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AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE FARE CHARGED BY TAXI CAB COMPANIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-62:2765 ON MAY 21, 1962)
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
1. That the fare to be charged by the Taxi Cab Companies in Jonesboro is thirty cents ($.30) for one (1) or two (2) passengers and five cents ($.05) for each additional passenger within the City limits of Jonesboro as of April 1, 1941.
2. That the fare within the present City limits but without the City limits of 1941 is thirty-five ($.35) cents and five cents ($.05) for each additional passenger with the following exceptions for which the rates shall be as follows:
SOUTH: County Home, sixty cents (.60); Woodsprings Road and Flint Street Road, fifty cents ($.50); Ray Sims Grocery and Sims Addition to the City of Jonesboro, fifty cents ($.50); Twin Oakes, sixty cents ($.60); Keller's Store, seventy-five cents and Craighead Forest, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
NORTH: A.G. Mays Farm, fifty cents ($.50); Burns' residence, fifty cents ($.50) and Eason's residence, sixty cents ($.60).
EAST: To Rees' Inn, thirty-five cents ($.35); Red Bird Tourist Court, forty cents ($.40); Parker's Inn, fifty cents ($.50); Noble Farm, sixty cents ($.60); Rock Palace, seventy-five cents ($.75) and Acme Inn, seventy-five cents ($.75); anywhere in the City of Nettleton from Jonesboro, seventy-five cents ($.75) for one passenger and twenty-five cents ($.25) for each additional passenger; Arkansas State College, thirty-five cents ($.35) for one passenger and five cents ($.05) for each additional passenger.
WEST: Oak Lawn Cemetery, fifty cents ($.50) for one passenger and ten cents for each additional passenger; Berville School, seventy-five ($.75) for one passenger and twenty-five cents ($.25) for each additional passenger; Dan's Motel, thirty-five cents ($.35) for one passenger and five cents ($.05) for each additional passenger; Shady Park, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per load; Lacy Barn, seventy-five cents ($.75); Catholic Cemetery, sixty cents ($.60); Jewish Cemetery, sixty cents ($.60). All trips to neighboring towns of Jonesboro shall be charged at the rate of twenty-five cents ($.25) per mile on pavement and thirty cents ($.30) on gravel.
3. For any points intermediate between the points hereinabove set out, which are situated on the same highway or route, the charge shall be thirty-five cents ($.35) for one, plus a sum which bears the same relation to the actual extra distance traveled as the total additional charge between said points bears to the entire distance between said points. "Additional passenger" rates not provided for shall be one-fifth (1/5) of the established rate.
4. WHEREAS, the present rate schedule for taxi services is inequitable and prohibits the operators of the cab companies from obtaining a fair return upon their investment and
WHEREAS, if said rates are not raised the management of said companies will be forced to cease operations, and
WHEREAS, the availability of cab service is essential to protect the public health, peace and safety.
NOW THEREFORE, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, adoption and publication as required by law.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, this 20th day of March, 1950.