No taxicab driver shall:
(a) Permit any taxicab to be used for immoral or illegal purposes.
(b) Charge less or more than the fixed rates.
(c) Fail, neglect or refuse to turn in to the Police Department within 24 hours, all lost or misplaced articles found in the taxicab.
(d) Use any portion of the public streets or alleys as a taxicab stand or to permit a taxicab in his charge to stand upon any portion of the public streets or alleys, except for such times as are necessary to load or unload passengers, except in such portion of the streets as shall have been designated by the Manager as taxicab stands.
(e) Fail to immediately notify the Mentor Police Department after any accident occurring in the City of Mentor, giving the time and location of the accident, the name of any injured person, condition of the injured, character of injury as far as known, and in case of property damage, a description of the property and estimated amount of such damage.
(f) Receive and discharge passengers at any place other than the curb in any section of the City.
(g) Permit passengers to enter or leave, except out of the side of the taxicab nearest the curb.
(h) Exceed the seating capacity of the taxicab as shown by the application filed with the Manager.
(i) Drive a taxicab during the period of ½ hour after sunset to ½ hour before sunrise, unless the interior thereof shall be effectually illuminated.
(j) Fail to stop at railroad crossings before proceeding over same.
(k) Operate a taxicab while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or drink intoxicating liquor or beer during working hours (including any rest breaks incident thereto) or emit the odor of an alcoholic beverage while operating a taxicab.
(1969 Code 113.18)