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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
Code of the City of Evanston, 1979, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(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 commencing March 1, 1985.
$1.00 for the first one -quarter mile or fraction
thereof;
.45 for each additional one-half mile;
.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
and 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 Senior Citizens/Ambulatory
Handicapped riders must purchase coupon for service
at designated locations for $1.25. The City will
contribute $2.25 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.
2. That part of Section 3-19-6-3(A)1 which provides
as follows:
Eligible Senior Citizens/Ambulatory
Handicapped riders must purchase coupon for
service at designated locations for $1.25.
The City will contribute $2.25 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.
shall be null and void and of no effect on or after
12:00 midnight June 30, 1985 unless the City Council,
by majority, authorizes an extension thereof.
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(B) Waiting Time: Waiting time shall include the time
beginning five (5) minutes after call time at the
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
time shallalso include any time during which a
taxicab is traveling at a speed of less than ten (10)
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 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.
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: 1985.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
App ved as to fo m:
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Co
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Appr-;oved- 1985.
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