(a)
City-approved route: It shall be lawful for a nonmotorized vehicle
to operate between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. within the
boundaries as depicted in figure 1 appended to Ordinance 2017-O0096;
(b)
Preapproval required: Operator of any nonmotorized passenger transport
vehicles for any other route other than that listed in this section
must submit a proposed route to the office of the city secretary for
approval prior to permitting. Proposed routes must be submitted for
approval ten (10) calendar days prior to the event date;
(c)
No route under this section shall authorize any travel on any major
thoroughfare within city limits, as shown upon the master thoroughfare
plan map of the city;
(d)
Travel authorized under this section allows crossing at signalized
intersections of thoroughfares within, adjacent to, and upon the approved
routes; and
(e)
Nonmotorized vehicles may utilize any unoccupied commercial loading
zone to load and unload passengers. All nonmotorized vehicles must
give the right-of-way to all other authorized motor or nonmotorized
vehicles.
(Ordinance 2016-O0077, sec. 3, adopted 5/12/2016; Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017)
(a)
When operating within the city-approved route, permitted operators
must not park nonmotorized vehicles, trailers, carriages or any other
equipment or animals upon any private property without prior written
approval from said property owner.
(b)
In the first month of each calendar year, the city manager may designate
certain downtown, city-owned parking lots where nonmotorized vehicle
drivers, while in-service to the public, may temporarily park vehicles,
trailers, carriages, or other equipment or animals during services
hours. Maps and details of the lots will be made available in the
office of the city secretary.
(d)
When operating on any other route approved through the office of
the city secretary, it shall be unlawful to park nonmotorized vehicles,
trailers, carriages, or any other equipment or animals upon any private
property, without prior written approval from said property owner;
and
(e)
At no time, may any parking or use of nonmotorized vehicles interfere
with traffic in any area.
(Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017; Ordinance 2018-O0012 adopted 2/8/18)
(a)
It shall be unlawful within the city limits for any person to operate
a nonmotorized vehicle for transportation of passengers without first
having obtained the required city permit;
(c)
The city secretary may set the number of permits that may be issued
for each type of nonmotorized vehicle within the city limits;
(d)
Permits issued in accordance with this section are nontransferrable
and will be made void upon transfer; and
(e)
Permits issued by the office of the city secretary under this section
must be in the possession of the permit holder during all operations
in accordance with said permit.
(Ordinance 2016-O0077, sec. 3, adopted 5/12/2016; Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017)
(a)
Before any horse may be used in a nonmotorized passenger transport
service, the transportation network company permit holder must furnish
to the city secretary:
(1)
A state certificate of veterinarian inspection identifying the horse
by description or photograph and showing that the horse has been examined
at least once within the preceding six (6) months by a veterinarian
licensed by the state who specializes in equine medicine;
(2)
Proof of annual immunization record, including but not limited to:
rabies, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, eastern and western equine
encephalomyelitis, tetanus, influenza, and annual negative Coggins
test; and
(3)
Photographs showing identifying markings of the horse.
(b)
A horse used in a nonmotorized passenger transport service must:
(1)
Be appropriately shod to work on paved streets;
(2)
Not have any open wound, oozing sore, cut below skin level, or bleeding
wound;
(3)
Not have obvious evidence of lameness, such as but not limited to
head bobbing or irregular rhythm;
(4)
Be offered no less than five (5) gallons of drinking water every
two (2) hours;
(5)
Have at least a 10-minute rest period after every fifty (50) minutes
worked. Horses shall be considered as working when pulling a carriage
that is being presented to the public as a carriage for hire;
(6)
Not work longer than eight hours in a 24-hour period with a minimum
of twelve (12) hours rest;
(7)
Have all harnesses properly fitted and in good repair with no deficiencies
that could reasonably be deemed a safety hazard;
(8)
Be properly cleaned with no offensive odors or caked dirt or mud;
(9)
Wear a special sanitary device for containing animal excrement on
routes, streets, rest areas, and parking areas. All animal excrement
collected in the devices must be transported by operator to operator’s
stable for disposal;
(10)
Not work when the outside temperature exceeds ninety-five (95) degrees
Fahrenheit; and
(11)
Not show obvious signs of emaciation, dehydration, or exhaustion.
(Ordinance 2016-O0077, sec. 3, adopted 5/12/2016; Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017)
(a)
The city secretary, with the assistance of the city’s animal
services department, may require the transportation network company
or driver of a horse-drawn carriage to remove from service any horse
that appears to be ill, overtired, undernourished, overloaded, injured,
or lame or whose health or life, in the opinion of a veterinarian
or qualified equine animal services officer, is in imminent danger.
To reinstate a horse removed from service, the horse must be re-examined
and a new state certificate of veterinarian inspection issued for
the horse by a veterinarian licensed by the state and specializing
in equine medicine, which certificate must be submitted to the city
secretary;
(b)
It is an offense to knowingly or intentionally harass, startle, attempt
to harass, attempt to startle, or otherwise treat a horse inhumanely
while it is working in a nonmotorized passenger transport service;
and
(c)
A horse shall be transported in a trailer if it is required to go
to a job location in the city that is more than one mile from the
location where the horse is stabled.
(Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017)
(a)
All nonmotorized passenger transport vehicle equipment shall be maintained
in such a manner as to comply with all applicable federal, state,
and local laws and regulations;
(b)
A transportation network company and driver shall, at all times,
keep each nonmotorized passenger transport vehicle in use clean, free
of refuse, and in safe operating condition; and
(c)
All nonmotorized passenger transport vehicles that are in service
at twilight and thereafter, must be equipped with operating electrical
lights and reflectors, including but not limited to two (2) lamps
in the front of the vehicle, reflectors on the back, and a slow-moving
vehicle emblem as defined by the Texas Transportation Code 547.001(8).
(Ordinance 2016-O0077, sec. 3, adopted 5/12/2016; Ordinance 2017-O0096 adopted 8/10/2017)
