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No public hack, while soliciting employment, shall stand on any public street or place other than at or upon a public hack stand, designated or established in accordance with this chapter; nor shall any driver of such hack seek employment by repeatedly and persistently driving his or her hack to and fro in a short space before, or by otherwise interfering with the proper and orderly access to or egress from any theater, hall, hotel, public resort, railway or boat landings, or other place of public gatherings. No person shall solicit passengers for public hacks, except the driver of a public hack, when sitting upon the driver’s seat of such vehicle, except that at special points designated by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses not more than two (2) agents may be employed to solicit business on the street. No persons shall be permitted to ride in the front seat of a taxicab with the driver, unless the rear compartment is occupied, and any driver who shall permit this may be deprived of his or her license. All police officers and inspectors of licenses shall notify the Commissioner of any violation of this provision.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall loiter within a distance nearer than twenty (20) feet of any public hack occupying space on a public hack stand.
The driver of any public hack shall remain on the driver’s seat, or inside of his or her hack at all times when such hack is standing upon the public stands or when actually engaged in carrying passengers, provided that nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit such driver from alighting to the street for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of such vehicle, or take care of the calls of nature while upon a public stand, limiting his or her absence from such stand to fifteen (15) minutes, during which time his or her hack shall occupy a position at the rear end of such stand.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No company or driver shall:
(a) Fail to maintain, for a period of one (1) year, a written record of each trip made by such company or driver, which record shall include the time and date such passenger is picked up, the destination, time of arrival at such destination, the amount of fare collected for each trip and such other information as may be required by the Director.
(b) Fail to deliver to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses any waybill demanded by him or her.
(Ord. No. 1828-77. Passed 6-8-78, eff. 6-12-78)
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