HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-1560 LIMITING ISSUANCE NUMBER OF TAXICAB LICENSES ORDINANCE NO. - rZQ1:2_
AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; limiting
the number of taxicab licenses authorized to be issued;
establishing rates for taxicab fares; and amending Sec-
tion 5.78.040 and Subsection 5.78.100 (a) of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.7 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.040 Number of Taxicab Licenses. It As hereby found
and determined that in the interests of public convenience and
necessity the maximum number of taxicabs licensed as authorized
to operate in the City shall never exceed the ratio of one taxi-
cab for each 2,000 parsons of population in the City based on
population estimates issued by the State of Washington."
Section 2. Subsection 5.78.100 (a) of the City of Yakima Munici-
pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.100 Taxicab rates and zones.
(a) Taxicab rates. The following rate schedule of
taxicab fares is hereby established and adopted as the maxi-
mum rates that may be charged for taxi fare in the City of
411 Yakima, and it shall be unlawful for any person driving or
operating, or engaged in the business of operating, any
taxicab to charge any greater rate for taxicab fare than
that specified therein.
TAXICAB RATES
For one passenger for the first one-sixth mile
or fraction thereof W00000.000 OOOOOOO WM00000004 $ .80
Thereafter for each additional one-sixth mile or
f raction thereof OOOOO 00 OOOOO O. OOOOO 000 OOOOO 00 .10
For each additional passenger OOOOO .20
(No charge shall be made for any children under six
years of age when accompanied by an adult.)
For each one minute of waiting time after the first
three minutes .10"
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this LL. day
of
, 1973.
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