HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-1959 TAXIMETERS, TERMS & REGULATIONS. ORDINANCE NO /,
AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; defining terms
and amending regulations applicable to taximeters in taxicabs;
and amending Subsections 5.78.020 (e), 5.78.110 (d) and
5.78.110 (f) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
• BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 5.78.020 (e) of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.020 Definitions.
(e) 'Taximeter', wherever used in this chapter, means
any instrument or device by which the charge for hire is
mechanically or electronically measured or calculated either
for the distance traveled or for the time waiting, or both,
upon which such charges shall be indicated by means of figures."
Section 2. Subsection 5.78.110 (d) of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.110 Taximeters.
(d) Every taximeter shall be installed at the right side
of the driver at a height so that the flag thereof, or other
indicator that the vehicle is either for hire or vacant, may
411 readily be seen from outside the vehicle, and the reading face
of each taximeter shall at all times be well lighted and readily
discernible to passengers riding in the taxicab."
Section 3. Subsection 5.78.110 (f) of the City of Yakima. Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.110 Taximeters.
(f) It is unlawful for the driver of any taxicab, while
carrying passengers or under employment, to display the flag or
other indicator of the taximeter at any position or indication
denoting that the taxicab is not engaged, or to throw the flag
to a recording position or to otherwise activate the meter when
such vehicle is not employed, or to fail to throw the flag of
the taximeter to a non recording position or to fail to otherwise
cancel the reading on the taximeter at the termination of each
and every service."
Section 4. 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.
ASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this/?'day of
402' 1976.
ATTEST:
Mayor
t.1-42.-.44
CIA/Clerk