HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5343 ORDINANCE NO. 6--3-,V4.�
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS, BUSES AND OTHER
VEHICLES FOR HIRE ON PUBLIC STREETS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 34, SECTION
34-9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, uxA4 1964; By INCREAS-
ING STREET RENTAL FEES; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR
ORDINANCES; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C171f COUNCIL (IF THE CM OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS'
SECTION to
That Chapter 34, Section 34-9 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, 1964, is hereby amended and after having been so amended shall here-
after read as follows:
Sec. 34-9. Same---Fee; when fee payable.
As compensation or rental or license fee for the privilege of operating
upon and using the public streets, alleys and thoroughfares of the city in
conducting and carrying on the business of transporting passengers for com-
pensation on and over such streets and thoroughfares in taxicabs, each holder
of a franchise or grant made under the terms of this chapter shall. pay to the
city at the office of the commissioner of accounts an amount equivalent to
three per cent of the gross revenues derived from the operation of taxicabs
operated by him, which amount shall be paid monthly for each calendar month
on or before the fifteenth day of each succeeding calendar month. The com-
pensation provided for herein shall be in lieu of all other fees to be paid by
taxicab operators imposed by any other ordinance now in force, but shall not
be construed to be in lieu of any validly assessed ad valorem taxes.
(Ord. No. 3364, art, 3.)
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be canulative of all
other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth providing for the regulation of
motor vehicles upon the public streets, and this ordinance shall not operate
to repeal or affect any of such other ordinances oxcept, insofar as the pro-
visions thereof might be inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance, in which event such conflicting provisionss if any, in such
other ordinance or ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3-
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and all of the re-
mainder of this ordinance not so held to be unconstitutional shall continue
to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its
passage and adoption as provided by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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