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2001-48 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 37 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988) BY AMENDING SECTION 37-132 THEREOF PERTAINING TO TAXICAB RATES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 37-132 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) be amended to read as follows: See. 37-132. Rates established. No person owning, operating, dr/ving or controlling a taxicab within the limits of the city shall charge an amount to exceed the following rates of fare: For the first one-sixth mile or fraction thereof ............................................$1.85 For each one-sixth mite or fraction thereof in addition to the first one-sixth... .....................................................................................................0.30 For each piece of baggage other than one (1) handbag per passenger ......... 0.25 For each package unless passenger transports package to and from cabs and holds package on lap in transit ............................................................... 0.10 For each footlocker or trunk ..................................................................... 0.50 For each 90 seconds of waiting time or fraction thereof ................................0.30 If hired on an hourly basis, the rate of $12.00 per hour or fraction thereof shall apply. Taxicabs licensed in another city or county bringing passengers into the city or picking up passengers in the city and delivering such passengers to the city wherein such taxicab is duly licensed shall charge the rates prescribed by the city or county in which they are licensed. The rates are per vehicle charges and shall not be multiplied by the number of passengers carried. 2. That this ordinance shall take effect on the date of its adoption. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on December 1 I, 2001. Teste: City Clerk