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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))
The driver of every vehicle covered by this chapter shall keep a complete and accurate record of each trip upon a daily trip sheet, the form of which shall be approved by the chief of police, showing the time and place of origin, destination of the trip, number of passengers carried, and the amount of fare collected. This record shall be filed daily by the driver with the company by whom he is employed, and such record shall be kept on file available for inspection by the chief of police or any of his agents or employees, for a period of not less than six months.
(Prior code § 5.28.580 (Ord. 309 § 31, 1948))
It is unlawful for any carrier or driver of any vehicle operated pursuant to the terms of this chapter to stand or permit to stand any such vehicle while awaiting employment at any place upon any portion of the streets of the city other than at a certain place designated by the chief of police and assigned to the carrier operating such vehicle.
(Prior code § 5.28.590 (Ord. 309 § 32(a), 1948))
A. Permits may be issued by the chief of police to carriers operating pursuant to the terms of this chapter allowing the vehicles of such carriers while awaiting employment to stand at certain designated places upon the streets of the city; provided, how ever, that no such permit shall be granted except upon written application of the carrier desiring such stand, filed with the city council, stating the proposed location of such stand.
B. Any application for a taxistand may be acted upon by the city council at any of its regular meetings without notice, providing such application is accompanied by the written consent of the occupant of the first floor of any building of that property in front of which it is desired to establish such vehicle stand or, if any such building is a hotel, the written consent of the manager of the hotel, or if there is no building on the premises in front of which it is desired that such vehicle shall stand, or if there is a building and the first floor is not occupied, then the written consent of the owner, agent, or lessee of such building or premises.
C. In the event that the occupant, manager, owner, agent or lessee mentioned above refuses, fails, or neglects to grant consent to the establishing of a taxistand at the location proposed, the city council shall set a time of hearing on such application which shall not be less than ten days nor more than thirty days from the time of filing such application and each and every person qualified under these provisions to make or offer a formal objection to establishing such taxistand at the location proposed shall be notified in writing not less than five days prior to the hearing, at which time he shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
D. Notwithstanding the failure or refusal of the occupant, manager, owner, agent or lessee as mentioned above to grant consent to the establishing of a taxistand in front of the building or premises as proposed, or any formal objection offered thereto, the city council shall have the right to grant or deny any application for a taxistand, and may issue or refuse to issue such permit.
E. All permits for taxistands so issued shall contain a provision to the effect that they are subject to revocation by the city council at any time.
(Prior code § 5.28.600 (Ord. 309 § 32 (b), (c), 1948))
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