A. No taxicab shall be issued a public passenger vehicle business certificate until its taximeter is tested and certified to be accurate and sealed.
B. No taxicab shall operate for hire in the village unless the taximeter is accurately recording the fare to be charged.
C. The taximeter shall be located so that its face can be seen by any passenger riding in the taxicab.
D. Adequate illumination shall be provided for the face of the taximeter so it may be read by the passenger whenever the vehicle is in operation.
E. No person operating or owning any taxicab shall transfer any taximeter to any other vehicle unless the meter is inspected, reprogrammed and certified at a taximeter testing center.
F. If a taxicab has service performed on or changes made to the transmission, any drive train component, or the size of the tire, the owner of the taxicab must have the taximeter inspected, reprogrammed and certified at a taximeter testing center.
G. There shall be programmed into the meter of any taxicab authorized by the village only one rate of fare.
H. It shall be unlawful to have in any taxicab more than one taximeter.
I. It shall be unlawful to attempt to remove, tamper with or alter a taximeter seal.
J. Any person convicted of tampering with or otherwise manipulating a taximeter and any person found to have tampered with a taximeter seal or found with a fraudulently obtained taximeter seal will be subject to a seven hundred fifty dollar ($750.00) fine for the first offense. In addition, the public passenger vehicle driver/operator registration of such person will be revoked for a second offense.
K. The village shall have the authority to require that a taximeter be recertified and resealed at any time the village has reason to believe that the taximeter may not be accurate or that there may have been tampering with or an unauthorized adjustment made to the taximeter.
L. Any taxicab which has a taximeter found to be in violation of any provisions of this chapter may be immediately removed from service. (Ord. 2010-O-67)