HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927 Ordinance No. 001BY AUTHORITY -----------
0 R D I N A ~ C E NO. l S E R I E S 0 P 1927.
AH ORDINANCE LICllSillG AND RmULATillG AUTO-BU8SES 1 THEIR liAINTENANCE
AJD OP~i&TIOll OVER TH~ STRE :~TS AllD AVEliUES OP THE CITY OP ENGLEWOOD 1 .PROVIDING B'Ort A LICEllSE TAX TO BE PAID THEREB'OR 1 AND THE PENALTY POR PAILURE
TO COUPLY WITH THE TERMS HEREIN SET FOUHTH.
BE IT EllACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY OF EllGLEWOOD:
' Section l •• DRrINITION
Th• term "auto-bus" shall include any motor vehicle, e&PJ!f'iRS-
oarrying passenge~e for hire, having a normal capacity of seven or more
passengers.
Section 2 •• CON SENT OP CITY COUNCIL
No person,. persons, firm, association or corporation shall
oper~t• or maintain any auto-bus or auto-bus line as 001111on carrier for
hire over the streets aJU} avenues of the City of Englewood without obtaining
the consent of the City Council. ·
Section 3 •• APPLIC ATION
An application shall first be filed with the City Council, which
application shall contain the following _information:
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Ham• and residence of applicant
Character of applicant, ''person, corporation, etc."
rloute over which the bus or busses propose to operate in the
City of &nglewood
Soedule on which such bus or busses propose to operate
a ate of far~ which such bus or busses propose to oharge
A brief description of the bus or busses proposed to be used
including make and model of oar, horsepower, etc.
The license fee hereinafter provided for shall be tendered
at the ti~e of filing the application.
Section 4. APPL ICATION TO BE INVESTIGATllD .
•• Th • aaid application shall be investigated and approved or
rejected by the City Counoil or a Coraaittee by it appointed.
Section 5 •• LICENSB PEE
The license fee to be paid under this Aot shall be $50.00 per
year for each bus m~intained and operate~.
Section 6. PKHALTY
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The · penalty for failure to oomtly with the ~rovisions of this
ordinanoe shall be a fine of not leas than flO. nor more than
300. Each 48 hours that any auto-bus shall be maintained and
operated without compliance with this Ordinance ahall be deemed
a aeperate offense.
Ordinance No.15, Series of 1926, and all Ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, olause, or phrase of this
ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such
decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance.
'rhe City Council hereby decl•i•• that it would have passet the
Ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause and
phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, sub-sections, sentences, olauaee or phrases be declared
unconsti tutional.
'l'he City Counoil hereby finds, determines and declares tbat this
Ordinance is necessary for the iwaediate preeervation of public
peace, health and safety.
In the fpinion of the City Counoil an emergen~ exists; therefore,
this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Read and passed on first reading this 27th d~ of Deoember A.D. 1927.
Paaaed, Approved and ordered published January 10, 1927.
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City Clerk.
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STAT~ OF COLORADO )
COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE ) S. S.
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD )
I, Lenora Fogle, City CLerk and lieoorder of the Cit, of
inglewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read in full, an4 on
resolution the same was ordered published as a proposed ordinance for the
City of Englewood, Colorado, and same was ordered published at an..AdJournecl
Regular Meeting of December 27, 1926, A.D., held by the City Oounoil on
said date, and same was published in the Englewood Herald, in its issue
of December 30, 1926, A.D. and for more than ten d~s thereafter, and at
a subsequent Regular Ueeting of the City Counoil held JaDU&rJ' 10, 1927,
"Ali ORDilL\JiCE LICENSIIIG AND REGULATING AUTO-BUSSRS, THEIR MAINTEUABCE
AND OPERATIOH OVBR THE STREETS AND AVENUES OF THE CITY OP BBGLBWOOD,
PROVIDING POR A LICENSE TAX TO BE PAID THERRJOR, AND THI PBNALTY POR
1AILURB TO COUPLY WITH THE TERUS HKREIN SET PORTH," waa duly passed and
published in the Englewood Herald and Enterprise in its issue of January
20, 1927, A.D., as required by the Statu•• of the State of Colorado.
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CitJ' Clerk.
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