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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 , ARTICLE II OF THE -. '. �q s
FAYETTEVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND THE CITY ' S
TAXICAB REGULATIONS .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS :
Section 1 . That Sec . 20 - 17 of the Fayetteville Code
of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows :
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab
owned , leased or controlled by him to be operated
as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the
City of Fayetteville without having first obtained
a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
from the Fayetteville Public Transit Board . Said
Board shall consist of seven ( 7 ) members appointed by
the Fayetteville Board of Directors for the purpose
of administering the provisions of this article and
making recommendations to the Board of Directors
regarding public transit . Until such appointment , the Board
of Directors shall serve as the Public Transit Board .
Section 2 . That Sec . 20 - 18 of the Fayetteville Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by adding paragraphs (g) and (h )
to read as follows :
( g ) The hours between which the applicant proposes
to provide taxicab service to the general public ; and
the days , if any , on which the applicant does not propose
to provide taxicab service to the general public .
(h) The rate schedule which the applicant proposes
to use to charge passengers .
Section 3 . That Sec . 20 - 20 of the Fayetteville Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by substituting the term " Public
Transit Board" for the term " Board of Directors " as used
therein and by adding the following to paragraph ( a) :
The Public Transit Board shall deny any application
in which the proposed hours of service or the proposed
rate schedule are found to be unreasonable to meet the
public need .
Section 4 . That Sec . 20 - 24 of the Fayetteville Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by substituting the term "Public
Transit Board" for the term " Board of Directors " as used therein .
Section 5 . That Sec . 20 - 33 . 4 of the Fayetteville Code of
Ordinances is hereby repealed .
Section 6 . That Section 20 - 33 . 7 (a) of the Fayetteville
Code oo O��nces is hereby repealed and Sections 20 - 33 . 7
(b ) - ( e ) are hereby designated as Sections 20 - 33 . 7 ( a ) - ( d )
respectively .
Section 7 . That Sec . 20 - 33 . 8 of the Fayetteville Code
of Or ina��s hereby amended to read as follows :
All persons engaged in the taxicab business in
the City of Fayetteville operating under the provisions
of this article shall render an overall service to the
public desiring to use taxicabs . Such service may be
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a " shared ride" taxicab system where the consent of
passengers is not needed to pick up or discharge
additional passengers , nor to choose the route taken
by the vehicle ; or , such service may be an " exclusive -
ride" taxicab system providing door - to - door service in
which the party hiring the vehicle has exclusive use of
the vehicle and may direct the vehicle ' s route and
destination .
Holders of certificates of public convenience
and necessity shall answer all calls received by them
during the ours of operation specified on the holder ' s
application for services inside the corporate limits of
Fayetteville as soon as they can do so ; and , if said
services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time ,
they shall then notify the prospective passengers how
long it will be before the call can be answered and give
the reason for the delay . Any holder who shall refuse to
accept a call anywhere in the corporate limits of
Fayetteville at any time when such holder has available
cabs , shall be deeded in violation of this article .
Any vehicle operated under the provisions of this article
shall be equipped with snow tires or chains when required
by weather conditions .
Section 8 . The Board of Directors hereby determines that
the City s present taxicab regulations are ineffective ; that
effective regulation of the taxicab business is essential to
the public welfare ; and that the passage of this ordinance
is necessary to effectively regulate the taxicab business .
Therefore , an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
ordinance being necessary for the public welfare shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval .
PASSED AND APPROVED this din day of 1981 .
APPROVED :
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CERTIFICATE OF RECORD pears of
�at page ay
STATE OF ARKANSAS ) SS. ] this 19
Washington county ) hand and sea a
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I, Alma L. Kollmeyer, circuit Clerk certind EXfy that the annexed or foyer Ultltr� nd Ex_pfficio
Washington County, do hereby Cit', clerk a
going instrument was filed for record in my
QQoffice on tha�—day
gMatfLy�•clockFFNI, and the same is
of
duty record din recorc[:R - atpage 7
1991
Witness my hand and seal thi day of n
Circuit Clerk and ®1.03'7
Ex-Of ' io Record 3 983 J v
By Deputy Clerk
STATE of ARKANSAS
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Washington
It 0y� ^ ` " • ' -� `' /i — - hereby certify that I
ORDINANCE NO.2719 Fayetteville Cade or OrdmancowlsaID the Publisher of THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES, a daily
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING hereby amended by adding
CHAPTER 70, ARTICLE II OF THE paragraphs (g) , and W m ss read as newspaper having a second clan mailing .privilege, and being not less than
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FAYEVILLE CODE OF OR- Idlows:
DINANCES TO AMEND THE CITY'S I91 The hours between which the ape tow pages of five columna each, published at a fixed place of business an s
TAXICAB REGULATIONS. - pliant proposal to po.ide taxicab a fixed (daily) Intervale continuously in the City of Fayetteville, County of
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD service to the generalwwie: and the
OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF days, B any, on which me applicant Washington, Arkansas for more than a period of twelve months, circulated
FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS: does not propose to provide taxicab and distributed from an established place of business to subscribers and
Section 1. That Sec. 1x17 of the " servin b the general public.
Fayettevi le Code of Ordinances is Ni The rate schedule which the ape readers generally of all classes In the. City & County for a definite price for
hereby amended to reads follows: pficant proposes to use a charge each copy, or a fixed price per annum, which price was fixed at what Is
No person shall operate in permit a Pauengtes.
taxicab owed, leased or controlfed by Section S. That Sec, W20 Of the considered the value of the publication, based upon the news value and
him to be operated as a vehicle for hire Fayetteville Code of Ordinances is service value It COnta1DS, that at least fifty percent of the . subscribers
upon the streets of the City of Faye. hereby amended by substituting the
tevme without having first obtained a tern, "Public Transit Board" for the thereto have paid cash for their subscriptions to the newspaper or its agents
Certificate of Public Convm once and' Term "Board of Directors" as used
Neeeseily Tann the Fayetteville Publicl therein and by adding the following to or through recognised news dealers Over a period Of at least six months:
Transit Swrd. Said Bwrd shall mo-1 paragraph w: . and that the said newspaper publishes an average of more than forty percent
sial of seven l71 membra appointed by The Public Teamit Beard shall deny ¢sous matter.
Use Fayeltev...e Board d Directors for any applicalms in which tie proposed
the purpose of administering the prowl' hours of service or the proposed rate .
stuns d this article and making teems- ' schedule are farad to be mueawwble I further .certify that the legal notice 'hereto attached In the matter of
mendations to the Beard of Directors m meet the public need.
regarding public transit. Until ouch ap . Section 1. That See. TP14 of the
shall sere nue the of Directors Fayetteville Cede d Ordinances e ry ,1 _ n I I _
plant serve as the Public rTramitectum hereby amended by w r inane tiro lAY\'1 ` \ 1
Beard. : lean "Public Transit Board" fee the
SMUM 1. That Sec. 1019 of the I tens "Board d Dsecton" a used .
herein.
Sectiw s. That See. 20x3.4 d the was published In the regular daily issue of said newspaper for
Feayetteville Cade d Ordirurces u
Qeby repealed, consecutive insertions as follows:
Section A. That Section 2477.71a) d
the Fayetteville Code of Ordimnm u
hereby repealed and Sections 2003.7 The first insertion on. the day of 18
(b) - (e) are hereby designated a Sec.
I tial 2003.71 an W respectively.
Section 7. That Sec. 70-37.8 of the the second insertion on the day of 18
Fayetteville Code of Ordinance is
terahy emended to read a fdbws; Ill
All Persons engaged in the taxicab the third insertion on the day Of
bume1li in the City of Fayetteville
operstir�gg under the provishas d this .
article dart render an overall service and the fourth Insertion on the dsv of
to the public desiring to care taxicabs.
Such service may be a "Shared ride" ' I
taxicab system where the consent of
Passengers is not needed to pick the w
discharge additional passengers, non
to choose the Mrs taken by the vehi-
cle: w, . such service may be an
"eitctuaivo- de" taxicab system PPb Sworn to and subscribed before me on this day of
vidthe p party
hiring t service N wAft.
Ne party a of
the heckle las ay C U
elusive used the vehicle and may
direct the vehicle's route and destina- -
tioa
Hdden of certificates d public imv
an calls and dby necessity shell ins theAII—
ao raps received by them during the
-� homeoperation or sctfied w the —� No Public
Adder'ss application for avirn inside
the CWPMWclimitsd andy.eif mid a
soon as they t be ren ered within
a '
vices caned he any
shad enrols My CommiesW¢ .
thesoraDle nose, they alta nen notify -p11r�
Chep a bpetivee calls show bog it
will be before the call r the emwerny - JtJ II ZS
and give the ream for the delay. MY
bower who shelf refine taW Iona of
Fayetteville
a the y time when
h
Fayeflevas v any time when soca t
Adder in available " a shell ny .Fees for Printing
deeded N violation d thin article. Any
vehicle opvatad undo the Provlsiore `
of this article shelf be a*dpped with Cost of Proof L
snow area mr choirs whm required by .
. I weatherconditiom.
Section I. The Board of Directors TOW
hereby determines that the City's pre-
' sent taxicab regdatioes are ineffec-
I are; that effective reg latim of the
taxicab business is mental to the
public weiram; and that the passage of
this ordinance is necessary to effee-
tively regulate Ne taxicab business..
Therefore, an emergency Is hereby
declared toexist and this wdimenee be- .
ing necessary fou the public welfare
shall be in full force and effect from
and after itS passage and approval.
A Passed M Approved this 21st day of
APPROVED:. .
JOHN TODD
ATTEST: MAYOR
VfKOEITEL
CITY CLERKK ,. ,.
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