No operator, driver, or attendant of any ambulance having a permit issued by the city shall fix, charge, or collect for ambulance service a rate or tariff more than the rate or tariff fixed in the following manner, and all operators of ambulances shall take such action as necessary to cause rates or tariffs for the ambulances owned or operated by them to be fixed in the following manner:
(A) Flat rate, zone, or special service rate schedule. All owners or operators of ambulances shall operate on a flat rate or zone basis, or time, mileage, or special service basis, or a combination thereof, and shall file with the City Clerk reasonable and uniform rates or a schedule of charges. Such rates or schedule of charges shall be reviewed and approved by the Council before becoming effective.
(B) Council review. All rates or the schedule of charges established shall remain effective and shall not be amended or varied from except with the consent of, or by the order of, the Council, and the Council may from time to time review such rates or schedule of charges, and may, in its discretion, require the operator to substantiate by factual evidence and auditable records the reasonableness and uniformity of such rates or schedule of charges, and may, based upon its findings on the question of reasonableness and uniformity, order changes which shall be complied with.
(C) Posting and filing schedule. All owners and operators shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in the interior of each ambulance operated the rates or schedule of charges approved as to form by the City Manager and chargeable for the use of such ambulance.
('63 Code, § 6-2.15) (Ord. 2858, passed 2-7-61) Penalty, see § 10.99