Amending Chapter 26 Providing the Monthly Inspection , Accurate Taxi Meter Prerequisite to Issuance of Licenses, and Prohibition of Driving of Taxicab with Unapproved Taxi Meter

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F ra _1j ORDINANCE NO, 4117 FRCDA GO (NOBLE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING GENERAL] ORDINANCE NO. 3p7�0,�0ry��Cy.L�rRK OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND;f' CTION 4 ' REO'y `" °-f -,� oZ� PROVIDING FOR THE RATES OF FARE, AND SECTION 29 THEREOF PROVIDING FOR MONTHLY INSPECTION, ACCURATE TAXI INTER PREREQUISITE TO ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, AND PROHIBITION OF DRIVING OF TAXICAB WITH UIQAFPROVED TAXI METER &k'40-t' BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the %City o t h Bend, Indiana, that Sections 4 and Sections 29 of General Ordi- nance No. 3709 of the City of South Bend, be amended to read as follows: SECTION 4. - -- RATES OF FARE The rates of fare charged by the owner of any taxicab shall be as follows: For the first one -fifth mile or fraction thereof 45¢ For each succeeding one -half mile thereafter 10� Provided, that a taxicab may be hired at the rate of Three (:3.00) Dollars per hour for driving within the city when so hired before the trip is begun; provided further, that for each four minutes of waiting time there may be a charge of twenty cents (20�). Waiting time shall include the time when the taxicab is not in motion, beginning at its arrival at the place to which it has been called or the time consumed while standing at the direction of the passenger, but no charge shall be made for time lost because of the inefficiency of the taxi- cab or its driver or time consumed by premature response to a call. The above charges shall be for one or more persons. SECTION 29. -- INSPECTION AT REASONABLE INTERVALS; ACCURAT R PREREQUISITE TO ISSUANCE OF LICENSES; DRIVING OF TAXICAB PITH UNAPPROVED TAXIMETER PROHIBITED All taximeters shall be inspected by the Inspector of Weights and Measures in regard to the regulations herein set forth at reasonable intervals. No license shall be issued to the owner of any taxicab until the taximeter attached thereto shall have been inspected and found to be accurate, as provided in Section 32 of this chapter, by the Inspector of Weights and Measures. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a taxicab to which is attached a taximeter that has not been duly inspected and approved by the Inspector of Weights and Measures, as above required. This ordinance its passage by the legal publication, of ordinances that repealed. Ist & 2nd HEAOft gI13k C COMMITTEE OF THE VW PURA HEARINIII q /10'0-6 3rd REAM!! a 1 1,5 ) OT AM%VFA r. FARM i }go W shall be in full force and effect from and after Common Council and its approval by the Mayor and and, upon taking effect, all ordinances and parts are in conflict with these amendments are hereby