(A) CRUISING shall mean driving on, over and along the streets, public places or public vehicular areas of the city in search of or for the purpose of attracting prospective passengers.
(B) Drivers of taxicabs are permitted to engage in cruising as defined in division (A) above.
(C) No driver of any taxicab shall at any time solicit passengers by any word, sign, signal (audible or otherwise) or gesture or use any word, sign, signal (audible or otherwise) or gesture to solicit patronage, annoy any person, obstruct the movement of any person or traffic or follow any person; except that, a driver of any taxicab located inside his or her vehicle or outside, but within ten feet of the taxicab, may solicit passengers by word, sign or gesture. Except as provided by this division (C), a driver of any taxicab may not solicit or have any other person solicit passengers on the driver’s behalf. Nothing in this division (C) shall prohibit a driver of any taxicab from alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of the driver’s taxicab.