HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 62 of Municipal Code (Taxicabs) ORDINANCE NO. ' 1047
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 62-16, 62-16. 11, 62-17. 1,
and 62-17. 2 THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR ODOMETER OR TAXIMETER RATES
IN THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Sections 62-16 through 62-16. 11 of Chapter 62 of the
Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 2. That Sections 62-17. 1 and 62-17. 2 of the Municipal Code
of the City of Ames, Iowa be and the same are hereby repealed and the
following be and the same are hereby enacted in lieu thereof to be known as
Sections 62-17. 1 and 62-17. 2, respectively, of the Municipal Code of the
City of Ames, Iowa:
62-17. 1. Authority is hereby granted to the owner of any
licensed taxicab to charge odometer rates or to install in
said cab a taximeter of a size and design approved by the
city manager. Such installation shall be inspected by said
city manager and shall be certified by him as accurate.
After sundown and until sunrise the face of every taximeter
shall be illuminated by a suitable light.
62-17. 2. Maximum Taximeter or Odometer Rates. No
person owning or operating any taxicab within the limits of
the city shall charge to exceed the following rates to be
determined by the odometer or the taximeter:
First half mile or fraction thereof $ . 40
For each succeeding 1/4 mile or fraction thereof . 10
For each additional passenger for whole journey . 20
For each minute of waiting time . 10
For each trunk carried 1. 25
For each foot locker carried . 50
Provided, however, that between the hours of one (1:00) and
seven (7:00) o'clock A. M. the minimum charge for taxi
services within the corporate limits of the city, lying west
of the Squaw Creek, shall be One 01. 00) Dollar.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed this 13th day of November 1962,
M. W. Jorda it Clerk Pearle P. DeHart, Mayor
Moved by Schilletter and seconded by Armstrong Ordinance No. 1047
be passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Eschbach, Bledsoe,
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Moved by Eschbach and seconded by Judge the rules governing the
passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings
be omitted and Ordinance No. 1047 be placed on its final passage.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Eschbach, Bledsoe
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Moved by Judge and seconded by Brouhard Ordinance No. 1047 do
now pass.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Eschbach, Bledsoe
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Absent: None
Mayor DeHart declared Ordinance No. 1047 duly adopted.
I, M. W. Jordan, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1047 was duly
and properly adopted by the City Council at a meeting on the 13th
day of November, 1962, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on
the 15th day of November, 1962.
M. W. Jorda ity Clerk