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<br />ORDINANCE NO.2 0 0 6 -11 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 37 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988) BY AMENDING SECTION 37-132 <br />THEREOF PERTAINING TO TAXICAB RATES. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That Section 37-132 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia be <br />amended and reordained to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 37-132. Rates established. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />No person owning, operating, driving or controlling a taxicab within the limits of <br />the city shall charge an amount to exceed the following rates of fare: <br />For the first one-sixth (116) mile or fraction thereof. .. $1.95 <br />For each one-sixth (1/6) mile or fraction thereof in addition to the first one-sixth <br />(1/6) . .. 0.35 <br />For each piece of baggage other than one (1) handbag per passenger. . .0.25 <br />For each package unless passenger transports package to and from cabs and holds <br />package on lap in transit. . . 0.10 <br />For each footlocker or trunk. . .0.50 <br />For each one (1) minute of waiting time or fraction thereof. . .0.25 <br />If hired on an hourly basis, the rate of nine dollars $15.00 per hour or fraction <br />thereof shall apply. <br /> <br />Taxicabs licensed in another city or county bringing passengers into the city or <br />picking up passengers in the city and delivering such passengers to the city wherein such <br />taxicab is duly licensed shall charge the rates prescribed by the city or county in which <br />they are licensed. The rates are per vehicle charges and shall not be multiplied by the <br />number of passengers carried. <br /> <br />2. That this ordinance shall take effect on February 1, 2006. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on January 24, 2006. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />