A. No driver of a public passenger vehicle shall carry more than the rated passenger load for the public passenger vehicle being driven.
B. After a public passenger vehicle has been hired by one or more persons traveling together, the driver shall not pick up other passengers without the expressed permission of the person(s) first hiring the public passenger vehicle. An appropriate sign shall be posted to indicate the restrictions on share rides.
C. No person shall operate a public passenger vehicle within the village who is under the influence of an intoxicating beverage or a controlled substance.
D. No person shall operate a public passenger vehicle within the village with a blood alcohol content (BAC) above 0.00 when checked with a calibrated breath testing device.
E. No person shall operate a public passenger vehicle with any amount of a controlled substance in their blood or urine, as determined by a blood or urine test, unless such controlled substance was prescribed by a physician and the person is not prohibited from driving while taking the prescribed dosage of medication.
F. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a public passenger vehicle to use obscene language as defined in 720 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20(b), in the presence of any passenger.
G. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger vehicle authorized by the village to advertise for the purpose of business or commercial uses unrelated to the public passenger vehicle company.
H. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger vehicle to display obscene materials defined in 720 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20(b).
I. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger vehicle which transports passengers to convey toxic, hazardous or biological waste at any time.
J. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger vehicle driver or company to use a radio frequency scanner or scanning type radio, or any other electronic device to monitor the radio frequency of a competing company, for the purpose of stealing fares of the other company.
K. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger driver or company representative to offer compensation to the employees of any business in the village in order to direct prospective customers to that driver or company. It shall be unlawful for any person to accept or solicit compensation from a public passenger driver or company representative in return for directing prospective customers to that driver or company.
L. The driver of a public passenger vehicle shall be courteous to passengers, prospective passengers and other drivers at all times.
M. If any public passenger vehicle driver violates the provisions of this chapter, the vehicle being operated and the driver shall be immediately removed from service.
N. The driver of any public passenger vehicle, while posted at any location in the village awaiting a fare, shall remain in or in close proximity to the vehicle he is operating. The driver of any public passenger vehicle may leave the vehicle unattended no longer than ten (10) minutes.
O. No public passenger vehicle driver shall be on duty as a driver for more than sixteen (16) hours of any twenty four (24) consecutive hours and no owner shall permit any registered driver to be on duty for more than sixteen (16) hours of any twenty four (24) consecutive hours.
P. Every public passenger vehicle driver shall obey all traffic rules and regulations established by state statute and village ordinances while driving or operating a public passenger vehicle within the village.
Q. No smoking shall be permitted inside a public passenger vehicle. Public passenger vehicles are considered a public place as defined in the smoke-free Illinois act. Every public passenger vehicle authorized by the village shall have an approved smoke-free Illinois no smoking sign clearly and conspicuously posted within the vehicle.
R. No public passenger vehicle owner or driver shall engage in or permit any activities within or from the public passenger vehicle which would be in violation of this code.
S. Livery vehicles shall not pick up or solicit passengers for hire from the streets. Livery vehicles shall not indiscriminately accept passengers, but shall be limited in scope of operation of carrying passengers for hire on a contract basis at a price agreed upon prior to employment and by arrangement of the parties at the time of initial telephone contact by the customer to the livery company. (Ord. 2010-O-67)