1990-180ORDINANCE NO. Q
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 26-52
(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTOMATIC
ADJUSTMENT OF TAXI RATES BASED UPON FUEL COSTS; REQUIRING OWNERS TO
KEEP RECORDS OF FUEL COSTS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF $500.00 FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Section 26-52 (a) of the Code of Ordinances is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-52. Taximeter; rates to be charged.
(a) Passengers will be charged as determined by the taximeter
a minimum fare of one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) for the
first one-tenth (1/10) mile. For each additional one-tenth
mile from the point of pickup to the point of destination the
mileage rate charged shall be based upon the price of fuel paid
by the taxi company, as follows:
Mileage Rate
Gasoline
Price
(charge per 1/10 mile)
$0.60 -
0.80
$0.10
0.81 -
1.00
0.11
1.01 -
1.20
0.12
1.21 -
1.40
0.13
1.41 -
1.60
0.14
1.61 -
1.80
0.15
1.81 -
2.00
0.16
Any change in the mileage rate charged must first be authorized
by the City Manager or his designee in writing. The City
Manager shall authorize a mileage rate change based on receipts
showing the taxi company purchased gasoline for thirty
consecutive days at a cost that would require a change in
mileage rates. Each owner shall maintain records showing the
price paid for gasoline for a period of sixty days from the
date of purchase and shall make the records available for
inspection by the City upon request during normal business
hours.
SECTION II. On the effective date of this ordinance, the
mileage rate is established at $0.13 per one-tenth mile, without
further written authorization of the City Manager. Any change in
the mileage rate established by this ordinance shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION II. Any person who shall violate a provision of this
ordinance, or fails to comply therewith or with any of the require-
ments thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each such person shall be deemed
guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion
thereof during which any violation of this ordinance is committed,
or continued, and upon conviction of any such violations such
person shall be punished within the limits above.
SECTION III. That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen days (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City
Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance
to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 1990.
BOB CASTLEBERRY, MA
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPR ED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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