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AN ORDINANCE TO A~4END CF~APTER 37 OF THE CODE OF THE ITY OF <br /> C · <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTION 37-132 THEREOF <br />PERTAINING TO TAXICAB RATES. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That Section 37-132 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 37-132. Rates Established. <br /> <br /> No person owning, operating, driving or controlling a <br />5axicab within the limits of the city shall charge an amount <br />to exceed the following rates of fare: <br /> <br /> (1) For the first one-sixth mile or fraction <br /> thereof ...................................... $1.85 <br /> (2) For each one-sixth mile or fraction thereof <br /> in addition to the first one-sixth .......... $0.25 <br /> (3) For each piece of baggage other than one <br /> (1) handbag per passenger .................. <br /> <br /> (4) <br /> <br />(5) <br /> <br />(6) <br /> <br />(7) <br /> <br />(8) <br /> <br /> $0.25 <br /> For each package unless passenger transports <br /> package to and from cabs and holds package on <br /> lap in transit. <br /> .............................. $0.10 <br /> For each footlocker or trunk .... $0.50 <br /> For each one (1) minute of waiting time or <br /> fraction thereof. <br /> ......................... $0.1s <br /> If hired on an hourly basis, the rate of <br />nine dollars ($9.00) per hour or fraction ~ <br />thereof shall apply. <br /> <br />Taxicabs licensed in another city or county <br />bringing passengers into the city from without or <br />picking up passengers in the city and delivering <br />such passengers to the city wherein such taxicab <br />is duly licensed shall charge the rates prescribed by <br />the city or county in which they are licensed. <br /> <br /> <br />