Every taxicab shall use a taximeter of a size, design and quality
sufficient to show the customer the charges within five (5) percent
accuracy as determined by a standard test administered by qualified
personnel approved by the city.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-20)
The rules and regulations for inspection and approval of taximeters
and the operation and use of taximeters on taxicabs are as follows:
(1) No
approval shall be given and no inspection certificate for any taximeter
shall be issued for any taxicab until the taximeter attached thereto
shall have been tested and inspected and found to be accurate and
in conformity with the specifications required of such taximeter under
the terms of this article;
(2) No
person shall use or permit to be used or driven for hire a taxicab
equipped with a taximeter the case of which is unsealed and not having
its cover and gear intact;
(3) No
driver of a taxicab equipped with a taximeter, while carrying a passenger
or passengers, or while under employment, shall display the signal
affixed to such taximeter in such position as to denote such vehicle
is not employed, or in such position as to denote that the taxicab
is employed at a rate of fare different from that which the use of
the taxicab legally justifies under the provisions of this article;
(4) It
shall be the duty of the driver to call the attention of passengers
to the amount registered on the taximeter, and the taximeter flag
shall not be changed to “vacant” position until after
the fare is paid;
(5) No
person shall drive or operate a taxicab to which is attached a taximeter
which has not been duly tested, inspected, and approved as required
by this article, and it shall be unlawful to change the size of the
wheels or tires of any taxicab, or the gears operating the taximeter,
from one taxicab to another unless the taximeter is again tested,
inspected and approved under supervision of the director of equipment
services before using.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-21; Ordinance 2008-31 adopted 7/22/08)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be operated for public hire in
the city unless it is equipped with a taximeter as defined under this
article.
(b) It
shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating, driving or in
charge of a taxicab to operate or drive such taxicab unless a taximeter
is used in determining the fare to be charged. And no other or different
fare shall be charged than the fare recorded on the reading face of
such taximeter for such trip; and no other rates or methods of measuring
the distance or time charges shall be allowed, except by taximeter
as herein provided.
(c) It
shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating, driving or in
charge of any taxicab for hire in the city to drive or operate such
taxicab, or to use or advertise in connection therewith the word taxi,
taxicab or cab, or in soliciting trade from the public to represent
or exhibit such vehicle as a taxi, taxicab or cab, unless each vehicle
be equipped with a taximeter, in accordance with the provisions of
this article.
(d) Taximeters
are not required for “limousine service.”
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-22; Ordinance 2008-31 adopted 7/22/08)