HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 8167-1981 - Amend. Artic. I, II, III, V Of Chap. 31 Of Ord. Code Related To Taxicabs - 03/26/1981ORDINANCE NO. 8167 --------Amends Ord. 7565
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES I, II, III, AND V OF CHAPTER 31 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ~UBBOCK, TEXAS, PERTAINING TO TAXICABS AND
OTHER VEHICLES FOR HIRE, BY AMENDING THE LANGUAGE OF SAID CHAPTER 31 TO READ
AS IS HEREAFTER SET OUT; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA-
TION; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in the best
interest of the citizens of the Ci y of Lubbock to amend the language of
Articles I, II, III, and V, of Cha ter 31 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining
to taxicabs, limousines, and otheri vehicles for hire, and issuance of permits
to operate such vehicles within th~ City of Lubbock;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL' OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Articles I, II, III, and V of Chapter 31 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Lubbock BE and are hereby amended by substituting
the following language for the present provisions of said articles of Chapter
31:
CHAPTER 31
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 31-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the
meaning herein ascribed to them:
Bus service. "Bus Service" is defined, for the purpose of this article,
to be the carrying of passengers for hire by motor-driven vehicles over a
regular route.
Driver or chauffeur. The ;term "driver" or "chauffeur" shall mean
every person who actually drives or manipulates a vehicle used as a taxicab or
limousine, whether as owner or agent, servant or employee of an owner.
Owner or operator. The term "owner", "taxicab operator" and "operator"
shall mean any person who has the control, direction, maintenance or the
benefit of the collection of revenue derived from the operation of a taxicab
or a limousine on or over the streets of the city, whether as owner or other-
wise, provided that the term "driver", as defined in this section, shall not
be included within this definition.
Regular route. A "regular ;route" is one whe;reon service is operated or
solicited for as much as four (4) :ho1,1rs in one day, but it is not intended to
include taxicab service over a fixed route to and from depots, not motor
vehicles operating to a regular destination more than five (5) miles from the
corporate limits making no stops outside of the fire limits of the city.
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Street. The term "street" or "streets" shall mean and include any
street, alley, avenue, boulevard, drive, public way or highway colIID1,only used
for the purpose of public travel within the corporate limits of the city.
Taxicab. The term "taxicaij" shall mean every motor-propelled vehicle
used for the transportation of passengers over the public streets of the city
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and which is not confined to a definite fixed route, and for the use of which
remuneration is received based upon distance traveled, or for waiting time, or
for both, when such vehicle is directed to destinations by a passenger or by
such person hiring or using the same; provided, however, that the term "taxi-
cab" shall not apply to motorbuses operated within the city under a franchise
from the city over a fixed definite route, nor shall such term apply to motor-
buses regularly operated in the city along fixed routes to and from points
outside the incorporated limits of the city, nor shall such term apply to
motor vehicles regularly engaged in interstate commerce, nor shall such term
apply to limousines as defined herein.
Limousine. The term "limousine" shall mean any unmetered late model
luxury vehicle with a seating capacity for a minimum of four passengers or an
antique vehicle which has a seating capacity for a minimum of three passengers
and which vehicles are used for the transportation of passengers for hire to
and from the Lubbock International Airport or any such vehicle exclusively
chartered for a minimum of one (1) hour carrying such charter passenger or
passengers to and from designated points within the City. For the purposes of
this section, a late model luxury vehicle shall be any full size vehicle whose
model is less than five (5) years old and an antique vehicle shall be any
vehicle whose model is more than forty (40) years old. The term "limousine"
shall not include vehicles rented without drivers, taxicabs, touring vehicles,
publicly franchised buses or vehicles owned or operated by motels, hotels and
other businesses for the transporting of their guests or employees free of
charge.
Touring vehicle. Any vehicle other than one rented without a driver,
or a taxicab or a limousine, or a publicly franchised bus or bus operated by
or on behalf of the City, used for the transportation of more than four (4)
passengers for hire for sight-seeing, educational tours or other such similar
excursions, the charges for which ~s determined by the length of time for
which the vehicle is engaged, the distance traveled, a fixed fee or any com-
bination of such methods of determining such charge.
Sec. 31-2. Duties of the City Manager.
It shall be the duty of the City Manager or his designated representative
to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to furnish the city council with
information concerning taxi cabs and limousines whenever it calls for such
information.
Sec. 31-3. Who may operate generally.
Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate
on the st~eets of the city a vehicle engaged in the business of transporting
passengers, unless he is the owner or operator thereof, or a duly authorized
agent or employee of the owner or operator, and it shall be unlawful for any
owner or operator of such a vehicle licensed in his name to permit it to be
driven or operated within the corporate limits of the city by any person,
except his legally authorized agent or employee.
Sec. 31-4. Transportation similar to taxicab prohibited, except under
permit.
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It shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating, driving or in
charge of any vehicle in the city to use or advertise in connection therewith
the word "taxi", "taxicab" or "cab", or in soliciting trade from the public to
represent or exhibit such vehicle as a "taxi", "taxicab" or "cab" unless such
vehicle is operated subject to the control of an authorized taxicab permit
holder.
Sec. 31-5. Taxis and Limousines conducting business at the Lubbock
International Airport.
Anyone desiring to transport passengers to or from the Lubbock Inter-
national Airport, for remuneration is required to hold a valid City of Lubbock
taxi service permit or limousine service permit, as proscribed hereunder.
Such holders shall register with the Director of Aviation at the Lubbock
International Airport, and shall comply with all rules and regulations set by
the Lubbock International Airport Board; including but not limited to: parking
regulations, provisions concering the solicitation of passengers, etc. The
Airport Board shall assess the permit holder a reasonable fee hereunder.
In the event that any taxi service permit holder or any limousine service
perm.it holder fails to comply with the rules and regulations of the Airport
Board, such permit holder shall be issued notice of his non-compliance.
Should the violation persist 10 days after the issuance of said notice, such
permit holder may be prohibited from conducting business at the Lubbock Inter-
national Airport.
Hotels, motels, or other businesses who transport guests or employees to
or from the Lubbock International Airport shall comply with all rules and
regulations as set by the Lubbock International Airport Board; however, such
hotels, motels, and businesses shall not be required to hold a City of Lubbock
taxi service permit or limousine service permit.
Sec. 31-6. Franchise for bus service--Application for and issuance.
Any person desiring to operate a bus service within the city, or partly
within the city, shall, before engaging in such enterprise, present to the
city council in writing, an application for a franchise. Such application
shall state the route upon which the applicant will operate, the schedule of
such service, the fare to be charged, the kind and character of equipment to
be used and the probable number of passengers per month who will use such
service. The applicant shall also satisfy the council that he is a proper
person to whom a franchise may be granted, that the fares to be charged are
reasonable, that he will operate such service in a safe and adequate manner
and that a necessity exists for the establishment and operation of such ser-
vice over the route named. If the judgment of the city council is that all
such matters are regular, necessary and reasonable, a franchise may be issued
to the applicant, under the terms of this article, and such conditions as the
council may prescribe.
Sec. 31-7. Same--Forfeiture.
Upon violation of the terms of this article, or any franchise issued
hereunder, after ten days' notice in writing, specifying the grounds of the
complaint, a hearing may be had before the city council as to the correctness
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of the complaint, which shall be under oath, and if such grounds of complaint
are proven, such franchise may be forfeited and the rights o:l; the person
holding the same wholly terminated. Such forfeiture shall be in addition to
any other penalty provided by this Code.
Sec. 31-8. Property left in vehicles.
It shall be the duty of every driver of a vehicle for hire to return
innnediately to the owner, if known, all luggage, merchandise or other property
left in his vehicle. If the owner of such property is not known, the driver
shall immediately turn over to the manager of the terminal from which he
operates all property whatsoever left in his vehicle, giving a complete report
of when and where it was left. All such property shall be tagged for ident-
ification purposes, and if it is not called for by the owner within seven (7)
days, it shall be turned over to the chief of police with all available in-
formation pertaining thereto.
ARTICLE II. TAXICABS
Sec. 31-9. Reserved.
Sec. 31-10. Permit required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab, business or
service for the transportation of passengers for hire, within the corporate
limits of the city, without first having obtained from the city council a
permit to do so.
Sec. 31-11. Hearing by the city council--To determine public
convenience and necessity.
Before any permit to operate taxicabs in the city will be granted by the
city council to any person applying under this article, the city council shall
hold a hearing to consider whether public convenience and necessity require
the proposed taxicab service for which application is made.
No permit for additional taxicab service will be granted by the city
council unless required by public convenience and necessity.
Sec. 31-12. Same--Notice of hearing; cost of notice.
When an application under this article is filed with the city secretary-
treasurer, the city council shall fix a time and place for hearing on the
application. Notice of such hearing shall be given, in writing, to the app-
licant and to all persons holding permits for taxicab services in the city.
Due notice shall be given to the public by publication in a newspaper published
in the city, cost of such public notice to be borne by the applicant in ad-
vance of publication and paid to the city secretary-treasurer. Such notice
shall set out the name of the applicant and the nature of the application,
kind of equipment proposed to be used and all other pertinent data deemed
necessary to properly inform the public, as well as the date, place and hour
of the hearing which shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty-
five (45) days after the date of first publication.
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Sec. 31-13. Same--Complaints and protests may be filed.
Every holder of a permit for the operation of a taxicab service in the
city or any other citizen may file such complaints and protests as such person
may deem appropriate touching upon questions of public convenience and nec-
essity affected by the applicant's proposed operations.
Sec. 31-14. Same--Matters to be considered.
In determining whether public convenience and necessity require the
granting of a permit for the proposed taxicab service, the city council shall
take into consideration the following matters:
(a) Whether the demands of public convenience and necessity require such
proposed or such additional taxicab service within the city.
(b) The financial responsibility of the applicant.
(c) The number, kind and type of equipment and the color scheme to be
used by the applicant.
(d) The number of taxicabs already in operation in the city.
(e) Whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public
need.
(f) The probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions.
(g) Whether the safe use of the streets of the city by the public, both
vehicular and pedestrian, will be endangered unduly by the granting
of the proposed additional taxicab service.
(h) The character, experience and responsibility of the applicant.
(i) Whether the applicant is fit, able and willing to provide public
transportation by taxicab.
Sec. 31-15. Contents of permits.
Every permit submitted to the city council by which the operation of a
taxicab service in the city may be granted shall contain the following pro-
visions:
(a) That the permit is granted for one year from its effective date,
with renewal annually thereafter, unless upon review by the city
council it is found that the permit has become subject to forfeiture
or cancellation for good cause. For the purpose of review by the
city council annually, the city manager shall submit a report as to
the performance of each permit holder together with such other
pertinent information as desired by the council.
(b) That the holder of every permit shall pay to the city, an annual
city pennit fee of forty dollars ($40.00) for each vehicle authorized
under the permit.
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(c) That the permit holder will be required to comply with all applicable
terms and provisions of this article and all amendments hereafter
made during the terms of the grant.
(d) That the permit will be subject to forfeiture and cancellation upon
conviction for any violations of this article and upon proper show-
ing that the permit holder has substantially breached the terms of
the permit.
(e) That the permit will become subject to forfeiture and cancellation
upon the holder thereof becoming delinquent in the payment of ad
valorem taxes upon any vehicle, equipment or other property of the
holder used or operated directly or indirectly in connection with
the taxicab service.
(f) That the permit holder will keep and maintain complete records of
all physical properties, daily records of revenues (segregated by
drivers and vehicles), daily manifests of all drivers, and a com-
plete record of all expenses incurred in connection with the actual
operation of the taxicab business and maintenance of equipment and
of all revenues derived from such business.
(g) That the permit holder will own, lease, contract for or otherwise
legally control every taxicab used in the taxicab service for which
the permit is authorized.
The provisions required above to be written into each permit are not
limitations, and there may be incorporated in any permit such additional
provisions as in the discretion of the city council properly belong in such
permit for the operation of a taxicab service in the city.
Sec. 31-16. Transferability of fr.anchises and other privileges.
No grant, right or privilege, whether by permit or otherwise, afforded
any person under the terms and provisions of this article shall be transfer-
able to any other person, without written application to the city for such
transfer and approval thereof by action of the city council.
Sec. 31-17. Taximeters--Required for all taxicabs.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab, within the city, to be oper-
ating for public hire unless it is equipped with a taximeter, which
taximeter shall be used as provided in this article.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating, driving or in
charge of any taxicab within the city to operate or drive such
taxicab unless a taximeter is used in determining the fare to be
charged, and no other or different fare shall be charged than the
fare recorded on the reading face of such taximeter for any trip,
and no other rates or methods of measuring the distance or time
charges shall be allowed, except by taximeter as provided by this
article.
(c) Charges may be made for passenger assistance with parcels.
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Sec. 31-17.1. Same--Specifications.
Every taxicab shall have affixed thereto a taximeter and shall use a
taximeter of a size and design approved by the city manager and such taximeter
shall conform to the following specifications:
(a) The taximeter shall be a mechanical instrument or device by which
the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated for
distance traveled, for waiting time, if any, and upon which such
charge shall be indicated by means of clearly legible figures which
are electrically lighted each time the taximeter flag is thrown from
nonearning to earning position.
(b) Every taximeter shall register upon visual counters the following
items:
(1) Total miles (unless shown by accurate registration on the
odometer, tested and in good working order on the taxicab).
(c) No taximeter shall be in such condition as to be more than five (5)
per cent incorrect to the prejudice of any passenger.
Sec. 31-17.2. Taxicabs to be numbered; display of numbers; number plates.
The permit holder shall designate a block of consecutive numbers and from
such designation shall give each taxicab a number. The chauffeur license of
the driver of the taxicab shall be placed in a location visible to the occu-
pants of the taxicab and shall remain posted there while he is on duty.
Sec. 31-17.3. Name of permit.holder to be painted on taxicabs; taxis
designated.
Every taxicab operated in the city shall bear on the outside of each rear
door, or front door, in painted letters not less than two and one-half (2 1/2)
inches in height and not less than a five-sixteenth-inch stroke, the name of
the taxicab service of such holder, together with the telephone number of the
service, the number of the taxicab, and the word "taxi" or "cab". All let-
tering and designs shall be painted in colors contrasting the colors of the
taxicab so that the lettering and designs shall be clear and legible.
Sec. 31-17.4. Requirements for electric identification sign on top of
taxicab.
On the top of every taxicab there shall be an electric light sign with
the company name or identification sign thereon.
Sec. 31-17.5. No taxicab color scheme to conflict with or imitate any
other color scheme.
No taxicab operated under the terms of this article shall bear a color
scheme, identifying the design, monogram or insignia used on the taxicabs of a
permit holder already operating under this article in such manner as to be
misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public.
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Sec. 31-17.6. Advertising on taxicabs permitted.
Subject to requirements of identification and provisions of this article,
this Code and any other ordinances of the city regulating the use of the
public streets, holders of permits for taxicab services may permit advertising
matter to be affixed to or installed in or on any taxicab of such services.
Sec. 31-17.7. Inspection of vehicles; removal from service of unsafe,
unsanitary, improperly operated, etc., taxicabs.
Every taxicab may be inspected periodically and such intervals shall be
established by the city manager. No taxicab shall be operated which does not
comply with all of the following minimum standards:
{a) Each taxicab shall conform to all state minimum safety standards.
{b) Each taxicab shall be reasonably free of dust, dirt or rubbish, and
be otherwise clean and sanitary.
(c) No part of the body of such taxicab shall be missing or unreasonably
bent or unreasonably dented out of shape.
(d) The exterior and interior paint shall not be unreasonably rusted,
flaked or scraped.
{e) The coverings of floors, seats and back and arm rests shall be
repaired of all rips, tears and places where the covering material
has worn through.
(£) Each taxicab shall be operated by drivers who comply with the re-
quirements of this article.
(g) Each taxicab shall be equipped with two-way radio communication
equipment or the equivalent thereto in proper operating condition
capable of transmitting and receiving vocal communication between
such taxicab and the dispatching office of the permit holder.
If the operation of any taxicab is found not to comply with the require-
ments of this section, the city manager, any designated city official or any
police officer may direct that the vehicle be taken out of service until it
can be operated in compliance. The operation of such taxicab from the place
at which the order was issued to the destination required by passengers in the
taxicab at the time such order was issued shall not constitute a separate
offense. The city manager or his authorized agent will notify the permit
holder in writing of such failure, identifying the taxicab by number, the name
of the driver and the specific complaint.
Section 31-18. Ferformance bond required.
Before the grant of any permit to operate a taxicab service in the city
shall become effective, the grantee shall furnish to the city a good and
sufficient performance bond, written by an insurance company organized and
existing under the laws of the state and having a valid permit to do business
in the state and having an agent or attorney for service in the city upon whom
service of process may be had, and such bond shall be in such form as :may be
approved by the city attorney. The right to operate under a permit shall be
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conditioned upon the existence and maintenance in full force and effect of a
performance bond as hereinabove described.
The performance bond required by this article shall be conditioned as
follows:
(a) That the holder of the permit shall pay to the city all amounts due
under the terms of this article.
(b) That the holder of such permit shall pay all fines, assessments, and
judgments levied against the holder by any court, by the city tax
assessor and collector or by direction of the city council, and by
such other officials authorized to levy such fines, taxes, charges,
assessments or judgments.
(c) That the holder of such permit shall perform every duty of an operato
of taxicabs and a holder of a permit as exists within this article
and as this article may be supplemented by regulations duly approved
by the city council.
Every such performance bond required by this article shall be in an
amount fixed by the following schedule:
(a) If the permit holder is authorized to operate five (5) taxicabs or
less, the bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00).
(b) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than five (5)
taxicabs and not more than ten (10) taxicabs, the bond shall be in
the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(c) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than ten (10)
taxicabs and not more than fifteen (15) taxicabs, the bond shall be
in the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00}.
(d) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than fifteen (15}
taxicabs and not more than twenty-five (25} taxicabs, the bond shall
be in the sum of fo.u:r thousand dollars ($4,000.00).
(e) If the pe:rmit holder is authorized to operate more than twenty-five
(25) taxicabs, the bond shall be in the sum of five thousand dollars
($5,000.00).
Sec. 31-18.1. Public liability and property damage insurance :required.
Before the granting of any permit to operate a taxicab service in the
city shall become effective, the grantee shall procure and furnish to the city
secretary-treasurer, and thereafter keep in full force and effect, a policy of
public liability and property damage insurance, to be approved by the city
attorney, and issued in the amounts and under the provisions of this article.
Every such policy shall insure all of the taxicabs owned, leased, contracted
for or controlled by the holder of such permit and u$ed in taxicab service for
which a permit has been authorized. Such policy shall insure to the benefit
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of any person who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property,
proximately caused by the negligence of a permit holder, his servants or
agents. The insurer shall be obligated to pay all final judgments which may
be rendered in behalf of the public for loss or damage resulting to persons or
property from the negligent operation of any such taxicab.
Every such policy of insurance shall be issued by an insurance company
organized and existing under the laws of the state, or having a valid permit
to do business in the state, and having an agent or attorney for service in
the city.
The minimum amounts of liability of public liability and property damage
insurance required shall be the following sums:
For damages arising out of bodily injury to or
death of one person in any one accident ••••••••••• $:50,000.00
For damages arising out of bodily injury to or
death of two (2) or more persons in any
one accident ••.•••..••...•.......•.....•.•..•••... $100,000.00
For injury to ~r destruction or property in any
one accident •.•.•..•••.•.•..•.....•••....•....•... $ 50,000.00
Every performance bond required by this article shall provide, and every
insurance policy required under this article shall contain an endorsement,
that termination of the obligations of such bond and cancellation of such
insurance policy shall not become effective before fifteen (15) days after
notice, in writing, to the city of such termination or cancellation. Every
bond and every policy of insurance shall run concurrently with the life of the
permit held by the person so bonded and insured. All policies of insurance
shall contain a provision for continuing liability thereon up to the full
amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
Upon discovery of determination that either the performance bond required
of permit holders under this article or the public liability and property
damage insurance required of such holders has become impaired and requires new
and additional bond or new and additional insurance, as the case may be, then
the city manager shall require such additional bonds and insurance in such
company as appears to him necessary and sufficient to insure a faithful per-
formance by the permit holder, his agents, servants and employees, as well as
payment by such holder, his agents, servants and employees, to persons injured
by reason of the neglect of such pe:rmit holder, his agents, servants and
employees, or by reason of the neglect of such franchise holder, his agents,
servants and employees, of any of the provisions of this Code or any other
ordinances of the city or any of the laws of the state or of the United States.
Sec. 31-18.2. Records to be kept by permit holder; reports to be made;
tax to be paid.
Every holder of a permit to operate a taxicab service in the city under
provisions of this article shall establish, keep and maintain a uniform system
of records of such business and its operations. The following specific re-
quirements are hereby prescribed:
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(a) Every permit holder shall file a verified annual report with the
city secretary-treasurer not later than the 20th day of the month
following the expiration period of his yearly permit. The report
shall contain the following:
(1) all income of the permit holder obtained from the permitted
business during the permit year.
(2) all business expenses of permit holder incurred in the permitte
business during the permit year.
(3) all capital equipment purchased by permit holder and used in
connection with the permitted business during the permit year.
(4) In addition, the report shall contain the following information:
(a) average response time for taxi service during the permit
year.
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(b) major maintenance cost on each taxi incurred during the
permit year together with the length of time each taxi is
out of service due to repairs.
(c) the total number of trips made by each taxi during the
permit year.
The verified report heretofore required shall be reviewed by
the City Manager ot his representative and the City Manager or
his representative may request any other additional information
concerning the operation of the permitted business as may be
necessary to determine the quality and sufficiency of the ser-
vices rendered by the permit holder.
The City Manager shall report to the City Council on the permit
holder's operationlafter the City Manager has completed the
review of the permit holder's annual report.
(b) Beginning July 1, 1981, each permit holder shall pay to the city an
annual city permit fee of $40.00 for each vehicle permitted. Until
July 1, 1981 each permit holder shall continue to pay the same fees
as were required to be paid by the ordinances of the city by permit
holders prior to this revision.
Sec. 31-18.3. Rate schedule to be filed with City Secretary; Regulation
of rates increases; Rates to be posted.
Every holder of a permit to operate a taxicab service in the city under
provisions of this article shall file with the City Secretary a rate schedule
setting forth all fares and rates 'to be charged to passengers. The City
Council may within 30 days after the filing of the rates schedule by pennit
holder review the propriety of the rates and determine if said rates are
reasonable. lf the City Council determines that there is a question as to the
reasonableness of the rates filed, they shall set a public hearing on the
matter at which hearing the permit holder shall show cause why such rates are
not unreasonable. At the conclusion of such hearing if the City Council
determines that such rates are not justified, they shall by resolution estab-
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lish reasonable rates for the permit holder's services which shall be the rates
charged by said permit holder until increased as hereinafter provided.
Thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of any rate increase, the
permit holder shall file the proposed schedule of rate increases with the City
Secretary together with sufficient financial disclosures to justify said in-
crease. The rate increase shall become effective thirty (30) days after
filing of same with the City Secretary unless a public hearing is required to
determine the reasonableness of the proposed increased rates as hereinafter
provided.
If within thirty (30) days after permit holder has filed a schedule of
proposed rate increases, the City Council determines that there exists a
question as to the reasonableness.of the proposed increased rates it shall hold
a public bearing thereon, ·at which hearing the permit holder shall show cause
why such proposed increased rates are not unreasonable. If the Council deter-
mines that the rates are reasonable, then the rates as filed shall be allowed
to take effect. However, if the City Council determines that the rates pro-
posed in the increase are not reasonable, then they shall by resolution
establish reasonable rates for all services rendered by permit holder which
shall be the rates charged by said permit holder until altered or changed as
herein provided.
The City Secretary shall give written notice to the permit bolder of any
public hearing held pursuant to this section.
A current rate schedule, including fares to and from the Lubbock Inter-
national Airport, shall be posted 1at all times upon every vehicle operating
under a City taxi servic.e permit. Such schedule shall be clearly visible and
shall be posted on the rear window of the passenger side of every vehicle.
Sec. 31-18.4. Unlawful to transpo,rt persons to abode of prostitute, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab knowingly to transport
any passenger to the abode of a prostitute or knowingly to transport any
criminal, narcotic peddler, prostitute or bootlegger in the commission of a
crime or infraction of the law in any manner, or act in any manner as a pan-
derer or pimp £or prostitutes, or a contact for unlawful establishments of any
character. Violations of this section shall be brought to the attention of
the permit holder in writing whose service the taxicab driver is employed, and
repeated occurrences, by the same or other drivers, shall be grounds for re-
vocation and cancellation of the holder's permit.
ARTICLE Ill. CITY CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE
Sec. 31-19. Required.
lt shall be unlawful for any person to drive any taxicab or limousine
engaged in the business of transporting passengers upon or over any street
within the corporate limits of the city, without first having obtained from
the chief of police a valid city chauffeur's license.
Sec. 31-20. Application; fee.
Before obtaining a city chauffeur's license, the applicant shall make a
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written, signed application therefore to the chief of police, accompanied by
a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), payable to the city. Such application shall
contain the following information:
(1) The full name, age, place of birth and present residential and
business addresses of the applicant.
(2) The full name of the person or owner for whom the applicant
proposes to be employed.
(3) The length of the residence of the applicant in the city and the
state, and whether he is a citizen of the United States.
(4) A full personal description of the applicant, including age,
height, weight, race, color of eyes, complexion and color of hair,
body and facial marks and defects, if any, his complete fingerprints,
and his photograph, both front and side views. (Fingerprints and
photograph to be furnished by police department.)
(5) The experience, if any, that the applicant has had as a driver
of a motor vehicle; whether married or single; the number of children
if any, in his immediate family; the specific address of his mother
and father, if living.
(6) Whether applicant has been charged with or convicted of any
felony or misdemeanor, and if so, full information concerning each.
(7) Whether applicant has been convicted of any violation of any law
in the operation of motor vehicles, and if so, full information
concerning each.
Sec. 31-21. Applicant must have ~tate license.
No person shall be issued a city chauffeur's license unless he first
produces a valid chauffeur's license, issued to him by.the state.
Sec. 31-22. Reserved.
Sec. 31-23. Investigation and determination of applicant's fitness.
The chief of police shall make or cause to be made such investigation of
the character, experience and qualifications of the applicant desiring a city
chauffeur's license as may be deemed consistent and judicious; and he shall
determine whether or not the applicant is fit and qualified to drive and
operate a taxicab or limousine within the corporate limits of the city in a
manner consistent with the welfare of the public.
Sec. 31-24. Applicant's fingerprints checked.
The fingerprints of each applicant for a license under this article must
be checked and cleared through the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Wash-
ington, D.C.,:the.State Bureau·of ldentification at Austin and the City of
Lubbock Bureau of Identification.
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Sec. 31-25. Issuance-Conditions.
If the applicant for a city chauffeur's license has complied with all of
the requirements of this article and his fingerprints are cleared by the
bureaus mentioned in section 31-24 of this Code, and if the chief of police
shall find that the applicant is otherwise a fit person and properly qualified
under this chapter to receive a city chauffeur's license, he shall grant such
license.
Sec. 31-25.1. Same--Temporary li9ense.
The director of public safety is authorized to issue an applicant a temp-
orary city chauffeur's license for a time not exceeding forty-five days,
pending complete investigation, provided all other requirements have been met.
The director may for cause suspend or revoke such license.
Sec. 31-25.2. Suspension of permanent license--Causes.
The director of public safety is authorized to suspend any city chauffeur'
license when the licensee or any driver of a taxicab has been convicted of
offenses within and related to the provisions of section 31-30.
Sec. 31-25.3. Same--Driving after notice.
It shall be unlawful for any licensee to drive a taxicab after notice of
suspension or revocation of his license.
Sec. 31-26. Reserved.
Sec. 31-27. Identification cards.
There shall be issued to the applicant, at the time of actual issuance of
the city chauffeur's license, an identification card, which shall be not less
than four inches by ten inches in dimension, which card shall contain the full
view photograph of the applicant, along with his complete physical description
and residence address. The above-mentioned card shall be posted in full view
of the passenger compartment of the taxicab or limousine which the driver may
be operating.
Sec. 31-28. Appeal when license refused.
If the chief of police refuses to grant the applicant a city chauffeur's
license, the applicant shall have the right to appeal to the city council
within ten (10) days from. the date of such refusal, which appeal shall be
perfected by delivering to the city secretary a letter stating that an appeal
from the decision of the chief of police is desired. The city council shall,
within a reasonable time after receiving such notice of appeal, hold a hearing
thereon! and after the hearing, sustain or reverse the decision of the chief
of police. If no appeal is taken from the finding made by the chief of police
within the ten (10) day period provided, the decision of the chief of police
shall be final.
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Sec. 31-29. Transfer; termination; renewal.
No city chauffeur's license shall in any manner be assignable or trans-
ferable, and each such license issued shall terminate one (1) year from the
date of its issuance; provided, however, that such license may be renewed from
year to year and each application.for renewal of such chauffeur's license
shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5.00) payable to the city.
Sec. 31-30. Revocation.
In addition to any other penalty provided by this Code, a chauffeur's
license issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the city
council, after a hearing is tirst iheld resulting in a finding that the driver
of a taxicab has done or has engaged in any of the following acts:
(1) Made any false statement in his application for a chauffeur's
license.
(2) Knowingly engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors, directly
or indirectly, while se~ing as a driver of a taxicab.
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(3) Knowingly engaged in the transportation of any known criminal,
narcotic peddler, prostitute or bootlegger in the furtherance of a
c+ime, or knowingly and :intentionally aided in the infraction of the
crim.inal laws of the state or a criminal ordinance of the city.
(4)
(5)
Acted in any manner as a pimp for prostitutes or as a contact
man for bootleggers, or as a contact man for any unlawful establish-
ment of any character.
Shall be found guilty b~ any court of more than two (2) moving
traff;i.c v;i.olations within a twelve (12) month period.
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Sec. 31-56. Applicability of article; compliance with article required.
It shall be unlawful for any [imousine or touring vehicle to be rented,
hired or operated upon the streets of the city, unless the provisions of this
article have first been complied with and said limousine or touring vehicle
has obtained a val;i.d city limousine service permit or a valid city touring
vehicle permit.
Sec. 31-57. Pennit--Required; application; fee; contents; transferability.
Every person desiring to engage in the business of operating any limou-
sine or touring vehicle shall make1 application, in writing, to the City
Manager on a form provided for that purpose, for a perm.it to engage in the
business specified. Such application shall contain the name, address and
telephone number of the true owner: of the business and the state license
number, types and seating capacity of each vehicle to be operated and such
other information as the City Manager deems necessary. If the state license
ntllllber of any vehicle is changed during the perm.it period, such changed number
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~hall be immediately reported to the City Manager. This application shall be
sworn to by the applicant and shall be accompanied by a permit fee of sixty
dollars ($60.00) for each vehicle for which a permit is requested.
Sec. 31-58. Contents of permits.
Every permit submitted to the city manager by which the operation of a
limousine service or touring vehicle service in the city may be granted shall
contain the following provisions:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e}
(f)
(g)
That the permit is granted for one year from its effective
date, with renewal annJally thereafter, unless upon review by the
city manager it is fou~d that the permit has become subject to for-
feiture or cancellation for good cause.
That the permit holder will be required to comply with all the
applicable terms and ptovisions of this article and all amendments
hereafter made during the terms. of the grant.
That the permit holder will be subject to forfeiture and cancellatio
upon conviction for any violations of this article and upon proper
showing that the permit holder has substantially breached the terms
of the permit.
That the permit will become subject to forfeiture and cancellation
upon the holder thereof becoming delinquent in the payment of ad
valorem taxes upon any equipment or property the holder used or
operated directly or indirectly in connection with the limousine
service or touring vehicle service.
That the permit holder will keep and maintain complete records
of all physical properties, daily records of revenues (segregated by
drivers and vehicles), daily manifests of all drivers, and a complet
record of all expenses incurred in connection with the actual oper-
ation of the limousine business or touring vehicle business and
maintenance of equipment and of all revenues derived from such
business.
That the permit holder will own, lease, contract for or otherwise
legally control every limousine or touring vehicle for which the
permit is authorized.
No grant, right or privilege, whether by permit or otherwise,
afforded any person under the terms and provisions of this article
shall be transferable to any other person, without written applic-
ation to the city for such transfer and approval thereof by action
of the manager.
There may be incorporated in any permit additional provisions
to the ones hereinabove stat~d.
Sec. 31-59. Same--Prerequisites to issuance; issuance.
No per:mit to operate a limousine, limousine service, touring vehicle or
touring service shall be issued as hereinafter provided until the City Council
holds a public hearing on the application to consider whether the public con-
venience and necessity will be served by the issuance of said permit. The
City Council, in deter:mining whether or not the public convenience and neces-
sity will be served will consider the following factors:
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(a) The financial responsibility of the applicant.
(b) .The number, kind and type of equipment and the color scheme to
be used by the applicant.
(c) The probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions.
(d) Whether the safe use of the streets of the city by the public, both
vehicular and pedestrian, will be endangered unduly by the granting
of the proposed additional service.
(e) The character, experience and responsibility of the applicant.
(f) Whether the applicant is fit, able and willing to perform the
service on a regular and continuous basis.
No permit for additional limousine or touring vehicles or services will
be granted by the City as hereinafter provided unless required by public con-
venience and necessity. '
The City Manager shall, after the City Council has determined the public
convenience and necessity issue, issue a limousine or touring vehicle permit
to all responsible applicants complying with the provisions of this article
and shall issue a permit for the operation of all vehicles complying with the
requirements of this article. No permit will be issued unless every vehicle
proposed to be used complies with the following minimum requirements:
(a) Each vehicle shall comply with all the safety requirements
imposed by all state, federal or local laws applicable to the
vehJ.cle involved.
(b) Before the granting of any permit to operate a limousine service or
touring vehicle service .in the city shall become effective, the
grantee shall procure and furnish to the city secretary-treasurer,
and thereafter keep in full force and effect a policy of public
liability and property damage insurance, to be approved by the city
attorney, and issued in the amounts and under the provisions of this
article. Every such policy shall insure all of the limousines
owned, leased, contracted for or controlled by the holder of such
permit and used in such limousine .service for which a permit has
been authorized. Such policy shall insure to the benefit of any
person who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property,
proximately caused by the negligence of the permit holder, his
servants, or agents. The insurer shall be obligated to pay all
final judgments which may be rendered in behalf of the public for
loss of damage resulting to persons or property from the negligent
operation of any such limousine. Every such policy of insurance
shall be issued by an insurance company organized and existing under
the laws of the state or having a valid permit to do business in the
state, and having an agert or attorney for service in the city.
The minimum amounts of liability of public liability and property
damage insurance required shall be the following sums:
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For damages arising out of bodily injury to or
death of one person in any one accident ••••••••••• $ 50,000.00
For damages arising out of bodily injury to or
death of two (2) or more persons in any one
accident ........................................... $100,000.00
For injury to or destruction of property in any
one accident ...................................... $ 50,000.00
Every performance bond required by this article and every insurance
policy required under this article shall contain an endorsement,
that termination of the obligations of such bond and/or cancellation
of such insurance policy shall not become effective before fifteen
{15) days after notice, in writing, to the city of such termination
or cancellation. Every bond and every insurance policy shall run
concurrently with the life of the permit held by the person so
bonded and insured. All policies of insurance shall contain a
provision for continuing liability thereon up to the full amount
thereof notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
Upon discovery of determination that either the perfonnance bond
required of pemit holders under this article or the public liabilit
and property damage insurance required of such holders has become
impaired and requires new and additional bond or new and additional
insurance, as the case may be, then the city manager shall require
such additional bonds and insurance in such company as appears to
him necessary and sufficient to insure a faithful performance by the
permj,.t holder, his agents, sexvants and employees, as well as pay-
ment by such holder, his agents, servants and employees, to persons
;lnjured by reaeon of the neglect of·such permit bolder, his agents,
servante and employees, or by reason of the neglect of such fran-
chise bolder, his agents, servants and employees, or by reason of
the violation of such permit holder, individually or through his
agents, servants or employees, of any of the provisions of this Code
or any other ordinance of the city or any of the laws of the state
or of the United States.
(c) Before the grant of any permit to operate a limousine service
or touring vehicle service in the city shall become effective, the
grantee shall furnish to the city a good and sufficient performance
bond written by an insurance company organized, existing under the
laws of the state having a valid permit to do business in the state
and having an agent or attorney for service in the city upon whom
service of process may be had, and such bond shall be in such form
and of sufficient financial stability as may be approved by the city
attorney. The right to operate under a permit shall be conditioned
upon the existence and maintenance in full force and effect of a
performance bond as herein described.
The performance bond required by this article shall be conditioned
as follows:'
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(a) That the holder of the permit shall pay to the city all
amounts due under the terms of this article.
(b) That the holder of such permit shall pay all fines, assessments
and judgments levied against the holder by any court, by the
city tax assessor and collector or by direction of the city
council, and by such other officials authorized to levy such
fines, taxes, charges, assessments or judgments.
(c) That the holder of such permit shall perform every duty of
an operator of limousines and a holder of a permit as exists
within this article and as this article may.be supplemented by
regulations duly approved by the city council.
Every such performance bond required by this article shall be
in an amount fixed by the following schedule:
(a) If the permit holder is authorized to operate five (5)
limousines or touring vehicles or less, the bond shall be in
the sum of two thousand dollars (2,000.00).
(b) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than
five (5) limousines or touring vehicles and not more than ten
(10) limousines or touring vehicles, the bond shall be in
the sum of three thousand dollars (3,000.00).
(c) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than
(10) limousines or touring vehicles and not more than twenty
(20) limousines or touring vehicles, the bond shall be in the
sum of five thousand dollars (5,000.00).
(d) If the permit holder is authorized to operate more than
twenty (20) limousines or touring vehicles, the bond shall
be in the sum of eight thousand dollars (8,000.00).
(e) The owner shall have rendered each vehicle for which a
permit is s9ught for ad valorem taxation and shall have paid
all delinqu¢nt tax charges owing the city upon every such
vehicle. i · l
Sec. 31-60. Reserved.
Sec. 31-61. Reserved.
Sec. 31-62. Required records.
I Every holder of a permit to operate a limousine or touring vehicle servic
in the City under provisiorts of this article shall establish, keep and maintai
a uniform system of record~ of each business and its operations. The followin
specific requirements are tjereby prescribed:
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City Secretary-Treasurer not later than the 20th day of the month
following the expiration period of his yearly permit. The report
shall contain the following:
(1) all income of the permit holder obtained from the permitted
business during the permit year.
(2) all business expenses of permit holder incurred in the permitte
business during the permit year.
(3) all capital equipment purchased by permit holder and used in
connection with the permitted business during the permit year.
(4) The verified report heretofore required shall be reviewed by
the City Manager or his representative and the City Manager or
his representative may request any other additional information
concerning the operation of the permitted business as may be
necessary to determine the quality and sufficiency of the ser-
vices rendered by the permit holder.
The City Manager shall report to the City Council on the permit
holder's operation after the City Manager has completed the
review of the permit holder's annual report.
(b) Beginning July 1, 1981, each permit holder shall pay to the City an
annual permit fee of $60.00 for each vehicle permitted. Until July
1, 1981, each permit holder shall continue to pay the same fees as
were required to be paid by the ordinances of the Ctiy by permit
holders prior to this revision.
Sec. 31-62.1. Required report.
Every operator of a limousine or touring vehicle shall file a verified
annual report with the City Secretary not later than the 20th day of the month
following the expiration period of his yearly permit. The report shall contai
the following:
(a) The total number of trips made during the permit year.
(b) The major maintenance cost on each vehicle during the permit year
together with the length of time each vehicle is out of service due
to repairs.
(c) All capital equipment purchased by operator and used in connection
with the permitted business during the permit year.
(d) The total number of cha~ter trips made during the year by the permit
holder.
The verified reports above required in sec. 31-62 and this section shall
be reviewed by the City Manager or his representative and the City Manager or
his representative may request any other additional information concerning the
operations of the permitted business as may be necessary to determine the
quality and sufficiency of the service rendered by the permit holder. The
City Manager shall report to the City Council on the permit holder's operation
after the City Manager has completed the review of the permit holder's annual
report.
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Sec. 31-63. Inspection of vehicles; removal from service of unsafe,
unsanitary, unproperly operated, etc., limousines or
touring vehicles.
Every limousine or touring vehicle may be inspected periodically at
intervals as shall be established by the city manager. No limousine or touring
vehicle shall be operated which does not comply with all of the following
minimum standards.
(a) Each vehicle shall conform to all state minimum safety standards.
(b) Each vehicle shall be reasonably free of dust, dirt or rubbish,
and be otherwise clean and sanitary.
(c) No part of the body of ~uch vehicle shall be missing or un-
reasonably bent or unreasonably dented out of shape.
(d) The exterior and interior paint shall not be unreasonably
rusted, flaked or scraped.
(e) The coverings of floors, seats and back and arm rests shall be
repaired of all rips, tears and places where wear through the cover-
ing material has occurred.
(f) Each vehicle shall be operated by drivers who comply with the
requirements of this article.
If the operation of any vehicle is found not to comply with the require-
ments of this section, the city manager, any designated city official or
any police officer may direct that the vehicle be taken out of service
until it can be operated in compliance. The operation of such vehicle
from the place at which the order was issued to the destination required
by passengers in the vehicle at the time such order was issued shall not
constitute a separate offense. The city manager or his authorized agent
will notify the permit holder in writing of such failure, identifying the
vehicle by nUillber, the name of the driver and the specific complaint.
Sec. 31-64. Zones and rates.
(a) Limousine Service.
That the map attached hereto as Exhibit A, which map divides the
service areas into zones is hereby approved by the City Council and all
rates submitted as hereinafter provided for operations to and from the
airport shall establish separate rates for each zone as indicated on the
approved map. A copy of the attached map shall be kept in the office of
the City Secretary and shall be open to inspection by the public.
Every holder of a permit to operate a limousine service in the City
under the provisions of this ~rticle shall file with the City Secretary a
schedule of rates setting forth all fares and rates to be charged to
passengers. The City Council may within 30 days after the filing of the
rates schedule by the permit holder review the propriety of the rates and
determine if said rates are reasonable. If the City Council determines
that there is a question as to the reasonableness of the rates filed,
they shall set a public hearing on the matter, at which hearing the
permit holder shall show cause why such rates as filed are not unrea-
sonable. At the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall
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determine if the rates as filed are reasonable or not, and if the City
Council determines that the rates filed are reasonable, then they shall
be allowed. If the Council finds the rates to be unreasonable, they
shall by resolution establish reasonable rates for the permit holder's
service which shall be the rate charged by said permit holder until
increased as hereinafter provided.
Thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of any rate increase,
the perm.it holder shall file the proposed schedule of rate increases with
the City Secretary together with sufficient financial disclosures to
justify said increase. The rate increase shall become effective thirty
(30) days after the filing of same with the City Secretary unless a
public hearing is required to deter.mine the reasonableness of the pro-
posed increased rates as hereinafter provided.
If within thirty (30) days after the permit holder has filed a
schedule of proposed rate increases the City Council determines that
there exists a question as to the reasonableness of the proposed increased
rates, it shall hold a public hearing thereon at which hearing the perm.it
holder shall show cause why such proposed increased rates are not un-
reasonable. If the City Council determines that the rates are reasonable
then the rates as filed shall be allowed to take effect. However, if the
City Council deteonines that the rates proposed in the increase are not
reasonable, they shall by resolution establish reasonable rates for all
services rendered by the permit holder, which shall be the rates charged
by said permit holder until altered or changed as herein provided.
The City Secretary shall give written notice to the permit holder of
any public hearing held pursuant to this section.
A current rate schedule of fares to and from the Lubbock Inter-
national Airport shall be posted at all t:lnles upon every vehicle operating
under a City limousine permit •. Such schedule shall be clearly visible
and shall be posted on the rear window Df the passenger side of every
vehicle.
(b) Touring Vehicles.
Every holder of a permit to operate a touring vehicle in the City
under the provisions of this article shall file with the City Secretary a
schedule of rates setting forth all rates to be charged to passengers.
The City Council shall have the same powers of review of such rates as
provided in the foregoing subsection (a) of sec. 31-64 and shall follow
the same procedures as set out therein.
Thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of any rate increase,
the permit holder shall file the proposed schedule of rate increases with
the City Secretary together with sufficient financial disclosures to
justify said rate increase. The City Council shall have the same powers
of review of such rate increases as provided in sec. 31-64, subsection
(a) for reviewing rate increases filed by limousine operators and shall
follow the same procedures for such review as set out in the above noted
section.
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An individual's engagement of a limousine for hire shall originate either
at the Lubbbock International Airport or upon request made at the dispatching
office or the principle place of business of the permit holder.
Sec. 31-66. Unlawful to transport persons to abode of prostitute, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a limousine knowlingly to trans-
port any passenger to the abode of a prostitute or knowlingly to transport any
criminal, narcotic peddler, prostitute or bootlegger in the commission of a
crime or infraction of the law in any manner, or act in any manner as a
panderer or pimp for prostitutes, or a contact for unlawful establishments of
any character. Violations of this section shall be brought to the attention
of the permit holder in writing whose service the limousine driver is em-
ployed, and repeated occurrences, by the same or other drivers, shall be
grounds for revocation and cancellation of the holder's permit.
SECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for
any reason, the remainder of the Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed
to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alter-
native method as provided by law.
SECTION 4. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be
a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)
Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue, shall constitute
a separate offense, and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
SECTION 5. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting
with any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict
exists.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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The State of Texas
County of Lubbock
Before me, Gilbert Ortiz, a Notary Public in and for Lubbock
County, Texas on this day personally appeared Bidal Aguero of
Amigo Publications, publishers of tl Editor, weekly newspaper,
who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said news-
paper has been published continuously for more than fifty-two
wee rior to the first insertion of this City·ordinance No.
-,....-.;~..-1----.__,,,at Lubbock County, Texas and the attached
pr1nte copy o t e City Ordinance is a true copy of the~igin-
aland was print;.<i in El Editor on the following dates: ~JZ. 10+ 17 I t9~l · · · . ,
Amigo Publications
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ;:;)o{Aday of IJ.(1/2.IL , 1980
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•:,-"'i,. ,.,. 0l'dinance No.. 8167 . . ~'{,,,~ri Otdinance · Amending ;~es I. II, Ill, and V of Chapter 31
.~l:!i, Code of Onfinancee of the ,,~ 9f Lubbock, Texas, pertaining •
. ,tQ lpXlcabs and other vehicles for
•. tilre..1'1 amendlno the 1anguage of .911ld,Chepler 31 · to tead aa Is
-~ -pn:wldlng .~:aavlngs ,'~ providing for. publication;
-~ll!kl·-ng a .penalty, , ... : ..• ; :.":•el ii-ordained by. the. 'City
(~ of the City of Lubb,Odc. .
;, i!',S,Ctlon 3. That the "'City
I · , Se!:riltary 18 hereby IIJthOrlzed end
: ~ed to cause publlcatlori-ofthe ·
. · Jtts.C,lptlve caption of thla · 1 '1'Jcllbance as an alternative
;~. provided by law .• ,' . ~•'t ,, .; And It Is So Ordered , f!asaed by the Ctty Council on flnst . :;,iadlng this 26th .dat of Maren· ;
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