Consent and license permitting the operation of taxicabs within this city shall be granted only to the owners of the taxicabs. The taxicabs shall be driven only by the owners or their respective agents or servants duly accredited by the owners to the city as drivers, and no consent or license shall authorize the operation or driving of any taxicab by any lessee or person other than the owner or his or her duly accredited drivers.
(1979 Code, § 116.03) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99