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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1985-013-O-85• • 13-0-85 AN ORDINANCE Amending Section 3-19-6-3 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as Amended BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Section 3-19,-6-3 of the City j Code of the City of Evanston, 1979, as i j amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: (A) 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 commencing March 1, 1985. II $1.00 for the first one -quarter mile or fraction i� thereof; .45 for each additional one-half mile; (I .50 for the second and additional passenger excepting children age 12 and under; .10 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 fifty cents ($3.50). 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. Eligible riders must purchase coupon for service at designated locations for $2.00. The City will contribute $1.50 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. ! (B) Waiting Time: Waiting time shall include the time beginning five (5) minutes after call time at the a place to which the taxicab has been called, when it is not in motion, and the time consumed while standing at the direction of a passenger. Waiting j time shall also include any time during which a i taxicab is traveling at a speed of less than ten (10) 1 miles per hour so that the fare is being calculated at the established mileage rate or the waiting time rate, whichever is greater. (C) Baggage: Passengers shall be entitled to the conveyance of their ordinary hand baggage without ! charge. A fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25) may be charged for carrying items in or upon the taxi or other than within the passenger compartment. Ll It 0 13-0-8f SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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. Introduced: 1985. Adopted: �1�G� � // � , 1985. Approv : l% ' /�, 1985 Xyor j ATTEST: City Clerk App owed as t =orm: Corpota:-ion Counsel -2-