ORD CC 05/02/1967 - Amending Ch 16 Taxicabs AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 16-3, SEC. 16-4, SEC. 16-14, SEC. 16-
15 AND SEC. 16-16 OF CHAPTER 16, TAXICABS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
THAT Sec . 16-3, Sec. 16-4, Sec. 16-14, Sec. 16-15 and Sec. 16-16 of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville are hereby amended
to read as follows :
Sec. 16-3. Identification.
The owner of any taxicab operated in the city shall have and
keep painted on each side of such vehicle with fast colors contrasting
with the color of the vehicle, the words "Taxi-Permit No. , "
filling the blank with the figures denoting the number of Ee city
permit under which the vehicle is operated. Such letters and figures
shall not be less than five (5) inches in height. At the time of
issuing the permit for each taxicab, a sticker shall be delivered to
the owner showing the permit number issued by the City of Huntsville,
signed and dated by the city secretary and attached to the proper
vehicle on the windshield, by the Chief of Police or by his authority.
Sec. 16-4. Ninety day inspection.
Every holder of a permit to conduct a taxicab business in the
city shall have each and every taxicab used in such business
inspected each ninety (90) days, and shall file with the city secretary,
on or before the expiration of such ninety day period, a statement in
writing signed by a competent resident mechanic showing that he has
inspected such vehicle, the date of such inspection, the license
number of such vehicle, the name of the permittee and the serial
number of his permit, and that the lights, brakes and steering
apparatus of such vehicle are in good mechanical condition.
Sec. 16-14. Applicant to be resident of county.
If the applicant for a permit under this article is an individual,
before any permit is granted, it shall be made to appear that the
applicant is a bona fide residertof the county. If the applicant is a
partnership, a member of the partnership who will be in active charge
and control of the affairs of the partnership shall be a bona fide
resident of the county; and, if the applicant is a corporation, the
president or other executive officer in active charge and control of
the management of the corporation shall be a bona fide resident of the
county.
Sec. 16-15. Insurance required of applicant.
No permit to conduct a taxicab business in the city shall be
issued to any applicant until such applicant shall have deposited
with the city secretary a policy of liability insurance covering
each taxicab to be operated under such permit in an amount of not
less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000. 00) for one person and
twenty thousand ($20,000.00) for all persons involved in one acci-
dent and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for all property damage
in one accident, which policy of insurance shall be approved by the
city attorney. Such policy of insurance shall not be cancelled
or surrendered except upon written notice to the city secretary.
Any cancellationcf any such policy, after permit has been issued,
shall immediately forfeit and make null and void such permit and
all rights thereunder shall at once cease.
Sec. 16-16. Fee.
No permit shall be issued under this article until the appli-
cant therefor has paid to the city secretary the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for each taxicab to be operated in the city by the
applicant, which fee shall be for a twelve month period ending
December thirty-first of each year; provided that, if such permit
is granted during the year to expire in less than the full year,
the permittee shall pay an amount prorated according to the time
for which the permit is issued.
Each operator of a taxicab business shallmake and file an
affidavit at the expiration of the 31st day of December next
following the date of issuance of each permit showing the gross
receipts received by the operator of the taxicab business during
the period for which a permit was issued for each cab, so that
there shall be paid to the city a total sum, including the permit
fee required by this section, equal to two (2) per cent of the
gross receipts from the operator of the taxicab business by such
operator in the City of Huntsville , for the period for which per-
mits were granted.
All Ordinancesift-4orce with reference to taxicabs not herein
specifically amended remain in full force and effect.
Passed this 2nd day of May, 1967.
THE CITY OF/H�UNTSVILLE 4
BY: zo l
A. IV. BECKHAM, MPYOR
ATTEST:
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