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Council adopts rewritten taxi and limousine ordinance with new background limits
Summary
Council approved replacing Chapter 31 governing taxicabs with a new chapter covering taxicabs and limousines, adding a 10‑year lookback for certain DWI convictions and listing serious offenses that would permanently disqualify applicants.
The City Council approved a replacement to Chapter 31 of the Waxahachie Code of Ordinances on Monday, repealing the city’s existing taxi regulations and adopting a new chapter covering taxicabs and limousines.
City attorney Terry presented revisions made after an earlier meeting, including a 10‑year lookback period for convictions related to driving while intoxicated (DWI) or deferred adjudication for similar offenses. He also said the ordinance includes a list of more-serious offenses — crimes involving children, human‑trafficking and prostitution-related offenses among others — that would permanently prohibit an applicant from receiving a taxi permit.
Terry said the changes were made in response to council suggestions from a prior meeting. Council voted to adopt the ordinance and authorized the mayor or city manager to execute the necessary documents.
The council did not provide a recorded roll-call vote in the transcript; the motion passed by voice vote.
