2009/12/09 Council Agenda Packet

: G. Contract Rates. The rates specified in this section for taxicabs and for-hire vehicles shall not apply to transportation of persons provided pursuant to a written contract which establishes a fare at a different rate for specified transportation which has been entered into prior to the passenger's request for transportation and has been approved by the city clerk; provided, that no contract may include any provision(s) the effect of which is to directly or indirectly require exclusive use of the transportation services of the contracting taxicab or for-hire vehicle. The contract shall not exceed one year. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Rates. A. Except for special or contract rates and rates for special service vehicles, as provided for in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for anyone operating a taxicab licensed by the city to charge, demand or receive any greater or lesser rate than the following: 1. Taxicab. a. To be determined by the taximeter: Upon activation of the taximeter, two dollars and fifty • cents; ii. For each succeeding one mile, two dollars and thirty cents; twenty-three cents for each one-tenth mile or fraction thereof; iii. For each additional person for the whole journey, fifty cents; iv. For each minute of waiting time or fraction thereof, sixty cents (thirty-six dollars/hour). b. Waiting time shall include the time when the taxicab is not in motion, beginning with the arrival at the place to which it has been called, or the time consumed while standing at the directive of the passenger. No charge shall be made for time lost for inefficiency of the taxicab or its operator or time consumed by premature response to a call. The above charges shall be for one person. c. Limitation on Assessment of Wait Time Charges. The charge for waiting time on a taximeter shall not be utilized when the 106 5