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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 809, REGULATING THE FARE CHARGED BY THE TAXI CAB COMPANIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-64:2710 ON NOVEMBER 16, 1964)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro:
Section 1: Ordinance Number 809 is hereby amended to read as provided in the following sections:
Section 2: The maximum rate which can be charged by any taxi cab company operating within the City of Jonesboro shall be according to the following schedule of rates and zones:
(1) Fifty Cents (50¢) within an area bounded by Forrest Street on the North; Gee Street on the West; College Avenue on the South; and Houston Street on the East.
(2) Fifty-five Cents (.55¢) from the above boundaries to Valley Drive on the South; Freeman Street on the West; Center Street on the North; and Caraway Road on the East; except the vicinity of Franklin Street, which shall be Sixty Cents (.60¢).
(3) All remaining area, except as specifically set out herein, shall be graduated from a Sixty Cent (.60¢) rate through Ninety Cents (.90¢), according to distance from the Central Business District.
(4) All of Nettleton Ward, beginning with Savings Oil Company on Highway 63, to be at a rate of One Dollar and Fifteen cents ($1.15).
(5) Each additional passenger to be Ten Cents (.10¢); provided, where the basic rate is One Dollar ($1.00) or more, each additional passenger may be Twenty Five Cents(.25¢).
Section 3: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council that the taxi companies within the City, being a desirable and necessary service for the public, in order to provide safe, modern vehicles, must have an increase in rates, and this Ordinance being necessary for preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of May, 1962.