Director's Rules
Draft Rules
For-Hire Transportation - Fares and Rates for Taxicabs and For-Hire Vehicles
City of Seattle and King County
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING AND OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
The director of the City of Seattle’s Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) and the
director of King County’s Department of Executive Services (DES), acting under the authority of Seattle
Municipal Code chapter 3.02; chapter 6.310, section 6.310.140; and chapter 6.311, section 6.311.470;
and King County Code chapter 2.98; chapter 6.64, section 6.64.021; and chapter 6.65, section 6.65.470,
respectively, propose adopting four rules related to For-Hire Passenger Transportation.
Three existing rules have been significantly revised based on recent for-hire passenger transportation
industry practices and needs:
1. Fares and Rates for Taxicabs and For-Hire Vehicles
2. Taximeters and Smart Taximeters
3. Uniform Color Schemes and Exterior and Interior Markings for Vehicles
One rule is new:
4. Licensing Emerging For-Hire Transportation Models
PUBLIC COMMENT: The City of Seattle and King County are seeking public comments on the
draft rules. Comments may be provided in person, by e-mail, or by regular mail, and must be
received no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
To provide comments in person, please attend a public hearing on June 12, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at:
Seattle Public Library – Rainier Beach Branch
Meeting Room
9125 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118
To provide written comments, please e-mail or mail:
City of Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services
Attention: Matthew Eng
700 5th Ave., Floor 43
P.O. Box 94785
Seattle, WA 98124-4785
consumerprotection@seattle.gov
AND
King County
Department of Executive Services – Records and Licensing Services Division
Attention: Sean Bouffiou
King Street Center
201 S. Jackson St., Suite 206
Seattle, WA 98104
FAST@kingcounty.gov
Final Rules
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Animal-Related
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Encampments and Homelessness
For-Hire Driver Collective Bargaining
Impounds
Public Records/Public Disclosure
Seattle Business Tax Ordinance
Short-Term Rentals
Surplus Materials
Taxicab, For-Hire and TNC
Treasury Services
Animal-related director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Implementing Seattle Horse-Drawn Carriage Ordinance | 309892 | 6.315.003 |
| Live Animal Trapping Permit | 313256 | 9.25.030A |
| Seattle Animal Control Spay and Neuter Deposit | 302673 | N/A |
| Animal Shelter Adoption Fees | 321052 | SAS-01 |
| Spay and Neuter Surgery - Additional Fees | 321173 | SAS-02 |
Cannabis business director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Business Regulations | 323281 | CBR-017-2025, CBR-075-2025, CBR-077-2025, CBR-079-2025, CBR-080-2025, CBR-083-2025, CBR-085-2025, CBR-086-2025, CBR-087-2025, CBR-095-2025, CBR-096-2025, CBR-099-2025, CBR-105-2025, CBR-1055-2025, CBR-106-2025, CBR-110-2025, CBR-147-2025, CBR-150-2025, CBR-155-2025, CBR-310-2025, CBR-410-2025, CBR-415-2025 |
| Social Equity Applicant | 322860 | CBR-1-2023 |
City buildings and Civic Center director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| City Hall, City Hall Plaza and Other Adjacent Premises | 307221 | 5-02, 5-02 Clarification |
| Municipal Core Area Parking Procedures View Parking Rates |
307560 | 2023-06-01 |
| City Buildings and Premises: Access, Operating Hours and Rules of Conduct | 307665 | 6-03 |
Consultant/purchasing director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Rules Establishing Exceptions to City Purchases of Goods and Services | 320017 | FAS-01-15 |
Encampment- and homelessness-related director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorized camping on City properties, enforcement procedures and removal of unauthorized property | 320204 | FAS 17-01 |
| Operating Hours for City Properties, unauthorized camping on City properties, enforcement procedures and removal of unauthorized property | 320205 | MDAR 17-01 |
For-hire driver collective bargaining director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Driver and Lists of Qualifying Drivers | 320270 | FHDR-1 |
| Application Process for Designating a Qualified Driver Representative | 320271 | FHDR-2 |
| Certification of an Exclusive Driver Representative | 320272 | FHDR-3 |
| Subjects of Bargaining between a Driver Coordinator and an Exclusive Driver Representative | 320273 | FHDR-4 |
| Interest Arbitration | 320274 | FHDR-5 |
| Approval of an Agreement, Changes to an Existing Agreement and Withdrawal of an Existing Agreement | 320275 | FHDR-6 |
| Renewal Application Process for a Qualified Driver Representative | 320276 | FHDR-7 |
| Decertification of an Exclusive Driver Representative | 320277 | FHDR-8 |
| Enforcement Powers of the Director | 320278 | FHDR-9 |
| Commencement Dates | 320279 | FHDR-10 |
Impound-related director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Police Impound Administrative Fees | 319306 | CPU-03-2015 |
| Maximum Private Impound Fees | 323343 | Clerk File 323343 |
| City Impound Fee | 319308 | CPU-05-2015 |
Public records and public disclosure director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Public Disclosure Fees | 320349 | MDAR 17-0001 |
| Citywide Policy on Public Disclosure | 320350 | MDAR 17-0002 |
Seattle business tax ordinance director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Business License Tax Requirements | 321525 | 5-002 |
| Business License Suspension and Revocation | 319877 | 5-003 |
| Transfer of a Business License | 319878 | 5-004 |
| Time Payments | 319879 | 5-005 |
| Tax Returns - Filing and Payment | 321526 | 5-006 |
| Penalties | 322716 | 5-007 |
| Record-Keeping Requirements | 319881 | 5-008 |
| Limitations on Tax Assessments | 319882 | 5-009 |
| Refunds | 319883 | 5-012 |
| Persons Making Sales Through a Direct Seller's Representative | 319884 | 5-030 |
| Measure of Tax - Retailers and Wholesalers | 309763 | 5-031 |
| Measure of Tax - Service and Other Business Activities | 321527 | 5-032 |
| When Tax Liability Arises | 308773 | 5-033 |
| Finance Charges, Carrying Charges, Interest and Penalties | 319885 | 5-034 |
| Freight and Delivery Charges | 307453 | 5-035 |
| Accounting Methods | 308773 | 5-037 |
| Effect of Rate Changes on Prior Contracts and Sales Agreements | 309765 | 5-038 |
| Employees Distinguished from Persons Engaging in Business | 319886 | 5-039 |
| Corporations, Massachusetts Trust | 307453 | 5-040 |
| Successor Liability | 308773 | 5-042 |
| Engaging in Business | 319887 | 5-043 |
| Value of Products | 308773 | 5-044 |
| Allocation and Apportionment Methods | 321528 | 5-045 |
| Valuing the Measure of the Tax for Business Activities between Related, Controlled or Affiliated Persons | 310907 | 5-046 |
| Apportionment of Service Receipts | 321529 | 5-047 |
| Implementing Seattle Business Tax Ordinance Relating to Intrastate, Interstate and Foreign Selling Activity; Inbound and Outbound Sales of Tangible Personal Property from or to Persons Outside the City of Seattle, Including Those Persons in Other States or Foreign Countries | 309768 | 5-060 |
| Returned Goods, Allowances, Cash Discounts | 307453 | 5-063 |
| Credit Losses, Bad Debts, Recoveries | 319888 | 5-064 |
| Taxes - Deductible and Nondeductible | 308773 | 5-065 |
| Non-Business Income - Grants, Bona Fide Initiative Fees, Dues, Contributions, Tuition Fees and Endowment Funds | 309769 | 5-066 |
| Accommodation Sales, Exchange of Fungible Products | 308773 | 5-067 |
| Pool Purchases | 308773 | 5-068 |
| Life Science Research Deduction | 312567 | 5-069 |
| Extracting Natural Products | 307453 | 5-100 |
| Manufacturing and Processing for Hire | 309770 | 5-111 |
| Commercial or Industrial Use | 307453 | 5-112 |
| Casual or Isolated Sales | 310906 | 5-125 |
| Conditional and Installment Sales, Method of Reporting | 309125 | 5-126 |
| Sales to, and by, the State of Washington, Counties, Cities, School Districts and Other Municipal Subdivisions | 319889 | 5-127 |
| Tribes and Tribal Members/Citizens | 319890 | 5-129 |
| Selling Price - Advertised Prices Including Sales Tax | 307453 | 5-130 |
| Trade-Ins, Selling Price, Sellers' Tax Measures | 307453 | 5-131 |
| Leased Departments | 319891 | 5-132 |
| Warranties and Maintenance Agreements | 322717 | 5-133 |
| Interstate Activities of Waterborne Transportation | 319894 | 5-193 |
| Installing, Cleaning, Repairing or Otherwise Altering or Improving Personal Property of Consumers | 308773 | 5-275 |
| Constructing and Repairing of New or Existing Buildings or Other Structures Upon Real Property (Including Property Owned by Governmental Entities) | 308773 | 5-276 |
| Clearing Land, Moving Earth, Cleaning, Fumigating, Razing or Moving Existing Buildings and Janitorial Services | 309125 | 5-277 |
| Telecommunications Service, Telephone Business and Telephone Service | 309125 | 5-300 |
| Sales of Meals | 319893 | 5-404 |
| Restaurants, Cocktail Bars, Taverns and Similar Businesses | 307453 | 5-405 |
| Motor Carriers - Trucking | 307453 | 5-481 |
| Computer Software | 322718 | 5-500 |
| Computer Hardware | 322719 | 5-501 |
| Taxation of Information Services and Computer-Related Services | 322720 | 5-502 |
| Digital Products | 322721 | 5-503 |
| Stock Brokers and Security Houses | 314088 | 5-521 |
| International Investment Management Services | 314089 | 5-522 |
| Sales of Precious Metal Bullion and Monetized Bullion | 307453 | 5-523 |
| Abstract, Title Insurance and Escrow Businesses | 309771 | 5-524 |
| Sale or Rental of Real Estate, License to Use Real Estate | 307453 | 5-530 |
| Sales of Real Property, Standing Timber, Minerals, Natural Resources | 319896 | 5-531 |
| Real Estate Brokers and Salesman | 307453 | 5-532 |
| Leases or Rentals of Tangible Personal Property; Financing Leases | 309125 | 5-536 |
| Educational Institutions, School Districts, Student Organizations, Private Schools and Child Care Services | 307453 | 5-600 |
| Hospitals, Other Medical Care Facilities and Adult Family Homes | 314090 | 5-620 |
| Amusement, Recreation and Physical Fitness Services | 307453 | 5-700 |
| Coin-Operated Vending Machines, Amusement Devices and Service Machines | 307453 | 5-702 |
| Hotels, Motels, Boarding Houses, Rooming Houses, Resorts, Summer Camps, Trailer Camps, etc. | 307453 | 5-720 |
| Personal Services, Service Activities | 309125 | 5-801 |
| Legal, Arbitration and Mediation Services | 309772 | 5-802 |
| Consignees, Bailees, Factors, Agents and Auctioneers of Tangible Personal Property | 307453 | 5-803 |
| Staffing Business, Staffing Services | 308773 | 5-804 |
| Advertising Agencies | 307453 | 5-806 |
| Outdoor Advertising and Advertising Display Services | 307453 | 5-807 |
| Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Linen and Uniform Supply and Self-Service and Coin-Operated Laundry Services | 309773 | 5-809 |
| Publishers of Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals | 309774 | 5-810 |
| Admission Tax for Nightclubs | 309125 | 5-900 |
| Admission Tax Exemption for Music Venues | 319897 | 5-901 |
| Exemptions, Deductions and Credits Available under the Employee Hours Tax | 309125 | 5-921 |
| Parking Tax Computations | 309775 | 5-925 |
| Square Footage Business Tax (Square Footage Tax) | 309387 | 5-930 |
| Sweetened Beverage Tax | 320492 | 5-953 |
| Heating Oil Tax | 321756 | 5-960 |
| Transportation Network Company (TNC) Tax | 321891 | 5-970 |
| Payroll Expense Tax | 322022 | 5-980 |
| Information Requests - Aggregation and Confidentiality | 322722 | 5-990 |
Short-term rentals director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Primary residence | 321078 | STR-1 |
| Monitoring listings for compliance | 322053 | STR-2 |
| Licenses and license applications | 321080 | STR-3 |
| Short-term rental platforms general provisions | 322054 | STR-4 |
| Licensing fees | 321082 | STR-5 |
| Short-term rental regulations and public disclosure | 321083 | STR-6 |
| 120-day implementation period | 321084 | STR-7 |
Surplus materials director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Disposition of Surplus Materials, Supplies and Equipment Other than Real Property | 308138 | 7-01 |
Taxicab, for-hire and TNC vehicle director's rules
| Title | City Clerk File No. | Rule No. |
|---|---|---|
| Reimburesement for Taxicab and For-Hire Vehicle Owners and Drivers from the Wheelchair Accessible Services Fund | 323073 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-08-2024 |
| Reimburesement for Transportation Network Company Vehicle Owners and Drivers from the Wheelchair Accessible Services Fund | 323074 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-09-2024 |
| Wheelchair Accessible Services Surcharge for Taxicab and For-Hire Vehicle Medallion Owners | 323152 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-17-2024 |
| Wheelchair Accessible Services Surcharge for Transportation Network Companies | 323153 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-18-2024 |
| TNC License Fee | 322516 | FOR-HIRE-TRANSPORTATION-01-2023 |
| Transportation Network Company (TNC) License, Vehicle Endorsement and for For-Hire Driver’s License Fees | 314168 | R-6.310.150.B |
| Fares and Rates for Taxicabs and For-Hire Vehicles | 323198 | FOR-HIRE-TRANSPORTATION-11-2024 |
| Medallion Lottery Eligibility, Procedures and Awardee Requirements | 320021 | CPU-09.1-2016 |
| Taxicab and For-Hire Vehicle Medallion Leases | 323151 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-15-2024 |
| Dual Medallion Splitting | 323069 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-04-2024 |
| Temporarily Deactivating a Medallion | 323070 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-05-2024 |
| Uniform Vehicle Safety Inspection Report, Approved Mechanics and Failed Field Inspections for Transportation Network Company Vehicles | 323068 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-03-2024 |
| Uniform Vehicle Safety Inspections for Taxicabs and For-Hire Vehicles | 323067 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-02-2024 |
| Uniform Color Schemes and Exterior and Interior Markings for Vehicles | 323071 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-06-2024 |
| Vehicle Size and Fuel | 323150 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-14-2024 |
| Leasing a Taxicab or For-Hire Vehicle | 323199 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-16-2024 |
| Evidence of Vehicle Insurance and Changes to Insurance Requirements | 323075 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-10-2024 |
| Taximeters and Smart Taximeters | 323072 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-07-2024 |
| Application Dispatch Systems Used by Transportation Network Companies | 323148 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-12-2024 |
| Application Dispatch Systems Used by Transitional Regional Dispatch Agencies and Regional Dispatch Agencies | 323149 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-13-2024 |
| Regional For-Hire Driver’s License Training Requirements | 323200 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-19-2024 |
| Rule rescinding 16 director's rules (either superseded or due to code changes) | 320022 | CPU-13-2016 |
| Rescinding 15 FAS Director's Rules | 323066 | FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION-01-2024 |