§ 407-71. Rate Card or Rate Information to be Reviewable by Passengers.

Every public vehicle, except transportation network vehicles, shall carry in it at all times a rate card issued for the vehicle by the director. The rate card shall contain, in legible type, the director's office address, the name of the license owner, the type of vehicle, the serial body number on the vehicle, the date of issuance, and the complete schedule of rates of fare used as filed with the director. In taxicabs such rate card shall be mounted under transparent covering in the rear compartment or interior of the vehicle in such a position that it can be read easily by the occupants of the vehicle. In limousines, pedicabs, tour vehicles, and animal-drawn carriages such rate card shall be exhibited on demand.

Rate cards shall not be altered or tampered with by any person. Whenever a rate card becomes damaged, soiled, or illegible, the owner shall request and the director shall issue a new card for the vehicle. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of a new, corrected, or duplicated rate card when the old card is turned in to the director.

In case of the loss of a rate card, the owner shall file with the director a sworn statement of the facts concerning such loss. If the director is satisfied that the facts justify the issuance of a replacement rate card, such replacement rate card shall be issued upon the payment of 50 cents.

(C.O. 407-71; reordained as C.M.C. 407-71, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 489-1974, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; a. Ord. No. 264-1982, eff. July 23, 1982; a. Ord. No. 260-1995, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; a. Ord. No. 124.2000, eff. May 19, 2000; a. Ord. No. 309-2014, § 23, eff. Nov. 29, 2014; a. Ord. No. 0127-2019, §§ 3, 4, eff. May 24, 2019)

Cross reference

Penalty, § 407-999.