(a) Taxicab rates in the City of Elyria shall be determined by meters, with a base rate of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for six months from the date of this amendment, and a base rate of two dollars ($2.00) thereafter and one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per mile, commencing upon the effective date of this amendment. Waiting time shall be charged at twenty cents ($.20) per minute or twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour. Disabled persons and senior citizens (coupon plan) shall be given a ten percent discount.
(Ord. 2002-65. Passed 4-1-02.)
(b) Each taxicab company shall keep an up-to-date copy of its rate card on file with the Elyria Police Division.
(c) No person shall operate any taxicab without having displayed in a conspicuous place therein, a printed list of the fares and rates to be charged passengers for transportation, and no owner or driver shall charge any passengers an amount in excess of the printed rates of fare exhibited in the taxicab, unless by agreement entered into between the passenger and the driver before leaving the point of departure.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)