It shall be lawful for the operator of any taxicab to occupy any parking space as provided in this article, upon paying the proper charge for so doing, but no such operator of a taxicab so parked shall solicit or accept any passenger or passengers while such taxicab is so parked, nor until such taxicab shall have been removed at least one (1) block from the parking space where such taxicab has been so parked. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 2.)