HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1987-020-O-8720 -0-87
! AN ORDINANCE
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Amending Taxicab Schedule of
i Rates and Charges
SECTION 1: Title 3, Section 19-6-3(A)1 of the Code of the
City of Evanston is hereby amended to read as follows:
;3-19-6-3: SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES:
,I(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 April 1,
1987:
$1.00 for the first ono -quarter mile or fraction thereof;
.50 for each additional one-half mile;
1.00 for the second and additional passenger excepting
children age 8 and under;
.25 for each 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, or those who are ambulatory handicapped, but
the availability of assistance shall be limited to those senior citizens
who provide 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 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
within the corporate boundaries of the City, twenty-four (24) hours a
day, seven (7) days a week.
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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,herewith are hereby repealed.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, approval, and publication in the manner provided
by law.
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Introduced: 1987
I Adopted: (Gi'/L�/JI , 1987
Approved: G?��' ` / 1987 qz�.�.
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