(a) Taxicabs.
(1) The rates to be charged and collected for services by taxicabs shall be as follows:
A. For the first one-eighth mile or fraction thereof, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50);
B. For each additional one-eighth mile or fraction thereof, twenty cents ($.20); and
C. For each forty-five seconds of waiting time, twenty cents ($.20) per forty-five seconds. Waiting time shall include the time when the taxicab is not in motion, beginning with the arrival at the place to which it has been called, or the time consumed while standing at the direction of the passenger, and for delays caused by slow-moving traffic or traffic lights. No charge shall be made for time lost for inefficiency of the taxicab or its operator or time consumed by a premature response to a call. No charge shall be made for extra passengers.
(2) The Mayor and Council reserve the right to increase or decrease the rates established by this subsection, and no charge shall be made except as established by the Mayor and Council. There shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the inside of the taxicab a card on which shall be printed, in plain, legible type, the rates of fare provided for in this subsection, the meter rate of the taxicab and reference to the ordinance codified in this section by number.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.170; Res. 04-640. Passed 12-6-04.)