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Home My WebLink About03925 ORD - 11/03/1954" IMS:ah ' 1-1/3/54. _ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE BEING NO. 1688, DATED THE 20TH ' DAY OF JUNE, 1944, RECORDED IN VOLUME 13, PAGE 222 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGU- LATING AND LICENSING TAXICABS, CHAUFFEURS OF TAXICABS AND TAXICAB STANDS; PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF LICENSES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES OR DEPOSIT OF CASH OR SECURITIES; PROVIDING LICENSE FEES; 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 THIS ORDINANCE; ENACTING THE NECESSARY PRO- VISIONS 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 EMERGENCY ", SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR FURNISHING A POLICY OF INSURANCE HAVING A DEDUCTIBLE CLAUSE OF NOT EXCEEDING $1,000.00 WITH A CASH DEPOSIT OF AT LEAST $2,000.00, OR IN LIEU THEREOF OF PROVIDING A CASH OR SECURITY DEPOSIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00; PROVIDING A METHOD OF PAYMENT INTO SUCH DEPOSIT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 12, Subsection A of Ordinance No. 1688, be emended so as to hereafter read as £ollous: R "Section 12. A. Before any license shall be issued to any owner or operator of a taxicab hereinabove defined, or before any, renewal of said license shell be granted, the owner or operator shall be required to file with the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, and thereafter keep in full force and effect a policy of public liability in company duly authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and performable in Nueces County, Texas, insuring the public against any lose or damage that may result to any person or property from the operation of such vehicle or vehicles; provided the maximum amount of recovery in such policy of insurance specified shall not, as to each and every vehicle, be less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for injury or death of one person and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in any one accident; and not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5.000.00) for injury to or destruction of property in any one accident. Provided, however, that any IMS:ah . 11/3154 xx"+d�N..wir�..� . � n -0. . - .+.a . swt tn•' �' i• V- '..�.++w4'�F'ew�,±ir3i'F�1e�k•, .., ., �_�. L RH• . +wSIPf..L`.iF.w- °Mw'y+W:f.e such owner may, in lieu of the aforesaid insurance policy, furnish a policy of insurance having the same limits as above specified, but having a clause permitting the deduction by the insurance company of an amount not exceeding the first $1,000.00 covered by said policy, if ' at the time of delivery of said policy, and at all times thereafter, a cash deposit be placed with the City in at least the amount of $2,000.00 cash." SECTION 2. That Section 12, Subsection B of Ordinance No. 1688, be amended so as to hereafter read as follows: "Section 12. B. Provided, however, that such owner of such taxicab may in lieu of the aforesaid policy of 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 bounds issued by the Corpus Christi Independent School District; and the amount of said cash or securities shall be in the amount according to the number of vehicles owned or offered for hire, according to the following scale,'to -wit: Where such person, firm, corporation, association, partnership or society owns or offers for hire only one such motor vehicle such case or securities shall be in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). Where such person, firm, corporation association, part- nership or society owns or offers for hire more than me motor vehicle then there shall be added to the amount of said cash or securities a sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each and every additional vehicle so owned and offered for hire, provided that a deposit of $10,000.00 shall be deemed sufficient where the said owner shall operate more than 36 taxicabs. " That upon receipt of such cash, or securities, it shall IMS:ah,11 /4/54 .. , - 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 depositor, and another to the Inspector of Taxicabs, and the Inspector of Taxicabs upon presentation of such receipt shall notify the Tax Collector 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 re- covery on each vehicle being operated by said depositor in amounts of not more than the following sums, to-wit: 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 ($10,000,00); for injury to and/or de- struction of property in any one accident, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); and each and every owner shall be required to comply with the provisions hereof for the furnish- ing of a policy of insurance and/or policy and deposit and/or cash or security deposit in lieu thereof. If such owner elects in writing to deposit cash or security he may make such de- posit in equal monthly installments, said monthly installments to be in not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each, the first installment to be payable within ten (10) daps from the date of the passage of this ordinance, and subsequent in- stallments to be made and paid into the City Secretary of the City on or before thirty (30) days from the passage of this ordinance and subsequent payments of at least Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each at intervals of thirty (30) days after the payment of said second installment until the total amount of the deposit as required by the provisions hereof shall have been deposited in cash or in securities with the said City Secretary." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative ofmordinance 1638 and all amendments thereto,and it is expressly understood that this ordinance only repeals and/or amends the specific parts of Ordinance No. 1688, as amended, as hereinbefore particularly referred to. SECTION 4. ANY PEBSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION OR OTHERS VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISOEMBANOR; AND, IF CONVICTED, SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN TWENTY -FIVE ($ZS .00) DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00). EVERY DAY THAT THE VIOLATION CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE. IN CASE A CORPORATION IS THE VIOLATOR OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE PRESIDENT, VICE - PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, MANAGER OR ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF SUCH CORPORATION SHALL BE ALSO SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR THE PENALTIES HEREIN PRESCRIBED. SECTION 5. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PUBLICATION ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUMMARY THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE A140 THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. SECTION 6. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION, CLAUSE, PHRASE, OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIOUS RELATE. SECTION 7. THE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE REQUIRE- MENTS HERETOFORE PROVIDED FOR PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC IN OPERATIONS OF TAXI- CABS CREATES AN EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT I10 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AUG THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AIJD NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AHD AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE ` DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1954. MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEY S ATTE�T't\ `) r CITY SECRETTA APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FOR1:lN TY TTO NEY -v.-w wrr - .Y�••.w - ,e. .. ..,w -�+... _..•y. n..�.w. ....r��...w..na .CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS - '1954 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: FOR THE REASONS 5ET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORD.NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH OPDINANCE 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 ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE It IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: P. C. CALLAWAY ELLROY KING JAMES S. NAISMITH W. JAMES BRACE F. P. PETERSON, JR THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: P. C. CALLAWAY / ELLROY KING JAMES S. NA15MITH W. JAMES BRACE F. P. PETERSON, JR.,1� -�1