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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4670 OFFICIAL E'N!.9 CITE( SE REUR, ORDINANCE NO. < < f.• FT. WORTH, TEX. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE OF 1950, REQUIRING TAXIMETERS IN ALL TAXI- CABS OPERATED ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PRO- VIDING SEALING AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXIMETERS; ADOPTING THE STANDARDS FOR TOLERANCES AND ACCURACY CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS OF TEE STATE OF TEXAS; PROVIDING PENALTIES; DECLARING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES REGULATING TAXIMETERS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: r SECTION I. That Section 32 of Article III of Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 is hereby amended and after having been so amended shall here- after read as follows: Sec. 32. Required; Duty of Owner to Keep Accurate. It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator, or driver of any taxicab to operate or cause to be operated, or cause to be driven any taxicab on the streets of the City unless the same is equipped with a taximeter approved by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the City of Fort Worth or his duly authorized representative. It shall be the duty of every owner using any taximeter to keep the same accurate at all times, and the failure so to do shall constitute a violation of this chapter. SECTION II. That Section 35 of Article III of Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 is hereby amended and after having been so amended shall here- after read as follows: Sec. 35. Inspection; Responsibility of Owner; Records of Tests to be Kept. All taximeters shall be subject to inspection and test at any time by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the City or his duly authorized representative. It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any person to delay, interfere with or refuse to permit such inspection. Any taximeter found not to conform to the standards and tolerances provided for in this chapter shall not be approved by the Inspector of Weights and Measures and shall be ordered out of service. Taxicab owners shall make or cause to be made, at least once every six months, inspections and tests of the taximeters to insure their compliance with this chapter. A record of each test of a taxi- meter shall be kept by the owner and shall be available for in- spection by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the City, or his duly authorized representative, at any time. Each taxicab owner shall furnish to the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the City on Monday of each week a complete list of all taximeters under his ownership or operation which have been sealed or resealed during the preceding week, including in such list the identifying number or symbols of each such taximeter and the vehicle in which it is in- stalled. SECTION III. That Section 36 of Article III of Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 is hereby amended and after having been so amended shall here- after read as follows: Sec. 36. Standards. The standards for tolerances and accuracy and all other standards to be applied to taximeters shall be the same as the standards applied thereto by the State of Texas under its applicable statutes or regulations, all of which are hereby adopted and declared to be the only legal standards of tolerances or accuracy to be applied to the taximeters within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION IV. That Section 37 of Article III of Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 is hereby repealed. SECTION V. Any person Who violates, refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance or of Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 shall be fined not to exceed Two Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each such offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION VI. All of the regulations and provisions in this ordinance and in Chapter 33 of the Fort Worth City Code of 1950 are hereby declared to be governmental and for the health, safety and welfare of the general public. Any member of the City Council, any City official or employee charged with the enforcement of this ordinance or of said Chapter, acting for the City of Fort Worth in the discharge of his duties, shall not thereby render himself personally liable, and he is hereby relieved from all personal liability from any damage that might accrue to persons or property as a result of any act or omission required or permitted in the discharge of his duties. SECTION VII. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circum- stances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, or for any reason unenforceable, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth in adopting this ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provision or re- gulation and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION VIII. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth regulating taximeters except such ordinances as are expressly repealed hereby, and except in those instances where such ordinances as are not expressly repealed are in conflict herewith, in which instances the terms of this ordinance shall prevail. SECTION IX. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as provided by law. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney kro oft"Nkft pro I*PFAI it CITY OF FORT WOR`CFI OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Communication to Mayor and Council No. G-269 July 9, 1962 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Re: Amendment to Taxicab City of Fort Worth Ordinance Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen: On July 2, 1962, when considering M&C G-256 which described a proposed ordinance pertaining to taxicabs, the City Council directed that the pro- posed ordinance be changed so as (1) to allow the taxicab operators to seal the measuring mechanisms of measuring devices and (2) to stipulate that such sealings shall be' reported regularly to the Inspector of Weights and Measures. The attached ordinance complies with the two directives by providing that the measuring mechanisms may be sealed by the taxicab operators and that such sealings shall be reported to the Inspector of Weights and Measures on a weekly basis, each Monday. Council action on the proposed ordinance is requested. Respectfully submitted LPC:ih L. P. Cookingham City Manager attach. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS M.& C.C. WAS PI"ESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL INAqD WAS ❑ EpPROVED o ell City Secretary