(A) Every motor vehicle operated upon the streets of the city as a taxicab shall be kept clean, sanitary, fit, and of good appearance, and in a safe condition for the transportation of passengers. No taxicab shall be operated unless it bears a state license duly issued; and no such cab shall be operated unless it is equipped with proper brakes, lights, tires, horn, muffler, rear vision mirror and windshield wiper in good condition. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his or her designee to inspect every taxicab so often as may be necessary to see to the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
(B) Every vehicle operated as a taxicab within the City of Canton shall comply with all requirements for vehicles operated on the public highways by the Texas Department of Public Safety insofar as inspection and mechanical safety is concerned. And the city may demand and require special inspection by a competent resident mechanic at any time and may require the owner of such taxicab to keep and maintain such vehicle in a safe mechanical condition.
(C) Each taxicab, while operated, shall have on each side, in letters readable from a distance of 20 feet, the name of the operator operating it. If more than one cab is operated by a operator each cab shall be designated by a different number, and the number also shall so appear on each side of such cab.
(Ord. 99-03, passed 3-16-1999)