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TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE BEING N0. 1688, DATED THE 20TH
DAY OF JUNE, 1944,, RECORDED IN VOLUME 13, PAGE 22,
OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGU-
LATING "AND LICENSING TAXICABS„ ETC. "; AS AMENDED BY
OTHER ORDINANCES CITED IN SC',TION 1,OF THIS ORDINANCE;
BY AMENDING SECTION 6, SUBSECTION C, OF ORDINANCE NO.
1688 TO PROVIDE FOR DRIVER °S'PE:RM9TSd BY AMENDING SECTION
6, SUBSECTION E OF ORDINANCE NO. 10, TO PROVIDE FOR
GEOGRAPHY TESTS, REGISTRATION FILE',, POLICE RECORD'S. IN-
SERV9CE TRAINING, AND CHANGE OF ADDESS; BY AMENDING
SECTION 11 OF SAID oRDINANCE NO. 1688 SO AS TO PROVIDE
FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INSPECTION; BY AMENDING
SECTION '12 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1688 TO PROVIDE FOR LARGER
INSURANCE AND LARGER CASH DEPOSITS; BY AMENDING SECTION
14 AND 15 OF ORDINANCE NO. x688 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR
FORFEITURE FOR FAILURE TO PAY AD VALOREM TAXES OR OTHER
FEES, .LICENSES 'OR CHARGES BY AMENDING SECTION 16 OF
SAID ORDINANCE NO. 1688 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM
LIGHTING AND PAINTING; BY AMENDING SECTION 19, SUBSECTION
E OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 1688 50 AS TO FROVIDE FOR REGU-
LATION OF TAXIMETERS; BY AMENDING SECTION 19 OF SAID
ORDINANCE BY ADDING SUBSECTION (K) PROHIBITING CARRYING
ADDI'TI'ONAL PASSENGERS WITHOUT CONSENT OF PRIOR PASSENGER;
BY AMENDING SECTION 27 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO� 1658 SO AS
TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATION OF TAXICAB DRIVERS AND TAXICAB
PARKING; BY AMENDING SECTION 28 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO.
1688 MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS TO USE ALCO-
HOLIC BEVERAGES OR 14ARCOTICS WHSLE ON DUTY,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CI$Y COUNCIL OF THE Cam' OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1688 DATED THE 20TH DAY OF JUNE,
1944, RECORDED IN VOLUME 13, PAGE 22 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS-, (BASIC TAXICAB ORDINANCE), AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE N0. 2153 DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1947, RECORDED IN VOLUME 15, PAGE
617 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF' CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, (PROVIDING FOR BOOKKEEPING BY CITY CONTROLLER); AND AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCE NO. 2535 DATED JUNE 7, 1941% RECORDFO IN VOLUME 17, PAGE 355 OF THE
ORDINANCE ANL RESOLUTION RECORDS OP TH:°. C9T'Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI-, TEXAS, (PRO-
VIDING FOR STREET RENTAL CHARGE'.); AND AS AMENDED By ORDINANCE No. 2941 DATED
DECEMBER 5, 1950, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 19, PAGE 135 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESO-
LUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI., TEXAS, (PROVIDING PROVIDING FOR FARES TO
BE CHARGED); IS HEREBY AMENDED AS F- OLLOWS., 'TO -WIT.'
SECTION 2. THAT SECTION 6 OF SAID ORDINANCr NO. 1658,ENTITLED "OPERATOR
OF TAXICABS ", SUBSECTION C, IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT:
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"Section 6, Operator of Taxicabs,
C. Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the
City of Corpus Christi shall apply for-and obtain a Driver's
Permit as a taxicab driver from the Inspector of Taxicabs.,
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a franchise
for the operation of a taxicab service in the City of Corpus
Christi to employ as a taxicab driver or permit any person
to drive.a taxicab of such service unless such person so em-
ployed or so permitted to drive shall have a Driver's Permit
in good standing duly issued by the Inspector of Taxicabs.
Whenever in this ordinance or any amendments thereto .
the words "City Chauffeur's License" are used, they shall
mean the same as 'Driver's Permit ". Both terms mean
exactly the same thing.
SECTION_3— That Section 6 of said Ordinance No. 1688, entitled
"Operator of Taxicabs Subsection E, is hereby amended to read as follows,
to -wit:
"Section 6. Operator of Taxicabs.
E. (1) The Chief of Police shall make, or cause
to be made, such investigations of the character, exper-
ience 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.
(2) 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
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otherwise, the officer mentioned herein, if he shall find
that the applicant is a fit 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.
(3) The Inspector of Taxicabs shall require a
written geography test of each applicant covering know-
ledge of city streets; buildings, etc., to be composed
by and at the discretion of the Inspector of Taxicabs.
Until such applicant has duly qualified in his know-
ledge of city geography, the Inspector of Taxicabs shall
not grant a City Chauffeur's License or Driver's Permit
to such applicant.
(4) A registration file shall be kept and main-
tained in the Police Department on each person to whom
a driver's permit as a taxicab driver has been issued by
the Inspector of Taxicabs. The file shall contain all
information furnished by the applicant under this ordi-
nance and all other facts and data supplied by investi-
gation of the Police Department, including without limita-
tion fingerprints. personal history, police or criminal record,
character, experience, qualifications, and such other
matters considered by the Inspector of Taxicabs to be con-
sistent with and pertinent to a showing whether the registered
driver is fit and proper person to drive and operate a taxi-
cab within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi
in a manner consistent with the welfare of the citizenry of
the City.
The registration file of any registered taxicab
driver may be inspected at the Police Station by such driver
at all reasonable times, and may be examined by any holder
of a taxicab franchise upon showing that the registered driver
has applied to the franchise holder for employment as a driver.
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Every application for driyoY's permit as a taxicab driver
under provisions..of this ordinance shall execute an agreement
and waiver in writing, at the time of filing the application,
by which applicant - authorizes the Chief of Police, or any
person in the Police Department designated by the Chief of
Police, to permit a franchise holder to make such examination
In good faith to determine whether, in the judgment of the
prospective employer, the registered driver should be
employed to drive taxfeabs in the City of Corpus Christi.
(5) The Inspector of Taxicabs shall establish,
maintain and keep a system of records showing, or tending
to show, whether the holder of any franchise to operate a
taxicabAn the City - of- Corpus Christi -has been guilty, of a.
breachnoV any condition of such franchise or privilege, or
has failed to, comply.. in, any material manner with the terms
and stipulations thereof, and the Inspector of Taxicabs
shall uke+ action, when in his opinion the franchise of any
such operator should.be suspended or revoked, or penalties
imposed.'on the holder, under all the facts and circumstances
reflected by the records. The City Council may from time
to time request reports from the Inspector of Taxicabs on
the records of such franchise holders.
The records to be kept by the Inspector of Taxicabs
as to performance records of franchise holders shall include
but without limitation records of charges, convictions,
reprimands, warnings, and observations of officers and em-
ployees of the City of Corpus Christi having occasion to
perform any act or acts, or make any report, touching upon
the performance record of any franchise holder or employee
of such holder. It shall be the duty of every officer
to do any act, or make any report, or keep any record,
affecting enforcement of this ordinance, to report prompt-
ly the facts. relating to the performance of any franchise
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HOLDER, OR EMPLOYEE OF SUCH HOLDERS SHOWONG OR TENDING
TO SHOW THAT THE HOLDER OF ANY SUCH FRANCHISE HAS BEEN
GUILTY OF A BREACH OF ANY CONDITION OF SUCH FRANCHISE OR
PRIVILEGE, OR HAS FAILED TO COMPLY ON ANY MATERIAL MANNER
WITH THE TERMS AND STIPULATIONS THERCOF. EVERY SUCH RE-
PORT TO THE INSPECTOR OF TAXICABS SHALL BE DATED, SIGNED
BY THE PERSON REPORTING, AND SHALL GIVE DATES, NAMES,
MATERIAL FACTS, AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA.
EVERY HOLDER OF kY RANCHISE FOR THE OPERATION
OF A TAXICAB SERVICE IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL
EMPLOY AS DRIVERS OF TAXICABS ONLY PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSI-
CALLY AND MENTALLY FIT AND ABLE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE
FOR HIRE. IT SHALL BE THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
FRANCHISE HOLDER TO SELECT AND EMPLOY DRIVERS WHO ARE QUALI-
FIED FOR TAXICAB SERVICE, WHO CAN READ AND WROTE THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH STREETS AND ADDRESSES IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI', AND WHO ARE: MORALLY ACCEPTABLE
FOR SUCH PUBLIC SERVICE. THE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT BY ANY
FRANCHISE HOLDER OF ANY PERSON AS A DROVER WHO IS A KNOWN
CRIMINAL, OR WHOSE RECORD AS THE DRIVER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AS
REFLECTED BY OFFICIAL COURT AND POLICE RECORDS, SHOWS A
LACK OF MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, MORAL, OR TEMPERAMENTAL CAPACITY
TO BE A SAFE AND RELIABLE DRIVER WILL BE TAKEN INTO CON-
SIDERATION BY THE INSPECTOR OF TAXICABS WHEN REQUESTED TO
Gam% her
®RANT OR RENEW ANY PEE TO OPERATE A TAXICAB Sg C
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. EVERY HOLDER OF A FRANCHISE
IS CHARGED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE POLICE AND COURT RECORDS
OF ALL DRIVERS IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY SUCH FRANCHISE
HOLDER* AND EVERY SUCH FRANCHISE. HOLDER IS ENJOINED NOT
TO EMPLOY OR RETAIN IN EMPLOYMENT ANY PERSON AS A TAXICAB
DRIVER WHO FREQUENTLY VIOLATES LAWS GOVERNING MORAL$ AND
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATIONS.
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(6) Every driver of a taxicab in the City of Corpus
Christi shall have not fewer than four (4) hours of in- service
training during each six (6) months of employment as a driver,
under the supervision and direction of the Chief of Police.
Driver of three (3) years experience operating a taxicab in
Corpus Christi and who have received no more than three (3)
traffic citations may be exempt by the Chief of Police. Such
training and instruction shall include without limitation
lectures, conferences, and demonstrations in traffic and
other laws appropriate to the operation of taxicab services
in the City of Corpus Christi and such other subjects as
will train and instruct the drivers in the performance
of safe and efficient services as operators of public con-
veyances for hire. It shall be unlawful for the holder of
a franchise knowingly to prevent any driver from taking
such in- service training or in any manner to penalize any
driver because of taking such training and °instruction. It
shall be unlawful for any driver willfully to fail, neglect,
or refuse to take such training and instruction, and such
failure, neglect, or refusal shall be grounds for refusing
to renew such driver's permit under this ordinance. The
Chief of Police shall cause courses of training and in-
struction to be prepared from time to time, and shall
arrange dates and places of training and instruction, period-
ically in cooperation with the holders of franchises, to
the end that such training and instruction may be given all
drivers at time and places convenient to and consistent with
an uninterrupted taxicab service to the public. Notice of
dates and places of training and instruction shall be
announced at least five (5) days prior to the time of con-
ducting such training or giving such instruction.
(7) Each person driving or operating any taxicab
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shall keep the Inspector of Taxicabs informed by writing
of address and any change of ;address of such driver.'"
SECTION 4. That Section 11 of said Ordinance No. 1688 is hereby
amended to read as follows-
"Section 11, Street Rental Charge.
(A) Each person owning a franchise to operate a
taxicab or taxicabs upon or over the streets within the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, shall pay to the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas, as a street rental charge the sum
of one and two— tenths per cent (1.2%) per annum of the
gross receipts of the taxicab business measured by the
total fares collected from passengers and all other
gross income derived from the operation of the taxicabs
and the taxicab business."
(II) Said payments shall be made in lawful money of
the United States, at the office of the Tax Assessor —
Collector of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and said
remittance shall be made monthly on or before the 15th
day of each calendar month based upon the gross receipts
of the said business for the preceding calendar month.
(C) It shall be the duty of the owner of the fran-
chise to file with the City Controller of the City of
Corpus Christi a sworn statement showing all receipts of
said owner from the operation of the taxicab business
operated by him, which said verified statement shall be
filed within ten (10) days following the end of each
calendar month. The owner shall install and keep an
adequate system of bookkeeping to be approved by the City
Controller of the City,, which books shall be subject to
inspection by the government body of the City and any person
or persons that the said City may designate, or either of
them, so as to enable the City to check the correctness
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of the accounts kept and the amount of street rental charge
due to the City by virtue of this ordinance.
(D) If the owner of the franchise shall fail or refuse
to keep such adequate system of bookkeeping, or shall fail to
file such verified statement of gross receipts or to pay the
street rental charge levied thereon at the time and in the
manner bereinbefore provided, or shall wilfully file any false
statement of gross receipts, the same shall be cause for a
forfeiture of the rights of the owner to engage in the busi-
ness of operating a taxicab business within the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
(E) Franchises shall be granted only to financially
responsible individuals, companies or corporations. An
applicant for a franchise must submit a certified financial
statement to the City Controller along with the application,
setting forth his financial condition at the close of a
period not more than one (1) year preceding the date of the
application.
(F) The owner of any franchise granted by the City of
Corpus Christi shall submit an annual certified financial
statement to the City Controller of the City of Corpus Christi
to be submitted on or before the 1st day of January of each
year."
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SECTION 5. THAT SECTION 12, SUBSECTION B OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 1688
IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(B) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH OWNER OF SUCH TAXICAB MAY IN
LIEU OF THE AFORESAID POLICY LIABILITY INSURANCE MAKE A CASH
DEPOSIT OR PLACE AS COLLATERAL SECURITY WITH THE CITY SECRETARY
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
BONDS, OR UNITED STATES TREASURY CERTIFICATES OR BONDS ISSUED
BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF NUECES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
OR BONDS ISSUED BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT;
AND THE AMOUNT OF SAID CASH. OR SECURITIES SHALL Be WHERE SUCH
PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION1, PARTNERSHIP OR .SOCIETY
OWNS OR OFFERS FOR HIRE ANY NUMBER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLES
SUCH CASH OR SECURITIES IN THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
($10,000.00).
IT IS EXPRESSLY ORDAINED THAT ANY CASH OR SECURITIES
NOW ON DEPOSIT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL REMAIN WITH
SUCH CITY SECRETARY UNTIL SATISFACTION OR FINAL JUDGMENT IS
OBTAINED REGARDING ANY CLAIM AGAINST ANY TAXICAB OWNER, WHICH
CLAIM HAS ARISEN OR SHALL APISE BEFORE THE FINAL PASSAGE OF
THIS ORDINANCE.
THAT UPON RECEIPT OF SVCr; CASH, OR SECURITIES, IT 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 THE OEPOSITCR� AND ANTSTHER TO TAE INSPECTOR
OF TAXICABS, AND THE INSPECTOR OF TAXICABS UPON PRESENTATION
OF SUCH RECEIPT SHALL NOTIFY THE TAX CZLLECTOR OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS PRC.`VIDED FOR IN SECTION 5, PARA-
GRAPH (E) OF THIS ORDINANCE.
TRAT SAID CASH AND SECURITIES Z +EPOSITF_D WITH SAID CITY
SECRETARY IN LIEU OF THE AFORESAID POLICY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE,
SHALL STAND AND BE LIABLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF RECOVERY ON EACH
VEHICLE BEING OPERATED BY SAID 3E`C'SITOR IN AMOUNTS OF NOT
MORE THAN THE FOLLOWING SUMS, TO -i3;T:
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FOR INJURY TO AND /OR DEATH OF ONE PERSON IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT)
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5 )000.00); FOR INJURY TO AND /OR
DEATH OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT, TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($JO)000.00)i FOR INJURY TO AND /OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPER-
TY IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5)000.00).
SECTION 5 -A. THAT SECTION 12 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 1688 IS HEREBY
AMENDED BY ADDING SUBSECTION (N) THERETO, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(N) IN THE EVENT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 12 OF SAID ORDINANCE No. 1688, AS AMENDED, RE-
QUIRING SATISFACTION OF EXECUTION, INCREASE OF INSURANCE, AND /OR
REPLACEMENT OF DEPOSIT) THEN IN SUCH EVENT OF A JUDGMENT
DEBTOR FAILING TO SATISFY SUCH EXECUTION, INCREASE SUCH IN-
SURANCE, AND /OR REPLACE SUCH DEPOSIT AS REQUIRED, THE FRANCHISE
OR FRANCHISES OF SUCH PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, AND /OR PARTNER-
SHIP JUDGMENT DEBTOR, TOGETHER WITH ALL PERMITS,- LICENSES,
AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED THEREUNDER AND IN CONNECTION THERE-
WITH, SHALL BE CANCELLED, TERMINATED, REVOKED AND RESCINDED,
AND BECOME NULL AND VOID AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE AND EFFECT.
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SECTION 6. THAT SECTIONS 14 AND 15 OF SAID ORDINANCE N0. 1688 ARE
HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS;
"SECTION 14.
IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF EVERY OWNER OF EVERY TAXOCAB OPERATED
WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST; TO RENDER FOR AD VALOREM
TAXES TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ALL VEHICLES OR OTHER
EQUIPMENT USED IN SUCH BUSINESS, AND A FAILURE TO RENDER FOR
AND TO PAY SUCH AD VALOREM TAXES TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI'
OR FAILURE TO PAY ANY OTHER FEES, LICENSES OR CHARGES TO THE
CITY BEFORE THEY BECOME DELINQUENT SHALL, IF NOT PAID AFTER
WRITTel+ NOTICE OF DEFAULT, OPERATE AS A REVOCATION OF ANY
LICENSE OR PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE OPERATION OVER THE PUBLIC
STREETS, ALLEYS AND WAYS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
OF ANY SUCH TAXICABS, AND SHALL BE CAUSE FOR
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forfeiture of the franchise of any persona company or
corporation operating taxicabs in the City of Corpus
Christi."
"Section 15.
No permit or license or renewal thereof authoriz-
ing 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, fees, licenses or charges
are due the City of Corpus Christi upon any taxicab for
which such permit or license or renewal thereof is
sought."
SECTION 7. That Section 16 of said Ordinance No, 1688 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 16.
Every taxicab shall have painted on the door of
said cab the name of the owner or the assumed name
under which the owner operates, together with the
company's telephone number and the cab number and
further provided that the number of the cab and the
telephone number of the owner shall be painted upon
the rear of any such vehicle. All of the lettering
mentioned in this paragraph shall not be less than two
and one -half (29 inches in height and not less than 5 -16
stroke, and such paint that will weather the elements and
must be kept legible at all times.
All taxicabs shall be equipped with dash and dome
lights kept in good working order. The switch of said
dome light shall be attached to the doors so that when
the doors are open, the lights automatically come on
inside the taxicab.
All taxicabs of 1954 or a later model on any re-
placement cabs shall be equipped with directional lights
kept in good working order."
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SECTION 0. That Section 19, Subsection E of said Ordinance No. 1630
is hereby amended to read as follows-
-,\ "C. (1) 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 unlawful for any person to
drive any taxicab as heretofore defined unless such taxicab
is equipped with a taximeter. The taximeter shall be a
mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire
of a taxicab is mechanically calculated for distance, travel
and waiting time, if any, under which such charges shall be
indicated by clear, legible figures which is thrown from non -
earning to earning position.
(2) Each taximeter must be furnished with a tamper-
proof switch and system of electrical distribution so that when
the taximeter flag is in the "high" or non - earning position, the
electrically controlled advertising, or company identification,
sign mounted on the top of the taxicab will be automatically
lighted; and when the taximeter flag is on "mileage" or "time ",
both of which are earning positions, colored telltale lights on
top of the cab, or on the company sign, will be automatically
lighted and will be visible from all directions, but that the
color of said lights shall differ from those used by any other
company.
(3) No Driver of a taxicab equipped with a taximeter
shall display the signal affixed to such taximeter In such position
to denote that the taxicab is employed, when said taxicab is not
employed.
(4) No person shall drive or operate a taxicab to which
is attached a taximeter which has not been duly tested, inspected
and approved as required by this ordinance, and it shall be unlawful
to change the size of the wheels or tires of any taxicab, or the gears
operating the taximeter, from one taxicab to another unless the taxi-
meter is again tested, inspected, and approved, under supervision
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of the Inspector of Taxicabs, before using.
(5) 'Inspection of taximeters by the Inspector of
Taxicabs shall be made as provided in Section 3 of Ordinance
No. 1688. "°
SECTION 8.., That Section 19 of said Ordinance No. 1688 is hereby
amended by adding Subsection (k) thereto, to read as follows-
"Section, 19.
SECTION 9. It shall.be unlawful for any taxicab driver to
carry any other person than the passenger or passengers, by
whom he has been engaged, without the consent of said passen-
ger or passengers."
�. That Section 27 of said Ordinance No. 1688 is hereby
amended to read as follows-
"Section 27.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
speak of or to call out in a loud manner "Taxicab ", "automobile
for hire ", "hack", "carriage". "bus "Baggage ", or "hotel ",
or in any other manner attempt to solicit passengers at an)
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.
(2) No taxicab driver shall solicit passengers for
a taxicab except when sitting in the driver's compartment of
such taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent to the curb
side thereof. The driver shall remain in the driver's compart-
ment or immediately adjacent to his vehicle at all times when
such vehicle is upon a public street, except that, when
necessary a driver may be absent from his taxicab for not more
than fifteen (15) consecutive minutes; and provided further
that nothing herein shall be held to prohibit any driver from
alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting
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passengers info or out of such vehicle.
(3) No taxicab driver shall solicit patronage in
a loud or annoying tone of voice, or by sign or in any manner
annoy any person or obstruct the movement of any persons, or
follow any person for the purpose of soliciting patronage. No
person shall solicit passengers at the terminal of any other
common carrier, riot at any intermediate points along any
established route of any other common carrier.
(4) After unloading pnssenc,ers from taxicabs
equipped wit': two -way radios, the driver shall park the
taxicab at the first available location designated by the
taxicab dispatcher, unless returning to an authorized taxi-
cab stand. No taxicab shall be parked in a residential section
of the City awaiting calls by radio, between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M.,
but will drive to the nearest business section or location
designated by the taxicab dispatcher."
SECTION 10, That Section 26 of said Ordinance No. 1666 is hereby
amended by adding Subsection F thereto.
"Section 26.
F. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab driver to use
any alcoholic beverages or use any form of narcotics while
on duty as a taxicab driver.
SECTION 11. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of the ordinances
described in Section 1 hereof and it is expressly uuderstood that this ortii-
anne nn1v reneals and amends the specific parts of Ordinance No. 163E herein-
SECTION 12. THIS ORDINANCE SHALLTAKE EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
PUBLICATION ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUCLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUMMARY THE PURPOSE
OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the fix time and
passed to its second reading on this the day of ,
1954, by the following vote:
P. C. Callaway
Ellroy King
James S. Naismith
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the sec ¢d time and
passed to its third reading on this the If of l ,1954,
by the following vote:
P. C. Callaway
Ellroy King
James S. Naismith
W. James brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
That the foregoing or 'nance w&/ read for the third time and
passed finally on this the day of � w ,1954,
by the following vote:
P. C. Callaway G �,
Ellroy King
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James S. Naismith
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W. James Brace
F, P. Peterson, Jr
PASSED AND APPROVED, This the day of ti< ,1954.
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THE CY�CO DS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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APPROVED AS LEGAL FORM: �
City Attorney
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