St. Charles Parish - File #: 2006-0052

• File #: 2006-0052
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code relating to taxicab rates, more particularly to increase the meter fare, hourly rate, rate for additional passengers, and to provide for related matters
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/6/2006
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 2/20/2006
• Enactment date: 2/20/2006
• Enactment #: 06-2-6
• Title: An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles relating to taxicab rates, more particularly to increase the meter fare, hourly rate, rate for additional passengers, and to provide for related matters.
• Sponsors: 'Ram' Ramchandran
• Indexes: Taxicabs
• Code sections: Ch. 22.5. Art. II. Sec. 22.5-41. - Authority to establish rules and regulations
• Related files: 2000-0196, 2016-0025, 2015-0366

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/21/2006	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
2/20/2006	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
2/20/2006	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
2/6/2006	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
2/6/2006	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced

2006-0052
INTRODUCED BY: 'RAM' RAMCHANDRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO. _________
Title
An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles relating to taxicab rates, more particularly to increase the meter fare, hourly rate, rate for additional passengers, and to provide for related matters.
Body
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish desires to establish uniform taxicab rates comparable to surrounding municipalities and parishes; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish recognizes that gasoline prices have continued to rise above historical highs causing a hardship on taxicab drivers and owners; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish recognizes that the effects of Hurricane Katrina has caused havoc on the local economy causing a hardship on taxicab drivers and owners.
ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code is hereby amended in Chapter 22.5 Vehicles for Hire, Article II - Taxicabs, Section 22.5-41 Rates of fare and rate card, (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(2)(c), (b)(2)(d) and adding (b)(2)(g).
Sec. 22.5-41. Rates of fare and rate cards to read as follows:
(b) Meter Fare for Taxicabs:
(1) Minimum fare: The minimum meter fare shall be one dollar and ten cents ($1.10), two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) which shall entitle the passenger to be transported any distance less than one-fifth one-eighth mile; and the total meter fare shall include an additional twenty cents ($0.20) for each additional one-fifth mile, one-eighth or incomplete fraction thereof, that the passenger is transported, providing that whenever the speed of the taxicab is less than the rate of one-fifth mile per forty (40) seconds, mileage shall be computed at the rate of one-fifth mile per forty (40) seconds. There shall be an additional charge of twenty-five cents ($0.25) one dollar ($1.00) per passenger after one passenger on all regular taxi trips.
(2) Personalized service: Whenever a taxicab driver is called upon to render a time-consu...