§ 770-3. Unlawfully Obtaining Streetcar Services.  


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  • It is prohibited for a person to intentionally obtain or attempt to obtain service for himself, herself, or another person from a streetcar transit provider by doing any of the following:

    (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy, ride in or use, any streetcar vehicle without paying the applicable fare.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy, ride in or use, any streetcar vehicle without carrying proof of fare payment.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any person occupying a streetcar vehicle, or occupying a streetcar platform upon disembarking a streetcar vehicle, to fail to carry or to fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request of a fare enforcement agent or a police officer.

    (d)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to provide his or her name, address and government issued identification to a fare enforcement agent or police officer who requests the information for the purpose of issuance or service of a notice of violation or other enforcement action under this chapter.

    (e)

    It shall be unlawful for any person, required by this chapter to provide his or her name, address or identification, to provide a false name, address or identification.

    (f)

    Where self-service barrier-free fare collection is utilized by a streetcar transit provider, it is a violation of this section to fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon the request of a fare enforcement agent when entering, riding upon, or leaving a streetcar vehicle or when in a designated paid fare zone.

    (g)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to put or attempt to put any of the following into any fare box, pass reader, ticket vending machine, or other fare collection equipment of a streetcar transit provider:

    (1)

    Papers, articles, instruments, or items other than fare media, credit cards or currency; or

    (2)

    A fare medium that is not valid for the place or time at, or the manner in, which it is used.

(Ordained by Emer. Ord. No. 282-2016, § 2, eff. Aug. 3, 2016)