1968-029AN ORDINANCE AHENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
PROVIDING A NEW SCHEDULE OF HAXIHUH FARES TO BE CHARGED BY
TAXICABS WITHIN THE CITY, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
PART I
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended and supplanted by substituting new Section
26-55 in Chapter 26 of said Code which shall hereafter read
as follows
SECTION 26-55 FARES TO BE CHARGED, RATES
It shall be unlawful for any person to charge more
for transporting passengers for hire wlthln the
City than prowded ~n the following schedule
From Zone 1 to another point in Zone 1 $0 60
From Zone 1 to Zone 2 0 90
From Zone 1 to Zone 3 1 25
From Zone 2 to Zone 1 0 90
From Zone 2 to Zone 2 crossing Zone 1 1 O0
From Zone 2 to Zone 3 1 25
From Zone 3 to Zone 1 1 25
From Zone 3 to Zone 2 1 25
From Zone 3 to Zone 3, crossing intervening
zones 1 45
The above schedule of rates shall apply to the
first passenger, and a fee of forty cents (40¢)
for each additional passenger shall be the maxi-
mum charge where the additional passenger or
passengers are picked up at the same point and
are transported to the same point as the first
passenger
In the case of children between the ages of Slx
(6) and Twelve (12) years of age the fare charg-
ed shall be one-half (1/2) that of an adult fare
PART II
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when
the prows~ons of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or ~n conflict with the terms or provisions con-
talned in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
any such conflict Section 26-55 of the heretofore existing
Code is hereby expressly repealed
PART III
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordin-
ance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, here-
by declares it would have enacted such remaining portions
despite any such Invalidity
PART IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary
~s hereby d~rected to cause the caption of this ordinance to
be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle within ten
(10) days of the date of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s 10th day of September, A D
1968
ye-Mart~n,'Mayor
of Denton, Texas
ATTEST ~
~~ks~Ho~ty Secretary
C~ty of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM