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ORDINANCE NO.
896
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES FOR LA PORTE TAXI COMPANY;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE
FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)
AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. La Porte Taxi Company is authorized to charge
the following rates for its services:
'. .Destination
One Person
Each Additional Person
Local
Morgan's Point
Oak Park
Lomax
Shore Acres
Deer Park
Seabrook
Kemah
Tunnel
Bay town
Pasadena
Houston (Downtown)
Galveston
Airport
Texas City
Galena ~ark
. Green I s Bayou
Jacinto City
Channelview
NASA
Webster
South Houston
$ .75
1.50
1.25
2.50
2.50
4.50
4.50
5.00
2.00
5.00
8.00
15.00
18.00
25.00
15.00
7.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
6.00
6.50
12.00
$ .25
.25
.25
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Destinations not listed will be figured by DRIVER accord-
ing to mileage, and stops, and waiting time, if any.
City stops 25~ no ~ing (3 minutes)
Out of town 50~ no waiting (3 minutes)
Waiting time $7.50 per hour.
Driving time (long trips) $15.00 hour.
Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte
has approved the above rates for La Porte Taxi Company, upon
its application, and based upon its representation that the
above rates were in effect prior to July 15, 1971, the begin-
ning of the base period for wages and prices under the wage-
price freeze declared by the President of the United States.
Section 3. The invalidity of any section or provision
of this ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or
provisions thereof.
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Ordinance No. 896
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Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5. Any person, firm, corporation, association,
partnership, trustee, or any agent, servant or employee thereof
who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an.~.upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Each day any violation of this ordinance shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Clerk shall
give notice o~ the passage of this ordinance by causing the
caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper in
the City of La Porte at least uwice within ten (10) days after
the passage of this ordinance.
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 25th day of October, 1971.
CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
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- H. Car os Sml.th, Mayor
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