Ordinance No. 1,181ORDINANCE NO. 1181
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, SO AS TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION AS
PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, AND TO SUBMIT IN ITS PLACE THE PROVISIONS OF
A NEW SECTION SETTING OUT THE RATES AND FARES TO BE CHARGED BY TAX-
ICABS IN THE CITY AND PROVIDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CHANGE OR ESTABLISH NEW RATES AND FARES AT ANY TIME IF DEEMS
NECESSARY; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section l: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas,
is hereby amended by amending Chapter 29, Taxicabs, by repealing Section 29 -50
thereof, and the same shall cease to have force and effect from and after the
effective date of this ordinance.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances herein is hereby amended by
adding thereto, a new Section 29 -50, Fares, in Chapter 29, Taxicabs, 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 Sixty -five ($ .65) cents initial fare and Ten ($ .10)
cents for each two - tenths (2/10) mile.
(2) Waiting time consumed by the taxicab at the instance of the
passenger 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 operator 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 tax-
imeter 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 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided,
however, that such repeal 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 4: Savings Clause: If any provision, exception, section,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstance 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 ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from
and after ten (10) days from its adoption by the City Council. The City Clerk
is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordi-
nance 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, on this /, -day of 1M 1972.
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
a
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED: A
EL' RICHWSON, City Attorney
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