1974-014AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 26-55 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON WHICH SETS FORTH AND IN-
CORPORATES A TAXICAB MAP SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
AMENDING RATES TO BE CHARGED PURSUANT TO SAID MAP SYSTEM, DELINE-
ATING OTHER CHARGES AND FEES FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICES, AND DECLAR-
ING ~N EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Czty Counczl, recognzzzng the need to re-evaluate
the taxzeab rates wzthln the City of Denton, Texas, zn order to con-
tznue to provzde the cztzzens of Denton the best taxi servzce possz-
ble, and
WHEREAS, zn an effort to re-evaluate sazd rate and/or service
zt zs desirable to change the existing taxzcab zone system wzthzn
the Czty of Denton, Texas, and
WHEREAS, the rate increases, addztzonal charges and changes
recormnended by the company seem to be reasonable, and necessary zn
order to provzde a reasonable rate of return to the company, and
WHEREAS, the Czty Council has determzned that the zncreases
contazned herezn are the mtnim%~n requzred to assure cont~nued, ade-
quate and safe servxce of the company and to provzde for necessary
expanszon to meet future requzrements, and
WHEREAS, the zncrease will achzeve the mznzmum rate of return
or profzt margin needed to attract capital at reasonable cost, so
as not to impair the credit of the public utzlzty, and
WHEREAS, the zncrease in the opznzon of the City Counczl zs
cost based and does not, reflect future znflatzon expectatzons all
of whzch determznatzons have been made in conszderatzon of rules
and regulatzons enumerated by the Wage and Price Commxsszon,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
HEREBY ORDAINS
s ,C ION
Tha~ Article IV of Chapter 26, Sectzon 26-55 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton be deleted zn zts entzrety and
that the following sectzon be substztuted therefor
"It shall be unlawful for any person to charge more for
transporting passengers for hire withzn the c~ty than
hereznafter provzded,
(a) Fares shall be determined based upon a map system,
by distance traveled The dmstance traveled from
the pzckup poznt to the poznt of destination shall
be determzned by drawzng a strazght lzne on a City
of Denton, Texas map, copyrzght 1972 by Denton
County Mapping Company, as publzshed by the Denton
Chamber of Commerce, Denton, Texas The scale of
said map shall be one inch equals approximately
1900 linear feet A map of such scale shall be on
file with the City Secretary and shall be zncorpo-
rated and made a part of this Section for all pur-
poses
(b) Passengers wzll be charged as determined by the
taxzcab radzo dispatcher, a minimum fare of ezghty-
five (85¢) cents plus fifteen (15¢) cents for each
three-quarters inch from the poznt of pickup to
destination, determined by drawzng a straight line
on the standard map with a ruler
(c) There shall be a charge of fifty (50¢) cents for
each additional passenger or passengers where the
additional passenger or passengers are picked up
and dropped at the same poznt Strazght per person
fares shall be charged to or from the bus statzon
to the universzty campus
(d) There shall be no charge for children under slx (6)
years of age zf accompanzed by a full fare passenger
There shall, however, be a m±nzmum charge of one full
fare on each trip
(e) Anyone that desires excluszve use of cab wzll be
charged the strazght per person fare plus fifty (50¢)
cents There shall be a mznlmum charge of twenty-fzve
(25¢) cents plus the regular cab fare for deliveries
Two items per passenger are transported free of charge,
but there wzll be a charge of ten (10¢) cents for each
addztzonal ztem (1 e packages, suztcases, grocery
sacks, etc ) Trunks are transported for a charge of
three ($3 00) dollars Foot lockers are transported
for a charge of one dollar fifty cents ($1 50)
(f) An "zn route stop" shall be defzued as "not departing
more than two (2) blocks or equivalent from the most
direct route between pickup point and final destination
Waiting t~me shall be charged at the rate of fifteen
(15¢) cents for the first three minutes and ten (10¢)
cents for each additional mznute On a roku~d trip, or
zf two fares are charged, there shall be no in route stop
charge But walting tzme wzll be charged for all time
over the fzrst three mznutes"
SECTION II
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances zn force when the
provlszons of this ordznance become effective which are lnconszstent
or zn conflict wzth the terms or provzszons contained zn thzs ordzn-
ance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflzct However,
the Council in amending these rates, makes such amendment subject to
future revocatzon and/or ad3ustment, as deemed necessary by sazd
Counczl upon future study and evaluatIon of a taxicab service pro-
vzded in sazd City
SECTION III
That zf any sectzon, subsectzon, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word zn thzs ordznance or applzcatzon thereof to any per-
son or circumstances zs held lnvalzd by any court of competent 3ur-
zsdzctzon, such holding shall not affect the valzdity of the remain-
lng portions of this ordinance, and the Czty Counczl of the City of
Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaznlng
portzons despzte any such invalidity
SECTION IV ~ ~ ~
That this ordznance shall become effectzve the ~day of
/~~ , 1974
P~SED ~D ~PRO~D thzs the 16th day of Aprzl, A D 1974
BILL NEU,' MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TE~S
AT~
/~O~S HOLT, CI~ SEC~TARY
~CI~ OF DENTON, ~S
~ ~ CI~ ATTO~EY
CITY OF DENTON, TE~S