(a) Authority to Establish. The Chief of Police shall designate to the Mayor and Council certain locations as public taxicab stands and stands for motor vehicles for hire. Such stands shall not be established until the recommendation of the Chief of Police has been confirmed by the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council may establish such stands upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police or without the recommendation of the Chief, but no stands shall be established except with the approval of Council and the Mayor.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.220)
(b) Use Restrictions.
(1) The Chief of Police shall recommend the number of taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire that shall be permitted to stand at any of the public stands authorized by the Mayor and Council. Such recommendations of the Chief shall not become effective except with the approval of the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council may approve such recommendation or may establish such regulations respecting the number of cars at such stands as they may see fit. The Chief shall cause to be attached to a post or stanchion a metal sign which shall state the number of taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire which shall be permitted to stand at such particular stand.
(2) No public taxicab or motor vehicle for hire stand shall be established within five feet of any crosswalk. The first five feet limitation shall be determined by measuring five feet on either side of a point at the curb and opposite the door or entrance of a building. The Chief shall recommend, subject to the approval of the Mayor and Council, additional stands for night use only.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.230)
(c) Operation. Only public taxicabs in such number as are set forth on the metal signs referred to in subsection (b) hereof may remain at such stand while waiting for employment and they must be parked in single file. The public taxicab standing at the head of such parked line shall not be permitted to refuse to carry any orderly person who offers to hire such taxicab and agrees to pay the proper rate of fare. However, the foregoing provision shall not be construed to prevent any person from selecting any taxicab he or she may desire on the stand, whether it is at the head of the line or not. As the taxicabs leave the parked line with passengers, those in the rear shall move up, and any public taxicab seeking space on such stand shall not approach the same except from the rear thereof and shall move up as closely as possible to the last car on the parked line.
(1979 Code Sec. 12.08.240)