Shared taxicab service.

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-93

in effect

Sec. 28-93. - Shared taxicab service. (a) In this section "shared taxicab service" means the type of taxicab service which can be used by two (2) or more unassociated passengers at a time and who have either a different origin or a different destination or both and which service is provided at a rate which is less than the rate which would normally be charged to each such person for his/her/their individual travel distance. Each passenger shall have his/her/their own fare recorded on a shared taxicab meter at the start of his/her/their individual trip. (b) Shared taxicab service shall only be conducted as provided in this section. (c) Any holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity may apply to the chief of police or his/her/their designee for a special permit which will authorize said holder to operate a shared taxicab service. Only a holder of such special permit may operate taxicab service pursuant to a shared-ride program. No driver of a taxicab shall carry any other person than the passenger first employing such taxicab without the consent of the passenger. (d) Any person making application for the special permit shall present to the chief of police or his/her/their designee a detailed program for providing shared taxicab service which shall outline: (1) The fare to be charged each passenger calculated on a schedule of distance traveled. (2) The method for providing notice to each passenger that the rate of travel is at the reduced rate of shared taxicab service. (3) A description of the method for transporting each passenger by the shortest route possible considering different origins and/or destinations. (e) The chief of police or his/her/their designee shall not issue such special permit unless he/she/they finds that the applicant has devised a shared taxicab service program which will result in a passenger being charged a lesser fare than he/she/they would have been charged without the shared taxicab service rate. (f) Permits issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for the same period of time as the certificate of convenience and necessity. (g) The chief of police or his/her/their designee shall have the right to revoke any special permit issued by him/her/them upon a finding, after notice, that the holder of such special permit is not rendering the public the level of service required by this section. The holder of such revoked special permit shall have the right of appeal. Such appeal shall be in the nature of certiorari. Notice of any appeal must be made within ten (10) days from the decision of the city manager. (Code 1961, § 20-13; Ord. No. 17-27, § 1, 3-21-17; Ord. No. 20-163, § 3, 12-15-20)

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