(A) State license. No person shall operate a vehicle used as a taxicab unless it is licensed by the State of Illinois or another state.
(B) Safe condition; authority to inspect. The owner or driver of a taxicab shall keep it in a mechanically dependable, clean and safe condition at all times. Each taxicab shall be inspected and have a current Illinois Vehicle Safety Inspection sticker. A seat belt shall be provided for every passenger and the driver. The taxicab shall be designed and manufactured so every passenger may enter and exit without crossing any interior barriers and from either side of the vehicle. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized, either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect the vehicle and, upon discovery of any unsafe condition, to notify the person operating said taxicab to cease operation. Thereupon said taxicab shall be kept off the street until the unsafe condition has been corrected.
(C) Vehicle identification. It shall be unlawful for an operator or driver required to be licensed under the provisions of this chapter to operate or drive any taxicab vehicle without the name of the cab company and its telephone number permanently posted on both sides of the vehicle in letters of a contrasting color and not less than two inches in height.
(Ord. O-14-15, passed 10-27-14)