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AN ORDIEANCE''f,�
REGULATING AND LICENSING TAXICABS, CHAUFFEURS OF
TAXICABS AND TAXICAB STANDS; PROVIDING FOR REVOCA-
TION OF LICENSES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS: PROVID-
ING FOR PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES OR
DEPOSIT OF CASH OR SECURITIES; PROVIDING LICENSE
FENS; CREATING THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF TAXICABS
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND PRESCRIBING HIS
DUTIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND THE METHOD OF
PROSECUTING INDIVIDUALS AND OTHERS FOR VIOLATING
THI8 ORDINANCE; ENACTING THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS
INCIDENT TO THE OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE
WHETHER MENTIONED IN DETAIL IN THE CAPTION OR NOT;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI. TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
Definitions.
(a) The term "city" or "said oity" as used in this ordinance
shall mean the City of Corpus Christi. Texas.
(b) The term "street' or "streets' as used in this ordinance
shall mean and include any street, alley. avenue, boulevard, drive or
highway commonly used for the purpose of public travel within the in-
corporated limits of the City of Corpus Christi.
(o) The term "taxicab" as used in this ordinance shall mean
every automobile or motor- propelled vehicle used for the transportation
of passengers for hire over the public streets of the City of Corpus
Christi, and not over a defined or fixed route, and irrespective of
whether or not the operations extend beyond the oity limits of said
city, at rates for distance traveled, or for wait -time, or for both,
or at rates per hour. per day, per week or per month, and such vehicle
is routed under the direotidh of such passenger or passengers or euoh person
or persons hiring the same. The term "taxicab " does not include Driverless
Taxicabs and does not incIpde vehicles operated exclusively Hader any apegial
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franchise or franchises carrying passengers to and/or from amy municipal
airport of the City of Corpus Christi to any point within the City or
through any part of the City of Corpus Christi to any point within the
City or through any per of the City, but the provision relating to
drivers and city obauffeurs lioeasea shall apply to all vehicles operated
under epeoial franohise as well as other vehicles included herein, when
driver is furnishede
(d) The term "person" shall include both singular and
plural, and shall mean and embrace any individual, firm, corporation,
association, partnership or society, and where criminal prosecution
may lie the officers of any oorporation shall mointly and severally
be subject to prosecution as being included within the term "person."
(e) The term "erase or "cruising" as used in this ordinance
shall mean the movereat of unoccupied taxicabs over the publio streets
of the City of Corpus Christi in search of or soliciting prospective
passengers for hire= except however, unoccupied taxicabs proceeding
to sneer a telephone oall for taxicab service from an intending
passenger, and taxioabe returning by the most direct route after
- having disoharged a passenger or passengers, to the garage whore such
taxicab is housed or to the unoccupied stand nearest to the place of
discharge of the passenger or passengers, eball not be oonsidered to be
cruising.
(f) The term "owner" when used in this ordinance shall be
construed to mean any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership
or society who has the control, direction, maintenance and the benefit of
the oolleotion of revenue derived from the operation of taxicabs on
or over the streets or public ways of the City of Corpus Christi, whether
as owner or otherwise except "driver" as hereinafter defined.
(g) The term "driver" or "obauffeur" as used in this ordinance
shall be held to include every person in actual charge of the operation
of a taxicab, as herein defined, whether as owner or agent, servant
or employee of the "owner" as herein defined.
(h) The term "taximeter", as used in this ordinanoe shall
mean a machine adapted automatfoally to calculate, at a predetermined
rate or ratan, and to register the charge for hire of a taxicab and such
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charges shall be indicated by means of figures.
(i) The term "waiting time" as used in this ordinance
shall mean such time as may be consumed or lost at the special
instance and request of a passenger after such passenger has first
entered the taxicab to make a trip and before reaching his final
destination; and no charge shall be made against a passenger for
any time lost on account of any other delay whatsoever.
SECTION 2. Inspection of Taxicabs.
(a) That said taxicabs shall be under the supervision
of an officer to be known as "Inspector of Taxicabs' of the City of
Corpus Christi, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and who shall
receive mach salary and compensation as the City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi may provide. Provided that the City Council may
impose such other duties on such officer, if already in the employ
of the City as they see fit. The Inspeotor of Taxicabs shall have
such assistants as the City Council may designate.
SECTION 3. Duties of Inspector of Taxicabs.
(a) It shall be the duty of said Inspector of Taxicabs to
receive from owners, all applications for permits to operate taxicabs,
and to receive applications for chauffeur's license, conduct hearings
thereon, from time to time inspect the operations of taxicabs within
the incorporated limits of the City of Corpus Christi, and such other
duties as maybe required of him in connection with said taxicab
business.
(b) It shall be the duty of the inspector of Taxicabs to
inspect every license 9 taxicab which is or maybe licensed under the
provisions of this ordinance at least once every three months for the
purpose of determining whether said vehicle is in a safe condition
to be operated as a taxicabs and to such inspection the said owner
of suoh vehicle shall submit said vehicle to said Inspector of Tax.
cabs for inspection at the time and place specified by said Inspector.
If said Inspector of Taxicabs finds it to be in a sere condition, he
shall paste a paper seal of a type and design adopted by the said
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Inspector of Taxicabs' on some portion of said vehicle stating
the data said vehicle was inspected, and that said vehicle was
approved by said Inspector. No taxicab shall be operated in the
City of Corpus Christi without the approval seal of the Inspector
of Taxicabs dated not more than four (J) months past. being attached
thereto. If said Inspector of Taxicabs finds that -said taxicab is
in a defective ccndition, and is unsafe to be used as a taxicab.
he shall order said vehicle not to be used as a taxicab until said
defect or defects so discovered shall be remedied. After the owner of
said vehicle has remedied said defect or defects he shall again offer
the same for inspection, and if said Inspector of Taxicabs shall
find said vehicle to be safe for public use, he shall approve the
same as hereinbe£ ore provided. If said vehicle is still in a def-
ective condition, he shall order the same to be not used until_ the
same passes the inspection of said Ir.spect.;r. No afi?itional ea for
said inspection shall be charged. No te_iieab found to be unsafe by
the Inspector of Taxicabs shall be operated over the streets of the
City of Corpus Christi. Nothing herein, however, shall prevent said
Inspeotor of Taxicabs from inspecting any taxicab at any reasonable
time that he sees fit, and he is expressly given power so to do, and
upon finding such taxicab to be in a defective condition, he shall
order its use as a taxicab discontinued until the same has been approved
by him.
(c) fheuld the Inspector of Taxicabs find any taxicab in
a defective condition, and order its use as a taxicab discon tinued,
the oator cf suoh taxicab shall have the right to eapeal to the City
Council of the City of Coraua Christi within ten (10) days from the
date of said finding and order, and said appeal shall be perfected by
letter addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi stating that en appoa'- from the ruling and order
of the Inspector of Taxicabs is desired to be made to the City Council
as a whole. If.an appeal fray said decision of the Inspector of Taxicabs
is perfected as herein provided, the said decision of the Inspector of
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--es scam ae praotiueble.thereaYtsra-.hall hoar,sgdh.appea4 and eha1l„ ..
- wither, evataiii. �end3xy, or aeveras.the deoiaipa op ths- .Ineieootor,of
T owbar aad'1444k fgrtlR}it�i yer� ey dta,ilae'ision fa: Le Inepoalor eY
Tsziagba, sud:63 khs ostr OY egoh Caiciooh foi ebearessoe. iflao
appeal is taceli „fi i t s eaid deoinioa o€ the,lbepaotor of Taxioabai. n
the time an provided herein, - he-'gaid- diefe$gn. of the Iaepooto; o
Paieioaba abal);be finale;-
(d) Phe Iuepegtor of PezioUbe suspend ar revoke -41ty
Chaurfenre'lfeen nens hereinaftsr.4e4vid9de
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;b eiiea5 pe nnisadtiii fqr Pawn -to drivo ax ope or
tb oauee to be' driven ar oparateilr' as taaioab po11 ur over say 'street ',
thnrodghfare- is tho City of, Corpus chit unless the
'cat- Lor or
operator thereof bee first eeoured a i}an hies ao to op*rate from
tbo tb' op Corpus nhriati.
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(4)' It 'ahal ba imlawYu7� -Por aqy peraoa to -drive or to
opeiate or to cause -to be driven nr`.a tad
•.:pare hny taaiaeb ,upon ,or ever”
aqY .tret l.fi t1i4 Citq of Corpus Ghi'3,ap.1 tn9lesa thefe has beau 4h'„tai�ed';'
Yar sydh +aycieab• agd a:isttng in r+�3 PorQS sate, ate a; lt,eense 51p1Y- -. •
issued li the Ter 8asesaor.and Collector es hereioeYtsr provided.
- (b) No iibenee to opera#a,'tazioaDs shah be:. issued by the
Ter *mentor andl3ollecteg''bf' the oitiY 9Y Carp•4a Chriatl tmtii•tic
lnepeotor nP xatioeba of the,CSty tjorp2e iht�ati ehafl apter it
hearing duly had, dao7.aro byoertifitsate_t`hat, the pubrlc conveatonae .
si!d'uegeeeity, reguiro the proposed tasioab service for soh appZicat_ion
for�liconae ie mRdet provided hobeyor that'eiuih deolaration•ot put
oort'ien3' anon and aeo$eaity, rjM11 not be 'Laoe64erY i:1 the ,following,
1) For _tbe Iioansing oP the:eeihe,.number et' tanieabs lieenaed_ -,-
ter,-,oparaticR, ptd opbretod by brie6pp2•ioeue under the, eo
on the at of the passage of this Ordinance, or the renewal
of the same nunber of licensee annually thereafter provided
such licenses as have become invalid for non -user, as hereinafter
provided shall not be renewed.
2) 2or the renewal of licensee to the e.pplioent for the
number of texioabs for which said Inspector of Temioabs shall have
at any time prior to the application for suoh renewal made a des
olaration of publio convenience and neoeesityj provided, however,
eaid taxicabs shall have been duly licensed and operated by said
applicant during the year next prior to that for which said renewal
is sought, and such 1loenee has not become invalid for non -user.
(o) In determining whether publio oonvenience and necessity
require the licensing of such taxicabs for which application may be
made, the Inspector of Taxicabs shall take into consideration whether
the demands for public convenience and necessity require such proposed
or such additional taxicab service within the City of Corpus Christi; the
financial responsibility of the applicant; the cumber, kind, type and
ownership of equipment, and the ogler salaams to be used by the applicant;
the increased traffic congestion on the streets of the City of Corpus
Christi which may result and whether the safe use of tho public streets
of the City by the publio, both vehioular and pedestrian, will be unduly
endangered by the granting of such additional license; and such other
relevant facts as the City Council of the City of Corpus Chriot1 may deem
advisable or necessary which may throw light on the publio wooeasity
and convenience.
(d) Any applicant for a taxicab license under the provisions
of this Section abseil make proper applioation therefor on blanks to
be furnished by the Inspector of Taxicabs and immediately upon filing
of such application the Inspeotor of Taaioobs aha11 cause a notice to
be published in the official newspaper of the City of Corpus Christi
the cost of publioation of which said notice shall be advanced in
full by applicant, and said notice shall state that application hoe
been filed for a tasioab license, setting forth the name of the
applicant, kind of equipment, and the ownership of same, and all other
pertinent data set forth in said application which the City Counoil of
the City of Corpus_ Cbriati may deem necessary and said publication shall
constitute a notice to all holders of the existing taxicab licensee
that a public hearing will be held by the Inspector of Taxicabs at a
public place in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, to be designated
by the said Inspector of Taxicabs in said notice, and at a designated
time given in said notice, said designated time shall not be less
than five deye (5) nor more than fifteen days (15) after the date of
the first publication of said notice; and said notice shall be published
for three (3) successive days. All holders of taxicab licenses, or any
other citizen, shall thereupon be entitled tc file any complaints or pre ■
tests that said party may see fit. In all such hearings the burden of
proof shall to upon the applicant to establish by clear, cogent and
convincing evidence that the public conveniences and necessity require
such operation of the vehicle or vehicles for which such application
has been made•
(e) If the Inspector of Taxicabs finds Iron his in*eetieatisn
and hearing that the public convenience and necessity justify the op-
eration cf the vehicle or vehicles for which said license is desired,
he shall notify the applicant of his finding and within five (5) days
thereafter the applicant shall furnish to the Inspector of Taxicabs
any and all relevant informatics which may be required by the City
Council of the City of Corpus Christi; and if the inscocter of Taxi-
cabs then finds that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle or
vehicles for which license is desired, he shall require of such appli-
pant a policy of insurance, e bond or other security as hereinafter
prcvidod; and if he shall further find that such polio;; of insurance,
or other security has been filed or deposited and approved as hereim+
after provided for, and such vehicle or vehicles comply with and the
epebiesnt has complied with ell relevant ordinance: of the '= ity of
Corpus Christi, and all of the rules and regulations established
to more effectively terry out the purpose and intent cf this Crdin-
since, he shall issue his written certificate to the City Tax Collector
certifying that the public convenience and necessity require the oper-
ation of said taxicab or taxicabs or any less number thereof which the
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applicant desires and proposes to operate, and that said applicant is
entitled to have said vehicle or vehicles licensed as taxicabs upon
complying with all other provisions of this ordinance, and the con-
ditions and provisions of the franchise granted said applicant and
the payment of the license and inspection fee hereinafter provided.
(f) If the Inspector of Taxicabs finds from such investiga-
tion and hearing that the public convenience and necessity do not ,jus-
tify the operation of the vehicle or vehicles for which license is
desired, he shall forthwith notify the applicant of such finding.
(g) After the Inspector of Taxicabs has made his finding and
has declared the same, either the applicant for said license or the
opponent or opponents of said applicant shall have the right to
appeal to the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi within ten
(10) days from the date of such finding, and said appeal shall he
perfected by a letter addressed to the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Corpus Christi stating that an appeal from the decision
of the Inspector of Taxicabs is desired to the City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi as a whole. The City Council as soon as practicable
after receiving said notice of appeal from the finings of the Inspector
of Taxicabs, shall grant the said appellant or appellants a hearing, and
after the hearing of said appeal, shall modify, sustain or reverse the
findings made by the Inspector of Taxicabs, and s',r.11 forthvitL certify
its decision to the Inspector of Taxicabs and to the applicant far ob-
servance. If no appeal is taken from the finding made by the inspector
of Taxicabs within the time provided herein, the decision of the Inspector
of Taxicabs shall be final.
(h) Every vehicle taxicab license not actually represented
by a vehicle having qualifications sufficient to pass the inspection
of the Inspector of Taxicabs for any period of Ninety (90) consecutive
days shall automatically expire unless on or before the expiration of
said ninety day period the owner of any such license shall file his
affidavit with the Inspector of Taxicabs stating as the truth that such
license has a vehicle actually represented but that such vehicle cannot
be operated or placed in a condition to meet the qualifications of an
inspection by the Inspector of Taxicabs because of the inability to
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obtain for placing on such vehicle some material, part or equipment
because of unavailability or regulation of supply by some governmental
order upon the tiling of a sufficient affidavit then such license shall
remain in force for a period of ninety (90) days commencing with the date
et filing of such affidavit. Further extension of said period may be
obtained by filing further affidvvit as in the first instance. For
the purposes of determining the amount of liability insurance or deposit
of cash or securities in lieu thereof, all licenses not actually surrendered
for cancellation shall be taken into account.
(i) Upon complaint against a licensee filed by any person with
the inspector of Taxicbbs, or upon his own notion charging violation of
any of tha terms of this ordinance or any ordinance of the City of Corpus
Christi, or laws of the State of Texan regulating motor vehicles, the
inspector of Taxicabs, after giving five days notice of the ground of
said complaint to such licensee against whom complaint is made, may hear
evidenoe with reference to such complaint, and after such hearing the
Inspector of Taxioabs may revoke or suspend the license of such owner
for good cause shorn.
(j) attar the Inspector of Taxicabs has heard the complaint
for the revocation or suspension of the license of any owner of a taxicab,
he shall make his findings, and deo :lare the cams, and either the owner of
such taxicab or the complairart shall have the right to appeal to the
City Council of the City of Corpus Christi within ten days from dote of
said findings, and said appeal shall be perfected by e letter addressed
to the ldayor and City Council of the City of Correa Christi, stating that
an appeal from the ruling of the Inspector of Taxicabs is desired to
the Pity Council as a whole. If an appeal from the deoiaion of the
inspector of Taxicabs is perfected as herein provided, the said decision
of the Inspector of Taxicabs shall be suspended until passed upon by
tho City Council. Upon race:L ing such appeal the City Council shall
as soon as practicable thereafter, hear such appeal, and shall either
sustain, modify or reverse the decision of the Inspector of Taxicabs
and shall forthwith certify its decision to the Inspector of Tasiea *_s
and to the licensee for observance. if no appeal is taken from the ruling
of the Inspector of Taxicabs in the tine as provided herein the said ruling
of the Inapeotor of Taxicabs shall be final.
SECTION 6. Operator of Taxicabs.
A. to taxicab for which a license and franchise shall have
been granted shall be operated by anyone except the licensee thereof.
or an employee of the licensee.
E. Every person who may drive or operate any taxicab used
in the business of carrying passengers for hire upon the streets of
the City of Corpus Christi, suet be a bonafide citizen of the City
of Corpus Christi. and must hive resided within the City of Corpus
Christi for at least twelve (12) months next preceding the date such
lioense bears, provided that any period during which such person may
have been outside the city because of service in any branch of the
armed services of the United States shall not be taken into account
in calculating the residenoe of such person.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate
any taxicab upon or over any street within the corporate limits of the
City of Corpus Christi, without having first obtained from the Inspector
of Taxioabs of the City of Corpus Christi a City Chauffeur's License, as
hereinafter provided, and unless there has been obtained by the owner of
and for such taxicab a city taxicab lioense duly issued by the Inspector
of Taxicabs of the City of Corpus Christi as hereinafter provided.
D. To obtain a City Chauffeur's license. each person shall make a
written application therefor to the Chief of Police of the City of Corpus
Cbrieti, which said application shall be made upon the form provided
therefor by the officer mentioned and whioh shall contain the following
informations
1. The full name, age and specific address of the applicants
2. The full name of the person or owner for whom the applicant
proposes to be employed.
3. The length of local residence of tins applioant in the City
of Corpus Christi and the State of Texas and if a citizen of
the United Stateee
14 p full personal desoription of the applicant including his
age, height, sire, race. Dolor of eyes, complexion and color of
hair, body and facial marks, defeots, his full finger prints
and his photograph, both front and side view, with hie bat on
and off.
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5. The experience that applicant has had in rendering such
service, and if married or single, and how many children in his
immediate family. and the specific address of his mother and father,
and where born.
6. Whether applicant has been convicted of a felony, and full infor-
mation concerning same; likewise if applicant has a police record
with coavictioa of misdemeanor, and full - information concerning same.
7. "hether applicant has been convicted cf violations of the law
in the operaticn of motor vehicles, and if so, full information
concerning same.
B. The fact that there has been delivered to the Chief of Police
by said applicant, the certificate of a reputable physician of the
City of Corpus Christi that said applicant is not afflicted with
active venereal disease, or any disease or disability which would
seriously impair his ability to drive and operate a taxioab in
a safe manner upon the streets of the City of Corpus Christi.
Further, that such certificate is to indicate specificalli the condition
of the hearing and eye -sight of the applicant.
9. The number and date of issuance of the State Cha-uffeur's license
issued to the applicant.
E. The Chief of Police shall make, or esuse to be made, suoh
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'investigations of the character, experience and qualifications of the
applicant as may be deemed consistent and judicious, and shall determine
whether or not the applicant is fit and proper to drive and operate a
taxicab within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi. in a
manner consistent with the welfare of the citizenry of the City of Corpus
Christi.
Fl"" Further, the applicant's fingerprints must be cleared through
the Federal Bureau of Identification or Investigation at Washington,
D. C. and that of the State Bureau of Identification, at Austin, Texas,
and if such fingerprints are cleared through the bureaus mentioned, and
otherwise, the officer mentioned heroin, if he shall find that the app-
licant is a fiL person and properly qualified to receive a City Chauffeur's
license he shall so certify to the Inspector of Taxicabs, and such
license may be granted.
F. If the Chief of Police has made his decision and declared same
either tie, applicant for said license or any duly qualified citizen
of the City of Corpus Christi shall have the right to appeal to the
City Council of the City of Corpus Christi within ten days, which
appeal shsll'be perfected by delivering in writing, five copies of
same to the City Council, stating that an appeal from the decision of
the Chief of Police is desired. The City Council will then, within a
period of not more than fifteen days. after receiving shah notice of
appeal, grant a hearing thereon, end after the hearing of said appeal
shall within a period of five days sustain or reverse the decision of
the officer herein mentioned. If no appeal is taken from the findings
made by the officer herein mentioned, within the time provided above,
the decision of said officer shall be final; otherwise the decision of
the Sity Council of the City of Corpus Christi shall become final.
G. The Chauffeur's license when issued shall not be transferrable
and same shall be for a period of not to exceed sin (6) months and shall
expire automatically, if not otherwise provided for a lesser period,
six (6) months after date of issuance. 9 fee of 55.00 shall be paid
at the time of first issuance. Renewals subject to sere requirements
may be obtained for like periods of six (6) months. No fee shall be
required at the time of the issuance of the first renewal. Upon each
renewal after the first renewal a fee of $2.50 shall be paid. No re-
newal shall be issued after thirty (30) days after a license has expired.
0. after said applicant's fingerprints have been cleared through
the respective Federal and State Bureaus of identification as herein
mentioned, and he hae complied with all requir- eats of the provisions
of this ordinance and a license has been ordered issued, he shall be
issued at the time of actual issuance of the license in question, two
identification cards] one of which shall be not be than one and three -
fourths (1 3,4) inches by two (2) inches in dimeecion which shell contain
the full view photograph of the applicant, along with his corsets des-
cription, residence address and his fingerprints and classification, and
further, this card shall read "00 TEE p? =is Ct5" "i£ the
description of the driver of this can does not coa£orm to the photograph
hereon, you will please leave the cab and notify the department of police
immediately, giving the number of cab and the operating name of the
concern."
Further, this cord will be posted in full view in the passenger
eompart ant of the taxicab which the applicant may be operating, and
each taxicab in operation within the corporate limits of the City of
Corpus Christi, under the provisions of this ordinance, will be required
to secure from the Police Department a container to receive this card.
which container will be permanently attached to each taxicab and for
whioh a fee of the actual cost will be required by the Police 2epartment.
Further in addition to the card required for the taxicab, a w ailet
or driver's license, in card size, will be issued also, as indicated which
shall contain the photograph, full description, residence address and
fingerprints of the applicant. said card to be carried on the person of
the applicant and presented for identification purposes on demand of any
passenger or police officer of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
I. Amy person driving a taxicab as herein defined, and prior to
the passage and approval of this ordinance, shall have fifteen days
from and after its passage and approval within which to make application
for chauffeur's license as herein provided, and to otherwise comply with
the requirements of this ordinance, and no fines or other penalties shall
be assessed against such person during such period for violation of any
provisions herein contained.
SECTION 7. Transfer of License Prohibited.
No license issued under the terms of this ordinance shall be
transferred to any ether person except with the -,written consent of a
majority of the City Council, nor shall such license be used for the
operation of any vehiole except for the vehiole for which said license
is issued; providing however, a vehicle net having any license may be
substituted for one permanently removed from service by registration of
such substitution with the Inspector of Taxicabs and receipt of his certi-
ficate of inspection as to the vehicle ao substituted.
SECTION E. License Posted.
The license issued for the operation of a taxicab under the terms
of this ordinance shall be feasted within said taxicab in a conspicuous
place, and it shall be a violation of this ordinance for a failure to
do s0.
SECTION 9. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses.
.my City Chauffeur's License may be either euspended or revoked by
inspector of Taxicabs for a violation of any ordinance of the City or any
traffio law of the State of Texas by the holder of said license, and said
license may also be revoked or suspended if the holder of said license is
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negligent or careless in the operation of a motor vehicle. Every suspen-
sion or revocation cf said license shall be in writing and state the ressoe
for such suspension or revocation and be dated. A notice in writing shall
immediately be sent to the holder of such license to the address shorn on
the identificationcard issued at the time of iseuanoe of such licensee
Such cyder of suspension or revocation shall be effective as of the time
of serdieg aueh notice; provided however the person chose license has been
suspended or revoked may within five (5) days alter the sending of such
aotice,.appeal to the City Council for reiru,tatemeat, by a request in
writing for such relief direoted to the Sayer and City Council. :$e City
Council shall give the person so appealing a hearing within seven (7) days
after receipt of such request and upon such hearing, or recess thereof,
shall either sustain cr reverse the order of the Inspector of Taxicabs.
The action of the Gity Council shall be final. If no appeal is taken within
the time end by the method hereby provided, then the order of suspension
or revocation by the Inspector of Taxicabs shall be final.
hii.11 10. License fees and issuance of License lass for Tayio±bs.
of the too -natal, tags issued by the Cite Tax Collector, one shall
be ettteoed on the upper right front of the radiator of said vehicle so
14ecraed, and one on the rear of said vehlole, so that the entire face
of each of such tags can be easily seen from the front and rear of said
vehicle.
SECTION 11. Fees.
In order to defray a part of the expense necessary to provide
surveillance, supervision sad inspection of taxis=_bs, provide license
tags, record books and enforce the erevisioos of this orfinar_ce, a license -
and inspecticn fee of Forty -eight Dollars (440.01) per annum for each
vehicle shall be paid by the person tc whom a license is issued and at
least the first quarter of each fee shall he collected by the Assessor
and Golleetor of taxes at the time of issuance of any license or rene';eel
thereof. Ouch fee nay be paid on a leartee ly basis but shall be _aid in
save-nee fer oach quarter year on or before the date of apiretice c_ tea
exyiriug quarter. If a license is granted duriag e current quarter year
the fee shall be made pro rata for the balance of the c'orrent quarter
o£ too year. All amounts received as fens under the t.rovisiona of
this ordinance shall be deposited and kept in the "General Funds" of
the City and applied to the payment of expenses of the Police and Traffic
Departments.
SECTION 12.
ea Before any license shall oo issued to any owner or operator
sf a taxicab hersiaabovo defined, or before any renewal of said license
shall be graaeted, the owner or operator shall be required to file with
the City Secretary of the City of Coypus Christi, and thereafter keep
in full force and aff=ect a policy of public liability in sompaay duly
authorized to to his:mass in the State of Teoo ;, and barfor_t0tla in
'_?paces County, :nn1ic against :ay loss or ionago
that may result to any person or ^ ooart, from tle opernti m c1 sc;h
vehicle or vehicles; provided the maxims amount of recovery in such
policy of insurance specified shall not, as to each and every vahiols,
be less 'than Five Thousand Dollars 05,0CC.CC) for it ja-1' =
one aaroon and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,QOt.00) in any :..e _- ..:.ant;
and not lost than Five Thousand Dollars (0,000.00J for the injury to
or destruction of property ih oty one aco;.dent.
B. PROVIDED HOW7724 that such :miner of such ta:cioab may in
lieu of the aforesaid policy of liability insurance make a cash deposit
or place as collateral security with the Cite Secretary of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas, united Stata: vo-rerarent bonds, or United
Sates Treasury eerti£ioates or bonds issued by the State of Texas,
County of 1Tucoas, City or Ccr,ua Oho;__-, -r *onds isoasd ' he
Corpus Christi independent School vistrict; and the nootoat of said cash
or securities shall be in the amount according to the nurber of vanities
owned or offered for hire, according to the following scale, to -write
Mere such person, firm, corporation, association, partnership
ar society moos or offers for hire only- one sun^ ^_otor vshiz_a such
sash or securities shall be in the s'uto of Two T'l:ous:L Dollars (i2,003.00j
Mere such person, firm, corporation association, psrthorsnip
or society owns or offers for hire more the:: ono 7_,ct,7. ✓_b.iolo then tbore
shall be addod to the amount of said cash or securities a sum of One Hundred
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Dollars ($100.00) for each and every additional vehicle so owned and
offered for hire.
That upon receipt of such bas._, or securities, is shall be the
duty of the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, to
issue a receipt therefor, a copy of which shall be furnished to she
depositor, and sn,ti.dr to tie Lspostcr of icoloaos, and the Inspector
of 'd_ icabe upon presentation of such. receipt shall notify the Tax
Colleotor of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as provided for in
Section 5, paragraph (e) of this Ordinance.
That said cash and securities deposited with said City Secretary
in lieu of the aforesaid policy of liability insurance, shall stand
and be liable for the amount of reou.ery on each vehicle being operated
by said depositor In amounts of not more than the following sums, t.. -shpt
-.a injury to any one or more persons or the death of any one or
more persons in any one accident Ten Thousand Dollars 013.000.00)
For injury or destruction of property in any one accident
Five Thousand Dollars (15,000.03)
G. The above described public liability insurance, cash and
securities shall be for the pr.:sotion of the rassengero of said vehicles
and for the public. but shall not over personal injuries sustained by
the servants, agents or employees of the persou so filing or depositing
the soma.
D. all policies of public liability insu: s:,.:s shall contain a
provision for a continuing liability thereon up to the full amount thereof,
notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
E. In the event of the return unsatisfied of any excoution issued
on any final judgment, or on any judgment froo which .pp.: °,= :Jay be
taken without bond, rendered against any such person, d'iroi, o,rporetiuc.,
association, partnership or society in ar.y suit for damages on account
of injury to person or property occasioned by the :pe:-tics of any sash
vehicle, such rers..., firm, corporation, association, partnership
or society within ton days after the return of such execution uneatis-
fled, provided said judgment is still unpaid, shall increase tho as:cunn
of their insurance, cash or securities by the amount of such judgment,
and failing to do so shall forthwith cease the operation of motor
vehicles in the City of Corpus Christi until such additional i:suraroe,
cash or securities are deposited or such judgment is paid.
G. In the event that the Inspector of Taxicabs of the City of
Corpus Christi shall at any time determine that any assurance given by
any lioeasee has become impaired so as to afford less protection to the
public than whan originally filed, other than as stipulated and pro-
vided for in the paragraph "F" hereof, or in the event said Inspector
shall determine that any assurance given by any licensee actually affords
loss protection to the public than the minimum requirements of this ordinance
he may require new or additional public liability insurance, cash or
securities so as to bring the protection of said assurance to its original
amount, or to the minimum requirements of this ordinance as the case may
be. Such action may be taken only after a hearing duly had after three
days notice given a licensees and the licensee shall within five (5) days
after receiving wtitten notice of such requirement provide the required
new or additional public liability insurance, cash or securities; failing
which, the license of said licensee ahall automatically tarminatee
Be Should the Inspector of Taxicabs determine that any assurance
given has become impaired and/or requires new or additional insurance,
cash or securities and given notice as provided in paragraph "G" hereof,
the licensee shall have the rliht to appeal to the City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi within five (5) days from the date of said notice
of finding and requirement, and paid appeal shall be perfected by a
latter addressed to the Honorable /layer and City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi stating that an appeal from the finding and require-
ment of the inspector of Taxicabs is desired to the City Council as
a whole. fIf an appeal from said decision of the Inspector of Taxicabs
is perfected as herein provided, the said deoision of the Inspector
of Taxicabs shall be suspended maid/ passed upon by the City Council.
Upon receiving such appeal the City Council, as soon as practicable
thereafter. shall hear such appeal, and shall either sustain, modity,
or reverse the decision of the inspector of Taxicabs and shall forthwith
certify its decision to the Inspector of Taxicabs and to the licensee for
observance./ If no appeal is taken from said decision and requirement of
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the Inspector of Taxicabs in the time provided,ihe said decision
and requirement of the Inspector of Taxicabs shall be final.
I. In the event that any insurer may desire to be released from
any insurance policy it may give written notioe of such desire to the
Inspector of Taxicabs at least tan days before it desire; its liability
re'_sased, and the inspector of Taxicabs shall thereupon give written
notice by personal delivery or by mail to any such licensee, and demand
that said licensee furnish new assurance by the expiration of the ten (10)
day period above provided for, and shall discharge such first insurer
from any liability which shall accrue after the time of approval of such
new policy that said licensee may Tile, or shall discharge such insurer
after the expiration of said ten (10) day. period.
J. And, provided further, in the event any policy be so cancelled
upon the request of the surety or insurer, and no insurance policy, cash
or seourities are filled by said licensee before the cancellation of said
original insurance, then the license to operate taxicab granted to said
licensee shall be automatically revoked.
K. And provided further, that In the event say insurance policy
is cancelled for any reason whatsoever, then, and in that event, written
notice of any and all claims for damages on account of death or injuries
to person or property must be given to the insurer and to the City Secretary
of the City of Corpus Christi within ninety one (91) days alter the data
of such cancellation, and failure to give such notice within said time
shall invalidate any claim or claims against said surety or insurer.
And provided further, that neither said City nor cry offioer
thereof shall be held liable for the pecuniary responsibility er solvency
of any insurer, or in any manner become liable for jay sum on account of
any such claim or act or omission relating to any such motor vehicle,
nor shall the liability of the owner of any such motor vehicle be in any
manner limited or oharded in eonnoc`,ion with this Ordinance or such license
or assurance, but the judgment creditor=_ having cause= of action secured
thereby shall be authorized to sue directly on such policy of insursnce
without impleading the City of Corpus Christi; and all persona 'known to
any insurer to have been injured or damaged in the same accident and
claiming damages thereunder may be parties without priority of olaim
on pay:.xnt in any suit had or instituted on account of such matters,
L. And provided further, that any licensee who elects to oomply
with the terms of this section by depositing cash or securities as are
authorized hereunder, upon the expiration ;,. e ncellation of the liceuss,
cr if such licensee shall cease to do business in accordance with the
terms sand provisions of this Ordinance, may secure the withdrawal of
such cash or securities on decosit after the expiration of three (3)
months from the date of cancellation, expiration or failure to continua
business, upon furnishing the City Council cf the City of Corpus Christi
satisfactory proof to then that the licensee has oozg,lied with all the
terms of this Ordinance, that there are no outstanding claioo against
him which nay result in judgment upon which suits could be filad sub-
sequently by judgment creditors of the licensee against the cash or
securities, andin no event shall such cash or securities be held for
a period of more than two years from the date of expiration, eanoallaticn
or failure of the licensee to continue business, unless there 1, than
pending an urdisias_d cf suit or suits against said licensee.
3t. Upon presentation to the City Secretary of a certified cosy
of the order of any Court of competent jurisdiction directed to the c..i,.
City Secretary, or upon delivery to said City Secretary of a certified
copy of a final judgment against any person, .irr c. ^_orioration haying
on deposit cash or securities as hereinabove provided, together
with such certificates as may be required by said Croy Secretary esta'-
fishing the finality of such judgment, the said City Secretary shall
ray to the parson rarad in such juda ent, Of hi.1 a,s.ol_ee, the aw runt
recovered in said judgment nap `:, eacoe'_ tho e runt on deposit in the
name of said judgment debtor. In the event the deposit, or any part
tnereof, he in securities such securities shall be reduced to cash within
,..,n (.0) days from the date of demand for payment after five (5) days
_,_.ice to the depositor of the intended action, unless the ,i ,ositar shall.
before the expiration of said ter_ (11) days, substitute for said security,
the e.,curt Of e-.On to which sail security car, t e converted. Upon the payment
by the said City Secretary- of all cr any part cf any deposit wader the
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provision hared:, ha shall iaruediateiy- notify tee ircpectr of Taxicabs
of such paymery and said Inseect+.r of Taxicabs sLal1 immediately notify
the licensee in whose name such deposit existed with the deroar_d to
deposit additional cash or securities to replace such payment or payments,
;u:d upon failure of ouch licensee cr licensees sc to deposit shah &d -
; io:,sl ._,;., v., ,,_„pull„ within five 6) days niter su.:;; r.ct if is _titan
by _alu Inspector of Taxicab's, the license of said licensee shall .._
revoked. Notzrt-nstandiny any other provision hereof, notice to the City
Secretary or the inspector of Taxicabs by delivery cf a certified copy
of a. judgment against any licensee, together with supporting certificate
that such judgment has been final for tin (.C) days and unpaid, shall
be grounds for revocation of the lioanse of said licensee named as judg-
asnt debtor and said inspector of Taxicabs shall immediately revoke said
license and give notice of such revocation to said licenses.
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A. After the Inspector of Taxicabs has issued his certificate
to the City Assessor and Collector as ;,raided for in parseroph "e"
ef Cootie,. ci `iris Crdinenee, and bo,.,., c.:�; liteeso, or _ehtirsi of
license to operate a taxicab shall be issued, the Assessor and 0., oetcr
of Taxes sha'l'l ex:Qans the can records and assert__ whether cr t,t the
ad ve;.crnn `axes assessed by the City of Corpus Christi against t.:e tee
Mole rr v___blec an other rexu.pment tote deed in the cusinese cf the
applicant :wave been fully paid. If said ad ti_.cr :- laxss is -e not been
paid, said Assessor and Collector of Taxes shall refuse to issue the `pp-
licant such lioer_se or renewal until all of said ad valorese tales have
been paid. If said ad vslorc_, taxes ..µ,,, Lao. .. o..id roaesscr and
Collector of fou.n shall issue to said sppliWant for license, e license
or renewal thereof for each and every vshiele as shown by t_he oerti ioate
as provided for in Section 5, paragraph "e" of this ordinance filed with
his by tha Inspector of Taxicabs to operate sack vehicle or vehicles
over the streets ,. ties City of Corpus 1r :ti as a L.:xioab, upon finding
that payment has been made by said applicant of the franchise fees
provided for in the greasonise granted applicant. In no event shall a
license certificate cr the tee metal tags be issued without the certificate
of Public, Sonvenis:ca and Necessity having been issues for same, and if
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any license is issued - Without said certificate, said license shall be
vole and cf nu effect.
B. Said license shall state the year for -.which said license
is issued, the name of the awcer or operator of said vehicle. shall
designate that said ,ehicle is a "taxicab" shall state the .:lake of saia
vehicle, the engine numaei of sale , and current license nun:r
of said vehicle and shall state the account of franchise fee: paid for
the operation cf said vehicle and steal further state that the caner
or operator of said vehicle has dopoaited with t:.e City _e lorous Orristi
an insurance policy, cash or securities far the prutecticn of the passengers
thereof and of the general public es provide;: for in this Ordinance and
said license shall be signed by the Assessor and Collector of Tares and
counter- signed by the layer of the City- of Carpus Christi.
SECT.O1i 1:,. It shall be the duty- of ever- owner of every taxi -
oab operated within the City of Corpus Christi to render for ad valorem
taxes to the City of Corpus Christi all vehicles or ether equiprent used
in such buaitess, one a failure to .ender for and to pay suck. ad 'alerec
taxes to the City of Corpus Christi pefore they become .clinquent shall
operate as a revocation cf any lie/ease cr permit authorising the operation
ever the public streets, alleys and ways of the City of Corpuc Christi
of sac suoh taxieats.
SECTION 15. No permit or license cr renewal thereof authorising
the operation of any taxicabs on the streets, alleys and ways of the City
of Corpus Christi shall ever be issued if any delinquent taxes rr Jere due
the City of Corpus Christi upon ony taxica` for which such permit or license
cr reneea1 tnerFof is sought, or if tn, c per thereof has failed to render
sane for ad -valorem taxation.
SECTION 16. Ever; taxicab shall have painted on the door of said
cab the name cf the owner cr the assumed name under w ideh the cw er operates,
together with the company's telephone number and the cab =umber and further
provided that the number of the call-dad the telephone number of the rvter
shall be painted upon the rear of any such vehicle. All of the lettering
mentioned in this paragraph shall not be less than tae and one -half (21/2)
inches in height and not leas than 5 -16 strobe, and such paint that will
weather the elaments and must be kept legible at all tines.
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SECTION 17. Any driver employed to carry passengers to a
definite point shall talon the most direct route possible that will
oarry the passengere safely and expeditiously to their destination.
SECTION 18. A. Every owner or operator of a taxi stand shall
keep accurate records relating to calls received and eervioee performed,
the time of such calls or services, the name of the driver performing
the service or making the service call, the place of such call and the
time of return from euoh call; and every owner or operator shall give
acoeae to any and all reoorda kept to the Inspector of Taxicabs and/or
the Chief of Police or any member of the police force authorized in writing
by the Chief of Police; and any and every refusal to give such records
or turnieh information kept regarding such matters shall be and is hereby
made a misdemeanor.
SECTION 18. B. It shall be unlawful for any perm to refine to
pay the legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this ordinance
after having hired the same, and any person who shall hire any vehicle
herein defined with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is
hired shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any
driver or operator to charge fares in excess of the fares provided in
this ordinance and any driver or operator oharging or collecting any fare
in excess of the fares provided herein or demanding the payment of ecy
fare in exoees of the fares provided herein shall be guilty of a misdem-
eanor.
SECTION 19. Fares to be charged.
A. The rate of fare for one or more persona shall be Thirty
Cents (30X) for the first mile or fraction thereof. and ten cents (10 1)
for each additional one -half mile or fraction thereof.
B. For each two minutes of waiting time, the maxim charge
shall be ten Dents (10¢).
C. Where a taxicab is engaged oaths hour basis for one or
more passengers the madmen fare shall be Three Dollars (83.00) for
each and every hour or fraction thereof, regardless of the number of
passengers.
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Da As many as fin (5) passengers shall be transported for
one fare calculated according to the abovd\defiaed maximmm r atee if
discharged at the sane deetination or it riding se one party: said
fare to be oalculated from the point where the first person of such
party may have boarded said cab to the point where the last person
of said party may be discharged, and for the fare of a party the laet
person to be discharged shall be responsible for the whole of said fare.
In the event more than one party, each ooasisting of one or more paseen-
germ, desire to be parried to more than one destination, then the fare
as to the first party discharged shall .art be not more than the maximum
fare as above set out and the fare of each subsequent party discharged
shall be calculated from the point of discharge of the previously dis-
charged party.
E. It shall be unlawful for any owner operating any taxicab under
the provisions of this ordinance to operate any such taxicab, and it
shall be unlawfal for any person to drive any taxicab as hereinbefora
defined, unless said taxicab is equipped with a taximeter. Said taxi-
meter shell be of a type and design that shall properly and accurately
compute and register on its face the charge for distance traveled by
and the waiting time of said taxicab.
F. The owners of all taxioabe that are now being operated
is the City of Corpus Christi and the owners of all taxicabs which may
hereafter be lioensed, before installing a taximeter shall submit the type
and design of taximeter said person intends to install in said tsxioab
to the Inspector of Taxicabs of the City of Corpus Christi. If said
taximeter is capable of properly and accurately computing and registering
on its face the obarge for the distance traveled by and the waiting time
of saidtaxioab, the Inspector of Taxicabs shall approve said taximeter;
in oase of refusal. the person so refused shall have the right of appeal
to the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi within ten (10) days
from the date of such refusal, and said appeal 'ball be perfected by a
letter addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi, stating that an appeal from the decision of the In-
epeotor of Taxicabs is desired to the City Council as a whole. If an
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appeal from the decision of the Iaapeoor of Taxicabs is perfected as
above provided, the said decision of the Inspector of Taxicabs shall
be suspended until passed upon by the City Council. Upon receiving euoh
appeal, the City Council, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall hear
mach appeal and shall either sustain, modify or reverse the deoision of
the Inspector of Taxicabs, and shall forthwith certify its decision to
the Inapector of Taxicabs and to the licensee for observance. If no ap-
peal is taken from the findings of the Inspector of Taxicabs in the time
as provided herein. the said ruling of the Impactor of Taxicabs shall
be final.
G. No taximeter shall be used on any taxicab the type and design
of which has not been approved by either the inspector of Taxicabs or
the City Counoil of the City of Corpus Christi.
H. The operation of any taxicab with a taximeter which 1s defec-
t ive or each doss not properly and accurately compute and register on
ita faoe the charge for diatanoe traveled or waiting time of a taxicab
shall constitute a violation of this ordinance.
I. all taximeters shall be planed in such position in said
taxicab so that the faoe thereof and the fare numerals may be eaaily
seen and read by a passenger sitting in any part of the taxicab. Every
taximeter used between sunset and ansrise shall have the face thereof
illuminated by a light so arranged as to throw a continuous light there-
on. When a passenger engages and enters a taxicab the flag, signal
or other devioe affixed to such taximeter shall be placed in such a
position as to denote that s
uoh taxicab is employed.
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J. That there shall be affixed on the outside top and front
portion of each taxicab an electric light that can be turned on or
a flag. signal or other\devioe that may easily be seen by people on
the street or sidewalks in the vicinity of such taxicab, and when a
passenger engages and enters auoh taxicab the said light shall be turned
on or the said flag, signal or other device shall be placed in snob
position as to denote that euoh taxicab is employed.
SECTION 20. Fares to be Posted.
There shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the inside of
each lioenaed taxicab. in addition to the license issued to licensee
required by this ordinance, a card showing the rates charged by said
taxioab.
SECTION 21. Receipts for Fares Paid.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab upon
receiving full payment of a fare to refuse to give a receipt upon the
request of any passenger making said payment.
SECTION 22. Excessive Fares Charged.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of any taxicab to
refuse to convey a passenger at the rate specified an the rate oard
displayed in said taxicab. or demand or receive an amount in excess of
the rates displayed on said oard, ae provided and set by the there of
this ordinance.
SECTION 23.
All drivers of taxiesbe shall promptly deliver to the police
department, or to authorized agencies of their companies, all property
left in such vehicles by paasengers. Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
SECTION 214.
'When articles left in taxicabs have been delivered to the office
of the Chief of Folios be shall make an entry of the face in a book
provided for that purpose and shall keep all such articles until claimed
by the owner, or as the City Council may authorized.
SECTION 25.
No driver shall cruise in eearoh of passengers at any time and
whenever a taxicab is unoccupied the driver shall proceed at once
by the most direct route to the garage where the vehicle is housed
or to the nearest stand.
SECTICH 26.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in any passenger
depot, or upon any passenger depot platform, or upon any sidewalk or street
in front of any depot of any railway company within the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, to solicit or cry out for passengers for any hotel or
other place or to solicit or call to or request any person or persona
to become passengers for or to any hotel, railroad depot or any other
place within or witLout said City.
SECTION 27.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to speak of or
to call out in a loud manner "taxicab" "automobile for hire" "hank"
"carriage" "bus" "baggage" or "hotel" or in any other manner attempt to
solicit passengers at any passenger depot of any railroad or upon any
sidewalk in front of any passenger depot of any railroad company within
the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 22.
A. Yfhen any licensed taxicab is at any depot within the City of
Corpus Christi, it shall be unlawful for the driver or person in charge
thereof to leave the same and enter the depot or go upon the sidewalk or
private property of any railroad company for the purpose of soliciting
the transportation of any passenger or passengers arriving on the trains
at said depot.
B. The drivers of taxioabs using public taxicab stands shall remain
seated in their vshioles at all times while such vehicle is at a publio
stand, provided, however, such drivers say leave their vehioles when actually
necessary to assist passengers to enter or leave same, or in case of any
accident, neoeseity, or emergency beyond the control of such driver.
C. That the owner of any taxicab used in the business of carrying
passengers for hire upon the streets of the City of Corpus Christi, and
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which is licensed to carry on such business, aha11 report monthly to
the Inspector of Taxicabs the driver or drivers that are in charge of ✓
the particular car.
D. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be driven or operated
within the oorporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi by any parson
except the owner of said taxicab or the authorised agent of employee
of the owner.
E. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab, knowingly
to transport any passenger to abode of a commercialized prostitute, with
whom he has previously made arrangemente for meeting with his passenger,
or to knowingly transport any known criminal, narcotic peddler, bootlegger
in the commission of a crime or the infraction of the law in any manner,
or act in any manner as a pimp for prostitutes, or a contact man for un-
lawful establishments of any character.
SECTION 29.
The Inspector of Taxicabs on application for the operation of
said taxicab under license shall cause to be made a complete examination
of same to determine if lights, horn, brakes, and general mechanical con-
dition is consistent to the safety of the public, and if suet condition is
found to be safe, then such license may be issued.
SECTION 30.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate end maintain a
taxicab stand within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi
without having first obtained from the Inspector of Taxicabs a City Taxi
Stand License as hereinbefore provided.
B. To obtain It City Taxi Stand license each person shall make a
written application therefor to the Inspector of Taxicabs of the City of
Corpus Christi, which said written application shall be made upon the
form provided therefor by the officer mentioned, whioh shall contain the
following informations
1. The name or names by which the said taxi business is operated.
2. The full address of the taxi stand.
3. The full name and residence address of each person operating
or maintaining said taxi stand.
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14. The vise of the area occupied by said taxi'atand.
5. The name of each and every driver operating a taxicab
out of said stand or making said stand his headquarters for any
length of time.
6. The name, model, year and license number of each and every
taxicab operated at any time from said taxi stand or receiving calla
at said taxi stand.
7. The length of consecutive time for which said taxi stand
has been operated within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus
Christi.
8. Whether or not any person operating or maintaining said stand
has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
9. The kind and character of telephone service and oall service
maintained by said taxi stand.
10. The full address, exact location, aise and area occupied
and the character of telephone aervioe of each and every subterminal
maintained by the person or persona operating said taxi stand.
11. Whether or not full permanent records open to public inspection
are made and kept by the taxi stand of every Dell or service performed
therefrom, the exact time of said service or call, the driver who per-
formed or made the service call, the exact place of said oall and the
time of return from each call.
C. The Inspeotor of Taxicabs shall make or cause to be made such
investigations of the character, experience and oapability of the person
or persons operating or maintaining each taxi stand as he may consider
necessary, and shall determine whether or not the said pereoa or persona
are fit, competent and proper persons to operate and maintain a taxi
stand within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi. If
the offioer in question shall find that applicant is a fit, competent
and proper person to operate such taxi stand and that the said proposed
taxi stand contains the facilities necessary to render to the public
competent service, he shall iesue to said applicant a taxi stand license
as herein provided.
D. Following the decision of the Inspector of Taxicabs as out..
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lined under subdivision "C" of the applicant or any citizen of the
City of Corpus Christi shall have the right to appeal to the City
Council within a period of ten (10) days, consistent with the require-
ments of appeal as outlined elsewhere in this Ordinance.
E. In order to defray a part of the expenses necessary to provide
the supervision, direotion, surveillance and investigation of applicants
for the pity taxi stand licenses required under the terms and provisions
of this Ordinance, and for the supervision and examination of reoorda
to be required by law to be kept, there is hereby affixed a license fee
or police tax which shall be collected from each person or group of
persons operating each taxi stand within the corporate limits of the
City of Corpus Christi to whom a city taxi stand license is issued of
the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per annum. City Taxi stand licenses
shall not be transferrable.
SECTION 31. General Provisions Fixing Penalty.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or
society violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not leas than Five Dollars ($55.00) nor more than Cne Hundred Dollars
($100.00) and each day such violation continues shall constitute a
separate offense; and the City Counoil may, in addition to the penalty
herein prescribed, suspend or revoke the license to operate any taxicab
or taxi stand and may revoke or suspend the permit of any driver of any
taxicab to operate such vehicle. Each act done in violation of this
ordinance or any provision thereof shall constitute a separate offense
and upon conviction be punishable as such.
SECTION 32. If any section or provisions of any section of
this ordinance shall be declared to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional
the holding of such section or provision of any section to be void, ineffec-
tive or unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections and provisions of this ordinance■
SECTION 33. Ordinanoe repealed.
411 ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall
be and are hereby repealed, especially repealing Ordinances No. 768
1129, 1388 and 1393 and including any and all amendments
SECTION 34. Cumulative.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances not expressly
repealed and not in conflict herewith of the City.of Corpus Christi, and
of all laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION 35. The fact that motor vehicles are being operated for
hire within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi without
sufficient regulation and to the detriment of the general welfare of
the citizens of Corpus Christi, createa a public emergency, and an
imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter Rule
that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its
introduction, and that said Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three
several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that
such emergency and imperative public necessity exist, and requested that
said Charter rule be suspended, and that,this Ordinanoe be passed finally
on the date of its introduction, and that this Ordinance take effect and
be in full force and effect from //JJ and after its passage, IT IS SO ORDAINED.
PASSED and APPROVED this 47 day of OF _ A. D. 1914.
AlOr
ATTEST:
tCity Secretary �
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
City Attorney
MAYOR, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen$
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing Ordinance, a publio emergency and an imperative
public necessity exists for the suspension of the Charter
Rule or requirement that no Ordinance or Resolution shall
be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that
such Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three, sev-
eral meetings of the City Council, I, therefore, hereby
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement
and pass this Ordinance finally on the date it is intro-
duced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
194
MAYOR, City of Corpus Christi,
Texas.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
A. C. McCaughan
Jos. Mireur
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Segrest
H. G. Moffett
The above ordinance was passed by following vot,t
A. C. McCaughan
Jos. Mireur
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Segrest
B. G. Moffett