Ordinance No. 10,140Published in Baytown Sun on
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 and
ORDINANCE NO. 10, 140 Thursday, September 15, 2005
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 102 "VEHICLES FOR HIRE" ARTICLE II "TAXICABS,"
DIVISION 3 "OPERATING REGULATIONS," SECTION 102 -109 "FARES,"
SUBSECTION (A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED TAXICAB FARES;
CONTANING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100
DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 2: That Chapter 102 "Vehicles for Hire," Article II "Taxicabs," Division 3
"Operating Regulations," Section 102 -109 "Fares," Subsection (a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 102. VEHICLES FOR HIRE
ARTICLE 1I. TAXICABS
DIVISION 3. OPERATING REGULATIONS
Sec. 102 -109. Fares.
(a) All fares charged by a taxicab must be posted within the vehicle in a conspicuous
place, visible to all passengers. Waiting time shall be posted as "waiting
time /traffic delays." Failure to post the fares as required in this section shall be a
violation of this section. The city council shall, by ordinance, 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. Fares may be charged on a lump -sum basis per trip for
governmental programs if specifically approved by ordinance. Until otherwise
changed by the city council, the following taxicab rates and fares shall be
effective as the maximum rates and fares 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 no
more than $2.00 for the first one -fifth of a mile and $0.40 for
each one -fifth of a mile thereafter;
(2) Waiting time consumed by the taxicab at the instance of the
passengers or due to traffic delays shall not exceed $20.00 per
hour. Waiting time shall be registered on the taxicab's meter with
the selector lever in the time position;
(3) If two or more passengers are going to the same destination, the
driver shall collect only one fare as recorded on the taximeter. If
49 the passengers are going to different destinations, the driver shall
clear his meter at the first destination and charge the first
® passenger the amount recorded on the taximeter and proceed to
the next destination as though it were a completely new trip.
Other destinations shall be treated likewise.
Section 2: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding FIVE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00). Each act of violation and each day upon which any
such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the penalty prescribed above,
the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative
adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 3: 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: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of the ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances, shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not effect 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: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by the
City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to 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 (10)
days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of Baytown,
this the 8" day of September, 2005.
CALVIN MUNDINGER, Nlbyo
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1-VIN KNh4,',F, Interim COY Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, Sr., Ci orney
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