Ord 3127 10/7/1976 ORDINANCE NO. 3127
ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPHS (1) , (2) , (3) , AND
(4) , AND ADDING NEW PARAGRAPHS (5) , (6) AND (7) ,
OF SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 2-98, ESTABLISHING
BUS FARES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Paragraphs (1) , (2) , (3) and (4) of Subsection
(b) of Section 2-98 of the Code of Ordinances are hereby amended
to read as follows:
" (1) Adult fares shall be forty-five cents ($0. 45) within
a zone, with a ten cent ($0. 10) charge for each additional zone.
Zones shall include the Kemp route beyond Hampstead Lane, Hayes
route beyond Kell and Sheppard Air Force Base route beyond the
old Iowa Park highway.
(2) Children' s fares (for children ages five through eleven
years) shall be twenty cents ($0. 20) .
(3) Student fares, when purchased in single lots which
are good for twenty rides, shall be twenty cents ($0. 20) per
ride. Such fares are limited to students attending school through
high school level only.
(4) The fares charged elderly and handicapped persons during
nonpeak hours shall be twenty cents ($0. 20) within a zone, with a
five cent ($0. 05) charge for each additional zone; the hours
constituting nonpeak hours shall be established by the Director
of Traffic. 'Elderly persons' shall mean all persons over sixty-
five 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. "
SECTION 2 . Subsection (b) of Section 2-98 of the Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by adding Paragraphs (5) , (6) , and
(7) , which shall read as follows:
" (5) There shall be a charge of five cents ($0. 05) each
for all transfers.
(6) Sheppard express fares shall be seventy cents ($0. 70) .
(7) Charter rates for the first three hours of charter
service will be fifteen dollars ($15. 00) per hour for a minimum
of forty-five dollars ($45. 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 is made before one and
one half 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 fifteen dollars ($15. 00) shall
be made. Each hour of charter service subsequent to the third
hour will be charged at the rate of ten dollars ($10. 00) per
hour on a prorated basis. All charter charges start 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. "
SECTION 3 . There is an urgent public need for the contin-
uation of public transportation service, and therefore this
ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure, and it shall
become effective upon October 15th, 1976.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7th day of October, 1976.
A Y O R
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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