PENDLETON — The day belongs to the taxis, and the night belongs to Ubers.

That’s the basics of a plan that will be presented to the Pendleton City Council on Tuesday. Elite Taxi, the city’s only cab service, will operate only during the day on most days while drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber only can operate during the evening hours.

In a memo from city attorney Nancy Kerns and Finance Director Linda Carter to the Council, the pair explained city staff met with representatives from Elite and the ride-hailing drivers, which they refer to as “network vehicle drivers,” to hash out the plan.

“The plan was revised several times after discussion with Elite and network drivers,” Carter and Kerns wrote. “We, of course, were not able to create a plan which met all the desires of both parties.”

The debate began in earnest in January, when a group of residents who wanted to drive for Uber requested the city amend its taxi ordinance to allow ride-hailing services in Pendleton. While customers in Pendleton could download the app and order a ride, Uber drivers could face fines for transporting people without a taxi license.

Elite Taxi initially opposed the move, arguing it would not be able to survive as a business if it had to compete with ride-hailing services. If Elite went under, the owners said, not only would Pendleton lose its only traditional cab business, it also would lose the provider for city services, including Dial-a-Ride, services ride-hailing drivers couldn’t provide.

After council members heard from both sides in February, they asked representatives from Elite and the aspiring ride-hailing drivers to meet with staff to see if they could reach a compromise.

According to the memo, the plan all sides agree to would allow taxis to operate from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Ride-hails would be required to operate during the hours of 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily. During certain events and days, including the Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton Whisky Music Fest and New Year’s Eve, both taxis and ride-hails could add additional hours on top of their required hours of operation.

Making all these changes would require the city to adopt a new ordinance that would update its transportation and taxi policies.