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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:
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$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
wh& 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)l 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 September 1, 1985 unless the City Council, by
majority, authorizes an extension thereof.