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.:; ~:; . Off l'K!;CITY OP PALO AIJTO' .. BY RlU'EAliilfG SECr!OK .ii
· ~: 2~:>4, TA:CIC.ru3S--POSTDTG OF SCBla>Ul~ OJ! RATES,. ig
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'iJ, ; . :~ .·.:; . . 1 li f '· ., .·.·· .:·· ,.. . . ' ~-~ ~: The City Comleil:·.ct ·the City ot Palo Al t<> DO ORDAilf as follows: \~
~. .. . . ' > . . . • ll ~i Section 1·. That Se-et:i.on 2404 <>t Codified Ordinance ~~ ~' : No •. Fotir-ot' the City of Palo Alto i!J hereby repealed, and ~ i a ne;.w Sec~ion 2404 ia. here~by adopted, which said section ~ i: shall r•!aa as ;fol:lows: l
. ~ i: · · section ·2404 --a. Tax:til.etcr. The term "tu1me.ter" ] i is: hereby.,d.efined to be a. mechan1c::al devi.ce attached 'i f to· a. 'i."ehiel~: f,or hire 1 b,· mean.S •Of' Whieh device the )
~ ·· ~'q-:th~:~ized chs;rge for hire of such vehicle ia. !
i tr meoh&'l1c~lly calculated on the basis or dist·1.mee 1
:. . ~ tr~e1ed· or 'ft=1r waiting time 1 or a:· comb1nat1·on of j,
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~: bo;tli, WlU.eh charges ·shall be indicated upon such ·.j
~ me:.ehaJ:'lieal device by means or figures in do1lars :1 ~ . .and · c,en.ts ~ ! ~ : . . l r 1 ~' .·. h. ·It shall be unl~w:ful tor any owneA" or. driver ~ f to op~~rate any taxicab in the City of Palo Altc ~:
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unles:s and until such vehicle is eft}uipp~d with a
ta.xim~eter ;-.of :such type, style and 1iesign as may be
~ appro·i7ed by ~he Boar<;, and it shall be the duty or
every C>wne~ <'perat1r..g a ta:x~ca.b to . maintain such
t&aim•eter 111' pert'ect condition so 1:hat it will at
all' ttm.es co:.:Teetly and accurate·ly indicate th!!' . . "
co~re~:t charge for the :distance :tri~V\!tled and t',a'!'t-.:.
ing·t:J.me;': and such taximeter shall be at all times
subje•!lt to 1:nspe.et1on of ·~he Chief of Police; and
X).e is hereby authorized at his 1ns·ta.nee, or up ex' .. ·
cc)mpl;!!l'lt o.:f any pe.rson .. to investigate or cause
t.he. t;ui.met:er to be .1mrest1gated, and upon dfs
.z·over-]'. or:~an:r inaccuracy_ tn said talC1meter,. to re-
. move ·:>r . cause the.· same. to. be removed, and not be
used ·@.til it .shall hav"'e been correctly adjusted.
I~ • .·· ·. c·. Tax:!.ca'bs. not. equipped with tax1m.et~rs operat-
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I· ::'ing iJ:l the . .c1·cy of Palo Alto at the e.f:fect1ve date
of thla ... orcdna.nce shall be equipped as soon as
deliv.ery dan be obtained. Under no eond~;t1on a~all
th-e date or. ins.tallation or said taximett!rs be more
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than :s1.x .. months rram t~e. effect1 ve d:a.te or this
ord1rumce ~
:. d. Every ta::dmeter shall be equipped ~o aa to
reg1st·e·r the cos.t or transportation or passengers in th·~ Ci t:.v, &tid the taxi:meters shall be so~ placed
in. th.a-taxi.eab th:a.t the reading dial. showing t:he
amount ~o be charged may read.ily be· :seen bll'' the
passengers .1n the taxicab. It shall be unl.awtul ·. tor: w~y owner 11 driver or operator of' a tu1cab i.n
· ~he City to eharge any sum in exeese~ of the amount
·shown C)n said dial for conveyance 1r.L said taxicab..:
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t ~.· ·il:, ~I ' ;::, ~·· . 'I ~1, « ~·· i. ~·i, .; e •. It shall be unlawful ror a taxicab driver ~ <fi: ; :, wl"'..ile carrying patuJ:•engers to display ·:the flag or· the
::.: .:tevice at~ached to' the taxlme.ter ill such po&1t1on ~:; as to denote· that the vehicle is for' hire.. or to :'!' c~ause the t'ax1meter to record when the vehicle is
;:: -· .· not :actuall7. employed, ox-to tail to cause the H: [ .. ·· t ·. ·· · . cteviee ion t,he taximeter 1co be placed 1n.to a non-
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• f.· ;Every tax:tea:::> shall be equipped., and there
sh:all .be post·ed con~~p1e·uously 'therein so at:' to be
ea.sily read by passt~ngers thereof', a schedule of
charges showing the bas/1s upor.t which the charges
1tl: the ta.Ximete:C~ ar.~ c~~lcula·ted M Said: schedule of'
cltlargea, and. any a.m~mdlilents ther•to~ shall be
'., ,·1,'! !':t led by the owner c>r ,operator w1 th the Chief or
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.The . above . arid fore~gc)·ing · ordinance was duly an.d regularly
.introduce<( .at a regular meet.irtg of the Council or the C1 ty or
Palo .Alto on Mond.a.y; the 9th day or ,January, 1950, and was there
after, on ,Monday? the 13th d.ay of February, 1950"' duly and re~
gularl~r passed·. by .the follol•ri:rig vote:
.AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Blols., Eower, Freedman, Gaspar, Hill., Linder, )l1tch.ell,
M~orttr~uil; Morten.
B•=>lander, BOwden, C:ashe 1 ~ ca the-art •
:&entrott, Wickett ..
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I,. WINJ.FRf:.D KIDD, · City Clerk. of the City of Palo Alto., hereby c~rt:tt:r ·that the above and f·::>rego1ng ord1na."lce was duly and
reguleu~·ly pasBed by the Coun·~:11 or the City or Palo Alto.r as
folloWrsr :. F:irst reading on t:tle 9th day of Ja.nua.ry, 1950;
second rel!l:d.ing and p·assage <>ll the 13th day or February~ 1950,
and wais; thereafter po5ted on the bulletin board at the city hall.
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