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Home My WebLink AboutO-082281/24/74 ORDINANCE NO. 82 ? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 56-39 OF THE MIAMI CITY CODE BY DELETING SECTION 56-39 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 56-39 WHICH WILL SET A MAXIMUM RATE FOR TAXICABS OF SIXTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST ONE -SEVENTH OF A MILE AND TWENTY CENTS FOR EACH ADDITONAL TWO -SEVENTHS OF A MILE, BY SETTING THE MAXIMUM RATE FOR WAITING TIME; AND SETTING THE MINI- MUM RATE THE SAME AS THE MAXIMUM RATE; DECLARING THIS TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE 166.041(3)(a); PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. WHEREAS, the various taxicab associations have shown the economic necessity on the basis of rising costs for an increase in taxicab rates; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended that the rates be increased; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. That Section 56-39 of the Miami City Code be deleted in its entirety and a new Section 56-39 be enacted to read as follows: St:c. 5,i- 39 Taxicab Rates and Fares. No person, while operating one or more taxicabs on or over the public streets, roads and highways of the. City under a certificate of public con- venience and necessity issued by sad city, shall charge or collect for the transportation of a passenger in any such taxicab any rate which does not fulfill or comply with the following _equirernents: A. The maximum rate shall be sixty cents for the first one seventh of a mile or less and twenty cents for each additional two -sevenths of a mile thereafter. The rate of any fractional part of two -sevenths of a mile traversed by any taxicab shall be the same as if the entire two - sevenths of a mile has been traversed by such taxicab. The maximum rate which shall be charged for waiting time shall be twenty cents for the first forty-five seconds and twenty cents for each one and one-half minutes there- after. B. The minimum rate shall be sixty cents for the first one -seventh of a mile or less and twenty cents for each additional two -sevenths of a mile thereafter. The rate of any fractional part of two -sevenths of a mile traversed by any taxicab shall be the same as if the entire two - sevenths of a mile has been traversed by such taxicab. The minimum rate which shall be charged for waiting time shall be twenty cents for the first forty-five seconds and twenty cents for each one and one-half minutes thereafter. C. No additional charge shall be made for the transportation of extra passengers or hand baggage in any taxicab. D. Toll road fees shall not be added to any charge unless first agreed to by the passenger. Section 2. All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to this ordinance. Section 3. It is declared to be the legislative intent of this body that if any section, subsection, sentence, phrase or provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance shall not be affected. Section 4. Pursuant to Florida Statute 166.041(3)(b), this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency ordinance and the compliance with the requirements of Florida Statute 166.041(3)(a) is hereby waived. Section 5. That the requirement of reading this ordinance on two separate days be and the same is hereby dis- pensed with by a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED on first and only reading this day of Ow'N%/0'4e, 1974. MAYOR Attest: / IC 1 . City Clerk PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: R. HARRIS TURNER, Assistant City Attorney APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: JOHN S. LLOYD, City `Att,Orney MIAMI REVIEW AND DAILY RECORD Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal holidays Miami, Dade County, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally ap- peared Ruth Glatter who on oath says that she is Assistant to the Publisher of the Miami Review and Daily Record, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday end Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of adver- tisement, being a Legal Advertisement or Notice in the matter of City of Miami, Florida Re: Adoption of Ordinance No. 8228 in the XXX Court, was published in said newspaper In the issues of January 30, 1974 Affiant further says that the said Miami Review and Daily Record is a newspaper published at Miami, in said Dade County, Florida, and that the said news- paper has heretofore been continuously published in said Dade County, Florida. each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Miami, in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement For publication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of (SEAL) My Commission expires September 1, 1977. January , A.D. 19 74 Marjorie T. Smith Notary Public, State of Florida at Large. Ott titw• .n i lit cot tt o*mA ttoAt . All Interested trill take nottci} that on the 24th day of January, 1974 the Commission of the City r,t Miami. Florida adopted en ordinance entitled — AN ORDINANCE AMEND- I.:G SECTION 56-39 OF THE MIAMI CITY CODE : $Y DELETING SECTION 66-)9 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING A NEW SEC- TION 56-39 WHICH WILL SET A MAXIMUM RATE FOR TAXICABS OF SIXTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST ONE -SEVENTH OF A .MILE AND TWENTY CENTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL TWO - SEVENTHS OF A MILE. BY SETTING THE 11tAXIMUM RATE LSi r FOR__W_A.1.T N TIME: AND SETTING THE MINIMUM RATE THE SAME AS THE M.\XiMUM G THIS TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND DISPENS- ING WITH THE REQUIRE- MENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE 166.041 (3) (a): PROVIDING FOR THE EF- FECTIVE DATE: AND PROVIDING FOR A SEV- F.RABILITY CLAUSE. AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READ- ING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COM- M I SSI ON. •,chic's is designated Ordinanre n. 422. H. D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PI'YiCation ni this rnt!rP on :!'c 30th day <,f January, 1974. Ad Nn. 0110S7