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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1968-153BILL NO. 526 COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO, 153 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 38, WHICH PERTAINS TO THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF TAXICAB DRIVERS AND TAXIMETERS, ESTABLISHING TAXICAB RATES AND FARES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAIIs SECTION 1. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 38 is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 5, TAXIMETERS. "(a) Installation, Every taxicab while operating within the City of Hilo out of fixed taxi stands located therein shall be equipped with a taximeter so mounted in the taxicab that the reading dial 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 tell 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 be well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab. The taximeter shall be operated mechanically by a mechanism of standard design and construction. Except when a taximeter is being cleared, the primary indicating element shall be susceptible of advancemetTt~on~y by motion of the vehicle wheels or by time mechanism, The taximeter shall have a position recording mileage only and another position recording waiting time. The taximeter shall have thereon Ocd. Nw ~ S3 Fila No. _.._._ ~ ~_~ f -~~~ M. D_ No. -~ ~ J -Wig O mow.. _ __.. a flag or other convenient and effective means 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 correct reading and recording. "(b) Operation. When a taxicab equipped with a taximeter is employed by a passenger, it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag or other convenient and effective means 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 or other convenient and effective means of the taximeter shall be kept in the appropriate employed position until the termination of the trip. At the termination of the trip, it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag or other convenient and effective means of such taximeter into the non-employed position. "(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 division of weights and measures of the State of Hawaii and found to calculate and register fares correctly in conformity with the rates as set forth in this ordinance 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 division of weights and measures -2- of the State of Hawaii for inspection, testing and sealing on such date as may be established by said division. Every 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~#fect or control the operation of such taximeter, "(2) If, upon such periodic inspection, the division of weights and measures of the State of Hawaii shall find that a taximeter is not calculating and registering a fare in conformity with the rates as 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 placed thereon, Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the replacement of a taximeter with another which conforms with the provisions of this ordinance. "(3) The taxicab driver shall pay such fees as may be established by the division of weights and measures of the State of Hawaii foz each taximeter inspection, the frequency of which shall be established by said division," SECTION 2, Subsection 6(a) of Ordinance No, 38, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "(a) Rates of fare within the County of Hawaii. No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating the same -3- within the County of Hawaii shall charge, demand, collect or receive a fare other than that based on the following schedule: "(1) Initial meter actuation shall equal 50~ and shall entitle customer to 1/5 mile or less, or one minute standing time or less "(2) Thereafter for each additional 1/5 mile or fraction thereof.,,...10~ "(3) For each one minute of waiting time or fraction thereof..........10~ Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to permit charging mileage or waiting time rates of fare which are greater or less than or different from those established and fixed by the above schedule." SECTION 3, This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: INTRODUCED BY: r .. c./ ~ !' ~' ,~ t -t . -E SUPERVISOR, County of H~6aii September 4, 1968 Date of Adoption: September 18, 1968 -4 -