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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1962-116BILL N0. 117 COUNTY OF HP.WAII - STATE OF HAWFiII ORDINANCE NO. 116 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE N0. 12 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE G1~UNTY OF HAWAII: 1960, RELATING TO TAXICAB RATES AND FARES, TAXIMETERS AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS. BE I'T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OI' SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OI' HAWAII: SECTIOPd 1.. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 12 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 6. RATES OF' FARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF HILO. The rates of fare and baggage charge: "(a) Rates of fare wit hin the city limits of Hilo. No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating the same from a fixed stand within the city limits of Hilo shall charge, demand, collect or receive a fare other than that based on the following schedule: "(1) Regular mileage rate. For the first mile and fraction thereof 502' "(2) Thereafter for each additional one-fourth (1/4) mile or fraction thereof 10~ "(3) For.each three (3) minutes of waiting time or fraction thereof. 10¢ Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to permit charging mi. le age or waiting time rates of fare which are greater or less than, or different from those established and fixed by the above schedule. "(b) P.estrictions relating to rates of fare. "(1) No taxicab owner or driver shall: "a. Offer or let the taxicab for hire whenever there is a change i.n mile aye rate unless the taxi- meter on the taxicab has been adjusted for the proper mileage rate and the same has been regulate .3 and. /~,, inspected therefor by the chief of police; or o.d. tia. --- =-- - - .. a: t:~..--_ -- -- _.._--- pQ,e_ , DEC.20_.196t_.__ JAPd ;; ~G2 ~ - "b. Fail to amend the schedule of rates of fare which is posted in the taxicab whenever a change over to another mileage rate is made. to indicate the new mileage rate under which tk:e taxicab is oX~erating, "(2) No taxicab driver shall charge for waiting time, unless a passenger directs the taxicab driver to wait. "(c) Whenever, pursuant to a request it is necessary for a taxicab to leave its fixed taxi stand to pick up a passenger, the distance between the fixed taxi stand and the point of pick up shall not be added to the distance over which such passenger is actually transported, when computing the total amount o:F fare which may be charged under this section. Nor shall the distance a taxicab must. travel in order to return to i.ts fixed taxi stand after discharging a passenger be included :~n the mileage for which ariyfare may be charged. "(d) 'r'oc each piece of hand baggage in excess of four (4) cubic feet measurement a flat charge of ten cents (10~) may be made. For each piece of any other type of baggage in excess of four (4) cubic feet a fl at charge of 30¢ may be made," SECTIGN 2. Ordinance No. 12, of the Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1960, is further amended by adding the following new sections: "Section 6.1. TAXIMETERS. "(a) Installation. Every taxicab while operating from a fixed stand within the City of Hilo shall be equipped with a taximeter so mounted i.n the taxicab that the reading dial. -2- Ord. No. .--. //.~._._.._....~ V CIIJ: _._ _ _....... .... ................ showing the amount of fare to be charged shall at all times be plainly visible to the passenger. It should also be so attached to the taxicab that it shall be possible for a person standing outside the vehicle to te]_1. whether the taximeter is in use or. not. Between the hours of sunset and sunrise, the reading dial showing the amount of fare to be charged shall. he well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab. The taximeter shall.. be operated mechanically ry a mechanism of standard desir,,n ar:d construction, driven either from the transmission or from one of the front wheels by a flexible and permanently attache c! driving mechanism. The figures of the reading dial showing the amount of the fare shall be of not less than one-half (1/2) inch in height. The taximeter shall have a position recording mileage only and another position recording waiting time. The taximeter shall have thereon a flag to denote when the taxicab is employed and when it is not employed. It shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect. its cr~rr.ect reading and recording. "(b) Operation. When. a taxicab equipped with a taximeter is employed by a passenger, it shall he the duty of the dri-ver ±o throw the flag of the taximeter into the appropriate employed position, so as to record mileage while the taxicab is in motion and to record waiting time while the taxicab is standing at the direction of the passenger. The flag shall be kept in the appropriate employed position until the termination of L-he trip. At the termination of the trip, it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag of such taximeter into the non-employed position. -3- ,. Ord. Nu. -----'-----L 1--'••-----^~; ..,File :: u. _.----------------... _,,,~ "(c) Registration, Inspection and Fees. "(1) No driver or owner of a taxicab shall offer or let the same for hire unless the taximeter installed therein or adjusted for any change in mileage rate shall have been first registered with and inspected by the chief of police, and found to calculate and register fares correctly in conformity with the rates as set forth in this Article, and a seal. attesting thereto shall have been placed on the taximeter. It shall be 'the duty of the owner or driver of any taxicab equipped with a taximeter to submit the same to the chief of police for inspection, testing and sealing. F,very inspection shall include the examination and inspection of the taximeter affixed in the taxicab, every wheel, tire, gear shaft, and every part of the taxicab which may affect or control the operation of such taximeter. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to seal each taximeter found correct and registering a fare in conformity with. the rates as set forth in this ordinance. "(2) If, upon such periodic inspection the chief of police shall find any taximeter is not calculating and registering a fare in conformity with. the rates a.s set forth in this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful. to operate the taxicab or to permit the taxicab to be operated, until its taximeter shall have been repaired, inspected, tested and found to be calculating and registering a .fare in conformity with the rates as set forth in this Ordinance and a seal shall have been -4- placed thereon. Nothing contained in this, Section shall prohibit the replacement of a taximeter with another which conforms with the provisions of this Grdinance. "(3) It shall be the duty of any police officer of the City of Hilo upon complaint of any person to check any taximeter. The police officer shall also have the authority to check any taximeter without such complaint. Upon discovery of any apparent defect or inaccuracy therein, he shall notify the person driving said taxicab to cease operation. Thereupon said taxicab sha:Ll be kept off the streets until the taximeter is repaired, inspected, tested and sealed; provided, however, that in the event a defect: or inaccuracy is discovered at an hour or period when, fc~r reasons beyond the control of the driver, the taximeter cannot be repaired, checked., tested and sealed, such driver shall be permitted to continue operating the taxicab until such time as the taximeter can be repaired, inspected, tested and sealed. Nothing expressed herein shall be interpreted to permit such driver to di~:regard any other provision of this Ordinance. "(4) The chief of police shall keep a record of the identification number of every taximeter and the date of inspection thereof. A fee of One Dollar ($1.~0) shall be charged for each taximeter inspection. Fees sc collected shall be deposited into the General Fund of the County of Hawaii. "Section 6.2. SPECIAL OPERATIOTJS. "(a) A taxicab while being used or hired for touring or sight-seeing purposes, or for carrying passengers frcm -5- ~~ 2t. - ---•---......... +r`~ incoming boats or airplanes, or for funerals or weddings shall not be subject to the provisions of Section o and Section 6,1 of this Ordinance. A taxicab while used or hired for any of the purposes enumerated herein shall have a metal sign bearing fire word 'special' attached to the flag of the taximeter in the non-employed position. Phe chief of police shall prescribe ±he size and specification. of the metal sign and the same shall be furnished by said chief at cost. "Section 6.3. RATES FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS. "(a) F'or carrying passengers from incoming boats or airplanes not more than fifty cents (50¢) per passenger for the first mile and fifty cents (50~) per passenger for each additional mile thereafter or a fraction thereof. "(b) For funerals or weddings not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) for the entire trip where the time does not exceed two (2) hours. Thereafter the fares may be fixed by agreement between the operator and the passenger." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 1962 Dated at iiilo, Hawaii, this 20th day of December 1961. I,Pi'ROI?UCED BY: ,, Supervisor, 1st Senatoria~- District. ADOPTED: January 3, 1962 -6- ,. - r1 (o "~.