No person shall operate a taxicab or limousine for hire upon the streets of the city and no person who owns or controls a taxicab or limousine shall permit it to be so driven, and no taxicab or limousine licensed by the city shall be so driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of such taxicab or limousine shall have first obtained and shall have then in force a taxicab driver's license issued under the provisions of this chapter.
('70 Code, § 24-47) (Ord. 1977-51, passed 10-24-77)