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ORDINANCE N0. 112
AN ORDIIANCE REGULATING TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF i[EST 1~34PHIS,
ARAANSAS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREKITH AND
DSC CARING AN EI~RGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 1rEST l®dPHIS, ARItANSASs
=- SECTION 1. That no person, firm or corporatioa shall operate
a taxicab busiacss in the City of West ]daumphis unless xithin
ten (10) days fran the effective date of this ordinance said
person, firm or corporation has fully complied xith all the
provisions of this ordinance.
No person, firm or corporation shall thereafter engage
in the taxicab business in the Gity of West l[emphia unless
a full compliance xith the provisions of this ordinance is
at all tisses observed on the part of said person, firm or
corporation.
SECTION 2. A sxorn statement shall be filed xith the City
Clerk setting Porth:
(a) The name of the person, firm or corporation engaged
in the taxicab business .
(b) If a firm, by stating the firm members and their
address..
(o) If a corporation, by stating the names of the stock-
holders and the somber of sharps held by each and the names
and addresses of its executive officers.
(d) City address anti telephone number of business.
. (e) A complete detailed statement of the rates being
charged by the taxicab operator.
(f) Attaoh~d to said sxora statement shall be a complete
list of all oars and equipment used in the business of the
operator] tho names of the oxners of said oars and the equity
of said oxaers, the maloes of said oars, the year model, seating
capacity, motor and serial numbers, as troll as operator's cab
nua~be~.
(g) The trade name being used by the operator.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm or vorporation, xho ~uas not engaged
in the taxicab business on the effsvtive date of Adt No. 21$ of
the Aots of 1939 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas,
may ac quire a permit to engage in the taxicab business in the
City of Weat l~emphia by oanplying xith the provisions oP that
Act and this ordinance.
SECTION 4. On the xritten request of the City Council, a revised
and ourrorttt statement containing information roquired in Section 2
ss erell as any other information regarding the operation of a
taxicab operators business shall be furnished and verified xithin
ten (10) days after request therefor. -
SECTION b. All rates to be charged by said taxicab operators
shall be filed xith the City Clerk of the City oP Wost l[emphis.
Said schedule shall contain a oas:iplete list of all charges ahar--
ing miaimum charges for all types of service rendered. No rates
Piled by the taxicab operator shall bs changed xithout written
permission Prose the City Council and a hearing shall be held
before the City Council before any rates are changed as provided
for in Aot 2 13 of 1939 and the amendments thereto. DTo rates
shall be charged any passenger exoopt the rats approved by the
City Council as ahosvn in the schedule of the taxicab operator on
Pile xith the City Clerk.
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SECTION 6. No taxicab operator shall transfer or assign his
buaiaess without the written consent of the City Council after
a hearing is arranged for and held by the City Council.
SECTION T. • taxicab optrator~• privilege license may be
revoloed for failure to comply with the terms of this ordinance
or any other ordinance of City of West Yemphia and~or any
Statute of the State of Arkansas.
' SECTION a. before revoking the privilege granted a taxicab
operator who is engaged in the business, the City Council shall
give •aid operator five (6) days written aotioe of a hearing
to bs held for the purpose of determing the question. In the
event the City Council revobes the privilege of the taxicab
operator to engage further in the business, h• nor an one for
him shall engage in said business within the City of ~est kemphis
thereafter unless said revoaatioa is sat aside or modified. by
the City Council.
SECTION 9. Every taxicab operator shall have stenciled on the
aide and bank of the cab in le-rge letters the trade name of the
cab operator, and the Dabs used by such operator shall bs
numbered consecutively and the "Cab number" of each asb shall be
stenciled thereon in large figures and letters and said figures
sad letters shall be not less than three inches in height.
SECTION 20. No person shall drive a taxicab, nor shall any taxi
cab operator employ a driver unless said driver shall first
obtain from the City Clerk a "Driver's Certificate" entitl~ag
him to drive a taxicab. No person shall drive a taxicab, nor
shall any taxicab operator continue to employ a driver, unless
said driver's certificate remains in force and is renewed as
herein provided. Said certificate shall be in addition to any
licena• required by law or ordinance. A certificate to drive
may be obtained by filing with the City C]serk a sworn application
inaludings
(a) Nano, age and address.
(b) there applicant had been employed for tho peat five (5)
years, give names and addressee of hie former employers.
(c) Attach a certificate Prom a reputable physician to
the effect that he 1s physically and mentally sound
and that he is free from any communiaeble disease.
(d} !~ statement from Chief of Police stating his reputa-
tion is good and that he should be granted a
certificate.
Said certificate must be obtained on or before January 1,
194b, and on or before January 1st of each year thereafter,
said certificate being valid for the calendar year only for which
it it issued. The City Clerk shall either issue a oertifiaate or
mark "refused" on the application stating the reason why it was
not issued. If refused, the applicant may by request obtain a
hearing before the City Council. the Council may after hearing
either affirm the action of the City C]sk or order the oertifiaate
issued.
SECTION 11. The driver's certificates provided i
section may ,be revoloed or suspended for violatio
laws and ordinances of the City of West Idemphis.
the decision suspending the.driver~s certificate
a suspension.
n the preceding
n of the traffic
~n appeal from
shall sot stay
SECTION 12. A cab with not more than two seats shall not bs
permitte8 to carry more than five (b) passengers.
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SECTION 13. Each person, firm, corporation or association
operating a taxicab or taxicabs in the City of West Memphis
shall pay the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, at the office
of the City Clark the following lioense=
For one taxicab ovrned by any person, Firm, corporation
or association, the fee sha11 be Fifty Dollars 0 50.00) per
year, and where the same person, firm, oorporation or a~soc-
iation oRns taro taxicabs, the lioense shall be .Fifty Dollars
(~b0.00) For one taxioab and Twenty-five Dollars (#25.00)
for each additional taxicab.
The lioense herein provided for shall be issued by the
City Clerk oP the City of West Memphis and shall be plainly
attached to or exhibited upon eaoh taxioab, and such lioense
provided for herein shall be an annual lioense payable on the
First day of January of eaoh year or when operation is oom-
menoed, if at`ter January 1st of any year, provided that any
taxioab that commaz~ ea operation in the City of Weat Memphis
on or after the first day of July in any year sha11 be required
to pay one-half of the lioense fee he reinabove provided for a
lioense for the remaining portion of the year in which the
operation is commenced.
SECTION 14. Any person, firm, association or oorporation
desiring to.engage in the taxioab business in the City of
West Memphis shall be required to secure public liability
insurance on all equipment used and auoh insuranae shall be
]rapt in foroe during the period of operation. The insuranae
herein provided shall be ao provided for that it will Dover
equipment new in use and equipment added from time t o time
after the original iasuanae of policies of insurance as herein
provided. Said inau canoe ahe-11 provide a minimum of Five
Thousand (~5,000.00)Dollars property damage and Ten Thousand
0 10,000.00) Dollars personal injuries on eaoh taxioab.
Failure to provide such insurance shall be ground for revoca-
tion of any license issued under this ordinance.
SECTION 15. Any person, firm, corporation or association which
violates any provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined for eaoh
offense in any sum not exceeding Tyro Hundred Fifty and No~100
0250.00) Collars, and where auoh violation is of a continued
nature, eaoh day a violation shall be deemed and considered a
separate offense.
SECTION 16. Allordinanoes or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 17. IP any part of this ordinance shall be ~udioially
determined to be invalid, auoh invalidity shall not affect the
remaining part oP this ordineme, it being hereby declared by
the City Council of the City of Yfest Memphis that it would have
passed this ordinance with auoh part or parts Pound to be
invalid eliminated.
SECTION la. That by reason of the Fact that taxicabs operate
in the City of West Memphis, drivers and operators thereof are
in immediate need of strict supervision and regulation as herein
provided for the protection of the inhabitants of the City oP
best Memphis, and this ordinance being necessary for the iaanediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this ordinance shall take effect and
be in foroe on and after January 1, 1946.
Fhssed and approved this 4th day of Deceaaber, 194.
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