19 - Vehicles for Hire - provides a penalty for failure to obtain license

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING CHAPTER 33, "VEHICLES FOR HIRE," PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Charter of the City of Paris, Texas, Sec. 124, the use of public streets, highways, alleys, and thoroughfares of this city which does not require digging up or similar interference with said streets, alleys, or highways for the installation of equipment, appliances, or appurtenances shall be treated and considered as a privilege, subject to the control and disposition of the City Council; and WHEREAS, furthermore, such privilege over and upon the said public streets, alleys, highways, and thoroughfares of the city shall not be granted to any person or corporation excepting when the public necessity and convenience may require such use and when given by ordinance passed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the operation of vehicles for hire such as taxicabs, limousines, and shuttle services on the city streets, highways, alleys, and thoroughfares constitute such a privilege; and WHEREAS, the City Council has passed ordinances granting permits to operators of vehicles for hire in the past but desires to set out the requirements for the application for and granting of permits by ordinance for the operation of vehicles for hire and to provide a penalty for the operation of vehicles for hire within the city without having applied for and received said permit; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City Council hereby Adopts Chapter 33, "Vehicles for Hire," as set forth in its entirety as follows: 1