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<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 97_031
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<br /> AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO LYNDLE RAY RANDOLPH, D/B/A CHECKER CAB,
<br /> PARIS, TEXAS, A FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND
<br /> HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING
<br /> PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VEHICLES FOR A PERIOD ON' t'IVE (5) YEARS,
<br /> BEGINNING AUGUST 8, 1997, AND ENDING AUGU5T 7, 2002, UPON THE TERMS
<br /> AND CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PRESCRIBED; PROVIDING FOR THE
<br /> REGULATION OF SAID BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A TAX FOR
<br /> SUCH PRIVILEGE AND USE OF SUCH STREETS, ALLEYS, AND HIGHWAYS;
<br /> PROVIDING FOR THE TERMINATION OF SUCH GRANT UPON SPECIFIED
<br /> CONDITIONS; PROVIDING NOR TAXICAB STANDS FOR USE OF SAID GRANTEE;
<br /> PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLES AND
<br /> EQUIPMENT OF SAID GRANTEE; PROVIDING FOR THE SUPERVISION OF SAID
<br /> BUSINESS AND INSPECTION OF ITS VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT BY THE OFFICIALS
<br /> OF THE CITY OF PARIS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
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<br /> Section 1. There is hereby granted to LYNDLE RAY RANDOLPH d/b/a CHECKER
<br /> CAB, PARIS, TEXAS, hereinafter called grantee, the right, privilege, and franchise for a period
<br /> of five (5) years, beginning August 8, 1997, and ending August 7, 2002, to operate a taxicab
<br /> service in the City of Paris and on the streets, alleys, and public ways within the City Limits of
<br /> said City for the transportation of passengers for hire. The grantee herein shall maintain the
<br /> principal office and place of business of said business within the corporate limits of the City of
<br /> Paris, where the headquarters of said business shall be maintained.
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<br /> Section 2. The right, privilege, and grant herein contained shall not be transferred or
<br /> assigned without the formal action and consent of the City Council of the City of Paris, first had
<br /> and obtained, and any attempted assignment or transfer of said rights and privileges by the grantee
<br /> herein without first having had and obtained such consent and permission from the City Council
<br /> of the City of Paris shall operate, ipso facto, as a termination of the rights, privileges, and grant
<br /> herein contained.
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<br /> Section 3. That the taxicabs operated or maintained under said franchise shall be used for
<br /> the purpose of transportation of passengers and the personal luggage of such passengers.
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<br /> Section 4. That all automobiles or vehicles used in connection with this taxicab service
<br /> shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of
<br /> Paris, and such future amendments thereto, or either of them, relating to or regulating the
<br /> operation of motor vehicles upon streets or highways.
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<br /> Section 5. The City of Paris, in granting this franchise, fully retains and reserves all the
<br /> rights, privileges, and immunities that it now has under the law to fully patrol and police tlle
<br /> streets, alleys, and public ways within the City, and the granting of this franchise shall, in no way,
<br /> interfere with the rights of the City of Paris to fully use said streets, alleys, and public ways for
<br /> any other public utility, nor shall this francllise in any way interfere with the improvement or
<br /> maintenance of any other streets, alleys, and public ways, and the rights of the grantee herein to
<br /> use said streets shall, at all times, be subservient to the right of the City Council of the City of
<br /> Paris to fully exercise its rights or control over said streets, alleys, and public ways.
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<br /> Section 6. The grantee sha11, during the life of this franchise, pay to the City of Paris, at
<br /> the office of the City Clerk, 150 Ist Street S.E., Paris, Texas, in lawful money of the United
<br /> States, a sum equal to $50.00 per vehicle used in the operation of said taxicab business, which
<br /> remittance shall be made annually on or before the lOth day of December each year. The
<br /> payments stipulated and provided in this section shall be in lieu of any other tax assessment or
<br /> charge by the City of Paris which may now or may hereafter be in force during the term of this
<br /> franchise, excluding only ad valorem taxes.
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