(a) Only public hacks shall remain at the taxicab stand while waiting for employment and only in single file pointed in accordance with the traffic regulations. No public hack shall refuse to carry any orderly person applying for a hack who agrees to pay the right rate of fare, but any orderly person may select any hack at the stand whether it is at the head of the line or not. As the hack leaves the line with passengers those behind shall move up, and any public hack seeking a place on the stand shall approach the same only from the rear of the stand and shall stop as near as possible to the last cab already on the line. No public hack shall stand within five (5) feet of any crosswalk.
(b) The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses may establish call stations at locations which have been surveyed and approved by the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking with respect to operation without unreasonable interference to traffic.
The permit of a call station shall specify the company or individual operating the same, and allow the driver employed by them to stop at and call up from such station for the purpose of answering or receiving orders. Not more than two (2) public hacks shall be parked at the designated point at the same time. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall maintain a list of call stations and their locations, and regulate their operation by issuance of such regulations as will become necessary.
(c) No public hack shall occupy a public stand unless a permit has been issued by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. Application for permits to occupy a public stand shall be made in writing to the Commissioner by the owner of public hack. The form of the application shall be prescribed by the Commissioner. No vehicle other than a licensed public hack shall stop on any public stand or call station, except while receiving or discharging passengers.
(d) The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking shall designate public stands by permanent signs set at the curb boundaries, which signs shall bear the legend that it is a stand reserved for public licensees only. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall suspend or revoke the license of any public hack driver who stands in front of the entrance of any building, within the prohibited space, after his or her passengers desiring to leave the cab have alighted, or who attempts to stand in such prohibited space waiting for passengers, or who violates any of the other provisions of this section.
(Ord. No. 1510-2019. Passed 12-2-19, eff. 12-4-19)