1228 - Ordinance - Amending Ordinance No. 1226 RE POMC 5.56.230 TaxicabsORDINANCE NO. 1228 ✓
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1226
Section 1, (Port Orchard Municipal Code
5.56.230)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. THAT Section l of Ordinance No. 1226
(Port Orchard Municipal Code 5.56.230, Paragraph 1, Maximum
Rates is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.56.230 MAXIMUM RATES --Waiting time --Return
charges prohibited. a No person owning, operating or
controling any taxicab within the City limits shall charge
to exceed the following rates:
(1) Beginning at Bay and Sidney for the first one-
half mile or fraction thereof, one dollar;
(2) For each succeeding mile or fraction thereof,
one dollar and fifty cents;
(3) For each additional person for the whole
journey, fifty cents; if not together charge as two separate
fares;
(4) For waiting time, the time will be prorated
at the rate of twenty dollars per hour;
(5) No charge will be made for children under the
age of six years when accompanied by his/her parent, guardian
or other paying passenger;
(6) "Waiting time" includes the time when the taxi-
cab is not in motion, beginning with the arrival or the place
to which it has been called, or the time consumed while standing
at the direction of the passenger, but no charge will be made
for time lost for inefficiency of the taxicab or it's operator,
or for the time consumed for premature response to a call;
(7) Stops made by customers/passengers will be
charged at fifty cents per stop;
(8) Charges for car jump shall be a normal charge
to scene plus five dollars. If car does not start, charge
shall be two dollars and fifty cents plus trip charge;
(9) There shall be an extra charge of one dollar for
wheel chairs or for three or more pieces of baggage;
(10) No return charge whatsoever shall be made for
any distance traveled within the City regardless of the
commencement or finish of the trip.
PASSED by the Council of the City of Port Orchard
and APPROVED by the Mayor this 14th day of March, 1983.
ATTEST:
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A.LoydC
APPROVED TO FORM:
City Attorney