All taxicabs shall have a taximeter affixed thereto, which taximeter shall be inspected and tested in the manner approved by the Police Department. Such taximeter shall not have a variance in excess of three percent. No person shall operate or permit to be operated a taxicab equipped with a taximeter not having the case thereof sealed and the cover and gear thereof intact. Every taximeter shall be so affixed that the amount of the fare determined shall be plainly visible to passengers thereof, and after sundown such taximeter shall be illuminated by a suitable light. Taximeters shall be examined at such intervals as shall be required by the Police Department.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.160)