(A) All licensees, excluding limousines, shall provide the Village Administrator with a written schedule of all rates charged, including but not limited to, per person or flat rate, taximeter rates, flag and mileage rates and rates for transportation and carrying of luggage, hand luggage and parcels. The Village Administrator shall be notified in writing ten days prior to the effective date of any rate changes.
(B) All licensees, excluding limousines, shall post conspicuously in each vehicle for hire and keep posted conspicuously at all times or a written notice setting out the schedule of all rates charged by that person and as are on file with the Village Administrator. The fares set out in this notice shall not vary from the schedule filed with the Village Administrator.
(C) No licensee or driver shall charge a fare in excess of the effective schedule of fares on file with the Village Administrator.
(D) If the vehicle for hire is equipped with a taximeter, no fare shall be charged other than that recorded on the dial of the meter for the trip where such meter is utilized. However, if the driver of such vehicle is charging passengers a per person rate, said driver must clearly state that fact; provide the exact rate to all passengers for their destination; and receive their consent before the trip may proceed.
(E) No licensee shall operate and no driver shall drive a vehicle for hire unless the fare to be charged is determined in accordance with the posted schedule of rates or provided.
(F) No person shall remove or deface the notice required to be posted in a vehicle for hire or post the notice in a place so as to not be easily readable by a passenger located in the rear of the vehicle.
(G) No licensee shall drive a vehicle for hire with a defaced or missing schedule of rates. This shall be a strict liability offense.
(H) Limousine only. In the event a vehicle is classified as a limousine, the parties to the contract may establish the rate for services. Said rates must be in writing and a copy of the contract shall be presented to the person who has contracted for such service prior to or at the time of commencement of service. The driver of a limousine shall have a copy of the contract documents in the vehicle and available for inspection at all times. However, any vehicle, otherwise classified as a limousine and defined as a LIVERY VEHICLE by the State of Illinois, but is utilized from time to time as a taxi, as defined by this chapter, shall file the meter rates, and per person rates with the Village Administrator and post said rates, as required in division (B) of this section. At such times as limousine may be used as a taxi, that vehicle and its driver shall be regulated as such by the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 11-06-01, passed 6-28-2011) Penalty, see § 111.999