A. Cab Stands:
1. No vehicle of any kind shall stand upon, be parked upon, or make use of any public taxi or hack stand in this city unless the owner thereof has obtained a license as provided herein, and the driver thereof has a chauffeur's license as provided for in section 4-14-1 of this chapter. Any person violating this subsection A1 shall be subject to a fine as provided in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this code. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each time a violation occurs.
2. Taxicabs entering a cab stand or line shall take the rear position. Overcrowding cab stands or lines is prohibited.
While taxicabs occupy designated cab stands, no other taxicab shall bypass the cab line and accept passengers for service.
3. The first taxicab in line shall be eligible for the first available fare unless a passenger indicates a preference for another cab in that line.
4. Livery vehicles shall not park in taxicab stands.
5. Hotels and motels of more than twenty five (25) rooms shall be required to establish taxicab stands and pick up service for customers of the hotel or motel and shall only be from or by vehicles licensed by the city. Hotel and motel operators shall be responsible to see that pick up of patrons shall only be by vehicles licensed by the city to pick up passengers from Des Plaines locations.
6. It shall be unlawful for any hotel or motel to allow any person to operate an unlicensed public passenger vehicle for hire on its property. Any hotel or motel violating this subsection shall be fined as provided in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this code for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day a violation occurs.
7. It shall be unlawful for any hotel or motel employee to arrange for or allow an unlicensed public passenger vehicle for hire to operate on hotel or motel property, or to allow taxicabs to accept passengers for service in violation of subsections A2 and A3 of this section. Any hotel or motel employee violating this subsection shall be fined as provided in the general penalty in section 1-4-1 of this code for each offense.
B. Parking On Streets:
1. No person in charge of any public taxi or vehicle carrying passengers for hire shall permit the same, except when receiving or discharging passengers or when instructed by their passengers so to do, to stand on any of the streets, avenues or alleys in this city for any longer than five (5) minutes, except as otherwise herein provided.
2. No vehicles, licensed as aforesaid, shall be permitted to use any of the public streets of the city as a station or stand for the carrying on of business; provided, however, that the motor vehicle or other vehicles may be stationed on the private driveways of any railroad company in a suitable manner so as not to impede or block traffic for a period of ten (10) minutes before and five (5) minutes after the arrival of passenger trains at the depot of the railway company; and provided further, that interurban autobuses may be parked at reasonable places designated by the mayor and city council, so as not to impede or block traffic for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes, to receive and discharge passengers.
3. Licensed taxicab companies shall provide the city with a list of vehicles in their fleet and show plans for overnight parking in an off street lot or private garage. (Ord. M-19-13, 10-7-2013)