41-80 Amend 769.08 (a) (b) - Business - taxi fares

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ORDINANCE NO. 41-80 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 769.08 of the Business Regulation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to taxicab fare rates in the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the taxicab companies serving the Lakewood, Ohio area have advised the City that in order to keep enough independent contractor drivers on the streets, it is necessary to increase rates because of increased costs and other factors, and WHEREAS, this Council has been advised that a similar request for rate increases has also been made in the City of Cleveland and other areas of the County, and WHEREAS, this Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City and its residents that taxicab fare rates be reasonably comparable throughout the entire area served by taxicab companies, and WHEREAS, this ordinance provides for the usual daily operation of a municipal department and for the immediate preservation of the public safety and welfare; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 769.08 of~tbe ...... Business Regulation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: ............. 769.08 RATES OF FARE. (a) Metered Rates. (1) For the first one-sixth mile o-r fraction thereof eighty cents (80¢). (2) For each succeeding two-sevenths mile or fraction thereof twenty cents (20~). (3) For each additional passenger for the entire trip twenty- five cents (25~). (4) For each taxicab employed upon an hourly rate six dollars ($6.00) per hour. (5) In addition to the above rates, five cents (5¢) may be added for the first one-sixth mile or fraction thereof, for each five cent (5¢) increase in the cost of gasoline for taxicabs, above forty cents (40¢) per gallon. For waiting time, as hereinafter defined, charges may be made at the rate of not-less than four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per hour nor more than six dollars ($6.00) per hour. Waiting time is deemed to include the ' time when the taxicab is not in motion, beginning at the place of arrival to which it has been called, or the time consumed while standing at the direction of the passenger. No charge shall be made for time lost because of the inefficiency of the taxicab or its operator, or for time consumed by premature response to the passenger's order. (b) Hourly and Flat Rate. Taxicabs may accept employment whereby the fare is to be computed on an hourly rental basis or upon a flat rate of one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) for any fide in the City. A charge of twenty-five cents (25¢) may be made for each additional passenger. Five cents (5¢) may be added to the flat rate of one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) for any ride within the City, for each five cent (5¢) increase in the cost of gasoline for taxicabs, above forty cents (40¢) per gallon. Taxicabs employed on the hourly basis shall operate within the City upon the following schedule of rates; not less than four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per hour or fraction therefor the the first hour, nor more than six dollars ($6.00) per hour, provided that charges for use in excess of one hour shall be on the basis of one-sixth of an hour fractions of the rate charged for the first full hour.