35-71 ORDINANCE NO. 35-71.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 26-1, CHAPTER 26, CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES OF THIS CITY INCREASING AND CHANG-
ING RATES CHARGED PASSENGERS BY TAXICABS
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PAS-
SENGERS FOR COMPENSATION WITHIN THIS CITY.
NOW, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 26-1, Chapter 26, Code of Ordinances
of this City, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 26-1. Rates charged passengers--Generally.
Taxicabs or other motor vehicles transporting
passengers for compensation within the city, except
motor buses or other motor vehicles operated on regu-
lar schedule routes under or pursuant to certificates
of public convenience and necessity, issued by the
Public Service Commission of the State of Florida,
shall charge not in excess of the following amounts
for transportation services:
(a)For carrying one or two passengers, the
following amounts:
First half mile or fraction thereof .... $0.80
Each additional half mile or
fraction thereof ....................... 0.30
(b) The charge per hour for waiting time
shall not exceed ....................... 8.00
(c) For carrying each passenger over two
per trip ............................... 0.30
(d) Each passenger shall be allowed one item
of hand luggage without additional charge,
but each item in excess of one item per
passenger may be charged for at the rate
of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per item."
Section 2. This ordinance is subject to such application as
the President's Executive Order on Stabilization may have on it,
which order was based on the authority vested in the President by
the Constitution and Statutes of the United States, including the
Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-379, 84 Stat. 799), as
amended.
PASSED and ADOPTED on second and final reading on the llth
day of OCtober , 1971.
ATTEST:
City Clerk /~
First Reading September 27, 1971.
Second Reading October 11, 1971.
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Chapter 26
VEHICLES FOR HIRE*
Sec. 26-1. Rates charged passengers--Generally.
Taxicabs or other motor vehicles transporting passengers
£or compensation within the city, except motor buses or other
motor vehicles operated on regular schedule routes under or
pursuant to ce~tificates o£ public convenience and necessity,
issued by the Public Service Commission o£ the State of Flor-
ida, shall charge not in excess o£ the following amounts for
transportation services:
/ (a) For carrying one or two passengers, the follow-
in,amounts:
First'mile or fraction thereof .... $0.80
Each additional half mile. or fraction thereof ~ 0.2ii
(c) For carrying each passenger over two per trip
(d) Each passenger shall be allowed one item of hand
luggage without additional charge, but each item~_~
in excess of one item per passenger ~ha!l~"~
charged for at the rate of twe.nty-five cents
· ($0.25) per item.)~Code 1946, ch. 10, § 1; Ord.
No. 31-68, 12-9-68; Ord. No. 5-70, 2-24-70)
Amendment note--Ord. No. 31-68 amended § 26-1 by revising the
rates and updating the reference in the introductory paragraph from
the Railroad Commission to the Pubiic Service Commission. Ord. No.
5-70 amended § 26-1(a) by increasing the rates for the first mile or
fraction thereof £rom fifty cents to eighty cents.
Charter reference Authority of city to prescribe rates to be charged
passengers, § 7(19).
Sec. 26-2. Same--Minimum charges permitted.
Taxicabs or other motor vehicles transporting passengers
for compensation within the city, except motor buses or other
motor vehicles operated on regular schedule routes under or
pursuant to certificates of public convenience and necessity,
issued by the Railroad Commission]- of the State of Florida,
*Cross reference--Section regulating taxi stands, .~ 25-35.
State law references--Provisions of state law relative to the sale
of motor vehicles used as taxicabs, .~ 319.14, Florida Statutes; auto
transportation companies operating in this state, Ch. 323, Florida
Statutes.
~Editor's note---The Railroad Commission has been replaced by the
Public Service Commission.