HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1985-083 t�RDINANCE NO. 85-83
' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3 RELATING
TO AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT BY AMENDING THE TITLE OF
SECTION 3-40(d), CHAPTER TWO, SECTION 9 TO THE
"DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TAXICAB
RULES AND REGULATIONS;" AR�ENDING SECTION 3-40(d),
CHAPTER TWO, SECTION 9, ARTICLES II, SECTION 2-6, III
SECTION 3-15, AND VIII SECTION 8-5 PROVIDING A TAXICAB
REGULATION APPEALS PROCESS; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVER.ABILITY CLAUSE; AND DEC-
LARING AN EMEP�GENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL UF THE CITY OF
�RAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinance�, City of
Grapevine, Texas, relating to Airports and Aircraft is hereby amended in the
following particuiars and all other existing Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs,
Sentences, Definitions, Phrases and Words of said City Code are not amended,
but shall remain intact and are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That Section 3-4U(d), Chapter Two, Section 9 is hereby titled as
follows:
"Section 9. Dallas/rort Worth International Airport Taxicab Rules
and Regulations."
B. That Section 3-40(d), Chapter Two, Section 9, Article II, Section 2-
6 is amended to read as foilows:
"Sec. 2-6. Appeal.
The denial of an application for issuance or renewal of
� taxicab company operating �uthority or a suspension or revocation
of taxicab company operating authority may be appealed by the
applicant or holder in accordance with Section 8-5 of these rales
and regulations."
C. That Section 3-4U(d), Chapter Two, Section 9, Article III, Section
3-15 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3.15 Appeal.
The denial of an appiication for issuance or renewal of a
taxicab driver's permii, a suspension of a taxicab driver's permit
under Section 3-12, or a revocation of a taxicab driver's permit
may �e appealed by the applicant or permittee in accordance with
Section 8-5 of these rules and regulations."
D. That Section 3-40(d), Chapter Two, Section 9, Article VIII, aection
8-5 is amended to read as follorvs:
"Sec. �-5. Appeal.
(a) If the administrator denies issuance or renewal of
taxicab company operating authority, suspends or revokes t«xicab
company operating authority, denies issuance or renewal of a
taxicab driver's permit, suspends a taaicab driver's permit under
Section 3-12, revokes a taxicab driver's permit, or issues a
correction order, under Section 8-3, the action is final unless,
within 10 days from the date of receivino notice of the action, the
affected applicant, holder, or permittee files an appeai, in writing,
with the executive director of the airport specifying the reasons
for the appeal.
• (b) The executive director of the airport or his desig-
nated representative shall act as the appeal hearing officer in an
rzppeal hearing under this section. The hearing officer shall give
the appealin� party an opportunity to present evidence and make
argument in his behalf. The formai rules of evidence do not apply
to an appeal hearing under this section, and the hearing officer
shall make his rt�ling on the basis of a preponderance of evidence
presented at the hearing.
�^^ (ci The hearing officer may affirm, modify, or reverse
all or part of the order of the administrator. The decision of the
hearing ai�:ce► is final.
(d) The appealing party shall comply with th� deczsion
the appeal hearing officer."
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction �hereof shall be
- subject to a fine in a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each
offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which a violation occurs.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
of the City of Grapevine that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared un�onstitutional, such
unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paraoraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
Section 4. The fact that the present Civil arid Criminal Code of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, does not adequately regulate conduct at the Airport
'"""' creates an emer�ency that this ordinance shall become effective from and af�er
its passage as the Charter in such cases provides.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, on this the 3rd day of December, A.D., 1985.
1�7ayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
ATTEST:
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City �ecretary, Ci � of Grapevine, Texas
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APPROVED:
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City Attorney, City of Grap ine, Texas
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