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PETITION RE: is REZONING CERTAIN AREA BETWEEN W. MAIN & WERTLAND STS. • O Ln MATTER RE: LIABILITY INSURANCE ON GAS DEPT. REPORT RE: TAXI RATES ORDINANCE RE: TAXI RATES CARRIED OVER. ORDINANCE RE: GENERAL RATES ADOPTED. 6 �y wy F tJ Q ON MOTION PETITION OF MR. M. A. CUSHMAN AND THE CUSHMAN-V I RG i N 1 A CORPORATION REQUESTING REZONING OF A CERTAIN AREA BETWEEN WEST MAIN STREET AND WERTLAND STREET, FROM TENTH STREET, N. W. TO TWELFTH STREET, N. W. , FROM A-1 RESIDENCE TO B-1 BUSINESS, WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR STUDY AND REPORT* ON MOTION THE MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CHILDREN'S HOME LOT WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT HE HAD INQUIRED INTO THE MATTER REGARDING THE INCREASE IN COST OF LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE GAS DEPARTMENT AND HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT THE INCREASE IN PREMIUM WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE INSURORS WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN BACKING IN THE REWRITING OF THIS TYPE INSURANCE. HE STATED THAT THE BINDER CARRIED ON THIS POLICY HAD NOW EXPIRED* A MOT ION BY MR. HADEN, SECONDED BY MR. TEBELL, THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO CANCEL THE PRESENT POLICY FOR LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE GAS DEPARTMENT AND TO SET UP A FUND TO BE ACCUMULATED FROM ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS BASED ON FUTURE PREVAILING ANNUAL PREMIUMS AS CHARGED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE TOTAL ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS EQUAL THE TOTAL LIABILITY INSURANCE HERETOFORE CARRIED ON THE GAS DEPARTMENT, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED* ON MOTION THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: FEBRUARY 189 1952 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. GENTLEMEN: YOUR COMMITTEE MET WITH THE TAXICAB OPERATORS OF THIS CITY TO HEAR THEIR REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN THE TAXI RATES. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT SECTION 92 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE BE CHANGED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: „SECTION 92. MAXIMUM RATES; POSTING SCHEDULE THE MAXIMUM RATES TO BE CHARGED BY PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE OPERATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN THE CITY SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF ONE OR MORE PASSENGERS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THE CHARGE FOR EACH TRIP SHALL BE . . . . FIFTY CENTS (0.50) FOR CLARIFICATION "TRIP" SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO MEAN EACH STOP WHERE ONE OR MORE PASSENGERS ALEIGHT. A SCHEDULE OF THE ABOVE MAXIMUM RATES SHALL BE POSTED IN EVERY PASSENGER VEHICLE OPERATED FOR HIRE WITHIN THE CITY AT A POINT EASILY VISIBLE TO THE PASSENGER, AND SUCH SCHEDULE SHALL BE PRINTED IN SUCH FORM AND SUCH TYPE AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL PRESCRIBE." RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, , U BELL (,ZLGNED_ B dAmEs M. B,&EIII. Lt[ LraiGNEW AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 92 OF CHAPTER 18, AS AMENDED, OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 ENTITLED 'MAXIMUM RATES; POSTING SCHEDULE' ", WAS OFFERED BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. BARR, AND UPON BEING READ WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 19459 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED 'GENERAL RATES' " WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE