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.
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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
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