08-11 - Ordinances - Taxi Cab Licenses

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Section 4. That the taxicab business operated or maintained under this license shall be used for the purpose of the transportation of passengers and the personal luggage of such passengers. The Licensee herein shall maintain their principal office and place of business within the corporate limits of the City of Paris. Section 5. That all automobiles or vehicles used in connection with this taxicab business shall be maintained and operated in safe condition in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and ordinances of the City of Paris. Section 6. That the City of Paris, in granting this license, fully retains and reserves all the rights, privileges, and immunities that it now has under the law to fully use, patrol and police the public streets, alleys, and right -of -ways within the City, and the granting of this license shall in no way interfere with the rights of the City of Paris to fully use said streets, alleys, and right -of -ways for any other public utility or public purpose, nor shall this license in any way interfere with the City's right to improve or maintain any streets, alleys, or right -of -ways in the City of Paris, and the rights of the 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. Section 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 $50.00 per vehicle used in the operation of said taxicab 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 taxicab business license. No reimbursements will be made to Licensee if Licensee reduces the number of taxicabs during the license year. Section B. 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: (1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove obsolete or impractical; and, (2) 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. Section. 9. That, notwithstanding what may be said in any other portion of this instrument 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 Council of the City of Paris reserves the absolute