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Every driver of a taxicab shall have the right to demand payment of the legal fare in advance, and may refuse employment until so prepaid, but no driver of a taxicab shall otherwise refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons upon request anywhere in the city unless previously engaged or unable to do so.
('68 Code, § 5-538) (Ord. 319, passed 7-15-68) Penalty, see § 120.999
No driver of a licensed taxicab shall carry any other person than the person first employing a taxicab without the consent of the passenger.
('68 Code, § 5-539) (Ord. 319, passed 7-15-68) Penalty, see § 120.999
No person shall be permitted to ride on the front seat with the driver of a taxicab unless said taxicab has a full load of passengers which were picked up at the same location. In that event, the driver must discharge the front seat passenger first. This provision shall not apply to passengers who are physically handicapped and unable to be transported in the rear set of a taxicab. Any driver who fails to comply with this section may be deprived of his license.
('68 Code, § 5-542) (Ord. 319, passed 7-15-68; Am. Ord. 506, passed 4-5-76) Penalty, see § 120.999
No person shall solicit passengers for a public taxicab upon the streets and highways of the city, except the driver of a public taxicab when sitting upon the driver's box of his vehicle. The chauffeur or driver of any taxicab or automobile kept for hire shall remain on the driver's seat or inside his vehicle at all times when such vehicle is standing upon the public stands or when actually engaged in carrying passengers; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit such driver or chauffeur from alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of such vehicle or take care of the calls of nature while upon a public stand, limiting his absence from such stand to 30 minutes, during which time his taxicab or car for hire shall occupy a position at the rear end of such public stand.
('68 Code, § 5-540) (Ord. 319, passed 7-15-68) Penalty, see § 120.999
RATES AND FARES
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