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SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VI VEHICLES CHAPTER 6 -6 TAXIS 6 -6 -410 EXCESSIVE CHARGES. (a) No owner, operator or driver of any taxicab, shall in connection with any trip originating or reaching its destination in the City. charge, collect. demand, receive or arrange for any rate for such trip in excess of the amount authorized in accordance with the schedule of rates as posted pursuant to Sections 6 -6 -400 and 6 -6 -405 above. (b) It shall constitute a ground for revocation or suspension ofa taxicab business permit and/or a taxi driver's permit for any owner or driver to charge a greater fare than has been set by resolution of the City Council. (c) The owner or driver who overcharges a taxicab fare shall be liable to the person who hires the vehicle for the difference between the amount of the fare actually charged and the amount of the fare filed in accordance with this Chapter (d) The remedies provided by this section are in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies. and are not intended to be exclusive. 6 -6 -415 SIGNS AND TAXICAB IDENTIFICATION. (a) Every taxicab used for carrying passengers for hire shall display on the rear of the driver's seat in the passenger's compartment and in full view of the passenger, or passengers, a card not smaller than six (6) inches by four (4) inches (or such other standard specified by the City Manager or designee), which shall have printed thereon the owner's name or the fictitious business name under which he operates and the business address and the telephone number of such owner. In addition printed on the card shall be the telephone number of the Police Department where passengers can file complaints regarding the rates charged or services rendered by the taxicab driver. (b) On the upper right side of the vehicle's rear window and on the lower left side of the front windshield of every taxicab approved under a taxicab business permit there shall be placed the permit decal issued to the taxicab owner. SECTION 6 -6 -420 PERMANENTLY- AFFIXED INSIGNIA; The vehicles of every owner operating in the City shall be ofa color scheme and bear the owner's trade name, monogram or insignia.which are distinguishable from the color scheme, owner's trademark, monogram or insignia used on the vehicles of any other owner already operating pursuant to this chapter. Such trade name, monogram or insignia shall be clearly readable from a distance of fifty (50) feet, and shall be permanently affixed to each vehicle operated under a taxicab business permit issued pursuant to this Chapter. It is unlawful for any person soliciting patronage from any vehicle described in this chapter to represent by mark, sign 15