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X266 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE—ENACTING SECTION 21 OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 • ENTITLED "DRUNKENNESS". BE IT ORDAINED BY THF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 21 OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 21. "DRUNKENNESS". ANY PERSON WHO SHALL BE FOUND DRUNK ON THE STREETS OR IN ANY PLACE OF PUBLIC RESORT IN THE CITY, OR IN ANY TAXI CAB, BUS, OR OTHER PASSENGER VEHICLE FOR -HIRE OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY, SHALL BE ARRESTED AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL PAY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) NOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00 OR BE CONFINED IN JAIL NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY (30) DAYS, OR BOTH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT, ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DECEMBER 17, 1956 AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE (MR. HILL ABSENT) CLERKQ-i PRESIDENT a AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE—ENACTING SECTION 92 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 19459 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO RATES TO BE CHARGED BY TAXIS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 92 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945, AS AMENDED9 RELATING TO RATES TO BE CHARGED BY TAXIS IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-ENAETED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 92. "RATES TO BE CHARGED BY TAXIS; METERS." TAXI METERS OF STANDARD MAKE AND DESIGN WHICH SHALL CALCULATE RATES ON THE BASIS ONLY OF DISTANCE TRAVELED, SHALL BE INSTALLED NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 20, 1956, ON ALL TAXI CABS OPERATING IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND THE FOLLOWING RATES ARE HEREBY FIXED FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY TAXI CABS AND OTHER SIMILAR PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR -HIRE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: FIFTY CENTS (5010 FOR THE FIRST ONE AND ONE-THIRD (1-1/3) MILES, OR ANY FRACTION THEREOF; TEN CENTS (1Cye) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE-THIRD (1/3) MILE, OR ANY FRACTION THEREOF, ALL TAXI METERS INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CALIBRATED TO THE ABOVE RATES, SHALL BE SEALED AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE TAXI IS IN OPERATION, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE AT ANY AMD ALL TIMES. SUCH TAXI METERS SHALL BE OPERATED AT ALL TIMES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WHEN ANYONE IS RIDING IN THE TAXI OTHER THAN THE DRIVER, AND SHALL BE OPERATED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO CHARGE THE ABOVE RATES ON THE BASIS OF DESTINATION STOPS, AND THE METER FARE SHALL BE PAID AT EACH STOP REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS, OR OF THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ALIGHTING AT THAT POINT, AND THE TAXI METER SHALL BE SHIFTED TO ZERO AT ALL STOPS AT WHICH THE PASSENGER OR PASSENGERS- ALIGHT, ALL SUCH TAXI CABS AND OTHER SIMILAR PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR -HIRE SHALL CHARGE RATES OF • FIVE CENTS (5¢) PER MINUTE, OR ANY FRACTION THEREOF, FOR TIME CONSUMED IN WAITING UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM ANY PASSENGER AND WHENEVER A PASSENGER IS CHARGED FOR SUCH WAITING TIME, THE TAXI METER SHALL BE STOPPED DURING THAT INTERVAL AND UPON RESUMPTION OF THE TRIP SHALL BE RESTARTED AT THE AMOUNT WHICH WAS INDICATED WHEN THE WAITING PERIOD COMMENCED. CARDS DISPLAYING THE ABOVE RATES SHALL BE POSTED IN A PROMINENT PLACE IN ALL TAXI CABS AND OTHER SIMILAR PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR -HIRE AND THE DRIVERS OF ALL SUCH CABS OR VEHICLES SHALL ON EACH OCCASION WHEN WAITING TIME IS CHARGED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, INFORM THE PASSENGER BEING CHARGED THE EXACT AMOUNT THEREOF. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO REFUSE OR FAIL TO PAY ANY TAXI FARE CHARGED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE FINED AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) NOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00). IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY TAXI DRIVER OR TAXI CAB OWNER TO VIOLATE ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND ANY SUCH PERSON UPON CONVICTION OF ANY SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00 FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DECFMBER 17, 1956 AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE (MR. HILL ABSENT) • CLER K PRESIDENT