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ORDINANCE NO. 5147
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 29 -1 OF CHAPTER 29, "TAXICABS,"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; REPEALING INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 29 -1 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by changing the
definition of Taxicab and by adding a definition for Limousine,
such amendment to read as follows:
Sec. 29 -1. Definitions.
Taxicab. Every automobile or self - propelled
vehicle used for transportation of a passenger for hire
over the public streets of the City of Baytown,
irrespective of whether or not the operations extend
beyond the city limits, at rates for distance traveled,
wait time, or for both, or at rates per hour, whereby
such vehicle is routed to a destination under the
direction of the passenger or person hiring the same.
However, the term "taxicab" shall not apply to vehicles
or motor buses operating over a fixed or definite route
under permit, franchise, or license issued by the City
or other regulatory authority, nor to school buses
(either private or public), church buses, authorized
emergency vehicles, limousines, or vehicles hired in
connection with funeral service, nor to any vehicle for
hire whose route originates outside of the City and
passes through the City without discharge or pickup of
a passenger or whose route is terminated within the
City without picking up a passenger.
Limousine. Any automobile or self - propelled
vehicle used for transportation of a passenger for hire
over a public street of the City of Baytown, whereby
the rate for hire of such vehicle is based solely upon
the time the vehicle is used, with a minimum time being
charged of at least two hours, and the vehicle is
routed to a destination under the direction of the
passenger or person hiring the same.
Section 2: 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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.
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Section 3: If any provisions, 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 ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 22nd day of
November, 1988.
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EMMETT • HUTTO, Mayor
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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RANDALL B. STRONG, ' y Attorney
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