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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE
N0. 8282, BY INCREASING FROM 175 TO 275 THE
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TAXICABS PERMITTED TO BE
OPERATED BY THE FORT WORTH CAB AND BAGGAGE
COMPANY; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
PRIOR ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE:
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE. r
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No .. 7265, the City Council of ~--: ~
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, granted the Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company the privilege of providing taxicab service in
the City of Fort Worth for a term of ten (10) years ending
December 31, 1985; and
WHEREAS, among other items provided, Ordinance No.
7265 authorized the operation of a maximum of 125 taxicabs,
although at such time Fort Worth Cab and Baggage Company had
approximately 66 taxicabs in use on City streets; and
WHEREAS ,due to the change in the Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company's method of operations by the establishment of
a "driver-owner" and "lease-car" driver system, there is now
a greater demand for taxicabs and taxicab service; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
on March 13, 1981 by Ordinance No. 8282; increased the maximum
number of taxi permits to 175; and
WHEREAS the licensing branch of the City of Fort Worth
Police Department continues issuing of additional taxi-driver
permits, tYiir.ty (30) in the most recent week; and,
WHEREAS,~.Fort Worth Cab and Baggage Company now has
155 cabs on the streets of Fort Worth, and is rapidly approaching
the limit of 175 taxicabs as authorized by Ordinance No. 8282; and
WHEREAS, if satisfactory taxicab service is continue
to be afforded to Fort Worth patrons, the present number of
taxicabs authorized to operate within the City should be increased,
consistent with the demand and necessity for such taxicab service; and
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WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth has made due inquiry
into the said Fort Worth Cab and Baggage Company application
for the authorization of additional taxicabs, and upon such
inquiry and after a thorough consideration of all the facts
made available to it, the City Council finds:
1. That Public convenience and necessity
supports the request of the Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company to increase the maximum number ,-
of taxicabs authorized from 175 to 275.
2. That the general welfare of the community
will be best served by increasing the maximum number
of taxicabs authorized from 175 to 275; and
3. That all other prerequisites as contained
in Chapter 34, Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
(1964), as amended, have been met; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 1 of City of Fort Worth Ordinance No. 8282
is hereby amended by increasing from 175 to 275 the maximum number
of taxicabs authorized to be operated by the Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company within the municipal limits of the City of Fort
Worth. All other terms and provisions of Ordinance No. 8282
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance
in conflict herewith only insofar as any portion of such ordinance
shall be in conflict, and as to all other oridinances not in
direct conflict herewith, such ordinances shall remain in full
force and effect, and this ordinance shall be and is hereby
made cumulative.
SECTION 3.
That ail rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of
Ordinance No. 8282 or any amendments thereto, which have accrued
at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and as to
such accrued violations, the Court shall have all of the powers
that existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
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SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrases,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this orodinance shall
be decalred unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would
have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
herein of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in
full force and effect from and after the date of its passage,
and it is so ordained..
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT ~'Quest O Ort Ort a and PAGE
NUMBER Baggage Company for Authorization t0 1
6/19/84 G-60.31 Operate 100 additional Taxicabs '°r
Background: .
In Ordinance No. 7265, the Fort Worth Cab and Baggage Company was granted a
privilege to operate taxicab service in Fort Worth for a term of ten years,
expiring December 31, 1985. This grant of privilege provided authorization for
operating a maximum of 125 taxicabs.
Because the company's business had grown, the City Council in 1981 approved an
increase to a limit of 175 taxicab permits (M&C G-4883, Ordinance No. 8282). The
number of cabs now operated is near the maximum limit, and on May 18, 1984, the
company requested a further increase in .the number of cabs authorized. The
investigation by the Utilities Supervisor indicates that the new system of taxi
operations using driver-owners and lease-car drivers has placed more cabs on the
street and has improved general service levels. The request for additional taxi-
cabs complies with all provisions of the City's Taxicab Ordinance (Chapter 34,
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth 1964, as amended) and is in the public
interest.
An ordinance has been prepared amending Section 1 of Ordinance No. 7265 by
increasing to 275 the maximum number of taxicabs which Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company is authorized to operate in the City of Fort Worth.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing on the request of Fort Worth Cab and Baggage
Company, and
2. Adopt the attached ordinance increasing from 175 to 275 the maximum
number of taxicabs authorized to be operated by the Fort Worth Cab and
Baggage Company.
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