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Home My WebLink About17037 ORD - 05/12/1982AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING LIMOUSINE AND SIGHTSEEING SERVICES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 57 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, be amended by adding Article Ilia: LIMOUSINE AND SIGHTSEEING SERVICE containing the following sections and text: Section 57-164. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article: (a) Limousine Service means the luxurious, pre -arranged trans- portation by chauffeur -driven vehicle of one or more persons from or to a location within the city limits not upon a schedule or over a fixed route. It shall not include taxicab service, airport limousine service or transportation provided in relation to funeral services. (b) Sightseeing Service means conveying any person or persons for pre -determined periods of time or between fixed points for the purpose of displaying the various natural and man-made points of interest and the economic and cultural institutions of Corpus Christi and the surrounding area, and shall not include the basic provision of taxicab service or airport limousine service. Sightseeing service defined herein shall not be dependent upon whether trans- portation is provided in vehicles owned or leased by the permit holder or the person requesting such service. Section 57-165. Operator Permit - Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, as owner or agent, to be engaged in the business of providing limousine or sightseeing service within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, unless the owner of the business holds a current limousine or sightseeing permit issuelpursuant to this Article. • Section 57-166. Operator Permit - Application; Fee. (a) Every person desiring to engage in the business of operating any limousine or sightseeing service shall make application, in writing, to the City Manager or his designated representative on a form provided for that purpose-' for a permit to engage in the business specified. Such application shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the true owner of the business and the number, types and seating capacity of each vehicle to be operated; shall be swori; to by the applicant; and shall be accompanied by an application fee of.twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and a permit fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each vehicle for which a permit is requested. (b) The City Manager or his designated representative shall issue a permit to all applicants complying with the provisions of this article and shall issue a permit for the operation of all vehicles complying with the requirements of this article. No permit shall be issued unless every vehicle proposed to be used complies with the following minimum requirements: (1) Each vehicle shall comply with all the safety require- ments imposed by all state, federal or local laws applicable to the vehicle involved. (2) The owner shall have rendered each vehicle for which a permit is sought for ad valorem taxation and shall have paid all delinquent tax charges owing the city upon every such vehicle. 17037 WcROVINED SEP 28 1984 (c) No limousine or sightseeing operator permit shall be issued, nor shall such permit be valid after issuance, unless the applicant or the holder of the permit is at all times insured by automobile liability insurance, covering the operation of each vehicle, in the minimum amounts of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for each injured person, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for personal injury arising out of each accident and twenty-five thousand dollars (825,000.00) for property damage arising out of each accident, and by general liability insurance, protecting passengers in the minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Each insurance policy shall require notice from the insurer to the City Manager or his designated representative at least ten (10) days before any such policy is to be terminated for any reason by the insurer or by the insured. Section 57-167. Charge for regulation and use of streets - Payments; Reports. (a) In addition to all other charges and payments, every person maintaining and operating within the city a limousine or sightseeing service shall pay to the city for the use of the streets and other thoroughfares of the city, and on account of the expense of regulating the activities of such service, four per cent (4%) of all gross annual receipts from operations. (b) All payments required to be made under this article shall be made monthly, on or before the 10th day of each calendar month based upon the gross receipts of the said business for the preceeding calendar month. Such payments shall be exclusive of and in addition to all ad valorem taxes upon the value of the property of the person operating such vehicle, and in addition to all lawful occupation taxes imposed upon the occupation or calling of the legal entity operating such vehicle. (c) Every operator of a limousine or sightseeing service shall issue a receipt, in writing, to every person using the services of such operator, showing the date, time, place of origin and destination, and amount of consideration paid for all such services. One copy of each such receipt issued during the applicable monthly period shall be filed with each statement specified in subsection (b) above. All records and reports prescribed to be maintained and kept under this article shall be preserved by the operator of every limousine and sightseeing service in a safe place for at least two years after such date, and all such records shall be available for examination and inspection at all reasonable times by the Director of Finance, the City Manager, and their designated representatives. Section 57-168. Service Standards. The permit holder shall provide and maintain modern efficient service during the life of the permit and failure to provide and maintain such efficient service shall be grounds for forfeiture of the permit herein granted. Said permit is granted for a five-year period. No assignment of a permit shall become effeCtive unless said assignment is approved by the City Manager or his designated representative in writing. - • . passed to its That the foregoing ordinance w read for fin time --- ----second reading on this the day of , 19 , by the following vote: ' Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky That the foregoing ordinance was read for the sec nd time and,passed to its third reading on this the -day of , 19 2V , by the following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky (4-1 That the foregoing ordinance was d for the tlftd,time and passed finally on this the /0.2day of , -1942...,/, by the following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky • PASSED AND APPROVED, this the /...2" day ATTEST: y Secretary APPROVED: c:P7f4DAY OF J. BRUCE Y By Ass , 196.4," TY ATTORNEY tant City Attorney of /11dt , 1942a -I MAYO THE C Ty OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1270V 4 STATE OF TEXAS, Cou4y of Nueces. }Ss: PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT #V371435 city of c.c. 1 c_)31/) Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came LORRAINE CORTEZ , who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the ACCOUNTING CLERK of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 17037,... THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER=TIMES af liich the annexed is a true copy, was published in on the._1.1.tliday of. .14A.X 19..Z. and once each do,y thereaffrr for one consecutive day one Times. 1 20.70 LORRAINE CORTEZ ,,,,„te.e. _ ACCOUNTING CLERK Subscribed and sworn to before me this...2.4th. day of11A/ 19 B2. unty, TexaS261-1-- EUGENIA S. CORTEZ Notary Public, Nuebes rieTh. fr— txRASSAGE OF; 4 vsgrINANCE NO. nsx'"CIPIING37THE CODE TO 1NANCES TO ES- TSSELT N DEC2pa0 'REQUIRE CIE D U N LIMO UFSS IONRER. °P va„;...HTSEE'ING E Wes passed and apprOyed by eonst AVisth Texas on the the Cruncil of the City of/ 1.2th Yx.of May, 1982. Thel COI+ teSit-pf said ordinance is (wel-8d0 the public in thl ice,ot f,he City Secretary. le S 011 -8-6111G. Read City-Sedetaiy • _ 'Cliy rolnlx.exxmaxxx.xxxxx.......xxxxi .7 17•7:7., •t -