§ 62-128. Inspection, approval of taximeters.  


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  • No person shall drive a taxicab to which is attached a taximeter that has not been duly inspected and approved by the police department or its designated agent. All taximeters shall be inspected and checked for accuracy by the police department or its designated agent periodically at the times and places prescribed by the police department. In addition, every taximeter used in the operation of taxicabs shall be subject to inspection at any time by the police department. Upon the discovery of any inaccuracy in the taximeter, the operator shall remove or cause to be removed from service the vehicle equipped with such taximeter until such taximeter shall have been repaired and accurately adjusted. All taximeters that are inspected, approved and certified will have affixed to them a signed certificate of inspection issued by the police department or its designated agent.

(Code 1992, § 18.89; Code 2003, § 28-144; Ord. No. 05-21, § 6, 7-21-2005)