(A) No person shall knowingly permit any vehicle for hire to be used in the perpetration of a crime.
(B) No driver of any vehicle for hire shall have in his/her possession or in or about the driver's compartment of the vehicle any alcoholic liquor while on any street or on public property.
(C) No driver of any vehicle for hire shall use a vehicle for hire for the purpose of transporting or delivering any alcoholic liquor except alcoholic liquor in its original unopened packaging in the possession of and the property of a paying passenger.
(D) No driver of any vehicle for hire while on duty shall possess or consume any alcoholic liquor.
(E) This section shall not apply to the passengers in a limousine when it is being used for purposes for which a limousine is ordinarily used or the passengers on a chartered bus when it is being used for purposes for which chartered buses are ordinarily used. However, the driver of any such vehicle is prohibited from consuming or having any alcoholic liquor in or about the driver's area. Any evidence of alcoholic consumption by the driver shall be prima facie evidence of such driver's failure to obey this section. For the purposes of this section, a LIMOUSINE is a motor vehicle with the passenger compartment enclosed by a partition or dividing window used in the for hire transportation of passengers.
(Ord. 11-06-01, passed 6-28-2011) Penalty, see § 111.999