Ord 1416 - AMENDING SECTION 29 -44 OF THE LOS GATOS TOWN CODE RELATING TO THE REGULATLON OF TAXI FARES.ORDINANCE NO.' 1416
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 29 -44
OF THE LOS GATOS TOWN CODE RELATING
TO THE REGULATLON OF TAXI FARES.
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 29 -44 contained in Article IV of Chapter 29 of the Los Gatos
Town Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 29 =44 SCHED
"It shall be unlawful, except for trips to or from points
outside the town where the charge is fixed on a trip basis, for
th.e holder or driver of any taxicab to fix or charge or collect
a rate in excess of the following:
(a) For the first one - eighth mile, or fraction thereof,
eighty ($.80) cents.
(b) For each additional one - eighth mile, or fraction
thereof, ten ($.10) cents.
(c) The charges of subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to
any number of passengers up to, but not in excess of five, where
the point of destination for all of such passengers is the same;
and for each such passenger in excess of five, such charges may be
increased by not to exceed ten percent thereof.
(d) For each piece of luggage in excess of two average size
traveling bags, or their equivalent in size, twenty -five ($.25)
cents; for each. trunk, fifty ($.50) cents.
(e) For waiting or traffic delay, eight ($8.00) dollars per
hour prorated on the basis of the actual waiting time or traffic
delay.
(f) Between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 A.M., a
minimum charge of two ($2.00) dollars.
(g) In case any taxicab shall become disabled or break down
while conveying passengers for hire, the time of stoppage shall be
deducted from the time charged therefor."
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THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT and shall be in force thirty (30)
days after the date of its adoption. The Town Clerk of the Town of Los
Gatos shall cause this Ordinance to be published once within fifteen (15)
days after its adoption in the Los Gatos Times- Saratoga Observer, a news-
paper of general circulation, published and circulated in the Town of Los
Gatos.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at
a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos
held on the 15th day of January , 1979.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos, California,
at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on the 5th day of
February , 1979, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, John B. Lochner and
Pe:.t'e n_ W,_:.:.SLi�emar_is
NOES: _ COUNCIL MEMBERS Thomas J. Ferrito anti M a:rjj` GU ; a ]-tiler- 11"
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
SIGNED: ria�L�C.
MA1_OR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK-OF THE TOWN OF LOS G�TOS
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