Taxicab drivers shall be familiar with and obey the following rules:
(A) Taxicab drivers shall not park their taxicab on any public street in the Central Business District, except where a driver is answering a call or parked at an authorized parking area or zone.
(B) Taxicab drivers shall, upon request, give any passenger making payment a receipt for the amount of the fare charged.
(C) Each taxicab driver shall wear a nametag having the driver's first name, driver number, and current picture attached to the driver's breast pocket or other readily visible location at all times while the driver is operating a taxicab for hire. The driver's permit shall be readily available at all times for inspection by the City Administrator or his or her designee or a Police Officer, while the driver is operating a taxicab.
(D) Taxicab operators, managers, or drivers shall not drive, or permit to be driven, a taxicab vehicle with an unclean interior.
(E) Every taxicab operator and driver placing in service, driving, or causing to be driven, any taxicab vehicle in the City of Madera shall be responsible for the thorough washing of each taxicab vehicle operated or driven by them at least once a week, and shall also carefully sweep and clean each taxicab vehicle and trunk compartment at the completion of each shift of operation: and whenever required in writing by the Department of Public Health of the County of Madera every taxicab operator and driver operating or causing to be operated a taxicab vehicle within the city limits shall be responsible for immediately disinfecting each taxicab vehicle so operated or driven by them by spraying them with a disinfectant.
(F) Taxicab drivers shall not consume or be under the influence of any alcohol, controlled substance, or prescribed or non-prescribed drug which affects their driving, while operating a taxicab vehicle.
(G) Taxicab drivers shall comply with all the reasonable requests of a passenger, including but not limited to the giving of their name, permit number, the taxicab permit number, and informing the passenger of the complaint form available in the Neighborhood Revitalization Department.
(H) Taxicab drivers shall not threaten, harass or abuse any passenger or use or attempt to use any physical force against a passenger except in self-defense or in the defense of another.
(I) Taxicab drivers shall not refuse to transport a passenger's luggage, wheelchair, crutches, or other similar property or a guide dog or other orderly pet.
(J) Taxicab drivers shall, if requested, assist a handicapped, disabled or elderly person to, into and out of the taxicab vehicle if within the physical capacity of the driver.
(K) Upon request of a passenger, taxicab drivers shall load or unload luggage in or from the taxicab vehicle's interior or trunk compartment if within the physical capacity of the driver.
(L) Taxicab drivers shall not smoke, drink or eat while a passenger is in the taxicab vehicle.
(M) Taxicab drivers shall not operate any radio, except the radio dispatch system, or any radio or tape player while a passenger is in the taxicab vehicle unless the passenger so requests.
(N) Taxicab drivers shall be neatly attired and shall not wear short pants; ragged, torn, or dirty clothing of any type; unsightly or unsafe footwear; any clothing with offensive or obscene words, statements or phrases; T-shirts (unless covered by an overshirt or designated as part of a uniform by the driver's employer): or any other clothing inappropriate to the conduct of business. Violations of this section shall be grounds for revocation of permittee's taxi driver permit.
(Ord. 801 C.S., passed 9-6-06; Am. Ord. 941 C.S., passed 6-7-17)