(A) No motor truck shall be operated for the carriage of passengers for hire without a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the state in effect at the time of operation.
(B) No contract carrier shall operate a motor vehicle as such without a permit issued for its operation by the state.
(C) No operator of a motor vehicle for hire shall permit any vehicle to be operated upon the streets of the city unless the driver or chauffeur thereof possesses a certificate from the state showing that the driver or chauffeur has met its requirements.
(D) No motor vehicle shall be operated by any common carrier or contract carrier upon the streets or public ways of the city unless the same shall bear distinguishing plate or plates prescribed by the state authorizing it to be operated under a certificate or permit.
(E) No common carrier, contract carrier, casual carrier, or carrier of passengers for hire shall operate a motor truck within the city unless the same shall have plainly marked thereon the name and office address of the owner, the number of the vehicle corresponding to the number on the distinguishing plates as should be affixed to the vehicle, and the rated capacity of the vehicle. It shall also have the place of its starting terminal, and the name of the chauffeur in charge posted conspicuously in the cab of the vehicle.
(Ord. passed 8-4-1942) Penalty, see § 74.99