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ORDINANCE NO 13.33 6
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY ORDINANCE NO 12414, AS
PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BY CITY ORDINANCE NO 13104, BY
INCREASING FROM ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN (114) TO ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY (150) THE NUMBER OF TAXICABS WHICH
YELLOW CHECKER CAB COMPANY OF D/FW, IS AUTHORIZED TO
OPERATE UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND
THOROUGHFARES OF THE CITY, PROVIDING THAT THE FINDINGS
AND RECITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE PREAMBLE ARE THE
FINDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR WRITTEN
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE BY YELLOW CHECKER CAB
COMPANY OF D/FW, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on February 27, 1996, Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW, was
granted the privilege to use the present and future streets, alleys and public
thoroughfares of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, in its business of providing public
taxicab service within the City's municipal limits with one hundred (100) taxicabs for the
period beginning January 1, 1996, and expiring December 31, 2005, and
WHEREAS, on July 29, 1997, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
authorized Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW to operate fourteen (14) additional
taxicabs upon the City's streets, alleys and thoroughfares, and
WHEREAS, Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW has requested that the City
amend its grant of privilege to allow Yellow Checker Cab Company to place additional
taxicabs upon the City streets,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the public necessity and convenience
require the addition of more taxicabs, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend City Ordinance No 12414, as
amended by City Ordinance No 13104, to increase from one hundred fourteen (114) to
one hundred and fifty (150) the number of taxicabs which Yellow Checker Cab
Company is authorized to operate in the City of Fort Worth,
NOW TWEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No 12414, as amended by Ordinance No 13104, of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby amended by increasing from one hundred fourteen (114)
to one hundred and fifty (150) the number of taxicabs which Yellow Checker Cab
Company of D/FW, is authorized to operate upon the public streets, alleys and
thoroughfares of the City of Fort Worth
SECTION 2
That the findings and recitations contained in the preamble hereof are expressly
incorporated into and made a part of this ordinance as the findings of the City Council
SECTION 3
That within ten (10) days after adoption of this ordinance, Yellow Checker Cab
Company of D/FW, shall file with the City Secretary written acceptance of the terms and
provisions hereof Such acceptance of and agreement to the provisions of this
ordinance shall be evidenced by the signature of the authorized representative of
Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW, on the final page of this ordinance
SECTION 4
That the provisions of this ordinance shall be and are hereby declared to be
cumulative of all provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as
amended, with respect to the regulation and operation of public taxicab service within
the City's municipal limits, and, in the event of conflict between the provisions of this
ordinance and such Code, the provisions of the City Code shall govern and prevail
SECTION 6
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from the date of the
written acceptance referred to in Section 3 hereof
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SUBJECT ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY ORDINANCE NO 12414, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED
BY CITY ORDINANCE NO 13104, BY INCREASING FROM 114 TO 150 THE NUMBER
OF TAXICABS AUTHORIZED FOR OPERATION ON THE CITY STREETS BY YELLOW
CHECKER CAB COMPANY OF D/FW
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending City Ordinance No
12414, as previously amended by City Ordinance No 13104, increasing from 114 to 150 the number of
taxicabs authorized for operation on the City streets by Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW
DISCUSSION
On February 20, 1996, the City Council, by M&C G-11398, adopted City Ordinance No 12414 granting
to Yellow Checker Cab Company of D/FW the authority to operate 100 taxicabs on and over the City
streets for a ten year period expiring December 31, 2005
In a letter dated June 11, 1997, (Attachment "A") Mr Jim Richards, Vice President of Yellow Checker
Cab Company of D/FW, requested that the number of authorized taxicabs be increased to 150
On July 29, 1997, (M&C G-11960), the City Council adopted City Ordinance No 13104, amending
Ordinance No 12414 by increasing from 100 to 114 the number of taxicabs which Yellow Checker Cab
Company of D/FW is authorized to operate in the City
The City staff has received no complaints from the public which might indicate a need for additional
taxicabs since the number of authorized taxicabs was last increased However, in a letter dated
November 22, 1997, (Attachment "B") Mr Richards requests that the number of authorized taxicabs
be increased to 150 This would allow the company to add vehicles in a timely manner in order to
accommodate growth in demand for taxicab service
The City staff has reviewed this request and concurs. City.
staff is of the opinion that the public necessity and rcdt,_-&eeer~1f~+q; #.F~e-at-t~c- hed-ord~~ance-(Attachment
convenience require the addition of more taxicabs. p
Accordingly, the attached ordinance (Attachment "C") has `
been prepared amending the.prescribed authority
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that this action will have no material effect on City funds.
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
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