
(1) The rate or fare for one or
more passengers picked up from
the same point and delivered
to a common destination shall be
seventy cents ($.70) for the
first one (1) mile, and ten cents
($.10) for each additional one -
fourth (1/4) mile.
(2) Waiting time consumed by the taxi-
cab at the instance of the passen-
ger shall be at the rate of five
dollars ($5.00) per hour. Waiting
time shall be registered on the
taxicab's meter with the selector
lever in the time position.
No taxicab shall be operated any time with
a passenger unless the meter is correctly
operating and showing the rates that are
being charged. If at any time the taximeter
stops or fails to operate or is operating
incorrectly it shall be the duty of the ope-
rator of the taxicab to immediately take the taxicab
to its terminal and not operate it until
the meter has been fixed and adjusted.
It shall be the duty of the operator of
each taxicab to have the taximeter inspected
at the same time the car is inspected by
the city to see that same is in good working
order and free of mechanical defects. The
city shall have the right to inspect the
taximeter at any time it so desires.
Section 2: Except as herein amended, all of the
terms and provisions of said Chapter 29, are hereby con-
tinued in full force and effect any any person violating
any of the terms of said Chapter 29 shall be subject to
the penalties provided in the Code of Ordinances.
Section 3: Penalty Clause: Any person who vio-
lates any provision or provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars, and each violation shall constitute a separate
offense.
Section 4: Savings Clause: If any provision,
section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to
any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be
held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordi-
nance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Re ealin Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such re-
peal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in
all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of
other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this ordinance.
Section 6: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after ten (10) days after its passage
by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
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give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Baytown at least twice within ten days after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown. v-d < ��
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City 4ftorney
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