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(A) For the purpose of this section,
PUBLIC VEHICLE shall mean and include cabs, taxicabs, for- hire automobiles and all other vehicles of a similar nature engaged in the transportation of persons for hire.
(B) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any public vehicle to permit any person to occupy or use such vehicle for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation with knowledge or reasonable cause to know that the same is or is to be used for such purposes, or to direct, take or transport, or offer or agree to direct, take or transport any person to any other person with knowledge or reasonable cause to know that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation.
(C) Any violation of this section by the driver of any public vehicle shall be sufficient ground for the revocation of any license issued to said driver, or for the operation of such public vehicle; and such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 7-1-44) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any draymen, hackmen, cabmen, omnibus drivers, baggagemen and other persons, at or about any railroad depot or other public place in the city, to refuse to obey the commands and directions of the police officer or officers who may be stationed or doing duty at or about such depot or other public places for the preservation of order and enforcing the provisions of this code. Any person so refusing to obey the commands and directions of a police officer as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 7-1-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
TAXICABS
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TAXICAB. All vehicles, however propelled, which carry passengers for hire upon or along the streets of the city, except vehicles operating regularly upon established routes.
('71 Code, § 4-16-1)
No person shall operate or maintain any taxicab, as defined in § 118.20, without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter set forth, and unless said license is in full force and effect.
('71 Code, § 4-16-2) Penalty, see § 10.99
Any person desiring a license for any taxicab shall file an application therefor with the City Clerk, setting forth the name, business and residence address of the applicant, a full description of the motor vehicle for which a license is desired, including the make, model, motor and engine number and the state license number, and any other information that the Mayor or the Clerk may require. Said license shall be issued by the Mayor upon conformance with the terms of this subchapter.
('71 Code, § 4-16-3)
The following license fees shall be paid: For the first taxicab operated by any person, the sum of $100 per year; for each additional taxicab, the sum of $25 per year. All licenses hereunder shall be paid quarterly in advance, and no license shall issue for less than one quarter. A metal plate or other suitable tag or sticker shall be furnished by the City Clerk for each taxicab so licensed, which plate, tag or sticker shall at all times be firmly affixed in a conspicuous place on the front of the taxicab.
('71 Code, § 4-16-4) Penalty, see § 10.99
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