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ORDINANCE NO. B -1212
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. B -712, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE amend -
ing Ordinance No. B -297, entitled: AN ORDINANCE relating to the licensing
for the purpose of regulation and revenue, the carrying of passengers for -
hire by certain vehicles in the City of Yakima, and to the regulation of
taxicabs, for hire cars, sight - seeing cars; providing for the inspection
and control thereof and for the licensing and control of drivers thereof,
defining offenses, prescribing penalties, and repealing Ordinance Number
B -280, and all other Ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an
emergency;" by amending Section 1 and by adding new sections thereto to be
designated "Section 3 ", "Section 5 -A ", "Section 5 -B ", "Section 5 -C ",
Section 11 -A ", and "Section 11 -B "; and providing penalties for violation
hereof."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1.. That Section 3 of Ordinance B -712, passed and approved by the
City Commission on the 17th day of June, 1946, and entitled as set forth in the caption
hereof, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. That said Ordinance No. B -297, passed and approved as afore-
said and entitled as set forth in the caption hereof, be and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as "Section
5 -A" and to follow Section 5 of the present Ordinance and to read as
follows:
Section 5 -A:
The following schedule of charges for taxicabs is hereby
established and adopted as the maximum rates that may be
charged or collected in the City of Yakima; and it shall
be unlawful for any person driving or operating, or en-
gaged in the business of operating any taxicab or taxi-
cabs, to charge any greater rate for fare than that
.. • specified therein:
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TAXICAB RATES:
. For 1 passenger for the first one -third mile or fraction thereof 1 .40
Thereafter for each additional one -third mile or fraction thereof .10
For each additional passenger .10
(No additional passenger shall be picked up without the express
consent of the original passenger)
No.charge shall be made for carrying one child under six when
accompanied by an adult.
For each three minutes of waiting time after the first three
minutes .15
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Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of
this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not
to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a
period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 8th day of
January, 1951.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( S E A L ) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. B -1212 entitled "AN ORDINANCE amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. B -712,
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. B -297, entitled: AN ORDINANCE relating
to the licensing for the purpose of regulation and revenue, the carrying of passengers
for -hire by certain vehicles in the City of Yakima, and to the regulation of taxicabs,
for hire cars, sight - seeing cars; providing for the inspection and control thereof
and for licensing and control of drivers thereof, defining offenses, prescribing
penalties, and repealing Ordinance Number B -280, and all other Ordinances in conflict
herewith, and declaring an emergency;" by amending Section 1 and by adding new sections
thereto to be designated "Section 3 ", "Section 5 -A ", "Section 5-B", "Section 5 -C ",
Section 11 -A ", and "Section 11 -B "; and.providing penalties for violation hereof. ",
as passed on.this 8th day of January, 1951, and that same has been published as requir-
ed by law.
CITY . LERK
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