No person operating a motor vehicle for hire shall operate same within the City other than on an hourly rate. The schedule of rates for service for such vehicles shall be as follows: for the use of any such motor vehicle for hire carrying two (2) or less passengers, not more than $2.00 per hour; for use of any such motor vehicle carrying three (3) to five (5) passengers, not more than $2.50 per hour; for the use of such motor vehicle for hire carrying more than five (5) passengers, not more than $3.50 per hour; provided, that no charge of less than $1.00 can be made for the use of such motor vehicle for hire for the first one-half hour or any fraction thereof. For the use of motor vehicles for hire when such vehicle has been used in excess of one hour, additional time shall be charged or on the basis of quarter-hour fractions of the rate charged for the first hour’s use of such motor vehicle. The amount charged shall be upon an hourly basis. The time shall begin when the motor vehicle is ready at the time and place requested by the passenger, shall continue until the passenger has been discharged and the car shall have had time thereafter to return to the garage or stand by the most direct route and at the maximum speed permitted by law. The driver of a motor vehicle for hire shall give the passenger a receipt showing the time when the trip commenced and concluded, and shall be signed by the driver. There shall be displayed in plain public view on each motor vehicle for hire a sign giving the rates charged by the hour.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)