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Title:
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Ordinance amending Sections 1079, 1135, 1135.1, and 1137 of the Police Code, and adding Section 1137.5, to increase the mean gate fee cap for taxis to $91.50 per shift, provided that certain conditions are fulfilled, and allowing for the sunsetting of the increase under certain circumstances; increase rates of fare for taxicabs to $2.85 for the first fifth of a mile, $0.45 for each additional fifth of a mile or fraction thereof, and $0.45 for each one minute of waiting or traffic delay time; require the Controller to make future determinations every even-numbered year as to the mean gate fee cap and the rates of fare for taxicabs, based on changes in the Consumer Price Index and related information submitted to the Controller by taxicab companies, with such determinations going into effect unless disapproved or modified by Board resolution; provide for offsetting increased costs to the paratransit program arising from meter fare increases; and prescribe a role for the Controller in analyzing the economic impact of prospective or actual decisions by the Taxi Commission and/or Board of Appeals to authorize the issuance of additional taxi permits, and recommending legislative adjustments to address adverse economic impacts.
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