(A) Rates.
(1) (a) The holder or a driver of a taxicab shall not charge more than $2.75 for the first one-tenth mile and $0.15 per one-tenth of each subsequent mile for transporting a passenger. On trips of less than one mile, the customer will pay only the metered rates and will not be charged the $2.75 charge.
(b) Each extra passenger will be charged an additional $1.
(c) Senior citizens will receive a $0.50 discount on each fare.
(d) It shall be the duty of the holder or the driver of a taxicab to, at all times, deliver a passenger from the point of pickup to the point of destination by following the most direct traffic route. There will be a five-minute grace period while waiting for a passenger at his or her point of destination. The holder or driver of a taxicab shall charge $0.25 per additional minute not to exceed $15 per hour while waiting for a passenger.
(2) The holder shall record any change and reason therefor with the City Clerk 30 days prior to the effective date of any such changes. The City Council shall review the rate change to see that the holder is operating in the best interests of the public.
(3) A rate card setting forth the authorized rates of fare shall be displayed in each taxicab in view of the passengers.
(1960 Code, § 7-13-14)
(B) Receipt. The driver of a taxicab shall, upon demand by a passenger, render to such passenger a receipt for the amount charged, by a specially prepared receipt on which shall be recorded the name of the owner, license number or motor number, charges and date of transaction.
(1960 Code, § 7-13-15)
(C) Refusal to pay fare. No person shall refuse to pay the legal fare of any taxicab after having hired the same. No person shall hire any taxicab with intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired of the value of such service.
(1960 Code, § 7-13-16)
(D) Senior citizen’s discount. Each senior citizen using a taxicab shall be entitled to a discount of $0.50 from his or her fare.
(1960 Code, § 7-13-32)
(1960 Code, § 7-13-1) (Ord. 5385, passed 3-8-1995; Ord. 5975, passed 4-19-1999) Penalty, see § 116.99