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Home My WebLink About1988-3136 REGULATING TAXICAB & VEHICLES FOR HIREORDINANCE NO. 3136 AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; regulatihg taxicab and Vehicles for hire; changing rates and charges; creating discounts for senior citizens and handicapped persons; eliminating vehicle driver hat requirements and amending Sections 5.78.050 and 5.78.100 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares that physically, sensory and mentally handicapped persons and persons over age sixty-two who.use taxicabs within the City of Yakima are economically less well- off than the remainder of the population of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares physically, mentally and sensory handicapped persons and those over sixty-two years of age have greater need of for-hire transportation than the general population which need and financial situation justify discounted rates, now, there- fore,' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 5.78.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "5.78.050 Application for license Information required. All applications for for-hire vehicle licenses shall be made on forms pro- vided by the City Clerk and shall include the following information. 1. The make, model by year, license number and motor number of the vehicle to be licensed; 2. The name of the person who owns the vehicles to be licensed; 3. The assumed business name of the person, firm or corporation engaged in the business which will operate the vehicle to be licensed; 4. The distinguishing color scheme design, including any monogram or insignia, which will be used on the vehicle to be licensed; .: 5. Such other information as the City Clerk may require in order to effectively administer the provisions and regulations of this Chap- ter." Section 2. Section 5.78.100 is hereby amended to read as follows: "5.78.100 Taxicab rates and zones. A. Taxicab Rates. The fol- lowing rate schedule of taxicab rates is established and adopted as the maximum rates that may be charged for taxi fare in the City of 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-fifteenth mile or fraction thereof.... ........................ $1.50 Thereafter for each additional one-fifteenth mile or fraction thereof ................................ .10 For each additional passenger ...................... .50 (No charge shall be made for children under six years of age when accompanied by an adult.) For each twenty seconds of waiting time after the first three minutes ............................... 1 B. Posting Notices of Rates. 1) Maximum Rates. A copy of the schedule of maximum rates Spec- ified by this section shall be posted in each taxicab so as to be plain- ly visible to every passenger seat in the vehicle; and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a taxicab unless a copy of such rate schedule is so posted. (2) Actual Rates. In the event, uniform rates lower than the maximum rates provided by this section are charged by any taxicab driver or Operator of any taxicab business, a schedule of those actual uniform rates shall be posted in each taxicab so as to be plainly visible to every passenger seat in the vehicle; and, in such event, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a taxicab unless a copy of such actual uniform rate schedule is so posted. (3) Contract Rates. No provision of this section shall preclude any taxicab driver or operator of a taxicab business from charging a reduced fare, based, on rates less than, those posted in the taxicab, to any passenger pursuant to an agreement for such a reduced fare; pro- vided, in the event such reduced fares are charged by any taxicab driver or taxicab business operator, the schedule of actual rates charged, posted in each taxicab, shall include the phrase 'other rates by con- tract,' or other language of similar import. (4). Discounted Fares. The person charging the fares authorized in this section shall reduce the total fare charged to any physically, sensory or mentally handicapped person or person sixty two years of age ,or older a minimum of ten percent. It shall be the obligation of the person benefited by this subsection to request the discount and offer proof of such disability or age to the person charging the fare. Pro- vided, that, each taxicab shall have posted in its passenger section a sign which shall read substantially as follows: 'Physically, sensory or mentally handicapped passengers or persons sixty-two years of age and over may receive a minimum of ten per- cent fare discount. This subsection shall not be applicable to contract fares.' C. Zones. (1) Zone Map and Schedule,. The City of Yakima is zoned into seven zones numbered Zone 0 through Zone 6, as depicted on a map entitled "Taxicab Zone Rate Map," -dated and filed in the office of the City Clerk. In addition to the taxicab rates set forth in subsection A of this section, a zone fare may be charged to each passenger as follows: Zone 0 Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 $0.00 .50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 If the passenger's point of origin or destination is in Zone 0, nog additional zone fare shall be charged. If the passenger's point of origin and point of destination fall within the same zone, the zone fare for that zone may be charged. If the passenger's point of origin and point of destination fall in different zones, neither of which is in Zone 0, the zone fare for the higher rate zone may be charged, regard- less of whether the point of origin or point of destination falls within the higher rate zone. (2) Posting Zone Map. A copy of the zone map referred to in this subsection shall be posted in each taxicab so as to be plainly visible to every passenger seat in the vehicle; and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a taxicab unless a copy of such map is so posted. 1pla Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days (30) after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. 0 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this c day of 1988. ATTEST: f �t . A SIEMENS in -3- y,'� Mayor 1100- 112"Go LL 77 A', k CITY OF YAKIMA CITY Of YAXIMA BOUNDARY MAP TAXI IVI A p SIPTEISER 1,994 ZONE EFFECTIVE 1128-88 -A _. \t Y6 i /0 ;CIL v t: t !F 'N E . 3\ 4 2 -5 .,601 0 I.5Q 2 0 0 T -, �j D _ _71 LLB !LJ. ��LjLj� 17 _ S III f I :r i3! �, a \. �� J �` / , LZ G�= Fri I LA, Z—i *I _JL! I , , qL, 17- L U4,Lt i 1_3 J, LF - j Inn L 3!