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ORDINANCE NO 1917
RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF VEHICLES OPERATED FOR HIRE WITF-IN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLIh S AND PROVIDING FARES
AND CHARGES FO*ASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT CDLLINS
Section 1 It shal.L be unlawful for any person or persons
or corporation to hire out, keep or use for hire, or cause to be
kept or used for hire for the carrying or conveying of persons or
for the hauling or transportation of baggage, goods merchandise
building material or other material, article or thing within the
corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins any coach, cab
carriage, omnibus wagon, dray cart vehicle or machine without
first having obtained a license therefor as herein after provided
Section 2 Any person or corporation desiring to obtain
a license under the provisions of this ordinance shall make appli-
cation therefor to the City Clerk and shall designate it his appli-
cation the kind of vehicle to be operated, motive power purpose,
and where the same is to stand upon the streets of saia city and
in connection with said application shall present the written con-
,sent of the person /or persons occupying the premises nearest the
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/I place so desiglnatednfor such stand for such lap licant occupying J
the same for such purpose, and tre license issued shall designate
the location of the stand assigned the applicant In case of
application to operate auto trucks auto delivery wajons or auto-
mobiles for passenger service in adaition shall be stated the
capacity of the truck and the passenger-carrying capacity of the
automobile
Section 3 If the said application shall receive the
approval of the Commissioner of Safety and Ex-Officio Mayor, the
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City Clerk is hereby authorized to issue a license tnerefor counter-
signed by the Commissioner of Safety and Ex-Officio Mayor upon the
payment of the fee hereinafter provided, and shall be for a period
of not less than twelve (12) months
Section 4 No license issued under this ordinance shall
be transferable except upon the written consent of the Commissioner
of Safety and Ex-Officio Mayor endorsed thereon, and it shall be the
duty of the City Clerk to keep a record of the name of the person
d)r persons to whom any such license is granted or transferred
together with the date of issue and the number of the license, for
which purpose he shall issue a metal tag which shall bear the
license number together with the year covered by the license
Section 5 Every person licensed under this ordinance
shal.L forthwith cause the number of his license to be attached in
a conspicuous place upon the vehicle used or employed by him and
the corresponding number shall also be worn by the licensee in a
conspicuous place on his person while engaged in such business
Section 6 The license fees to be paid for the operation
of vehicles for hire within the corporate limits of the City of Fort
Collins shall be as follows
For any coach cab, carriage omnibus wagon dray or cart
operated with one horse $__� _
For anv coach, cab carriage omnibus wagon dray or cart
operated dtith two horses a✓�''^"' 1� °_
For each auto truck auto delivery automobile for passenger
service or other vehicle propelled by gas gasoline steam or
electricity or any mechanical motive power
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passengers for hire for which business is solictted 7 a-'"�q
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Section 7 The prices and rates of fare to be charged
by owners or drivers of vehicles for the conveyance of passengers
for pay or hire shall not exceed the following
For one passenger a distance not exceeding eighteen (18)
blocks
a gents, and fv cents additional for
l ^passengers any additional distance within the city
For conveying children between the ages of five (5) and four-
teen (14) years in charge of a paying passenger, half of the above
rates maj be charged for like distance and for children under
five (5) years of age in charge of a paying passenger no charge
shall be made
For the use of any such vehicle by the hour with one or more
passengers with the privilege of going from place to place and
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stopping as often as may be required for the first hour
and for each additional hour or part thereof 1' oa
The price to be charged by the owner or driver of any licensed
vehicle for the carrying of baggage and for the loading and unloading
of the same, shall not exceed the following
For carrying baggage for any one person where such baggage
shall not weigh in excess of one hundred pounds
not to exceed eighteen (18) blocks _ �✓ cents, and for
baggage in excess of ore hundred ^ad-- ) pounds at the
rate of cents per e= hundred
Section 8 Any person or persons or corporation who
shall violate this ordinance or any of the provisions thereof shall
upon conviction thereof be finea in the sum of not less than five
dollars (w5 00) nor more than one hundred dol.Lars ($100) and
may be imprisoned in the city or county jaii until such fine and
costs have been paid net to exceed ninety (90) days
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Section 9 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed provided that such repeal
shall not affect or be construed as abating any cause of action
which may exist in favor of the City of Fort Collins on account
of the violation of such repealed ordinance or ordinances prior
to the time when this orainance shall go into effect
Introduced, read first time and ordered printed this
12th day of March A D 1917
Passed and adopted this J 2 day of Vrxr A D 1917
Commissioner of Finance and
Ex-Officio Mayor
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
STATE OF COLORADO., )
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COUNTY OF LARIMER )
I, Ray Baxter City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, con-
sisting of nine (9) sections duly proposed and read at length
at a regular meeting of the city Council held on the 12th day of
March 1917 was at a meeting of the City Council duly ordered
by Aye and Nay vote to be published in the Fort Collins Courier,
a daily newspaper of the City of Fort Collins in accordance
with the provisions of section 7 of Article IV of the City Charter,
that thereafter and on to-wit, the " day of %�rah, 1917, at
a regular meeting of the City Council, said ordinance came before
said Council on its final passage a period of more than ten days
having elapsed since the publication as above set forth and that
said ordinance was upon second reading adopted as an ordinance,
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and thereafter and on to-wit, the ��Mti day of
said Ordinance No 1917, as finally passed and adopted,
was duly published in the Fort Collins Courier a daily newspaper
published in the City of Fort Collins Colorado
In 44 to ss Whereof I have hereunto set my nand this
day of h A D 1917
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City Clerk