761.35 TAXIMETERS REQUIRED.

   (a)   No person shall operate or permit to be operated in the City any taxicab on a distance tariff, or transport passengers in or offer a taxicab for hire, unless such vehicle is equipped with a taximeter that has been approved for accuracy by the Transportation and Traffic Engineer or Butler County Auditor.

   (b)   No person shall operate or drive a taxicab unless a taximeter is used in determining the fare to be charged, and no greater fare shall be charged than what is recorded on the reading face of such taximeter for the trip, except that the hourly rate may be used by previous arrangement with the passengers after the meter has registered an amount equal to that of the first hour, conforming to the rates as herein provided for. No other methods of figuring rates or measuring distances shall be allowed.

   (c)   No person shall operate or drive a taxicab after sundown without having the face of the taximeter thereon illuminated as hereinafter provided, or drive a taxicab without having the taximeter set and regulated to conform with the rates of fare in this chapter.

(Ord. 92-8-66. Passed 8-12-92.)