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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0653ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME; REQ TO BE CHARGED FOR TRANSPORTATI, PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION O THIS ORDINANCE The City Council of the Ci follows: SECTION 1. Section 1439 City of Burlingame is amended to "Section 1439 - RATES OF (a) (b) It shall be unlawful to operate any taxica unless and until such a taximeter of such t may be approved by th shall be the duty of taxicab to maintain s condition so that it rectly and accurately charge for the distan time; and such taxime subject to inspection and he is hereby auth or upon complaint of or cause the taximete upon discovery of any taximeter, to remove removed, and not to b been correctly adjust Every taximeter shall register the cost of in the City and the t in the taxicab that t the amount to be char the passengers in the unlawful for any owne a taxicab in the City excess of the amount conveyance in said to ..653 1439 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE PLATING THE RATES OF FARE 0 BY TAXICAB; AND PROVIDING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF of Burlingame does ordain as the Ordinance Code of the and provide as follows: r any owner or driver in the City of Burlingame ehicle is equipped with e, style and design as Chief of Police, and it ery owner operating a h taximeter in perfect 11 at all times cor- ndicate the correct traveled and waiting r shall be at all times f the Chief of Police; ized at his instance y person to investigate to be investigated, and naccuracy in said cause the same to be used until it shall have e equipped so as to ansportation of passengers imeter shall be so placed reading dial showing d may be readily seen by axicab. It shall be driver, or operator of o charge any sum in own on said dial for cab. (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. (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-half mile or fraction thereof - 50 cents. (2) For each additional one-third of a mile - 10 cents, (3) When carrying passengers whose point of destination 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 equivalent in size, 10 cents each. (5) An additional charge for waiting time or traffic delay computed by the taximeter at the rate of $4.00 per hour. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published as required by law. Mayor I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of May , 1957, and adopted thereafter at a regular ting of the City Council held on the 20th day of May, L957, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd -Johnson -Morgan -Rooth -Thayer NOES: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: None