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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1969-204BILL NO. 579 COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO, ~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 38 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII 1967, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR 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 COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAIIs SECTION 1, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 38, Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1967, as amended, is hereby further amended by addition of a new subsection (i) as followss "(1) 'Time elapsed' shall mean the time from the initial meter actuation to of the trip, including any waiting time, herein defined." SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of Section S 38, Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawai is hereby further amended to read as follows duration of the termination if any, as of Ordinance No. i 1967, as amended, "(a) Installation, Every taxicab while operating within the County of Hawaii 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 _~ File do __. 111. T. 'vo °. (~.. " "? .... . _. .~,.._ I78 tr _4 I:iin 4--.-...__ when a taximeter is being cleared, the primary indicating element shall be susceptible of advancement only by motion of the vehicle wheels or by time mechanism. The taximeter shall have a position recording mileage only and another positlon recording waiting time. The taximeter may also have a position to calculate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed, as provided in subsection (b) of this Section. The taximeter shall have thereon a flag or other convenient and effective mans to denote when the taxicab is employed and when it is aot employed. It shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect its correct reading and recording." SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of Section 5 of Ordinance No. 38, Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1967, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as followsa "(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 ie in motion and to record waiting time while the taxicab is standing at the direction of the passenger. When a taximeter designed to calculate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed is operative with respect to fare indication, the fare- indicating mechanism shall be actuated by the mileage mechanism whenever the vehicle is in motion at such a speed that the rate of mileage revenue equals or exceeds -2- the time rate, as determined by the Weights and Measures Division of the State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture, and may be actuated by the time mechanism whenever the vehicle speed is less than this and when the vehicle ie not in motion. Means shall be provided for the vehicle operator to render the time mechanism either operative or inoperative with respect to the fare- indicating mechanism. 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." SECTION 4. Subsection (a) of Section 6 of Ordinance No. 38, Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii 1967, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as followss "(a) Rates of fare within the County of Hawaii. No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating the same within the County of Hawaii shall charge, demand, collect or receive a fare other than that based on the following schedules "(1) Initial meter actuation shall equal SOt and shall entitle customer to 1/5 mile or less, or ona minute waiting or elapsed time or less. "(2) Thereafter for each additional 1/5 mile or fraction thereof........10~ "(3) For each additional one minute of waiting or elapsed time or fraction thereof .............................10~ Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to permit charging mileage or waiting time rates of fare which -3- are greater or less than or different from those established and fixed by the above schedule. Where a taximeter is designed to calculate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5 hereof, the rates of fare upon such combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed shall be the same as fixed by the above schedule." SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect on April 1, 1969. INTRODUCED BYs H11o, Hawaii Date of Introduction: Date of Adoptions ,; i Coufacilman, County / , awaii March 5, 1969 March 19, 1969 this / day of 1969. . , .... State -4- ORDINANCE NO. 204 (Bill No. 579 - 1969) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 38 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY OF HAiaL4II 1967, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF TAXICAB DRIVERS AND TAXIMETERS, ESTABLISF2ING TAXICAB RATES AND FARESe AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. Date Approved: March 19, 1969 - Date Effective: April 1, 1969. Copies of the foregoing Ordinance, in full, are on file in t'~e Office of the County Clerk for use and examination by the public. I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance passed second and final reading at the meeting of the County Council on March 19, 1969, by the following aye and no vote: AYES: Councilmen Carpenter, De Luz, Edwards, Greenwell, Matayoshi, Souza, Yamada and Council Chairman Hisaoka - 8. NOES: None. ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Councilwoman Yadao - 1 -J .CO~~~ COUNTY CLERK COUNTY OF HA"Y~1II J~f9~iri , AN giDX'IANCE ANENBINGZ~yCE No. Je oe rNE REYmeD oRDINA E9 oe Txe cartrlt of R.Aw.ert 1999, as AMENDED; PIjUYDNNG Fqt ?'NE REGU- LATION AND CON'TNOL OF TAXIUAe DRIVEAS AND TA7[IMFTaan -'am_ -}.{y. a. r. ~p EM~ AbrD !,,[99g; x,19, 1999-Wte CnPlee'or tN (arexgu~ NII, are w tlte~la qr pMeen fpm. tY Clerk for ane add enminatlm by tpe piPoUC, 1 bereey eartlry t9nt Me lae9dm9 OrdNanre-. caned medgd a9d tIJWI read. ol~i ai M rM ;6111999, qC Mai tWla. m9 aye and M volt. AYES: C9npejlmen Grpenter De lu:, Edvartl9, Gr9enreR, MahYO• ' ehl, Solga, Yu9ndn and Coau- .._eLL Chnlrlgn NLno9n-9. NOES: .Nato, ~ A&SENT swq- SXCIBED: fartnD- ~emr9 Y94o-1. TADAEIII9UZUKI COUNTY CLERK ' COI1N7'Y OF NAMAD (995~Hasail Tr9fine-NaraW: AprU J, 1999)