(A) All licensed taxicabs shall be regularly and daily operated during each day of the license period to the extent reasonably necessary to meet the public demand for taxicab service.
(B) All taxicabs shall be subject to inspection at any time by the Chief of Police, or by any member of the Police Department on his or her order, and if found by him or her to be, in his or her judgment, unfit for public service either by reason of not being in a thoroughly safe condition or not clean or of good appearance, the City Controller, upon receiving notice of this finding by the Chief of Police, shall suspend the license of the cab until it has been put in a condition to the approval of the Chief of Police.
(C) When the license is suspended, the City Controller or Chief of Police shall take up the license check attached to the taxicab and not deliver it to the licensee until the cab has been approved by the Chief of Police for operation.
(1979 Code, § 116.14) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99