Ordinance No. 7,635960222 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 7635
® AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 "TAXICABS," ARTICLE III
"OPERATING REGULATIONS," SECTION 29 -52 "FARES," SUBSECTION
(a)(1) and (a)(2) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; -CITY OF - BAYTOWN,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 29 "Taxicabs," Article III "Operating Regulations," Section 29 -52
"Fares," Subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III. OPERATING REGULATIONS.
Sec. 29-52. Fares.
(a) 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 of fare for one or more passengers picked up from the same point and
delivered to a common destination shall be one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) initial
fare and thirty cents ($0.30) for each one -fifth (1/5) mile.
(2) Waiting time consumed by the taxicab at the instance of the passengers shall be at
the rate of fourteen dollars ($14.00) per hour. Waiting time shall be registered on the
taxicab's meter with the selector lever in the time position.
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are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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.
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.
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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 February, 1996.
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PETE C. ALFA O, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SO, City Attorney
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