§ 84.1-6-3. Rates, fares, and charges established.


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  • (a)

    Rates, fares, and charges for transportation and related services performed by certificate holders and their driver agents to the riding public will be established as set forth herein upon the approval by ordinance by the Board.

    (b)

    It will be unlawful for the certificate holder or any taxicab driver to charge, or to knowingly allow to be charged, any rate, fare or charge except as provided in this Article.

    (c)

    Taxicab rates and charges.

    (1)

    Maximum Mileage Rate:

    First one-sixth of a mile or fraction thereof .....$3.50

    Each subsequent one-sixth of a mile or fraction thereof .....$0.36

    (2)

    Additional Passenger Rate.

    For each passenger over 12 years of age, entering and departing the taxicab at the same location as any other passenger .....$1.00

    When more than one passenger enters a taxicab at the same time bound for different destinations, the fare will be charged as follows: Whenever a passenger gets out the fare will be paid and the meter will be reset, at the next destination when the passenger gets out the fare will be paid, and the meter will be reset.

    (3)

    Waiting Time - For each 61 seconds of waiting time .....$0.36

    Time begins five minutes after the appointed pickup time and arrival at the place where the taxicab was called. (No time will be charged for early response to the call.) Waiting time may be charged while the taxicab is stopped, or slowed for traffic for a speed less than ten miles per hour. While such time is charged, there will be no charge for mileage. Waiting time shall be charged for time consumed for delays or stopovers in route at the direction of the passenger. Waiting time shall not be charged for time not directly related to transporting a passenger to his or her destination.

    (4)

    Other Charges - The following charges are authorized only when the driver informs the passenger of such charges at the point of pickup.

    Luggage - per item, only when handled by the driver .....$1.00

    Personal service - Each time the driver is required to leave the vicinity of the taxicab at the request of the passenger will constitute a separate personal service, except no such charge will be made for persons with disabilities .....$1.00

    (5)

    All service animals and service animals in training will be transported and free of charge when accompanying persons with disabilities. All other animals will be transported at the discretion of the driver and only if the passenger agrees to keep the animal under control. The charge to transport each such animal .....$1.00

    (6)

    Tolls paid by the driver along a route to a passenger's destination may be added to the passenger's fare provided the passenger was informed of the toll and given the option of taking an alternative route which does not require the payment of the toll. If more than one passenger is transported, the driver may not recover more than the total toll actually paid during the trip.

    (7)

    Where the taxicab driver paid an airport surcharge the surcharge may be added to the passenger's fare.

    (d)

    A cleaning charge of $25.00 will be imposed if the taxicab is left in an unsanitary condition which requires the taxicab to be removed from service and cleaned immediately after completion of the trip.

    (e)

    A rate card and complaint notice provided by the Department s will be posted in each taxicab in such a manner as to be easily visible to all passengers in a taxicab. The complaint notice will advise passengers that comments and complaints about taxicab service may be directed to the Fairfax County Department of Cable and Consumer Services, and the notice will include the address and phone number to which such comments and complaints may be forwarded.

    (f)

    When a driver has taken into a taxicab a passenger for transportation and has actually begun the transportation of such passenger, no other person will be received by the driver into such taxicab until the destination is reached, without the consent of such original passenger. No charge will be made for an additional passenger except when the additional passenger rides beyond the original passenger's destination, and then only for the additional distance traveled.

    (g)

    Operators may offer to senior citizens and persons with disabilities discounts for taxicab service for all applicable rates and charges for transportation and other services.

    (1)

    Any operator offering such a discount rate must notify the Director of the discount program no later than 30 calendar days prior to the offering and no later than 30 days prior to its modification or discontinuance.

    (2)

    Any such discount rate and the eligibility criteria for the discount rate must be posted by the operator offering the discount in each taxicab for which it holds a certificate.

    (3)

    Notice of any discontinuance or modification of a discount rate must be posted by the operator in each taxicab for which it holds a certificate 30 calendar days prior to being discontinued or modified.

    (4-00-84.1; 2-01-84.1; 24-05-84.1; 56-08-84.1; 30-12-84.1; 38-14-84.1; 39-16-84.1.)

(4-00-84.1; 2-01-84.1; 24-05-84.1; 56-08-84.1; 30-12-84.1; 38-14-84.1; 39-16-84.1.)