1. The taximeter shall be placed in each taxi so that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged is well lit and easily visible to any passenger riding in the taxi;

2. Every taximeter used in the operation of taxis shall be subject to inspection at any time by the chief of police or designee. Upon discovery of any inaccuracy of a taximeter, the operator shall remove the vehicle until the taximeter has been repaired and accurately adjusted;

3. Every taximeter shall be inspected, tested and affixed with a label for accuracy for the current year by “Kern County Weights and Measures” at the taxi’s expense. Every taxi shall provide a copy of the taximeter inspection sheet to be placed in the taxi’s file, and a copy must be retained in the vehicle for the city to inspect at any time. The date on which such inspection was made shall be stamped in the blank space on the label provided for that purpose. No labels showing taximeter compliance shall be removed from the vehicle except at the time a subsequent inspection is made;

4. It is unlawful for any taxi, while carrying passengers, to display the flag attached to the taximeter in such a position as to denote the taxi is unemployed, or to fail to throw the flag of the taximeter to a position indicating the taxi is unemployed at the termination of each and every service;

5. At all times while the taxi is engaged, the flag of the taximeter shall be thrown into a position to register charges for mileage, or into a position to register charges for waiting time. No taximeter shall be used whose mechanism will register a combined charge for mileage and waiting time in any single position, and no taximeter shall be so operated as to cause any charge to be registered thereon except during the time while a passenger, or passengers engage the taxi.