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~58 TUES DAY JULY 20, 1954 AN ORDINANCE G:t~4.NTIl~G THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO OPERATE BUSSES FOR THE TRANSPORTNl'ION OF PASSENGEHS on '.['IiE ST.?.EETS AND HIC-li'vVAYS OF I:T.imTHiSVILLE, VIRGINIA, TO RAPID TRANSIT COMPMJY, IHC., A VlliGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE COH.PORl\.TION, (F.EREINAFTER CALlED GRANTEE); TO REQUffiE THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AID NECESSITY BE M:ET: Section 1. Permission is hereby f;iven the Grantee, its assigns and. successors, for a :.:;.eriod of fifteen (1.5) years, from the 1st day of April, 1954, lJIrith an option of renew.al for fifteen (15) years subject to the provisions of Sectio~ 11 hereof, to operate motor busses for the transportation of passengers over and along the streets and highvvays .within said city. Section 2. The graJ"lt of thjs franchise covers the transportation of passen- gers for hire by motor bus; nothing herein conta:Lned shaH affect the oDeration of sight-seeing busses, ta.v.:icabs, and passenger cars for hire not oper~ting upon streets or routes upon any fixed or certain sciledule. Section 3. A sufficient number of modern busses in good state of repair shall be operated by the said Grantee to r("asonably accorrrrnodate the public corwenience and necessity, and transfers from on GUS to ar:.other shall be granted at such point as will best accomrnodate the public convenience and necessity. Section 4. The routes and streets over which the said system 0:: busses shall be operated shall be determined i~ accore-lanco with the public corwenience and necessity as determined by Granteo. Grantee shall establish schedules, fares and service of an Ol)timum cha2~acter Vii th respect to public convenience and necessi ty corrnncnsurate with earning a fair return on the investment of the business. Section 5. In case of fire or accident, repair to streets, or for such other tempora~f reasons as ~~y render the prescribed routes impractical, the drivers of said busses shall use such detour as may be prescribed by said City, and until such detour is prescribed shall use the sa:f'est and mos t p!'actical detour. Section 6. Bus stops shall be set apart by the City at such street inter- sec ti ons and other points as the public convenience may require; they s hall be indicated by markers furnished and erected b~r tlle City, at City eX'pense. Section 7. All busses shall be of modern design and equipped wi th approved safety devices; thoy shall be comfortably heated and .well-lighted on the interior at such hours and under such conditions G.S require lighting, or in the manner nmr or hereafter prescribed by statute. Section 8. Before any driver shall oper2.te a bus for the transportation of passengers under this Ordinance, he shall secure a permit from the same City departments from vr;,-ich permits are issued to taxi dr:i.vers, D.ttesting to his physical, mental, and moral fitness and capacity for the said position, and he must comply with the general lELws of Virginia as to chauffer's lice:nse. Section 9. The ollmer of said franchise shall adopt such rules and regulations as will insure the comfort and safety of passengers, and to this end may prohibit smokill.g upon vehicles, should such prbhibition be deemed necessary for the safety and comfort of its patrons.