(A) (1) The prices or rates of fare to be asked or demanded by the operator or owner of any such vehicle shall be reasonable. The maximum rate may be set by ordinance.
(2) The distance to which the rates apply shall be the nearest traveled route from the point where the passenger enters the vehicle to the point where the passenger shall alight therefrom, unless otherwise directed by the passenger.
(3) There shall be affixed on the inside of each vehicle in a conspicuous place and in such manner that the same may be easily read by any person riding in such vehicle, a card upon which shall be printed in plain, legible type, the rates of fare provided for in this subchapter.
(4) Any passenger shall be allowed to have conveyed upon any of the vehicles aforesaid without additional charge, his ordinary traveling baggage; provided, that ordinary hand baggage shall not be construed to mean trunks or large sample cases.
(5) Upon request of any passenger, the driver of such vehicle shall give the person requesting the same a receipt for the amount of fare demanded and paid.
(B) The owner, driver or operator of any vehicle licensed as aforesaid, who may have demanded and received any fare in excess of what is provided for in this subchapter shall return the excess received, and in addition, be liable to a fine and may have his license revoked.
(Ord. 674-89, passed 8-15-89) Penalty, see § 115.99