(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or cause to be operated a taxicab or proffer the services of any vehicle as a taxicab unless the owner of the vehicle has obtained a taxicab license covering such vehicle.
(B) Every such taxicab license shall expire on December 31 for the year in which issued. Licenses issued on or after July 1 of any year shall be issued at ½ the annual license fee herein provided.
(C) The annual license fee for each taxicab shall be $10.
Penalty, see § 110.99