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By-law 2010-094
Being a by-law to amend By-law 2005-205
being a by-law to licence, regulate and govern
taxi and limousine businesses
in the Municipality of Clarington
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington deems
it necessary to amend By-law 2005-205.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT By-law 2005-205 be amended as follows:
(a) Section 2.10 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
2.10 Except as otherwise herein provided, licences shall be issued for a
period of one year and shall come into effect on April 15~ of each
calendar year and expire on March 315 of the following year and the
licence fee as set forth in Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming
part of this By-law, shall not be reduced in the event that the first
period for which the licence is issued is less than one year.
(b) Section 14.1 is amended by adding thereto the following:
dd) Every taxi driver shall ensure that he or she has in their possession
at all times while on duty, sufficient money to be able to provide
change fora $20.00 bill.
(c) Section 14.2(r) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following
r) use or permit to be used atwo-way radio, cellular phone or
monitoring device in his taxicab which allows him to receive calls for
service which have not been directed through the broker, or
transmit/receive any frequency of a taxicab broker licensed under
this by-law, with whom he is not affiliated;
(d) Section 15.1 is amended by adding thereto the following:
o) Every Broker shall ensure that all taxi drivers working for his or her
brokerage comply with all the requirements of this By-law. It shall be
an offence for a Broker to permit a taxi driver to operate in a manner
which does not comply with the requirements of this By-law.
(e) Section 23.2 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following;
23.2 No owner or driver shall publish or use a tariff, or demand or receive
rates and charges other than those authorized by this By-law.
(f) Schedule "C" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with a new Schedule "C"
attached hereto and forming part of this By-law.
2. This By-law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage by Council.
BY-LAW read a first and second time this 12~h day of July, 2010
BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this 12`h day of July, 2010
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MUNk~IPAL CLERK
SCHEDULE"C"
TAXI TARIFF SCHEDULE
,DROP RATE" ...................................................................... $3.00
****for the first 1 /10th kilometre or part thereof
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 1110th KILOMETRE OR PART THEREOF... $0.25
WAITING TIME WHILE UNDER HIRE PER MINUTE .................... $0.45
EACH PERSON IN EXCESS OF FOUR ....................................... $0.40
'*"excludes children 8 years of age and under flat rate
BAGGAGE, DOCUMENTS, PARCELS
WHEEL CHAIRS AND SIMILAR DEVICES ................................NO CHARGE
HAND BAGGAGE INSIDE CAB ...............................................NO CHARGE
Charges for trunks and other items not covered by this tariff shall
be agreed upon at the commencement of the trip
For delivery of any parcel, document, or thing where no
passenger is carried.....minimum charge per trip ........................ $5.00
Otherwise regular tariffs apply
H.S.T. INCLUDED IN ALL RATES
IT IS AN OFFENCE TO CHARGE MORE THAN THE ABOVE TARIFFS
CONCERNS REGARDING SERVICE CAN BE MADE BY
CALLING
THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARIN6TON AT
905-623-3379 EI[TENSION 239