HomeMy WebLinkAbout0683 OrdinanceORDINANCE -_
AN DRDINAiVCE, MENDING AN ORDINANCE,, AND BEING AN ORDINANCE
AMr,NDING ORDINANCE 665 AND ORDINANCE 647, BETNG AN ORDINANCE RELAT-
ING TO THE CONVEYING OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRES AND PROVIDING FOR THE
14E^1ERING OF FARES AND PRESCRIBING UNIFORM FARES FOR TAXICABS OPERATING
IN TH CITY OF PASC O..
The City Council. of. the City of Pasco do ordain as follows:
Section One:
That Section Two (F) of Ordinance 64.7 is hereby amended to read
as follows:: `^
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
drive or operate or engage in the business of opere.ting a vehicle or
vehicles used in transporting passengers f or.,hire, unless each of
said vehicles be equipped with a taximeter which has been duly inspedt
ed, approved and sealed by the Chief of ,Police, Official seals shall be
provided by the city for that purpose;
(b) After an official seal has once b:en placed on a taximeter,
it shall'be unlawful for any person to intentionally break such seal
or to disconnect said meter in any way without first obtaining per-
mission from the Chief of Police, or, in his absence, an Assistant
Chief of Police, or some person designated to act in the absence of 'the
Chief of Police.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
drive or operate, or engage in the business of operating, a vehicle
or vehicles used in transporting passengers for hire, unless a taxi-
meter is:used at all times on each. of such vehicles in determining
the fare orrate to be charged and collected; and it shall be unlawful
for any person; firm .or corporation .operating or. driving, or .engaged
in the business of operating a vehicle or vehicles used in transport-
ing passengers for hire to charge, demand, collect, or receive any
fare, rage or charge which is not,.directly based,. measured and computed
upon the record in the reading face of the taximeter used on such
vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
use or exiploy any other or differentf% method of computing or measuring
such distance of time charges than the methods hereinabove specifically
provided,.
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('d) It shall be the duty of the otimer,.lessee in possession, or
any other person having possession or control of any vehicle used in
transporting passengers for hire, to at all times keep such taximeter
accurate and to have the same approved by the Chief of Police before
being placed in service. When any such taximeter has been approved by
the Chief' of Police, his'�g)al or certificate shall be plainly posted on
said taximeter .for the information of the public. Said Chief of Police
shall inspect all taximeters at least once each year'and shall have
the right; to .inspect them at' any .and all times.
(e) Every taximeter shall be installed at the right.side of the
driver and at such height that the flag thereof may be readilyseen
by observers on the street, and the reading face of such taximeter
shall at: all gimes be well lighted•and readily discernable to;the
passenger riding in the vehicle. It shall be unlawful to change 'the
size of the wheels or tires of any vehicle or the gears operating
said taximeter, or change the taximeter from one vehicle to another
unless said taximeter is inspected and approved by the Chief of
Police before using on such new vehicle,
(f) It shall be unlawful for any, driver of a vehicle, !while
carrying passenger or under employment, to display, the flag attached
to the taximeter as such position as to denote that such vehicle is
not actually employed, or to fail to throw the flag of such taximeter
at a. non-rPcordin.g position at the termination of each and every service.
(g) It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee in possession, or
any other person having possession of control of any vehicle used in
transporting passengers for -hire, to at -all. -times maintain and keep
a light atop the roof.of such cab that.is_so geared and attached to
the flab; lever of the taximeter iih such vehicle 'that the light ' atop
the roof' of such cab will be extinguished only,at such.times as the
cab is occupied or employed.
Xh;i It shall be unlawful for any. owner, driver, operator or.
person in charge of any vehicle for hire used in transportation of
passengers to demand, collect or receive any greater or less rate of
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fare than is specified in the following schedule.
For one or two passengers, for the firsts mile or fraction
thereof .......... .......... .......... ..................
..........., X0.50
Thereafter for each 4 mile or fraction thereof ............ ..10
�.10
Each additional passenger over,twp P. ...,...o.....
Waiting time after the first three minutes shall be computed and
charged at the rate of $4.00 per hour.
Children under 5 years of age, when accompanied by adult,' no
charge.,
Section Two:,
-This Iordinance to bd in full force and effect five days after its
passage ,anal publication.
Passed by .the Council this day of , 1950.
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney