A. No driver shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except when sitting in the driver's compartment of such taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent to the curb side thereof. The driver of any taxicab shall remain in the driver's compartment or immediately adjacent to his vehicle at all times when such vehicle is upon the public street, except that when necessary a driver may be absent from his taxicab for not more than five consecutive minutes and that nothing contained in this section shall be held to prohibit any driver from alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of such vehicle.
B. No driver shall solicit patronage in a loud or annoying tone of voice or by sign or in any manner annoy any person or obstruct the movement of any persons or follow any person for the purpose of soliciting patronage.
C. No driver, owner or operator shall solicit passengers at the terminal of any other common carrier nor at any intermediate points along any established route of any other common carrier.
D. It is a violation of this chapter for any driver of a taxicab to solicit business for any hotel or to attempt to divert patronage from one hotel to another. Neither shall such driver engage in selling intoxicating liquors or solicit business for any house of ill repute or use his vehicle for any purpose other than the transporting of passengers. (Prior code §§ 22-4-1-22-4-4)