(a) When a license for a taxicab is issued under this Chapter, the Department must assign a license number to the taxicab. The licensee (or the fleet, if the vehicle is affiliated with a fleet) must assign a vehicle number to each taxicab. The vehicle number must be permanently applied and plainly visible.
(b) When the Director so orders, the license number must be affixed to the taxicab by decal or metal tag provided by the Department in a manner approved by the Director.
(c) Numbers must be assigned only in the manner designated by the Director. A person must not remove, reassign, or change a number from one vehicle to another without written authorization by the Department.
(d) The licensee must place lettering on the passenger side of the taxicab, in a form and manner approved by the Director, identifying the licensee.
(e) A taxicab operating in the County must have the license number, and the name and telephone number of the fleet or association that owns or operates it and to whom complaints can be made, prominently displayed in the rear seat area of the taxicab with lettering and numbering at least 1.5 inches high. If the operator is not the owner, as defined in Section 53-101, the name, telephone number, and business address of the owner must similarly be prominently displayed.
(f) A licensee must post a rate chart issued by the Department in the taxicab in a location conspicuously visible to any passenger. (2004 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 2015 L.M.C., ch. 39, § 1.)