(A) A taxicab driver's license may be denied by the Board of Public Works and Safety when:
(1) The applicant knowingly made a false statement of fact required to be revealed in the license application.
(2) The applicant has done any act, or has such condition(s), or uses alcohol or any controlled substance as defined in the state criminal code to the extent that same, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, after consultation with the Chief of Police of the city, may result in material impairment of applicant's qualifications, functions, or duties to be performed as a taxicab driver.
(B) No person shall operate a taxicab for compensation with knowledge that the taximeter is not authorized or functioning accurately.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any taxi driver to do any of the following:
(1) Charge more than the posted fees as promulgated under this chapter. It shall be lawful to charge less.
(2) Throw the flag of a taximeter in a recording position when such taxicab is not actually employed.
(3) Not throw the flag of such taximeter to the nonrecording position at the termination of each service.
(4) Transport a greater number of passengers than the rated seat capacity of the taxicab.
(5) Fail to answer all calls received in the order of receipt unless the license reasonably believes the situation is an emergency endangering life or property or that answering the call will place that driver in jeopardy of bodily harm.
(6) Refuse, upon request, to give a passenger a written receipt showing the fare charged and paid.
(7) For the primary purpose of obtaining higher fees, drive passengers via indirect or circuitous routes.
(8) Refuse to provide services on the basis of the short length of the prospective ride.
(9) Fail to display a valid license, issued pursuant to this chapter, in the taxicab interior in full view of any passenger.
(10) Pick up additional passengers without prior consent of the passenger(s) already in the taxicab.
(11) Smoke while the vehicle is occupied by a passenger.
(12) Use a taxicab for any illegal activity.
(13) A licensee may be required to submit to drug or alcohol testing when, in the reasonable judgement of the Board, there is suspicion of drug and/or alcohol abuse by licensee. A licensee who fails the test may have the license terminated and may not reapply for a license under this chapter for a minimum of 180 days from the date that the sample which was used in the test was taken.
(Ord. 13-C-92, passed 6-9-92) Penalty, see § 114.99