HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Certain Sections of Ordinance 592 (Taxicabs) ORDINANCE NO. 668
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 592, PARTICULARLY
SECTION 10 and SECTION 15.
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section 1. That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 592 of the City
Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically re-
pealed and the following shall be hereinafter known as Section 10
of said Ordinance No. 592:
"Section 10. Any person,. firm or corporation obtain-
ing a taxicab license, shall be entitled to have set off
one parking stand or space where said taxicabs may stand
while awaiting calls or passengers, and additional parking
stands or spaces for additional taxicabs owned and operated
by said person, firm or corporation, as may be authorized
by the City Council and in the locations as determined by
the City Manager. Such parking spaces shall be assigned
by the City Manager, subject, however, to said person,
firm or corporation first obtaining written permission
from the primary tenant of the land immediately adjacent
to the space so desired. The permission so obtained
shall be renewed and refiled with the City Manager at the
time of renewal of any taxicab license. "
Section 2. That Section 15 of Ordinance No. 592 of the City
Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically re-
pealed and the following shall be hereinafter known as Section 15
of said Ordinance No. 592:
"Section 15. For the purpose of regulating prices
chargeable under this ordinance, the City of Ames shall be
divided into two zones. Zone l shall comprise the territory
within the lst, 2nd and 3rd wards, and Zone 2 shall comprise
the territory within the 4th ward. No person, firm or cor-
poration operating a taxicab under the provisions of this
ordinance shall charge more than the following amounts and
prices:
(1) The prices charged for taxicab services be-
tween any points within Zone 1 shall not exceed the
following:
For one passenger, 350
For two passengers from same origin and destination,
200 each
For three or more passengers from same origin and
destination, 150 each
(2) The prices charged for taxicab services between
any points within Zone 2 shall not exceed the following:
For one passenger, 350
For two passengers from same origin and destination,
200 each
For three or more passengers from same origin and
destination, 150 each
(3) The prices charged for taxicab services between
Zone 1 and Zone 2 shall not exceed the following:
For one passenger, 500
For two passengers from same origin and destination,
300 each
For three or more passengers from same origin and
destination, 250 each
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(4) When two or more passengers are picked up at dif-
ferent places or are picked up at the same place and discharge
at different places, the one-passenger rate shad apply to
each of such passengers .
(5) For each trunk carried in connection with a pas-
senger, an additional fee of 500 per trunk.
(6) For each three minutes or fraction thereof for
waiting time, the sum of 10¢ . Waiting time shall mean
time consumed while waiting at the direction of a pas-
senger. "
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of this amendment are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This amendment to Ordinance No. 592 of the City
Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be in force and effect
from and after passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed this 17th day of January, 1949•
W. Prather, City Clerk W. L. Allan, Mayor
Moved by MacDonald, seconded by Griffith, that Ordinance No. 668
be passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye : Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald,
Moore
Voting Nay: None
Moved by McCormick, seconded by Lawlor, that the rules be sus-
pended, the second and third readings omitted, and Ordinance No.
668 placed on final passage.
Voting Aye : Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald,
Moore
Voting Nay: None
Moved by Lawlor, seconded by Griffith, that Ordinance No. 668 do
now pass .
Voting Aye: Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald
Moore
Voting Nay: None
Mayor declared Ordinance No. 668 passed.
1, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 668 was duly
and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 17th
day of January, 1949, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on
the 20th day of January, 1949.
�' W. rat her, City Clerk