Ord 2525 8/19/1969 ORDINANCE NO. 2525
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION IV OF ORDINANCE NO.
1631, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE RATE OF FARE TO
BE CHARGED FOR ONE PERSON, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section IV of Ordinance No. 1631, as amended,
be and it is hereby amended so that it shall hereafter read as
follows:
"SECTION IV: RATES. Beginning August 20 , 1969, the
following schedule of rates and fares shall become effective and
shall supersede the schedule of rates and fares heretofore provided
for, and the use of the taxi meter in each taxicab operating in the
City of Wichita Falls is hereby made mandatory, and such rates or
fares are as follows :
(1) The rate of fare for one person shall be 45 cents
for the first 1/4 mile or fraction thereof traveled by him, and
10 cents for each additional l /4 mile or fraction thereof traveled
by him; and for each additional passenger transported on the same
trip, the charge shall be 10 cents, provided all passengers are in
the same party.
(2) For each one minute of waiting time during each
trip, the rate shall be 5 cents.
(3) Trunks : 25 cents for each trunk carried.
(4) Handbaggage shall be carried at no charge to the
passenger. "
SECTION 2. The fact that the present rates do not allow
payment of adequate salaries to taxicab personnel, as a result of
which it is impossible to keep competent employees, without whom
the taxicab companies cannot provide adequate service, constitutes
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an emergency, and this ordinance is declared an emergency measure
and it shall become effective on August 20 , 1969.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 19th DAY OF
AUGUST, 1969.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Clerk