2024-005 - Adopt Chapter 33 “Vehicles for Hire”

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Licensee herein to use said streets shall, at all times, be subservient to the right of the City Council of the City of Paris to fully exercise its rights or control over said streets, alleys, and public ways. "(7) That the Licensee shall, prior to the effective date of this license agreement, pay to the City of Paris, at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Paris, 150 1st Street S.E., Paris, Texas, in lawful money of the United States, a sum equal to $100.00 per vehicle used in the operation of said Vehicle for Hire business. This payment shall represent the license payment due the City of Paris and failure to pay said license fee when due may result in forfeiture of this license. No reimbursements will be made to Licensee if Licensee reduces the number of Vehicles for Hire during the license year. "(8) That the City of Paris expressly reserves the right to modify, amend, alter, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this license, during the life of the same, for the following purposes, to -wit: (A) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove obsolete or impractical; and, (B) To impose such additional conditions or requirements upon the Licensee as may be deemed necessary and reasonable, such conditions or requirements to be those as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of insuring adequate service to the public or protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Paris. "(9) That, notwithstanding what may be said in any other portion of this ordinance with reference to the termination hereof, this right is granted subject to the provisions of Article I, Sections 17 and 26 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, all applicable state laws, City Charter provisions, and any other laws that may be enacted in the future by the Texas Legislature, or amendments to the Constitution and the Charter of the City of Paris. Furthermore, the City of Paris reserves the absolute right, upon notice and hearing, which said notice shall be given to the Licensee not less than ten (10) days before such hearing, to absolutely terminate this grant and license for any violation of the terms and provisions of this ordinance. "(10) That it shall be unlawful for Licensee, its agents or employees, while operating any Vehicle for Hire within the City of Paris, to cruise except when operating a permissible Hailing Service. Cruising shall consist of seeking, searching, or soliciting employment while operating an automobile for hire by repeatedly and persistently driving such automobile for hire up and down on the public streets of the City of Paris and offering accommodations thereof to prospective passengers, whether by signal, word of mouth, or by carrying a sign with the word "For Hire" 5