HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-3544 - Ordinance - 01/09/2014 ORDINANCE NO. 2D14-35 4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, "BUSINESS REGULATIONS" SECTION
4 -6 "TAXICABS ", E "INSURANCE POLICY" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That CHAPTER 4, `BUSINESS REGULATIONS" SECTION 4 -6
"TAXICABS ", E "INSURANCE POLICY" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A ", attached
hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00) or
II lbw more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). Each day such violation shall
continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said
Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date
of passage by the City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the
City of College Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 9 day of Tan u n rt , 2014.
APPROVED:
Mayor
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City Attorney
S EXHIBIT "A"
That CHAPTER 4, "BUSINESS REGULATIONS" SECTION 4 -6 "TAXICABS ", E
"INSURANCE POLICY" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas be
amended and is to read as follows:
E. Insurance Policy
(1) Before the City of College Station will issue a taxicab service license, any applicant for a
taxicab service license must deliver to the College Station Police Department a certificate
of insurance showing the City of College Station as the certificate holder, and reflecting
insurance coverage as stated below, with a cancellation endorsement. The applicant must
keep in full force and effect during the term of the taxicab service license, a policy of
commercial general (public) liability insurance issued by an insurance company fully
authorized to do business in this state and performable in Brazos County, insuring the
public against any loss or damage that may result to any person or property from the
operation of such vehicle or vehicles. The certificates of insurance must contain an
endorsement providing that coverage under such policies shall not be canceled, non -
renewed, or materially changed until at least thirty (30) days prior written notice has been
given to the City of College Station. Passenger liability exclusions are expressly
prohibited.
Insurance shall be in the following minimum amounts:
(a) General liability insurance with limits of liability of not less than five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence, with an aggregate amount of one
million dollars ($1,000,000.00), covering property damage, bodily injury and
personal injury, to secure payment of all lawful and proper claims arising out of
the operations of the vehicle- for -hire service authorized hereunder. This section
applies only to those vehicle- for -hire services with a fixed base of operation, such
as an office or terminal, that is visited by customers to secure services.
(b) Automobile insurance with limits of liability of no less than thirty thousand
dollars ($30,000.00) for bodily injury or death to any one (1) person in any one
(1) accident, sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) due to bodily injury or death to
two (2) or more people in any one accident, and twenty -five thousand dollars
($25,000.00) for claims of property damage in any one (1) accident; and Personal
Injury Protection coverage with a limit of liability of no less than five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00).
(2) In the event any insurance policy is canceled upon the request of the surety or insured,
and no insurance policy is filed by the license holder before the cancellation date, the
taxicab service license shall be automatically revoked.
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