HomeMy WebLinkAbout02146 RES - 09/09/1947A RESOLUTION
RENEVPING TAXICAB PERMITS FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY
(90) DAYS, SABRE BEING HELD BY BLUE AND IHITE CAB
COMPANY, LONGORIA TAXICAB COMPANY, RED TOP CAB
COMPANY, KING'S TAXI, CRECY TAXICAB COMPANY AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Blue and White Cab Company has been granted
eight (8) taxicab permits by the City Council which are not in use
and Longoria Taxicab Company three (3) permits which are not in use,
Red Top Cab Company two (2) permits which are not in use, King's
Taxi two (2) permits which are not in use and Crecy Taxicab Company
two (2) permits which are not in use, said permits not being in
use due to the fact that automobiles are not obtainable at this
time; and,
17BEREAS, said permittees have petitioned the City Council
for a renewal of their permits for a period of ninety (90) days,
Naff, TIUMLFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 1. That the eight (8) permits of Blue and White
Cab Company not in use are hereby renewed and extended for a period
of ninety (90) days from the date of this resolution and the three (3)
Permits of Longoria Taxicab Company not in use are hereby renewed
and extended for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of this
resolution and the two (2) permits of Red Top Cab Company not in use
are hereby renewed and extended for a period of ninety (90) days
from the date of this resolution and the two (2) permits of King's
Taxi not in use are hereby renewed and extended for a period of
ninety (90) days from the date of this resolution and the two (2)
permits of Crecy Taxicab Company not in use are hereby renewed and
extended for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of this'reso-
lution.
SECTION 2. The necessity for providing adequate taxicab
facilities for the citizens of this City now and in the future
creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring
the suspension of the Charter rule 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 several meetings of
the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such public
emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that
such Charter rule be suspended, and that this resolution be passed
finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in
full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
$O RESOLVED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this T— day of September, A. D. 1947s
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FOP19:
orney
As s seat , y Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
September _�Z_, 19L47
TO TIE I.iMERS OF TILE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen;
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing resolution, a public emergency and imperative necessity
exist 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 meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that
you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this resolution
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of
the City Council.
Respectfully,
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Uesley R. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John R. Ferris
Ray R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
7'esley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
Ray R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
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