(A) Every owner of a taxicab licensed under this article shall maintain within the municipality a regular stand or station from which the taxicabs shall be operated. This stand shall not be zoned
residentially. Every owner shall post at the station or stand a sign in letters clearly visible for a distance of ten feet, on which shall be stated the name of the owner of the vehicle and the hours of the day and night during which the vehicle is available for public rental. The regular stand or station will be where the taxicab is located (parked) when not in the process of conducting business. The posted phone number will be the contact when a taxicab is needed. The taxicab will not be allowed to cruise or park in a designated parking space for the purpose of soliciting business or be allowed to cruise. As used in this section, CRUISING shall mean the movement of unoccupied cabs over the public streets in search of, or soliciting passengers, for prospective passenger/passengers for hire. CRUISING does not include unoccupied taxicabs proceeding to answer a telephone call for taxicab service from an intending passenger, and taxicabs returning by the most direct route, after having discharged a passenger, to the garage where such taxicab is housed or to its depot or terminal nearest to the place of discharge of the passenger.
(B) Pick up or drop off of a paying customer. When a paying customer is being picked up or dropped off it will be done outside of the roadway in a location that is safe for the customer as well as the motoring traffic. The taxicab driver will drop the paying customer off at a point that is close to the intended destination but will do so in a safe manner. If the taxi is in a parking space for the intention of pick of or drop off, the taxi cab will not be allowed to park more than the needed time to load or unload a passenger and the occupants. At no time will the taxi cab impeded the flow of traffic, for the intent of doing business. It is the taxi cab drivers responsibility to insure that there is ample room to load and/or unload passengers and items not to cause any damage to another parked vehicle.
(1989 Code, § 11-78; 2003 Code, § 4-6.9) (Amended 6-1-2010; Amended 11-3-2015)