A driver while driving a taxicab shall:
(a) Not refuse nor neglect to convey any orderly person, upon request in the City, unless previously engaged or unable or forbidden by the provisions of this chapter to do so. However the driver may demand the payment of the legal rate of fare in advance and may refuse employment unless so prepaid;
(b) Not carry any other person than the passengers first employing such taxicab without the express consent of such passengers;
(c) Thoroughly search the interior of the cab after termination of each trip for any articles left therein and immediately take any property so found to the police station nearest where the passenger was discharged;
(d) Report all accidents to his employer;
(e) Report any change in address to the Mayor within forty-eight (48) hours of such change;
(f) Answer all communications and summonses received from the Mayor or Police Department and furnish, when requested, detailed information as to any person transported in a taxicab driven by him;
(g) Not operate a taxicab while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs;
(h) Not operate a taxicab unless he has a driver's license in full force and effect;
(i) Not permit another driver to use his badge or identification card;
(j) Not permit his taxicab to be used for any immoral or illegal purposes;
(k) Proceed with his passenger to his destination by the shortest possible route if operating under the taximeter method of charging;
(l) Give a receipt for fare when requested;
(m) Display his badge on his outer garment at all times while on duty;
(n) When the taxicab is parked, shut off the engine and not run the same while standing unless necessary to warm the engine in cold weather;
(o) Obey all traffic rules established by the laws of Ohio and by the ordinances of the City;
(p) Obey all rules and regulations issued by the Mayor governing the operation of taxicabs in the City;
(q) Not permit any person other than his passenger to occupy his taxicab.
(1943 R.O., Ch. II, Art. D.; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)