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ORDINANCE NO. 517
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A PERMIT TO ENGAGE IN TIIE TAXICAB
BUSINESS SETTING FORTI-I RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING
TO TIIE OPERATION OF A TAXICAB C(M>ANY; PROVIDING FOR SUS-
PENSION OF PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
OF OPERATION WITHOUT A PERMIT, FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00).
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF NORTI-I
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall engage in the
taxicab business except as provided for in this ordinance within the corporate
limits of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, without first obtaining
a taxicab permit from the City of North Richland Hills.
II.
All applicants for a taxicab permit must furnish the City Secretary
with a written application stating name and principal business address of
the taxicab company and principal agent thereof.
III.
All taxicab companies shall carry insurance in limits of not
less than the following sums and shall furnish to the City Secretary a
certificate of insurance indicating these coverages and amounts:
A. Bodily injury liability: $20,000.00 per person / $50.000.00
per accident.
B. Property damage liability: $10,000.00 per accident.
IV.
The written application for a taxicab permit must contain a
statement of applicant's fares for taxicab service.
V.
The City Secretary shall issue said permit to all applicants
complying with the provision of this ordinance after the application has been
completed and filed in her office, the permit fees paid, and proof of
insurance coverage provided.
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VI.
Each taxicab shall have inscribed on each side thereof in letters
not less than three inches in height the name of the taxicab company and either
the address or telephone number thereof; each taxicab shall conspicuously
display an identification number.
VII.
A taxicab permit fee of $250.00 shall be paid by each company
applying for a permit. All permits issued shall expire twelve (12) months
after the date the permit is issued. All taxicab permits shall be kept at
the principal business office of the taxicab company.
VIII.
Each taxicab operated under such permit within the City of North
Richland Hills shall at all times display both a current valid motor vehicle
inspection sticker and license tags. Drivers of such taxicabs shall obey all
state and local ~raffic laws and ordinances. Violation of the terms of this
Section shall constitute prima facie grounds for suspension of the permit.
IX.
The City Secretary may subject to the approval of the City Manager
and after an administrative hearing, suspend the taxicab service permit issued
to any company for a period of ninety days for violation of any of the provi-
sions of this ordinance.
X.
Afiy person whose permit has been suspended may file an appeal to
the City Council, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of written notice of
suspension mailed to the address of the company as stated in the application.
The City Council shall have authority upon the hearing of the appeal to reverse,
vacate or modify the suspension.
XI.
Any person, firm or corporation or agent who shall operate a
taxicab company without a permit or while a permit is under suspension in
violation of this ordinance, shall upon conviction in the Court of competent
jurisdiction for any such violation be punished by a fine of not more than
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00).
XII.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this code.
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XIII.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith and
expressly including Ordinance No. 374, shall be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 25th day of February
, 1974.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF
Tarrant
appeared
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
which has been regularly and continuously published and of general
Hurst
circulaticm in the City/Town of
, for a period of
more than one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached
Legal Notice
and that he caused said notice to be
published in said newspaper on the following date/so 3/8,3/10/74
That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub-
lished on said date/s in said
Mid Cities Daily News
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2nd Apr
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the_day of_,
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