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§ 78-156 LA PORTE CODE DIVISION 5. REGULATION OF FEES AND CHARGES Sec. 78-156. Daily manifest. Every driver of a taxicab shall maintain a daily manifest upon which is recorded all trips made each day, showing the time and place of origin and destination of each trip, number of passengers, the amount of fare, and total number of hours driven. All such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner of the taxicab by whom the driver is employed at the conclusion of the driver's tour of duty of the day. It shall be the duty of the owner to furnish the forms for such manifest record and to see that such manifest is kept daily by each driver. (Ord. No. 96-2135, § 1(5.1), 9-23-96) Sec. 78-157. Taximeters. All taxicabs operating upon the streets in the city shall be installed and equipped with taximeters, which taximeters shall be in good working order and subject to inspection at any and all reasonable times by the city. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the taxicab to provide to the city a certificate containing the information required in section 78-68. (Ord. No. 96-2135, § 1(5.2), 9-23-96) Sec. 78-158. Passengers must pay for use of cabs. It shall be unlawful for any passenger to refuse to pay the legal fare due from him for the use of any taxicab after having hired the taxicab. Any person who hires any taxicab with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired, and after using the taxicab, fails or refuses to pay the taxicab fare due him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 96-2135, § 1(5.3), 9-23-96) Sec. 78-159. Terminals and subterminals. (a) Every operator of a taxicab shall maintain within the city limits terminals of sufficient size to accommodate all of the owner's taxicabs. Every operator shall maintain 24-hour per day public telephone service at not less than one of such terminals. Subterminals at hotels, depots and other places shall be preapproved by the city. (b) The drivers of taxicabs using subterminals shall remain seated in their vehicles at all times while such vehicle is at a subterminal. However, such drivers may leave their vehicles when actually necessary to assist passengers to enter or leave such vehicles, or in any case of accident, necessity or emergency beyond the control of the driver. (c) The form and type of a terminal shall be of such a nature that affords a safe, sanitary and lawful operation of transportation by the taxicabs at the terminal shall be in compliance with all codes and ordinances of the city. The site, location and type of proposed buildings and the sanitary conditions of the terminal shall be reflected in the application. (Ord. No. 96-2135, § 1(5.4), 9-23-96) Cross reference —Zoning, ch. 106. CD78:16