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1211'e.t before the Cit r Clerk shall issue o, license under
the -provisions of Ordinance yo. 1 , p�.ssed and L.nnrovec on the
x, TT r,. 10�0 a certiflc�to or �er_.it de-
Of day of _:overlber , ,
cic.rrr;; that the public convenience c51_d necessityr 2' �irE the
issuance of , shall first be obtained frog li tree l o x'd
such license shall
of 1nce -1of of the City of `,-"ichita 1,"e.11s, r eXa-s; nrovided, hov -
Ever, that when it -!)-pears to the oases of :1der l en th : t any
0, er of such automobile for hire �L a.1 application fora certi-
fic .te is open ,tin ; and lx4_s c,een continuousl"r operating an a.uto-
r.oui1e or automobiles --•or hire, as defined in sa-id- ordinance , in
the sc^.iLe !'lc IlIlE7' ^:t1CL lrnis'i?i nj.-. the sa-fie Chc^.ram C UE 1' c:.nd tjr-; E O1
service as desir.nzated in said application for certificate for '-
lencin=; the lst da.jT of June, 19��, or ;:prior thereto
period, moo, ,, shr 11 upon
such o-ner of such eutoniob.ile or f;u �ilcs for hire
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�- • n- `� certificate of -public convenience and
4nplrCa. u�Un ue F;rc:tltEd a -
necessity to operate and shall be licensed to operate Jvst a.s
said o ,r�er nd such vehicle or vehicles shall have been opera-t-
,eriod and no i:iore; and nrovided that such certi-
in ; dux°i n said sir:,e w-Unber of ��uto-
te� as Herein -')rovided s1:-.11 '; e for the
mobiles and for the sar e character and t %nE of service onlTT as
has been in use aurir .�' such period; a-nd the 1- if
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c.ny additional
nurricer of cars or different character or-"type of service are
soul ht to be place in orera.tion, then such applicant must pro-
ceed, � s pro-sided herein upon an ori�_ina:.l app ti-
lication. 1'or csr
ficate.
:henever such �pp1 icatior is sac de to the Cit-T Clerk under
the -0rovisions of said Ordii ancE %"o. 31 , it sht.11 oe the a-e of
the said Clerk to ii:;iediately submit siich applica
t '.on to the
loard of :�lderr:ien and such a.p— cation shall be considered an
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity,
as Yell s an apnlicr ti on for a. license to oner4_tE saida.utor?obi 1e
or automobiles.
he r:oard of _i der-
. Trnoxi x°eeei?)t of such applic< axon t
men shall ma.l�e or cause to )e made ii� ,-esti ;a'_ions, inch udin'; ar_y
liev.rir_ -:.s deel;ied desirable as to any apnli c lotion for such cErti-
fica.tes and shall aeterr p
ine 7,7hether or riot the ublic convenience
and r.eccssity sec �-ire the operf:tion of such outor�.obile or• E'uto-
rnd nes and whether or not the annlica�nt is fit to conduct such
business acid may iNestiEa to the llthess of the officers and
stocklLolders of any cornorr°tio- raakin�; such applic" t:ion; ar:d in
aEterr�iinin ��,hethEr or not a certifica-te should ue issued the
City Council shall give "eg.,.�°ht :'nd due re; rd to a;,on,; other
nroba'ole per arence c nd ouality of the service Of-
fered by the applicant;
(2) the financial ability and responsi=0ility of the applicant
, , ani a.tion and personnel; ( ) the character of auto-
and i of t�
} the character and locution of depots and terminus
T["i0illES: ��=/ ' }-t applicant in
proposed to be used; and ( 5) the experience of he
transportation of passengers.
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If the joard of Aldermen finds that the public con-
venience and necessity require the operation of a Greater or
lesser number of vehicles than that for '=:hich the certificate
has been applie? for, and that the applicant or Ov er, is fit to
conduct the business, and that the other r ;c+uirerents herein
an? of spid Ordinance To. 231 and its amendments have been
cor�plied with, it shall notify the applicant of its findli Ys.
If it finds that public convenience and necessity do not require
the operation of any such automobile Or automobiles or that +the
applicant is not fit to conduct such business it hull forth ith
refuse such application and no certificate or license shell issue
to such applicant-
if it small be deter ::ined that the public convenience
and necessity require the operation of such automobile or auto-
=biles and that applicant is fit to conduct such business andthe applicant shall within sixty ( 60 ) days t ierea_fter furnish to
the loard of Aldermen or such person as it may desi4`,•nate infor-
r�ation as to the particular automobile or a.ulOMobiles for which
the certificate is Granted, such information shall include the
make the ;Mate license nur:iuei°, the len.;th of til_e the vehicle
has been in use , the motor fpourer thereof, the names and addresses
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of the person or persons rom whom the automobile or automobiles
were purchased and any other inf orl"r pion required by the Eoard
of Aldermen. If the ''oard of Aldermen finds that the applicant is
the owner of such aun Mobile or automobiles and the same be fit
and safe for the transportation of pa.ssen£ ers and conform to
the reauirements of this ordinance and other ordinances of the City
ally ap Dlicable thereto and to such other requirenents
of " icilita
that the �o el , : 1der�:icn T,ay make under the authority of this
ordinance , it sh�_11 issue or cause to be issued to the pr,lic^nt
the certificate herein provided for.
Such certificate shall not be transferable ,4ithout the
consent end approval of the L,oard of Aldermen had after appli-
earing, as provided on ori
cation, published no and h } inal
applications, but the persons
;hor1 the certificate is issued
may by appropriate endorsement made thereon under the direction
of the loard of !,lder',Een substitute another vehicle or vehicles
in the _place of than for •:hich the certificate was Cra.nted; and
provided further that shouldA that at any imec0eauir�men H additional
public convenience and necew y
taxicab service, preference shall be given to the persons Or
companies operatir:F; existent service , should the,, by
to furhish it .
-he number of automobiles for hire authorizes to
operate in the City of '.''ichi.ta falls and for :;hich certificates
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of public and necessity may be issued under the
nce shall be based upon the populction of
terms li this ordina
the c�.i,�t beingdeterr..ined on the ratio of one public vehicle to
each thousand five hundred inhabitants reported in the
preceding; piled ta_tes '�`overnment Census; provided, however,
that this provision shall not affect the number of public
vehicles:opera�ting with valid licenses on Dune 1, 1930, except
as such vehicles are abandoned through inability of operators to
meet the 'requirements of this ordinance or other ordinances of
this city applicable thereto and except vhere licenses have beenrevoked under the provisions of Section 6 of ordinance TO. 301 of
the said City of °' ichita Yells, in nhich event no certificate of
public convenience and necessity shall be issued for a. period of
six ( 6) months from and after the dole of the cancellation of
licenses.
Upon presentation of said certificate ;ithin thirty
(30 ) days of its date to the City Cleric, City of 7ichi.ta Falls,
he shall issue a license on licenses for the operation of such
automobile or automobiles as provided in Ordinance To. 331 after
the payment of all 'fees and com7)liances with other provisions of
said ordinance.
SECT
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The ch&rCe for service autonouiles, taxicabs or other
motor vehicles of nhatever character within the City of ' iehita
Falls, Texas, for the transportation of passengers for Eire
other than streetcars and busses operated under franchise and
upon re"ular routes and fixed schedules shall never be less than
the follonin ,, to-.:it :
Twenty-five (25) cents for the first two (2 ) niles
for one or four persons ten (10J for each additional mile for
one or four persons.
The foregoing rate shell apply to all vehicles,
except streetcars and busses operated und_pr franchise 7nnn fixed
schedules and routes and the minimum charge shall be t.firenty sfive
(25V) cents per one or four persons for first two (2) miles and
ten (10)) cents for each additional rile for one or four persons
carried therein.
::ny person who shall violate any provision of this
ordinance shall be Cuilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished with a fine not less than Ten (10)
Dollars nor more than Two Hundred ( :200 ) Dollars; and the Judge
of the Corporation Court shall hc:ve and exercise the sane Power
in regard to revocation of licenses for viols ti on hereof, as is
provided for in Section G of said Ordinance To. 331.
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L11 ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but this ordinance shall not be
held to repeal or effect in any manner any ordinance applicable
to public vehicles, except those parts of such ordinances T,,hich
are in direct conflict hererith.
SECTIOr .
This ordinance bei.n- of urEent importcnce by reason
of the uncertainty of the present ordinances reCul4ting taxicabs
and other automobiles for hire and because of the absence of
effective provisions red ul ti ng automobiles for hire, the same is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure ; and the rule requir-
ing ordinances to be read on three separate days is hereby sus-
pended and this ordinance shall - take effect immediately upon its
passage and approval .
✓ l SS D 2_17D �LPII O71:D, this __day of June, . V. D. , 1934.
LAyor.
ATTEST:
County Clerk.