A. If the rates to be charged are to be computed by taximeters, it shall be the duty of every person owning or operating such taxicab to keep the taximeter thereon in good and workable condition and at the beginning of every employment to set the taximeter in the usual way so that it will register and compute on a mileage basis while vehicle is running and on a time basis while waiting, and such taximeter shall be so placed that the face thereof where the fare is registered will be plainly visible to passengers within vehicle.

B. No license shall be issued to a taxicab using a taximeter for computing the fare, until the taximeter attached thereto shall have been inspected by the correct agency and found to be correct, and no person shall use or permit to be used upon any taxicab a taximeter which shall be in such a condition as to be over five percent incorrect to the prejudice of any passenger. (Ord. 10/28/2003O-12 (part); Ord. 12-09-97AA (part))