(a) No person operating or driving a taxicab may charge for the use of a taxicab within the town in an amount greater than in accordance with the following rates:
(1) Mileage: Two dollars and thirty cents for the first one-sixth mile or fraction thereof and 30 cents for each additional one-sixth mile or fraction thereafter. At this rate, the charge for the first mile may be four dollars and ten cents and the charge for each additional full mile may be one dollar and eight cents.
(2) Waiting time: Twenty-five cents for each sixty-second period, or fraction thereof, of waiting time.
(3) Foot lockers: Fifty cents each.
(4) Trunks: One dollar for each trunk, except where two persons are required to handle, in which case the charge shall be one dollar and fifty cents for each trunk.
(5) Hand baggage: Ten cents for each piece of hand luggage in excess of one per person.
(6) Groceries in bags: Ten cents for each bag or sack in excess of one bag per person.
(7) Groceries in cartons, boxes or crates: Ten cents for each container.
(8) Bulky items: Fifty cents for each article, container or commodity (such as, but not limited to, bags, cartons, boxes or crates of groceries, coal, feed, fertilizer, rolls of roofing paper and the like) weighing more than 50 pounds.
(b) A sign setting forth these maximum rates shall be posted inside the taxicab at a conspicuous place where it will be visible to passengers. The driver of the taxicab shall not reset the taximeter until the fair is paid.
(Code 1982, § 18-3.3; Ord. No. 98-022, 12-10-1998; Ord. No. 01-007, § 1, 5-10-2001)