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126-0-90
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-19-6-3(A)(1) of the City Code
Relating to Taxicab Rates and Charges for the
Senior Citizen/Ambulatory Handicapped Taxicab Program
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:
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
and fifty cents ($3.50), based upon subsidies from
the City and Township, with a passenger share of
$2.00 (two dollars). 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 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 and no cents ($2.00). Riders must be taken
only within 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in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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
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and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
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