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In a draft agreement dated April 27, Los Angeles airport staff members suggested charging a $4 fee for each passenger who is dropped off or picked up using a ride-hailing service. Taxis pay a $4 fee, assessed by airport officials and passed on to the rider, each time they pick someone up. Drop-offs are free.

The document also proposes a "geofence" along the LAX perimeter that would tell the airport when ride hail drivers entered, dropped someone off, picked someone up and left again.

Drivers would be required to wait in a nearby parking lot for fares and then would be restricted to the departure level for pickups and drop-offs, meaning passengers who arrive at LAX would have to go up to the second floor to catch a ride. Drivers would also be restricted from parking and waiting within two miles of the perimeter.

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For the regulations to become official, the Board of Airport Commissioners must approve the plan, and the airport must approve a licensing agreement with each ride hail company.

Airport commissioner Jackie Goldberg said she would have "a hard time" voting for regulations that didn't include requirements for better insurance policies and a fingerprint-based background check of Uber and Lyft drivers.

If airport commissioners approve the regulations, several members of the Los Angeles City Council will consider using their veto authority to overturn the decision, Councilman Paul Koretz said.

"If everything were regulated the same for cabs and ride-sharing, it wouldn't be as much of an issue," Koretz said. "These companies dodge most regulations, so we should expect them to do that here, too."

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