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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 16 of 2005
(Amending Maximum Taxicab Rates)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.72.455, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, PERTAINING TO MAXIMUM TAXICAB RATES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 5.72.455, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to maximum taxicab rates be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
5.72.455 Maximum Rates:
A. Except as otherwise provided herein, an owner or driver of a taxicab may establish and charge mileage rates lower than, but shall not establish and charge any mileage rate for the use of a taxicab greater than, two dollars ($2.00) for flag drop and ten cents ($0.10) for each one-eighteenth (1/18) mile or fraction thereof. An owner or driver of a taxicab may establish and charge a rate for waiting time lower than, but shall not establish any rate for waiting time greater than twenty two dollars ($22.00) per hour.
B. The foregoing notwithstanding, an owner or driver of a taxicab who is charged a fee by the City to deliver a passenger or to pick up a passenger at the Salt Lake City International Airport may, in addition to the rates allowed by subsection A of this Section, or its successor, charge an additional sum in the exact amount of such fee to be used to pay such fee. Further, an owner or driver of a taxicab may charge a minimum airport rate of twelve dollars ($12.00) for service from the Salt Lake City International Airport.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 3rd day of May, 2005.
Bill No. 16 of 2005.
Published: May 24, 2005.