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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-19-6-3 of the
Evanston City Code, 1979, as Amended
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION l: 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 ($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 a written affidavit of need and
meet income eligibility. Eligible Senior Citizens will be those
individuals whose annual income does not exceed $20,000. 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 coupons for service at
designated locations for $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.
2. That part of Section 3-19-6-3(A)L which provides as follows:
Eligible Senior Citizens/Ambulatory Handicapped riders
must purchase coupons for service at designated locations
for $1.50. 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.
shall commence November 1, 1985.
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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 shall also 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 orthe 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 or 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: 9 1985
• Adopted: 1985
ATTEST:
City Clerk_
Ap oved as to for
Corporation CoOnsel
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Approved: ��o 1985
Mayor
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