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Home My WebLink About024305 ORD - 12/12/2000 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 57, VEHICLES FOR HIRE, SECTION 57-135, FARES--AMOUNTS, TO INCREASE TAXICAB FARES TO $1.75 FOR THE FIRST ONE-FIFTH MILE AND THIRTY- FIVE CENTS FOR EACH SUCCEEDING ONE-FIFTH MILE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR PENAL TIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 57, Vehicles for Hire, Section 57-135, Fares--Amounts, is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 57-135. Fares--Amounts. There is hereby established as the rates of fare for taxicabs within the city limits of the city of Corpus Christi for one or more persons, not exceeding five (5) persons, of 51,<: oolllll Me! fif!) eent3 ($1.50) fen tl,e fil~t one fifth mile 51le~~, 1lI,e! t1,irt) eent~ ($0.38) ae!e!itiohfll fOl ell<:h ~t1eeeee!ing one fifll, mile <lI flaetion thcw'lfofone dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for the first one-fifth mile or less. and thirty- five cents ($0.35) additional for each succeedin~ one-fifth mile or fraction thereof. For each one hour of waiting time, the maximum charge shall be twenty- four dollars ($24.00), accumulated in increments of forty cents ($0.40) per minute. The above established rates of fare are the maximum that may be charged provided however, for fares collected from passengers picked up at the airport, such airport passenger fares may include a fifty cent ($ 0.50) surcharge per fare collected from one or more persons not to exceed five (5) persons. Lower rates may be charged at the option of the taxicab certificate holder. SECTION 2. Iffor any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Publication of this ordinance shall be made in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the city in accordance with the requirements of the Charter of the City of Corpus Christi after which publication this ordinance shall be in force. SECTION 4. Violation of this ordinance is an offense, punishable as provided in section 1-6 of the City Code of Ordinances. loa\ord3\ord3.322 December 5, 2000 024305 That the foregoi~g ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the lB."% of U1v~2ooo, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~ Rex A. Kinnison (lo ir Dr. Arnold Gonzales ~ tr--- ~~t ~he for~g?i5lg ~ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the ~ Day of ~,by the following vote: 00 j}t Jw Javier D. Colmenero Betty Jean Longoria Melody Cooper John Longoria Henry Garrett Mark Scott Dr. Arnold Gonzales . PASSED AND APPROVED this the JJ: Day o~. Rex A. Kinnison Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier D. Colmenero Betty Jean Longoria Melody Cooper John Longoria Henry Garrett Mark Scott ATTEST: ~Wlr Annando Chapa, City Secretary LEGAL FORM APPROVED D-uow-h.wS; 2000; JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY By: i.~~ Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney loa\ord3\ord3.322 December 5. 2000 024~05 ,. I~ , ..,-<\".0\' n~I'p..", "...',("" v~ C\\l ,\\..v.... .,r;;, r 'p' '3' u'" cc 2.1 !\~ . \1\1 I};. State of Texas County of Nueces PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT } } ss: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 3676018 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 18TH day(s) of ~., 18, 2000 VC.l. N f).. 0 C2- 43 06"" Of DINANcE N90 024305 . ' Amending the CorpdS Chris.tl Code a:f OrdlnallC88, Chapter Q, Vehlctes for Hire; SOctlon S7'l35.F""" Amounts, to Inc,~ taxicab fares to $1.75 "'t the first. one-fifth mit8 and $.35 for eactt1 succeeding one-fifQ1 mUs, and providing Ie( penalties. This ,ordinance was passed a~1P.. ~.I~ II10Cfty ~ C~r~r~., ..' !II A~ ChapQ City Secretary " Cily of CoIpus Christi t-r''l go ~~ Credit Customer Service Manager Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of DECEMBER 19.2000. ~~ WCULcUhJ Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/01.