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 Norman
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 13. LICENSES AND OCCUPATIONS
 Article XX. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

  § 13-2008. Rates; posting; overcharging.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall maintain and operate any motorized or non-motorized vehicle engaged in the business or occupation of conveying passengers for hire within the City without posting on the outside on each side of the vehicle and also within the taxicab, in a conspicuous place and in view of the passengers to be conveyed, the rates to be charged for service. The rates posted on the inside shall be printed on a card, the letters and figures to be not less than one (1) inch bold-faced, sans serif type, giving the rates and distances for which the rates apply. The rates shall be filed with the City Clerk prior to the effective date of the rates or change thereof.

    (b)

    No person shall receive, charge or collect any fares for transporting passengers within the City greater than the rate posted with the City Clerk.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver to operate any taxicab in the City unless and until such vehicle is equipped with a taximeter, and it shall be the duty of every owner operating a taxicab to maintain such taximeter in good serviceable condition so that it will at all times correctly indicate the correct change for the distance traveled and waiting time. The City Clerk or her designee is hereby authorized at her instance, or upon complaint of any person, to investigate or cause any taximeter to be investigated, and upon discovery of any inaccuracy in such taximeter, to suspend the permit for operation of the taxicab in which it was installed, until proof has been provided that such taximeter has been correctly adjusted with the date of adjustment noted.

    (d)

    The driver of any taxicab shall, upon demand by the passenger, give to such passenger a receipt for the amount charged on which shall be the name of the owner and date of transaction.

    (e)

    No person shall maintain and operate any taxicab engaged in the business of occupation of conveying passengers under contract within the City without posting on the outside on each side of the vehicle and also within the taxicab, in a conspicuous place and in view of the passengers to be conveyed, that the taxicab in "Under Contract-Not for Hire." The letters to be not less than one (1) inch bold-faced, sans serif type. The City Clerk shall be advised of the effective date of the not for hire taxicab.

(Ord. No. 0-7980-52; Ord. No. 0-0405-38, § 8; Ord. No. 0-0607-15, § 2; Ord. No. 0-1819-4, § 8)