HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1977-1561 Adds Subsections (k) and (l) to Ord. 1163, use of taximeters in taxicabs (Repealed by 2148)ORDINANCE NO. 1561
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1163
GOVERNING THE USE OF TAXIMETERS IN TAXICABS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
National City that Ordinance 1163 be amended by adding sub-
sections (k) and (1) thereto as follows:
(k) Taxicabs operating within the City of National
City shall be equipped with a taximeter designed to cal-
culate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage
traveled and time elapsed.. The taximeter shall be of a
style and design approved by the Division of Measure-
ment Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture of
the State of California.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab driver,
while carrying passengers, to display the flag or device
attached to such a taximeter in a position denoting that
the vehicle is for hire or not employed, or to have such
flag or attached device in a position preventing the
taximeter from operating, and it will be unlawful for a
driver to throw the flag into a recording position when
the vehicle is not employed or to fail to throw the flag
or other attached device into a non -recording position at
the termination of each service.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
5th day of April, 1977.