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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-19-6-3(A) of the Evanston City Code
Increasing the Senior Citizen Taxi Coupon Rate
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-19-6-3 (A) of the Evanston City Code,
1979, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
3-19-6-3: SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES:
(A) Rates And Charges: The following schedule of rates and charges which is
hereby declared to be just and reasonable, computed according to number of
• passengers, the distance traveled, and the time computed as indicated by the
taximeter installed in each taxicab, shall be effective September 1, 2001:
■ $1.90 for the first % mile or fraction thereof;
■ $0.95 for each additional Y2 mile ($1.90 each mile);
■ $1.00 for the second and additional passenger, excepting children
age 12 and under;
■ $0.175 for each '/ minute of waiting time ($0.35 each minute);
■ $2.00 minimum fare.
The fixed rate for a ride for persons registered to participate in the Senior
Citizen/Ambulatory Handicapped Taxicab Program shall be five dollars ($5.00),
based upon subsidies from the City and Township, with a passenger share of two
dollars fifty cents ($2.50). Eligible riders must be Evanston residents of sixty (60)
years of age or older, or those who are ambulatory handicapped, but the
availability of assistance shall be limited to those senior citizens who provide a
written affidavit of need and meet income eligibility requirements. Eligible senior
citizens will be those individuals whose annual income does not exceed twenty
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thousand dollars ($20,000.00). Information regarding income must be provided •
in order to qualify for the transportation program. Applicants must sign a form
attesting that their income is less than the eligibility standard, or that although
their income is greater than the standard, they need the program because of
extraordinary expenses. Eligible senior citizens/ambulatory handicapped riders
must purchase a coupon for service at designated locations for two dollars fifty
cents ($2.50). The City will contribute two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) for each valid
coupon retained. Riders must be taken only within the corporate boundaries of
the City, twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Introduced: r 13 , 2006
Adopted:-�,rf�u,�`-7 , 2006 •
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Approved:
V _ , 2006
�orraine
H. Morton, Mayor
Attest:
Mary P. 'Atj �r , ity Clerk
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C}h,rporation Counsel \
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