79-83 Amend 769.08 (a) & (b) Business - Taxi fare rates

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ORDINANCE NO, 79-83 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 769.08 of the Business Regulations Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to rates of fare for taxicabs. WHEREAS, three of the City's larger taxicab companies have requested that permissible rates of fare be increased due to the fact that drivers are now independent contractors and the drivers costs have increased due to increases in gas and maintenance, cost of new vehicles, and due to said increase in costs drivers are earning less money than previously, and in order to keep drivers on the streets, it is necessary to permit some increase in taxi rates, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; 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 the Business Regulation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 769.08 RATES OF FARE. (1) Metered Rates. (a) For the first one sixth mile or fraction thereof eighty cents (80¢). (2) For each succeeding two-ninths 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 eight dollars ($8.00) per hour. (5) In addition to the above rates, five cents (5¢) may be added for the first one-sixth mile or frac- tion thereof, for each five cents (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 eight dollars ($8.00) 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 ineffi- ciency of the taxicab or its operator, or for the 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 eighty-five cents ($1.85) for any ride 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 eighty-five cents ($1.85) 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.