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AN ORDINANCE TO i~2~D CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF THE CITT OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, AS AMENDED: BY ~MENDING AND REOR- DAINING SECTIONS 16-9, 16-10, 16-14, 16-17, 16-23, 16-36 AND 16-51 THEREOF CONCERNING ROUTES AND HEADWAYS OF MOTOR BUSES, REASONABLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, RATES OF FARE, PA~-MENT IN LIEU OF LICENSE TAXES, tNDEMNIFICiTION OF CITY, THE GRANTING OF A PEEMIT AND THE PROVISION OF A BOND AhrD INSURANCE COVERAGE AND PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF INTRA-CITY PASSENGERS IN CERTAIN CASES. that: Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia Section 1. 'Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia. 1951, as amended, is hereby amended by amending and reordaining Sections 16-9, 1~-10, 16~t4, 16-17, 16-23, 16-36 and I6-51 to read as follows: Section 16-9. Routes and Headwaye - Designation. under ~he provisions of this article shall be along the streets of the city las may be designated from time to time by the council through adoption of a re~olution prescribing the same. Any such resolution may specify minimum headways between buses on such routes and failure to operate within such ~pecified headways shall be deemed a violation of Section 16-15 of this code whenever.the~ council determines such failure to be injurious ~o the public wek~are and not warranted by the circumstances. Section 16-10. Same - Change - Reasonable return on investment. The right to continue to operate on the rouzes hereinabove provided, or: any routes which may be designated, as hereinafter provided, shall he upon the condition that whenever public convenience shall, in the opinion of the council of the city or any company or individual operating hereunder, reason- ably~require' any change in the above routes, or any extension thereof, the same sh~ll be made and established with all reasonable dispatch and diligence upon being required or allowed so to do by the council of the city; but no change or extension of routes which requires additional capital outlay or increased operating expenses by the company or individual operating hereunder shall be required by the council of the city a~ any time when it appears that from the resulis of the operation for the preceding six months, the company or indivi- dual conducting such operation has not been receiving a reasonable return on th~ ehtire~fnvestment used in the bus service in thecity, and in determining this zssue'it shall be recognized between the parties that a net return of six