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119-0-90
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-19-6-3(A)(1) of the City Code
Relating to Taxicab Rates and Charges
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-19-6-3(A)(1) of the City
Code of the City of Evanston, 1979, as amended, be
and it hereby is further amended to read as follows.
3-19-6-3: SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES:
(A) Rates and Charges:
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1. The following schedule of rates and charges which
is hereby declared to be just and reasonable,
computed according to the number of passengers, the
distance traveled, and the time computed as indicated
by the taximeter installed in each taxicab shall be
effective December 1, 1990:
$1.20 for the first one -quarter mile or fraction
thereof;
.60'for each additional one-half mile ($1.20 each
mile);_
1.00 for the second and additional passenger,
excepting children age 12 and under;
.25 for each one-half minute of waiting time.
The fixed rate for a ride for persons registered to
participate in the Senior Citizen/Ambulatory
Handicapped Taxicab Program shall be three dollars
($3.00). Eligible riders must be Evanston residents
of sixty (60) years of age or older, of 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. Eligible senior citizens will be
those individuals whose annual income does not exceed
twenty 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 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 coupon for service
at designated locations for one dollar fifty cents
($1.50). Riders must be taken only with the corporate
boundaries of the City, twenty four (24) hours a day,
seven (7) days a week.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage,
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approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: A0 16,1f , Z 2-- , 1990
Adopted: 6 , 1990
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ATTEST:
ityj Clerk
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Corpo t:.� Counsel
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Approved: 1990
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Mayor
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