(a) A person licensed to operate a taxicab or fleet of taxicabs within the City shall immediately file with the Director of Public Safety a schedule of fares to be charged and the manner of computing the same. The license issued shall not become effective until the schedule of fares to be charged is so filed with the Director and the method of computing the same has been approved by Council.
(b) The maximum rates of fare, computed by meter, for gasoline-fueled or propane-fueled taxicabs shall be as follows:
(1) For the first one-sixth of a mile or fraction thereof, one dollar and eighty cents ($1.80);
(2) For each succeeding one quarter mile or fraction thereof, thirty-five cents ($.35); and
(3) For each such taxicab employed upon an hourly rate, twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour.
(c) The maximum rate of fare for coaches, for each coach employed upon an hourly rate, shall be four dollars ($4.00) per hour.
(d) The rate for waiting or traffic delay shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, except for coaches hired at the hourly rate.
(e) The rate for each trunk carried outside shall be twenty cents ($.20). For ordinary handbags or suitcases, there shall be no charge.
(f) Irrespective of the foregoing, licensees who are already licensed by any municipality in the County may charge a rate equal to, but not in excess of, those prevailing in the City.
(Ord. 249-97. Passed 8-18-97.)