(A) Any person authorized to operate taxicabs in the city shall keep the taxicabs clean, properly ventilated and heated, provided with comfortable seats, in good repair and painted and decorated so as to present an attractive appearance, both on the outside and inside of the taxicab.
(B) Any person authorized to operate taxicabs in the city shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. No person authorized to operate taxicabs in the city shall refuse to respond to calls by patrons, unless the patron is immediately notified that the taxicabs are not available to render the service required by the patron. If a call is accepted to serve a patron and it is subsequently determined that taxicabs are not available to serve the patron, the person operating the taxicab shall immediately inform the patron that the service cannot be rendered in order to permit the patron to make other arrangements for transportation service.
(C) No person shall be granted a license unless he or she shall, during the time of operation of a taxicab in the city, maintain a waiting room with sufficient seating capacity to accommodate passengers and customers. The waiting room shall be maintained at all times in a clean and orderly manner and with sufficient heating capacity to properly heat that room.
(1985 Code, § 36-9-2-4(l)) (Ord. passed 6-4-1903; Am. Ord. 5-1921, passed 4-5-1921; Am. Ord. 8-1923, passed 4-17-1923, Ord. 5-1927, passed 4-5-1927; Am. Ord. 3-1939, passed 3-22-1939; Am. Ord. 7-1939, passed 5-16-1939; Am. Ord. 2-1944, passed 5-4-1944; Am. Ord. 30-1953, passed 12-3-1953; Am. Ord. 26-1969, passed 10-21-1969; Am. Ord. 22-1970, passed 6-3-1970; Am. Ord. 23-1972, passed 10-4-1972; Am. Ord. 22-1974, passed 10-16-1974; Am. Ord. 17-1976, passed 8-4-1976; Am. Ord. 18-1978, passed 9-7-1978; Am. Ord. 5-1980, passed 2-19-1980; Am. Ord. 10-1981, passed 5-11-1981)