1328 RES A M O'BRIEN DBA YELLOW CAB PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL WRITTEN REQUEST

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RFSOLUTION NO. 1328 WHEREAS, A. M. O'Brien, doing business as the Yellow Cab Company, and operating under Franchise Ordinance No. 1793, passed the 12th day of September, 1966, has presented to the City Council of the City of Paris his written request for cer- tain changes in the rates to be charged for taxicab service within the corporate limits of the City of Paris; and, WHER EAS, the City Council, in Section 13, Subsection (b) of said franchise ordinance, has the pawer and authority to determine rates to be charged for taxicab service within the corporate limits of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Council that the present fares being charged for certain areas within the City are not adequate to yield a fair return to the owner of such business; NOW, THEREFOR E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, That the taxicab company involved is hereby per- mitted to amend its rate schedules as follows: In Zone 1, which is bounded as follows: On the North by Pine Bluff and Graham Streets, on the East by 4th Street, N. E. and 4th Street, S. E., on the South by East and West Sherman Streets, and on the West by 4th Street, S. W. and 4th Street, N. W., the fares permitted to be charged are as follows: 500 for each passenger and 25q, for each additional passenger with the same origin and destination. Outside of Zone l, the fares permitted to be charged are as follows: The fare charged for Zoize 1, plus 100 for each additional four blocks or fraction thereof, and 250 11or each additional passenger with the same origin and destination. Charges permitted, in addition to the regular charges, are as follows: Waiting and cruising time shall be charged at the rate of $4.00 per hour. Package deliveries shall have a minimum charge of $1.00. Calls answered between 12:00 midnight and 4:00 o'clock A. M. shall have a minimum charge of $1.00. On or after February 1, 1970, meter fare rates shall be as follows: 50(,' for the first 2/5ths of a mile and 100 for each additional 1/5th of a mile. All fares heretofore fixed by resolution,or otherwise, are superseded as of the effective date of this resolution.