HomeMy WebLinkAbout0584 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 584
An Ordinance of the City of Pasco.. Washington, granting
to Fred E. Miller, and/or Pasco Transit Lines, Inc., a License and
Franchise for a period of 10 years to operate on the public
streets of the City of Pasco, buses and conveyances for the carriage
of individual persons for hire, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Pasco do ordain as follows:
Section 1. The City of Pasco, Washington, a municipal
corporation, hereinafter called the City, does hereby grant to Fred
E. Miller, and/or Pasco Transit Lines, Inc., hereinafter called the
Grantee, a License and Franchise for a period of 10 years from
and after the effective date of this Ordinance to operate on the
public streets of the City of Pasco, Washington, buses for the
carriage of individual persons for hire, subject to the teras and
conditions hereinafter specified.
Section 2. At the expiration of the term of this Franchise,
as hereinabove provided, the parties operating said buses on said gtreets
shall be entitled and privileged to continue said operations until said
right is terminated by Ordinance duly passed by the City Council of the
City of Pasco, Washington, provided, however, that the grantee shall at
all times comply with the terms of this License and Franchise and make
the payments provided for herein to the City of Pasco, Washington.
Section 3. As compensation to the City for the right and
franchise hereby granted, the grantee shall pay to the City, the
sum of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) a year, for a business license.
Section 4. The route of the bus line proposed to be established
under this License and Franchise, shall extend over streets in the City of
Pasco, and shall extend over the following streets: Upper River Road,
Sylvester Street, North Tenth Avenue, Ainsworth Avenue, Fourth Street,
Lewis Street, Elm Street, Wehe Street and "Alt Street. There shall be
filed by the Grantee with the City Clerk, a map showing the exact
route of said bus lines and said route shall hot be changed and shall
be the established route, provided, however, that said route may be
changed by Resolution of the City Council, permitting such change, and
if such change is so allowed by said resolution, then and in that event
the Grantee shall immediately file with the said City Clerk, a new map
showing the new route.
Section 5. There shall be no change of ownership of said bus
system, with@ut the consent of the City Council,
Section b. Grantee shall maintain one-half hour schedules from
Fourth and Lewis Streets in Pasco, Washington, and shall stop at every
second block and Grantee shall operate buses from 5:30 A. M. to 12:30
A. M. each day except Sunday, and shall operate on Sundays during what.
ever hours Grantee desires; the maximum fare to be charged for each
passenger shall be ten cents within the City limits of Pasco, and the
minimum number of buses to be operated shall be two and the minimum size
of said buses shall be twenty (20) or more passenger buses, provided,
however, that any of the provisions contained in this paragraph may be
changed at the request of the Grantee by Resolution of the City Council,
granting said request at any regular meting, which Resolution shall be
entered on the minutes of the City Council.
Section 7. Grantee shall maintain and carry adequate public
liability and property damage insurance to protect the public and the
passengers and the Grantee shall protect and save harmless the City,
its officers, employees and agents from any and all damage claims, loss,
liability, cost or expense, occasioned by any negligent act or omission
of the grantee in connection with the operation of buses under this
franchise. The City shall have the right to inspect the buses operated
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under this Franchise at any reasonable time, and Grantee agrees to keep
said buses in a safe condition for operation. The City reserves the
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right to refuse Grantee the right to operate any bus on said streets under
this Franchise, if after an inspection by a,competent safety engineer
or state inspector, it is found that said bus or equipment'is unsafe to
be allowed on the streets and no bus shall be operated on said streets
under this franchise unless insurance as above provided is in force, and
in the event of cancellation of any such insurance as to any busi this
-franchise shall be inoperative as to said bus or buses.
Section 8. In the event the Grantee shall breach any of the
provisions of this Franchise, the City shall have the right -to declare
all rights of the Grantee hereunder forfeited upon giving the Grantee a
notice at least ten days prior to a regular meting of the City Council
and after a public hearing held at said City Council meeting pursuant to
said notice, with right of law appeal.
Section 9. This.Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after five days after the date of its final passage by- the City
Council,, its approval by the Mayor of the City, and its publication
as hereinafter provided, but shall become null and void unless within sixty
days thereafter the Grantee shall file with the City Clerk a written
acceptance of the terms, conditions and obligations of this Ordinance,
and within six months thereafter shall commence operation of said public
transportation system.
Section 10. This ordinance, following the date of its approvalp
shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City of Pasco.
Passed by the Council of the City of Pasco, this A= day of .
rG , 1947, Ten days having elapsed withou action by the
Mayor, this 0 i ance becomes effectiv w' ho t his signature.
Approved this day of
VqRb*Wa";, 1947. ao"
did r a h City Clerk
Approved this day of
February, 1947. T M a y o r
Approved as to form:
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