(A) It is unlawful for any person to operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by that person to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city without having first obtained a license from the city except as otherwise permitted under this section.
(B) Any taxicab licensed to operate in another political subdivision of this state may carry passengers to any place or point within the city, but neither the owner nor operator of the taxicab shall be permitted to solicit or pick up business within the city except:
(1) Where a return trip to the political subdivision in which the taxicab is licensed has been previously arranged.
(2) When a taxicab is called into the city by a fare that wishes to be taken to a political subdivision in which the taxicab is licensed.
(C) There shall be a presumption that the owner or operator of any taxicab not licensed in the city who carries or picks up passengers within the city is operating in violation of this section, and the burden shall be upon the owner or operator of such taxicab to prove that the activities in question are permitted under the exceptions provided in division (B) of this section.
(Ord. 2009-007, passed 7-6-2009) Penalty, see § 123.99