(A) No license shall be issued until a taximeter has been installed in the taxicab to be licensed, and the taximeter has been inspected, tested, and approved by the Chief of Police, or by a person as he may designate. After issuance of any license, taximeters shall be inspected, tested, and approved at such time and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Chief of Police by regulation adopted pursuant to the terms of this chapter. A service fee of $.50 shall be charged for each inspection.
(B) Every taximeter shall have the case sealed and the cover and gear intact. Every taximeter shall be sealed by or under the direction of the Chief of Police. No person shall remove or tamper with the seal of any taximeter. No person shall engage in business with any taxicab when the taximeter affixed thereto is not in proper working order, or the seal of the taximeter is broken or has been tampered with. Every taximeter shall be so affixed that the amount of fare is plainly visible to the passengers, and after sundown the taximeter shall be clearly illuminated. Upon any rate change made pursuant to this chapter, every taximeter shall be reinspected and tested and approved. No rate change shall be effective as to any taxicab until approval and resealing of the taximeter of the taxicab by the Chief of Police.
(‘83 Code, § 114.03) Penalty, see § 10.99