(A) All taxicabs operated under the authority of this chapter shall be equipped with taximeter of the type and design approved by the City Manager or his or her designee, located in the vehicle so as to render the figures visible to the passengers at all times, day and night. After sundown, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. Such taximeter shall be subject to inspection from time to time by the City Manager and his or her designee and shall require the certificate holder to discontinue the operation of any taxicab in which the taximeter is found to calculate inaccurately until such taximeter is replaced by one approved by the City Manager or his or her designee or is adjusted accurately.
(B) It is unlawful for a taxicab driver, while carrying passengers, to display the flag or the device attached to the taximeter in such position as to denote that the vehicle is for hire, to cause the taximeter to record when the vehicle is not actually employed, to fail to cause the device on the taximeter to be placed into a nonrecording position at the termination of each and every service, or to charge any fare other than that recorded on the taximeter.
(Ord. 653-C.S., passed 2-5-02) Penalty, see § 10.99