HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 69-86ORDINANCE NO. 44 _,R6
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY AMEND-
ING SECTION 35-13, PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN
TAXICAB -RATES AND FARES; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
1.
That Section 35-13 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 35-13. Rates and fares - Amounts,
Regulations.
(a) Authority to fix. 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 resolution.
(b) Schedule. Until otherwise changed by the
City Countil, the following taxicab rates
and fares shall be effective in the city:
(1) The rate or fare for one passenger
shall be fifty cents for the first
one-fourth mile or fraction thereof,
and ten cents for each one-sixth
mile thereafter, or fraction thereof,
traveled by him.
(2) For each one minute of waiting time
consumed by the taxicub at the instance
of the passenger, the rate shall be
ten cents.
(3) Whenever a taxicab is engaged on an
hourly basis, whether for one or more
passengers, the fare shall be six
dollars for each and every hour. For
each quarter hour in excess of each
completed hour the rate shall be com-
pleted hour the rate shall be $1.50
for each quarter hour the taxicab is
so engaged.
(c) Posting. There shall be posted, in a con-
spicuous place in a frame with a trans-
parent cover, on the inside of each taxicab,
a card showing the rates herein prescribed;
such card shall be posted in'a place easily
discovered and read by any passenger riding
in such taxicab.
2.
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, -clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a par-
ticular,set of persons or circumstances should for any.reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect
the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
4.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this Z� _ day of December,
1969.
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