From: Sheila Stickel smstickel@gmail.com
Subject: Fwd: Flat Rate For Hire Taxi Stand Question
Date: September 8, 2015 at 10:24 AM
To:
From: "Leisy, Craig" 
Subject: RE: Flat Rate For Hire Taxi Stand Question
Date: September 8, 2015 at 9:14:55 AM PDT
To: SHEILA STICKEL 
Cc: "Megow, John" 
Sheila, Hi.
NO. For-hire vehicles can take hailed rides and solicit trips (SMC
6.310.470.8.1) but they cannot use taxicab zones (SMC 6.310.470.8.3).
6.310.470- For-hire driversoliciting and cruising standards
A.Taxicabs
l.A for-hire driver may solicit passengers only from the driver'sseat or standing immediately adjacent
to the taxicab (within 12 feet) , and onl y when the vehicle is safely and legally parked (Class A).
2.A for-hire driver shall not use any other person to solicit passengers (Class A).
3.A for-hire driver shall not hold out the taxicab for designated destinations (Class A).
4 .A for-hire driver shall not park a taxicab and wait for walk up passengers in a marked passenger
load zone, truck load zone, or charter bus zone. A for-hire driver may drop off passengers or pick up
hailed trips in a passenger load zone except as provid.ed by subsections 6.310.475.0 and 6.310.475.E
(Class A).
B.For-hire vehicles
1.A for-hire driver in a for hire vehicle licensed under this chapter may solicit passengers only from
the driver'sseat or standing immediately adjacent to vehicle (with in 12 feet), and only when the
vehicle is safely and legally parked (Class A).
2.A for-hire driver shall not use any other person to solici t passengers (Class A).
3.A for-hire driver in a for hire vehicle licensed bY- this chapter is prohibited from P-iki.ngJ!(2..
passengers in a designated taxi zone , including anY- taxi zone located in front of a hotel (Class B)..
C.Transportation network company (TNC) endorsed vehicles
l.TNC endorsed vehicles are prohibited from soliciting passengers, from cruising for passengers, or
from picking up passengers in a taxi zone (Class C).
D.Unlicensed vehicles
I .Vehicles providing for-hire transportation services in the City of Seattle without a City for-hire
vehicle license, taxicab license, or TNC endorsement are prohibited from soliciting passengers,
crui sing for passengers, or from picking up passengers in a taxi zone. (First violation, civil infraction,
second violation, misdemeanor)
(Ord. 124524,  39, 2014; Ord. 122763 ,  14, 2008; Ord. 121738  18, 2005; Ord. 119872  18,2000: Ord.
118341  2(part), 1996.)
Regards,
Craig

From: SHEILA. STICKEL [mailto:smstickel@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 10:19 AM
To: Leisy, Craig
Subject: Flat Rate For Hi re Taxi Stand Question
Hello Craig. I am trying to learn about Flat Rate For Hires. Are they able to line up and pick up
at taxi stands? Ifso, is it all taxi stands?
Sheila Stickel
Puget Sound Dispatch
Seattle, WA
(206) 915-6375 cell