87-086 ORD GRANTING LEWIS WALTER SMITH JR DBA SMITH TAXICAB SERVICE FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS ETC

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ORDINANCE N0. 87-086 AN ORDINANCE GR.ANTING TO LEGJIS WALTER SMITH, JR., DBA SMITH TAYICAB SERVICE, A FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VEHICLES FOR A PERIOD QF FIVE (5) YEARS, BEGINNING DECEMBER 14, 1987, AND ENDING DECEMBER 13, 1992, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PRESCRIBED; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATIC?N OF SAID BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A TAX FOR SUCH PRIVILEGE AND USE OF SUCH STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE TERMINATION OF SUCH GRANT UPON SPECIFIED CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR TAXICAB STANDS FOR USE OF SAID GRANTEE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OF SAID GRANTEE; PROVIDING FOR THE SUPERVISIUN OF SAID BUSINESS AND INSPECTION QF ITS VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT BY THE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. There is hereby granted to Lewis Walter Smith, Jr., dba Smith Taxicab Service, hereinafter called grantee, the right, privilege and franchise for a period of five (5) years, beginning Deceuriber 14, 1987, and ending December 13, 1992, to operatP a taxicab service in the City of Paris and on the streets, alleys and public ways within the City Limits of said City for the transportation of passengers for hire. The grantee herein shall maintain the principal office and place of business of said business within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, where the headquarters of said business shall be maintained. Section 2. The right, privilege and grant herein contained shall not be transferred or assigned without the formal action and consent of the City Council of the City of Paris first had and obtained, and any attempted assignment or transfer of said rights and privileges by the grantee hereiri without first having had and obtained such consent and permission from the City Council of the City of Paris shall operate ipso facto as a termination of the rights, privileges and grant herein contained. Section 3. That the taxicabs operated or maintained under said franchise shall be used for the purpose of transportation of passengers and the personal luggage of such passengers. Section 4. That all automobiZes or vehicles used in connection with this taxicab service shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the Ci.ty c►f Paris, and such future amendments thereof, or either of them, relating to or regulating the operation of motor vehicles upon streets or highways. Section 5. The City of Paris, in granting this franchise, fully retains and reserves all the rights, privileges and immunities that it now has under the law to fully patrol ar.d police the streets, alleys and public ways within the City, and the granting of this franchise shall in no way interfere with the rights of the City of Paris to fully use said streets, alleys and public ways for any other public utility, nor shall this franchise in any way interfere with the improvement or maintenance of any other streets, alleys and public ways, and the rights of the grantee herein to use said streets shall at all times be subservient to the right of the City Council of the City of -1-