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ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 57,
VEHICLES FOR HIRE, SECTION 57-88, AGE OF VEHICLE, TO INCREASE
THE MAXIMUM AGE OF A TAXICAB ALREADY IN SERVICE FROM EIGHT
(8) YEARS TO TEN (10) YEARS; SECTION 57-97, APPLICATION FOR
TAXICAB DRIVER'S PERMIT, TO PROVIDE FOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT
UPON FINDING THAT THE APPLICANT'S CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECK COMPORTS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOUND AT SECTION 57-
98; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.
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 57-88, Age of vehicle, is hereby amended as follows:
See, 57-88. Age of vehicle,
The certificate holder shall not allow a vehicle in his or her taxicab service wA-iGt=l
is placed in service after January 1, 1991, to be more than six (6) years old at the
time it is placed into service, nor more than eight (8) ten (10) years old while it is
maintained for service. The age of the vehicle shall be calculated from January 1
of the model year of the vehicle
Effective January 1 , ~9Q4.; No vehicles may be used as taxicab \'ehicles which
are more than eight (8) ten (10) years old, as calculated above, may be used as
taxicab vehicles,
SECTION 2. That the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 57, Vehicles
for Hire, SectIon 57-97, Application for taxicab driver's permit, is hereby amended
as follows
See, 57-97, Application for taxicab driver's permit.
@l To obtain a city taxicab driver's permit, each person shall make a sworn
written application to the taxicab inspector, which application shall be made upon
the form provided and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, age and address of applicant.
(2) The name of the business or person by whom the applicant expects to be
or is employed.
(3) The applicant's place of residence for the past five (5) years.
(4) A full description of the applicant, including his height, weight, color of eyes
and hair, distinguishing body features or marks, a full set of applicant's
fingerprints and three (3) prints of the applicant's photograph.
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(5) Whether applicant has had experience driving a taxicab or in a related type
of work,
(6) Whether applicant has been convicted of or charged with a felony,
misdemeanor or traffic law violation and, if so, full information concerning the
same The applicant shall execute a release authorizing law enforcement
agencies, to the extent lawful, to furnish all his criminal history information record
to the taxicab Inspector, and authorizing release by the taxicab inspector to the
prospective taxicab employer, The taxicab inspector may establish the
reasonable time periods for which different kinds of criminal history information is
required to be furnished.
(7) A medical report dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to date of
application, from, a local physician, which certificate shall certify that applicant
does not suffer from any disease or disability which would impair his ability to
operate a taxicab In a safe manner upon the streets of the city; such medical
report shall specifically state the condition of hearing and eyesight of the
applicant
(8) The number and date of issuance of applicant's Texas Class A, B or C
license
(9) The most recent date of completion of a certified defensive driving course.
(b) An applicant may receive a temporary taxicab driver's permit that will expire
30 calendar days after the date it is oranted while pendino satisfaction of items
(a)(7) and (a)(9) above, A temporary permit will only be oranted to those
applicants whose criminal backoround checks comport with the requirements
found at Sec. 57-98, Code of Ordinances,
SECTION 3. If for 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 4. 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 5. Violation of this ordinance is an offense, punishable as provided in
section 1-6 of the City Code of Ordinances
That the foregoing ordinance _~ the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the l3-~ay of 2005, by the following vote:
Henry Garrett ~ Rex A Kinnison ~
Brent Chesney ~ John E. Marez ~
Melody Cooper Jesse Noyola
Jerry Garcia ~ Mark Scott ~
Bill Kelly ~
That the foregoin~was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the ~ day of , 2005, by the following vote:
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Armando Chapa, City Secretary
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H ry GaIT ,Mayor
Legal Fonn ApproVed:,)I~ '} ~ 2005:
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"Rlndy A Stoneroad
Assistant City Attorney
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas
County of Nueces
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 5375280
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana
Hinojosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is
SENIOR COLLECTOR of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper
published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in
'\ransas, 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 26TH day(s) of
DECEMBER, 2005.
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Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
DECEMBER 27, 2005.
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Michelle Cabrera
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My commission expires on March 19, 2008.
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