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Each taxicab shall bear on the outside of each front door, in painted letters not less than two inches nor more than six inches in height, the name of the owner and, in addition, may bear an identifying design approved by the city clerk. No vehicle covered by the terms of this chapter shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the city clerk, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under this chapter, in such a manner as to defraud the public; provided further, that if, after the color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia thereof is changed so as to be, in the opinion of the city clerk, in conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used by any other person, owner or operator, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive the public, the license of or certificate covering such taxicab or taxicabs shall be suspended or revoked. (Prior code § 22-1-3)
All persons engaged in the taxicab business in the city operating under the provisions of this chapter shall render an overall service to the public desiring to use taxicabs. Holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity shall maintain a central place of business and keep the same open twenty-four hours a day for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching cabs. They shall answer all calls received by them for services within the city as soon as they can do so and if such services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time they shall then notify the prospective passengers how long it will be before such call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere within the city at any time when such holder has available cabs or who shall fail or refuse to give overall service, shall be deemed a violator of this chapter and the certificate granted to such holder shall be revoked at the discretion of the city clerk. (Prior code § 22-1-5)
Every driver shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are recorded all trips made each day showing time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of his tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the city clerk. Every holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall retain and preserve all drivers' manifests in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year and such manifests shall be available to the proper city officers. (Prior code § 22-1-6)
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)
No driver shall cruise in search of passengers except in such areas and at such times as shall be designated by the chief of police. Such areas and times shall only be designated when the chief of police finds that taxicab cruising would not congest traffic or be dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles. (Prior code § 22-4-6)
Drivers of taxicabs shall not receive or discharge passengers in the roadway but shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible, or in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers, except upon one-way streets, where passengers may be discharged at either the right-hand or left-hand sidewalk or side of the roadway in the absence of a sidewalk. (Prior code § 22-4-5)
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