2012-70 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 60 - VEHICLES FOR HIRE

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B.. Every vehicle for hire operated as a taxicab on the streets of the City shall be licensed per the requirements of this Chapter, and shall have installed therein an operating taximeter which has been inspected and found to be accurate and in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. A taximeter shall be deemed to be accurate if the distance registered thereby is within 5%of the measured test distance traveled by said taxicab. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to owner, operate or drive a taxicab in the City unless the fare to be charged is determined by an approved taximeter, and no other or different fare shall be charged to passengers than is recorded on the reading face of said taximeter for the trip except as herein otherwise provided. D. No taximeter shall be used between sunset and sunrise unless the face thereof shall be illuminated by a suitable light so arranged as to throw a continuous, steady light thereon, and no person shall use or permit to be used or drive for hire a taxicab equipped with a taximeter the case of which shall be unsealed, and which does not have its cover and gear intact. E. No driver of a taxicab equipped with a taximeter while carrying passengers or under employment shall display the signal affixed to such taximeter in such position as to denote that such vehicle is not employed, or in such position as to denote that such vehicle is employed at a rate of fare greater than that to which it is entitled. F. The Chief of Police or his authorized agent may check each taximeter for accuracy. 20. TAXICABS—TELEPHONE AND 24-HOUR SERVICE. Every vehicle for hire licensee operating a taxicab must maintain a working telephone by which to receive calls for taxi service. The number shall be listed in the telephone directory under the operator's business name. The vehicle for hire licensee shall provide twenty-four(24)hour taxicab service and at no time shall there be less than one(1)taxicab in operation.