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A. It is unlawful for any carrier to operate any taxicab in the city unless such taxicab is equipped with a taximeter of a type and design which has been approved by the city council.
B. The taximeter shall be of a type which will print and issue a receipt, and it shall be the duty of the carrier operating such taxicab, and the driver thereof, to keep such meter operating at all times within such standard of accuracy as may be prescribed from time to time by the city council.
C. No passenger shall be carried in any cab unless the taximeter is in operation. This provision shall apply regardless of whether the taxicab is engaged for a trip entirely within the boundaries of the city or partially outside thereof, and such meter shall be kept operating continuously during the entire time it is engaged in the transportation of passengers for compensation regardless of the point of destination.
(Prior code § 5.28.510 (Ord. 309 § 28(a), 1948))
A. Every taximeter used in the operation of taxicabs shall be subject to inspection at any time by the chief of police or any of his agents or employees. Upon discovery of any inaccuracy of such taximeter the operator thereof shall remove or cause to be removed from service any vehicle equipped with said taximeter until such taximeter has been repaired and accurately adjusted.
B. Every taximeter shall be inspected and tested for accuracy by the carrier at least once every six months. Upon the completion of such inspection and of any adjustment necessary to cause such taximeter to operate within the standards of accuracy approved by the chief of police, the carrier shall cause to be placed upon such meter a gummed label having printed thereon the following:
"This taximeter was inspected and tested on (date) and found to comply with standard of accuracy prescribed by the Chief of Police of the City of Signal Hill."
The date on which such inspection was made shall be stamped in the blank space provided for that purpose. No such label shall be removed except at the time a subsequent inspection is made.
(Prior code 5.28.530 (Ord. 309 § 28(c), (d), 1948))
It is unlawful for any driver of any taxicab, while carrying passengers, to display the flag attached to the taximeter in such a position as to denote that such vehicle is not employed, or to fail to throw the flag of the taximeter to a position indicating the vehicle is unemployed at the termination of each and every service.
(Prior code § 5.28.540 (Ord. 309 § 28(e), 1948))
All charges for taxicab service shall be calculated and indicated by a taximeter, and at all times while the taxicab is engaged the flag of the taximeter shall be thrown into a position to register charges for mileage, or into a position to register charges for waiting time. No taximeter shall be used whose mechanism will register a combined charge for mileage and waiting time in any single position, and no taximeter shall be so operated as to cause any charge to be registered thereon except during the time while the taxicab is engaged by a passenger.
(Prior code § 5.28.550 (Ord. 309 § 28(f), 1948))
For the purpose of this chapter, "waiting time" means the time consumed while the taxicab is not in motion at the direction of a passenger and also the time consumed while waiting for a passenger after having responded to a call, but no charge shall be made for the time consumed by the premature response to a call or for the first three minutes following timely arrival at any location in response to a call or for time lost through traffic interruptions or for delays caused by the inefficiency of the taxicab or its driver.
(Prior code § 5.28.560 (Ord. 309 § 29, 1948))
It is unlawful for the driver of any taxicab, upon receiving full payment for a fare as indicated by the taximeter, to refuse to give a receipt upon request of any passenger making such payment. It is unlawful to fail to offer a receipt to the passenger.
(Prior code § 5.28.570 (Ord. 309 § 30, 1948))
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