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ORDINANCE NO.
374
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING MID-CITIES CHECKER
CAB COMPANY THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE, POWER
AND AUTHORITY TO USE THE STREET, ALLEYS,
AND PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE FOR A
PERIOD BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 15, 1971 AND
ENDJI\fG SEPTEMBER 15, 1972; PROVIDING THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE
GRANTING OF SUCH RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AND
AUTHORITY SHALL BE GOVERNED; AND DE-
CLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
Subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter set forth,
there is hereby granted to Mid-Cities Checker Cab Company the right,
privilege and authority to use the streets, alleys and public thorough-
fares of the City of North Richland Hills for the purpose of rendering
taxicab service in said City for a period beginning September 15, 1971
and ending September 15, 1972.
II.
The principal place of business of said company will be the
County of Tarrant, Texas, where it will maintain it s headquarters.
III.
The taxicabs operated and maintained under the terms and
provisions of this franchise shall be used for the purpose of the
transportation of passengers and the personal luggage of such pas-
senger s and mail.
IV.
The City of North Richland Hills, in granting this franchise,
fully retains and reserves all the rights, privileges and immunities
that it now has under the law to fully patrol and police the streets,
alleys and public thoroughfares within the City, and the granting of
this franchise shall in no way interfere with the right of the City
fully to use said streets, alleys and public thoroughfares for any
other public utility, or shall this franchise in any way interfere
with the improvements or maintenance of any other streets, alleys
or public thoroughfares, and the rights of the Grantee herein to use
said streets shall be at all times subservient to the right of the
governing body of the City of North Richland Hills to fully exercise
its rights or control over said streets, alleys and public thorough-
fares.
V.
The Grantee shall be obligated to discharge any claim or judg-
ment against it finally established by law, and the failure of the Gran-
tee to discharge such claim or judgment so established for a period of
one hundred eighty days (180) shall, ipso facto, work a forfeiture of
the franchise.
VI.
This franchise is granted upon the express condition that it is
subject to all of the provisions of this Ordinance No. 374 and
such other Ordinances as may be passed and adopted by the City Coun-
cil governing and regulating the operation of taxicabs in the City of
North Richland Hills, Texas. This franchise is also granted subject
to the express provisions of Article 1., Sections 17 and 26 of the Con-
stitution of th@ State of Texas, and all applicable State laws which are
now in effect or which constitutional provisions, laws and charter pro-
visions may hereafter be duly passed and adopted.
VII.
The City of North Richland Hills specially reserves the right
and power to terminate this franchise after due notice given of not
less than thirty (30) days and a proper hearing for any violations of
the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, any other Ordinance or
of any statutory or constitutional provisions.
VIII.
In the performance of its duties and privileges under this
franchise, the Granteee may provide for the conduct of such taxi-
cab service by operating the same through divisions or units, under
trade names or trademarks, or through operating companies, pro-
vided each such operation shall first be approved by the governing
body of the City of North Richland Hills by resolution duly adopted,
and provided that no such operation shall alter or change the obli-
gation of the Grantee hereunder, and provided further that other
than as stated herein, no assignment or subletting of this franchise
shall ever be made without the consent of the City of North Richland
Hills in a resolution duly adopted by the governing body.
IX.
Within ten (10) days after the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance, the Grantee herein shall file with the Mayor, in writing,
the acceptance of the terms and provisions of this franchise.
X.
The Grantee hereof shall pay unto the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, the stipulated annual fee of $150.00, said amount to
be paid to the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, commencing on
the 15th day of September, 1971.
XI.
Should it be determined that any clause, condition or covenant
of this franchise is for any reason illegal or unenforceable, such clause,
condition or covenant shall be disregarded and the existence of the same
shall not effect the remaining clauses, conditions or covenants of this
franchise.
XII.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of September
1971.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO LEGALITY
AND FORM:
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LEGAL AFFIDAVIT
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THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally
appeare~leanor Lewisknown to me to be a credible person. who
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News
That she is the of the , a newspaper
which has been regularly and continuously published and of general
circulation in the City/Town of
Hurst
, for a period of
more than one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached Le281 Notioe
and that he caused said notice to be
published in said newspaper on the following date/so 9/22/71
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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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this thel!.ltlday of.2£!.:,
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