(A) The rates charged by a taxicab service shall not exceed the following:
(1) A startup fee of $4.10; for each additional mile $1.95;
(2) Thirty cents ($0.30) for each minute of waiting;
(3) An additional charge of $3.00 per passenger beginning with the fifth passenger may be added to the metered fare; and
(4) Maximum hourly rate of $20.75 per hour.
(B) No taxicab service may charge a rate less than 80% of the maximum charges outlined in divisions (A)(1) through (4) above. No additional charge may be made for the following: luggage, grocery bags, laundry, wheelchairs, or seeing-eye dogs or multiple passengers (except for more than four passengers).
(C) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby authorized to declare a fuel emergency and to authorize a fuel surcharge, which will be in addition to the surcharges in division (A) of this section, to be added to the taxicab rate when the cost of gasoline exceeds $3.50 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association’s published gasoline costs for medium grade gasoline for a period of 15 days. The allowable surcharge of 5% rounded to the nearest five cents will be added to the rates of fare authorized in this section. Any taxicab operator or company implementing this surcharge shall reset its taximeters and flat rate schedules to include the 5% surcharge, and the Board of Public Works and Safety shall provide a form notice of the surcharge to each taxicab company, and said company shall cause a copy of the notice to be placed in each licensed taxicab. The Board of Public Works and Safety is further authorized to terminate the surcharge when the cost of gasoline falls below $3.50 per gallon according to the American Automobile Association’s published rates for medium grade gasoline for a period of 15 consecutive days, or to extend the surcharge in 30 day increments if the cost of gasoline remains above $3.50 per gallon based upon gasoline costs for medium grade gasoline as published by the American Automobile Association.
(Ord. G-95-228, passed 8-17-1995; Ord. G-11-26, passed 8-18-2011) Penalty, see § 119.99