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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 27 RE-
LATING TO VEHICLES FOR HIRE BY AMENDING ARTICLE VI PART B SECTION 27-
159 TITLED "APPLICATION FOR ANNUAL PERMIT" BY REMOVING THE REQUIRE-
MENT OF A PERMANENT AND ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE
CITY OF DENTON AND BY ADDING THE REQUIREMENT OF A LOCAL PHONE NUM-
BER; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That Section 27-159(a) of the Code of Ordinances of Denton, Texas is
hereby amended by changing subsection (9) to read as follows:
(9) Proof of a local phone number or a toll-free number from which the proposed taxi
cab, limousine, or shuttle service may be contacted;
SECTION 2. That Section 27-159(c) of the Code of Ordinances of Denton, Texas is
hereby amended by changing subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The local or toll-free phone access required by subsection (a)(9), of this section, must
be available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays, other than recognized holidays, and must be
staffed and equipped to receive telephone calls during all business hours.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
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 ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 4. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions, sections, subsec-
tions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 5. That any person found guilty of violating this ordinance by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined a stun not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day.
Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from thc 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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the
,2004.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
Denton City Code 2