(A) No person shall drive any taxicab carrying passengers for hire from place to place within the city, or between the city and points, not incorporated, within a radius of five miles of the city unless he shall have first applied to and secured from the City Council a taxicab driver's permit.
(B) No person shall drive any taxicab carrying passengers for hire from place to place within the city or between the city and points not incorporated within a radius of five miles of the city unless he shall have in his possession a city taxicab driver's permit and a valid North Carolina driver's license permitting such driver to operate a taxicab, each currently in effect.
('69 Code, § 22-17) (Ord. 168, passed 10-4-45; Am. Ord., passed 3-7-91) Penalty, see § 10.99