(a) Whoever operates or permits for hire, for any consideration, a taxicab not licensed in accordance with this chapter or employs any person as a chauffeur or driver of a taxicab who has not been duly licensed in accordance with this chapter, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, and for a second or subsequent offense, not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). Any person convicted thereof shall not thereafter be permitted to operate a taxicab within the City for a period of one year from the date of such conviction and until this chapter has been complied with.
(Ord. 10-59-2002. Passed 10-1-02.)