A. Every taxicab shall be equipped with an accurate single tariff taximeter. It is unlawful to tamper with any taximeter or other measuring instrument for the purpose of gauging or indicating distance traveled, or waiting time, or for the purpose of fixing rates to be collected from the public or to operate a taxicab with a broken lead tag and/or lead wire or upon notification from the Tulare County Department of Weights and Measures or other appropriate agency that the meter is inaccurate.
B. The business permit holder shall insure that each vehicle's taximeter is inspected a minimum of once a year by the Tulare County Department of Weights and Measures and immediately upon a charge effecting the meter rate. The permittee's taximeter(s) shall be subject to inspection, at any time by the Tulare County Department of Weights and Measures. The taximeter shall be so placed in said taxicab that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged shall be well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab, unless such taximeter is equipped and operated as a receipt-printing taximeter. (Ord. 9517 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 6572)