(a) No licensed taxicab company or driver of any taxicab shall permit or cause the same to be operated over any regular route (i.e. to pass any specified points at regular intervals of time on a fixed time schedule for the purpose of picking up passengers), or, when hired, to accept other passengers in such taxicab unless the oral consent of all the then occupants of the taxicab is secured.
(b) No driver of any taxicab shall permit any person to occupy the seat adjacent to the driver's seat unless:
(1) All other seats are occupied by passengers in the rear of a taxicab;
(2) A new driver is being trained; or
(3) A passenger is disabled and the taxicab driver permits the disabled passenger or other person to ride in the front seat with him/her.
(c) No taxicab owner or driver shall solicit or permit the solicitation of patrons or passengers for taxicab in any other way than in an ordinary tone of voice or by the display of a sign attached to the taxicab, which sign shall be not more than eight inches square in size; nor shall such solicitation be made when the taxicab is more than three feet distance from the prospective passenger.
(Ord. 00-16. Passed 5-15-00.)