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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0744ORDINANCE NO. 744 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1439 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME; REGULATING THE RATES OF FARE TO BE CHARGED FOR TRANSPORTATION BY TAXICAB; AND PROVID- ING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF PHIS ORDINANCE The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 1439 of the Ordinance Code of the City of Burlingame, as amended by Ordinance No. 653, is hereby further amended to read and provide as follows: "Section 1439. RATES OF FARE (a) It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver to operate any taxicab in the City of Burlingame unless and until such vehicle is equipped with a taximeter of such type, style and design as may be approved by the Chief of Police, and it shall be the duty of every owner operating a taxicab to maintain such taximeter in perfect condition so that it will at all times correctly and accurately indicate the correct charge for the distance traveled and waiting time; and such taximeter shall be at all times subject to in- spection of the Chief of Police; and he is hereby authorized at his instance or upon complaint of any person to investigate or cause the taximeter to be investigated, and upon discovery of any in- accuracy in said taximeter, to remove or cause the same to be removed, and not to be used until it shall have been correctly adjusted. (b) Every taximeter shall be equipped so as to register the cost of transportation of passengers in the City and the taximeter shall be so placed in the taxicab that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged may be readily seen by the passengers in the taxicab. It shall be unlawful for any owner, driver, or operator of a taxicab in the City to charge any sum in excess of the amount shown on said dial for conveyance in said taxicab. (c) It shall be unlawful for a taxicab driver while carrying passengers to display the flag or the device attached to the taximeter in such position as to denote that the vehicle is for hire or to cause the taximeter to record when the vehicle is not actually employed or to fail to cause the device on the taximeter to be placed into a non -recording position at the termination of each and every service. - 1 - by law. (d) It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of any taxicab in the City to fix, charge or collect for service a rate more or less than the following: (1) For the first one-fourth mile or fraction thereof - 50 cents. (2) For each additional one-fifth of a mile - 10 cents. (3) When carrying passengers whose point of destin- ation is different, the meter shall be turned back to the "for hire" position each time a passenger is discharged and a fare collected. (4) For each piece of luggage in excess of two average size traveling bags, or their equiva- lent in size, 10 cents each. (5) An additional charge for waiting time or traffic delay computed by the taximeter at the rate of 10 cents per minute." Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as required ANDREW C. BYRD - Mayor I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21st day of August , 19615 and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of September , 19619 by the follow• ing vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd, Johnson, Lorenz, Martin Noes: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: Morgan Herbert K. White - City Clerk - 2 -