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COUNTY OF HAWAII ,_',wSTATE OF HAWAII
BiII No. l ab
(Draft 2)
ORDINANCE NO. 90 37
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983,
RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
HE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose and Findings. The purpose of this bill
is to amend the provisions of chapter 18, articles 2 and 4,
Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, in various respects to
implement the shared-ride taxi program in the County of Hawaii.
The council of the County of Hawaii finds that the taxi
industry can contribute to efforts to provide low-cost public
transportation services in coordination with the County of
Hawaii. This bill would allow taxicab operators the flexibility
to participate in a shared-ride program operated by the County of
Hawaii to provide lower cost service along routes in Hilo and
Kona where bus service would be uneconomical.
SECTION 2. Chapter 18, article 2, division 1, section
18-31(b), Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended by
adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read
as follows:
'Shared-ride taxi' shall mean a taxicab operating under
a public transit program administered by the County of
Hawaii.
SECTION 3. Chapter 18, article 2, division 3, section
18-45, Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 18-45. Operation during taxi use.
(a) 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.
(b) 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 the time
rate, as determined by the division of measurement standards
of the State department of agriculture, and may be actuated
by the time mechanism whenever the vehicle speed is less
than this and when the vehicle is not in motion.
(c) Means shall be provided for the vehicle operator
to render the time mechanism either operative or inoperative
with respect to the fare-indicating mechanism.
(d) 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
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to throw the flag or other convenient and effective means of
such taximeter into the non-employed position.
Ie) This section shall-not apply when a taxicab is
being operated as a shared-ride taxi under a
County-sponsored public transit program."
SECTION 4. Chapter 18, article 2, division 3, section
18-49, Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 18-49. Schedule of fares.
(a) No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating
the taxicab within the County-shall charge, demand, collect,
or receive a fare other than that based on the following
schedule except as provided by this section:
(1) Initial meter actuation shall equal $2 and
shall entitle customers to one-eighth of a mile or less, or
one minute waiting or elapsed time or less.
(2) Thereafter, 20 cents for each additional
one-eighth of a mile or fraction thereof.
(3) 20 cents for each additional one minute of
waiting or elapsed time or fraction thereof.
(b) Where a taximeter is designed to calculate fares
upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time
elapsed, as provided in section 18-44 the rates of fare upon
the combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed shall
be the same as fixed by subsection (a).
(c) The foregoing rates or charges shall be subject to
the following exceptions and conditions, whichever the case
may be:
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(1) Fares are only applicable to the use of the
taxicabs when actually occupied by or standing at the
direction of the passenger for hire or when occupied by
parcels, baggage or property transported for hire; provided
that no other charges shall be made for the use of a taxicab
for hire except as provided herein.
(2) A driver, owner or lessee who owns, operates,
controls or dispatches a taxicab may give a discount to
handicapped persons, senior citizens, or students. Such
discount shall not exceed twenty per cent (20%) of the meter
fare.
(3) The driver, owner or lessee of a taxicab may
waive the baggage charges prescribed in Section 18-52.
~d) This section shall not apply when a taxicab or
taxicab company is carrying passenoers under a
County-sponsored shared-ride program."
SECTION 5. Chapter 18, article 2, division 3, section
18-54, Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 18-54. Multiple loading.
(a) Multiple loading of passengers is prohibited
except in cases where the first passenger engaging the
taxicab consents to the multiple loading.
(b) Each separate party of individuals or groups of
individuals, not traveling together who agree to share a
taxicab shall pay the normal shortest route fare from point
of origin to his or their destination, except that each fare
of $1.20 or more (not including nonmeter charges for
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baggage, surfboards, or bicycles) shall be reduced by twenty
percent.
(c) A copy of a rate schedule containing the reduced
rates for multiple loading shall be posted conspicuously
within the taxicab in clear view of passengers. The rate
schedule shall be purchased from the commission.
(d) This section shall not apply when a taxicab is
being operated as a shared-ride taxi under a
County-sponsored public transit program."
SECTION 6. Chapter 18, article 2, division 1, Hawaii County
Code 1983, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to be
appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Section Shared-ride taxi service.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in this article to
the contrary, any taxicab company or operator may provide
public transit service by participating in a
County-sponsored shared-ride taxi program."
SECTION 7. Chapter 18, article 4, division 1, section
18-90, Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 18-90. Fares. Every person using the mass
transit service owned, maintained or operated by the county
shall be charged the fares set out in the following
schedules:
(a) Hilo-Hamakua-Waimea-Kona. For one-way travel
within each zone set out in fare schedule A, a base cash
fare of $.75 will be collected
For one-way travel between
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any two zones, the cash fare to be collected is set out in
fare schedule A in section [19-92.] 18-92.
(b) Hilo-Puna-Ka'u. For one-way travel within each
zone set out in fare schedule B, a base cash fare of $.75
will be collected. For one-way travel between any two
zones, the fare to be collected is set out in fare
schedule B in section 18-92.
(c) South Kohala Hotels. For one-way travel between
those areas described in fare schedule C and those South
Kohala Hotels described in said fare schedule, the cash
fares to be collected are set out in fare schedule C in
section 18-92.
(d) Fare Prepayment Discount. All tickets for travel
between the points set out in above schedules can be
pre-purchased at a discount of 10% off the scheduled cash
fare. The monthly bus pass fare plan shall be based upon
individual issuance of bus passes for travel within and
between designated zones set out in the above schedules upon
payment of the designated monthly bus fares to the mass
transportation agency. The 10% discount in this paragraph
shall not apply to the demand response fare.
(e) Fare Prepayment Discount for Senior Citizens,
Handicapped Persons and Students. All tickets for travel by
senior citizens, handicapped persons and students, between
the points set out in the above schedules, can be
pre-purchased at a discount of 33 1/3% off the scheduled
cash fare. The monthly bus pass fare plan shall be based
upon individual issuance of bus passes for travel within and
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between designated zones set out in the above schedules upon
payment of the designated monthly bus fares to the mass
transportation agency. The 10% discount in paragraph (d)
shall not apply to pre-paid tickets and monthly bus passes
purchased pursuant to this paragraph. The 33 1/3% discount
in this paragraph shall not apply to the demand response
fare.
(f) Shared-Ride Fares. Shared-ride program coupons
may be purchased by the public through the mass
transportation agency and its designated coupon sales
outlets in accordance with the following schedule:
Coupon Price
5 coupon book $15.00 ($3.00 per coupon)
10 coupon book $25 00 ($2 50 per coupon)
15 coupon book $30.00 ($2.00 per coupon)
For one-wav travel limited to a maximum of nine miles under
the shared-ride program the fare to be collected is set out
in fare schedule D in section 18-92."
SECTION 8. Chapter 18, article 4, division 1, section
18-92, Hawaii County Code 1983, as amended, is amended by adding
a new fare schedule D as follows:
"FARE SCHEDULE D
One-Wav Mileage No. of Coupons [Per Person)
0 - 4.0 miles 1 coupon
4.1 - 9.0 miles 2 coupons
Rates are maximum charge per zone. Shared-ride
carriers may charge less at their discretion."
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SECTION 9. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New
material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the
brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be
included.
SECTION 10. If any provision of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without
the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 11. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
L MEMBER`COUN~'Y OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: March`2'3, 1990
Date of 1st Reading: March 23, 1990
Date of 2nd Reading: April 4, 1990
Effective Date: Aori1 12, 1990
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