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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8809;. ORDINANCE NO. ~ O AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34, "TAXIS, BUSSES, ETC., FOR HIRE", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BY CHANGING THE TAXICAB DRIVER'S PERMIT FEE; BY CHANGING THE MOTOR VEHICLE ESCORT AGENCY AND ESCORT DRIVER LICENSE AND PERMIT FEE5; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND CODE PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CODE PRO- VISIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, is hereby further amended, by amending Section 34-21 thereof, and hereafter Section 34-21 shall read and be as follows: "Sec. 34-21. Taxicab driver's permit--Required; applica- tion and information; issuance; fee; term. "a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a taxicab in the city without having first obtained a taxicab driver' s permit from the chief of police. "b) A written application for such a permit shall be filed, and shall be upon a form obtained from the chief of police, containing, among other matters, the following information: "P, showing of the experience of the applicant in driving motor v ehicles, including public vehicles; whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of any federal, state or municipal law, and, if so, the particulars of each violation of which the applicant may have been convicted; appli- cant's name, street address, age, sex, period of experience in operating public vehicles, telephone number, and place of residence for the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of the applica- tion; the taxicab operator for whom the driver pro- poses to work; and such other additional information as the chief of police may prescribe on the form. "c) The application shall be accompanied by at least two (2) photographs of the applicant taken within the last preceding three months, a certificate by a reputable physician, who is a resident of the city, showing that th e applicant is not disabled or impaired in his ability to operate motor vehicles safely because of any defects of sight, hearing, body, limbs or mind, and is not addicted to the use of narcotics or any other drugs or the exces- sive use of alcohol, which certificate shall be based upon a recent examination by a licensed physician who is an -, .~ active member, in good standing, of the Tarrant County Medical Society or of the Tarrant County Osteopathic Society; and a certification by at least three reputable persons personally acquainted with the applicant showing the applicant to be a person of good moral character. "d) If he deems it advisable, the chief of police shall make such additional investigation of the applicant as he deems necessary to ascertain whether or not he is a fit and proper person to drive a taxicab in the city. If, after examining the application and obtaining such infor- mation as he deems advisable, the chief of police is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to drive a taxicab in the city, then, upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) by the applicant, the chief of police shall cause to be issued to such applicant a permit to drive taxicabs in the city until the next ensuing January first. On the next ensuing January first, the applicant must obtain a new permit after filling out a new application therefor and paying a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for the same." Section 2. That Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, is hereby further amended, by amending Section 34-59 thereof, and hereafter Section 34-59 shall read and be as follows: "Sec. 34-59. Same--Fee; transfer. "The fee for any license granted hereunder to a private motor vehicle escort agency shall be the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per annum, which sum shall be paid before such license certificate is issued. Such license certificate shall not be transferable from the person to whom it is issued to another person." Section 3. That Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, is hereby further amended, by amending Section 34-73 thereof, and hereafter Section 34-73 shall read and be as follows: "Sec. 34-73. Same --Issuance; fee; nontransferable; expiration date. "After the application for an escort driver's permit has been approved in accordance with the provisions of this article, it shall be the duty of the assessor-collector of taxes to issue an escort driver's permit to such applicant for which a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) shall be charged The permit, when issued, shall not be transferable; however, it shall be lawful for the holder of such permit to use the same permit if he changes employment from one motor vehicle escort agency to another. Every such permit shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year in which issued." -2- t 9 J J '' ~. Z ~ - .~'PC"~'lClY1 Q_ That, should any portion, section or part of a section of this Ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judg- ment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections or parts of sections of this Ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. Section 5. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, except in those instances where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and such Code, in which instances said con- flicting provisions are hereby expressly repealed. Section 6. That any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Section 7. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for five {5) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by the TEX. REV. CIV. STATS., Art. 1176b-1. -3- n .. ..3 c .. e . ;.. ... • a ~ 4;r Section 8. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so or- dained. - APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Date: ~ ~ ~ - ~ 3 ADOPTED: ~'~~-~7j EFFECTIVE: ~- f0 -~3 ~_ _ ~i -4-