Ord 083-91 9/3/1991 ORDINANCE NO. (PS--1j
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES AT SECTION 2-98 TO PROVIDE
FOR A NEW SUBSECTION ( 8) ESTABLISHING FARES
AND CRITERIA; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS
ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Administration, at Section 2-98 is
hereby amended to provide for a new Subsection ( 8) so that such
ordinance shall read as follows:
"Sec. 2-98. Duties generally; bus fares.
(a) The director of traffic shall be charged with the
supervision of the department of traffic. He shall have
supervision of the traffic engineering, parking meters and street
lighting departments and the aviation department.
(b) The director of traffic shall be charged with the
supervision of the public transportation department, which
department shall operate the bus transportation system. The
following fares shall be charged by the public transportation
department on such buses:
(1) Adult fares shall be seventy-five cents ( $0. 75) .
(2) Children' s fares [for children ages five ( 5) through
eleven ( 11) years] shall be thirty-five cents ( $0.35) .
( 3 ) Student fares, when purchased in single lots which are
good for twenty ( 20) rides, shall be thirty-five cents
( $0. 35) per ride. Such fares are limited to students
attending school through high school level only.
( 4) The fares charged elderly and handicapped persons shall
be thirty-five cents ( $0. 35) . "Elderly persons" shall
mean all persons over sixty-five ( 65) years of age.
"Handicapped persons" shall mean all persons with a
physical or mental disorder who have been certified by
a medical doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist as
handicapped.
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( 5) There shall be a charge of twenty-five cents ($0. 25 )
each for all transfers.
(6) Sheppard express fares shall be one dollar ( $1.00) .
(7) Charter rates for the first three ( 3 ) hours of charter
service will be twenty-five dollars ( $25. 00) per hour
for a minimum of seventy-five dollars ( $75.00) ; such
three-hour minimum will be charged once a charter bus
is dispatched from the transit facility. No charge
will be made if cancellation of a charter is made
before one and one-half ( 12 ) hours prior to dispatch;
if cancellation of a charter takes place within the one
and one-half hour period prior to dispatch, a penalty
charge of twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) will be
assessed. Each consecutive hour of charter service
subsequent to the third hour will be charged at the
rate of seventeen and one-half dollars ( $17. 50) per
hour on a prorated basis. The minimum charge will be
assessed each time a charter vehicle is dispatched
within a twenty-four hour period if service is not
continuous. All charter charges begin at the time of
departure from the transit facility and end at the time
of return to the transit facility, unless the time of
return falls within the three-hour minimum.
(8) Subscription Service.
A. Riders must be 65 years of age or handicapped.
B. Minimum number of passengers per trip shall be
fifteen (15) .
C. Maximum number of passengers per trip shall be
thirty ( 30) .
D. Groups shall be limited to one ( 1) trip per week.
E. Trip duration shall not exceed three and one-half
( 3-1 ) hours.
F. Trips shall be scheduled at a rate of one ( 1) per
day, Monday through Friday, from 9: 00 o'clock a.m.
till noon.
G. Rate for the round trip is two dollars ( $2.00) . "
SECTION 2. It is the intention of the City Council of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the provisions of this
ordinance shall become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
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City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance
may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 3 . It is hereby officially found and determined
that the meeting at which this resolution is passed is open to
the public as required by law and that public notice of the time,
place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day of September, 1991.
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City Clerk
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Affidavit of Publication
ORDINANCE NO.83-91
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS AMENDING THE STATE OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION,
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES COUNTY OF WICHITA
AT SECTION 2-98 TO PROVIDE
FOR A NEW SUBSECTION (8)
(ESTABLISHING FARES AND ere)
CRITERIA; PROVIDING FOR IN- 1 2 t 1Z S e p t e m TJ e r
CLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDI- da Of
NANCES; AND FINDING AND On this. y
DETERMINING THAT THE MEET-
ING AT WHICH THIS ORDI- 1991
NANCE WAS PASSED WAS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS RE- A.D, personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
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