(A) Every taxicab operated no later than December 31, 1987, under a certificate of convenience and necessity in the city shall be equipped with a taximeter of a make, construction and operation satisfactory to the Board of Public Works and Safety. In addition to other requirements prescribed by the Board, the taximeter shall have lighted in plain view to passengers, a dial whereon shall be registered the fare for each trip in accordance with the rates established in this chapter.
(B) No person, except in the repair thereof, shall tamper with, break, or mutilate any taximeter or the seal thereof, with the purpose of causing the taximeter to register any fare incorrectly, or for any other purpose whatsoever. No taxicab on which the seal of the taximeter has been broken shall be operated in the city until the taximeter is reinspected by the Inspector of Weights and Measures and revealed. No person shall operate any taxicab with a taximeter without it being sealed in compliance with this chapter.
('71 Code, § 120.05) (Ord. 13-89, passed 6-26-89) Penalty, see § 117.99