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Home My WebLink About026768 ORD - 05/09/2006AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 57 VEHICLES FOR HIRE, SECTION 57 -135, FARES — AMOUNTS, TO ADD A PROVISION TO ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC DELAY TIME CHARGES AND MODIFYING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE CHANGES AND AMENDING SECTION 57 -105, NEAT AND CLEAN APPEARANCE OF DRIVERS, TO ALLOW DRIVERS TO WEAR SHORTS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: SECTION 1 That the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi is amended by amending Chapter 57. Vehicles for hire. 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 (1) or more persons, not exceeding five (5) persons, of two dollars and twenty -five cents ($2.25) for the first one -fifth (1/5) mile or Tess, and an additional charge for each succeeding one -fifth (1/5) mile or fraction thereof based upon the average retail price of one (1) gallon of regular gasoline sold within the City of Corpus Christi and in accordance with the following chart TABLE INSET Per gallon gasoline pace Charge per succeeding 1/5 mile 2.25 - -2.499 2.50- -2.749 2.75 - -2.999 $0.35 0.36 037 0.38 0.39 0.40 041 Note' Sliding scale formula shall be applied, ad infinitum. The price of one +,1) gallon of regular gasoline sold within the City of Corpus Christi shall be determined by the Oil Price Information Service, as reported by AAA at www fuelgaugereport.com Such price will be determined by the current Ord - Tarp -10i- Corpus Christi price given by AAA at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST) on the tenth (10th) day of each month and will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. CST on the first (1st) day of the consecutive month. However, if the puce on the tenth (10th) day of the month is twenty -five cents ($0.25) higher or lower than the price of the preceding month the adiustment will go into effect immediately instead of waiting until the first (1 &) day of the consecutive month. The taxicab inspector shall disseminate the gasoline price In addition to the above taxicab rates of fare, taxicabs may charge a flat rate fuel surcharge of twenty -five cents ($0 25) for each fare. For each one (1) hour of waiting time or traffic delay time, the maximum charge shall be twenty-four-eighteen dollars 18.00 per-minute. -- - :.... The above established rates of fare are the maximum that may be charged, provided however, for fares collected from passengers picked up at the airport, such airport passenger fares may include a fifty cent ($ 0.50) surcharge per fare collected from one (1) or more persons not to exceed five (5) persons. Lower rates may be charged at the option of the taxicab certificate holder. * * * Sec. 57 -105. Neat and clean appearance of drivers. (a) It shall be the responsibility of every certificate holder to require and to ensure that his or her drivers are neat and clean in appearance while on duty. All certificate holders shall require a driver employed or under contractual agreement with said holder to comply with the following: (1) All male drivers shall wear full length pants, shirts with sleeves and collars, socks and closed -toed shoes, except that during the months of April through August, shorts, commonly referred to as Bermuda shorts or cargo shorts, with a finished hem may be worn . (2) All female drivers shall wear full length slacks, regular length skirts, blouses, closed -toed shoes, and stockings, except that during the months of April through August, shorts, commonly referred to as Bermuda shorts or cargo shorts, with a finished hem may be worn. (3) All drivers shall wear clean, unsoiled and untorn clothing. (4) All drivers shall maintain proper personal hygiene, Le., be shaven, have facial hair neatly trimmed, be free of offensive body odor, and have clean, combed hair. (b) While on duty, all drivers are prohibited from wearing: (1) Tee shirts as an outer garment. (2) Sweat shirts and sweat pants (3) Halters or tube tops. (4) Shirts with tails worn outside pants. Ord -Taxi- 105 -1 35 Failure to comply may result in the suspension or revocation of a driver's permat SECTION 2. The City Council intends that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase word or provision hereof shall be given full force and effect for its purpose. Therefore, if any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. that judgment shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance SECTION 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five council members, copy attached, the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs and (2 suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 9th day of May, 2006 ATTEST: Armando Chapa City Secretary THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Approved as to form; 2006 By Joseph I- Itarney Assistant City Attorney For City Attorney r Ord C'axa- WS -i; EFFECTIVE DATE 5/I0oc Corpus Christi. Texas day of 2006 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE eITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: 1/We, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council Respectfully, Respectfully, r AAA , . A*, . _;/ Henry arrett, Mayor City o Corpus Christi Council Members The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Henry Garrett Brent Chesney Melody Cooper Jerry Garcia Bill Kelly Rex A Kinnlson John E Marez Jesse Noyoia Mark Scott Ord - lam -105 -1 ;5 State of Texas County of Nueces PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ss: Ad # 5478441 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Sandra Orum, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Legal Sales Representative 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 15TH day(s) of MAY, 2006. $104.98 0401.06-6c, Legal Sales Representative TWO (2 ) Time(s) ed and sworn to me on the date f o/0 Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas Michelle Cabrera Print or Type Name of Notary Public commission expires on March 19, 2008. MICHELLE JOYCE CABRERA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES March 19, 2008 Ordinance amending the Code of Ordi- nances, Chapter 57 Vehicles for Hire, Sec- tion 57 -135, Farm - Amounts, to add a pro - v(ltion to allow for t+c delay time charges and Modifying the eitel ve date of rate s and amending n 57 -105, Neat and Glean Appearance of Drivers, to allow *biers to wear shorts Bering the summer months. This ordtnanoe was passed and approved dy the City C the City of Cqipus Christi on May 9, 13306. lsl Armando aty City of Corpus Chris