§ 20-243 License required.

It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a guide without a license therefor from the commissioner.

§ 20-244 Applications.

   a.   Each applicant for such license shall be at least eighteen years of age; and

   b.   Each such applicant shall be required to pass an examination satisfactorily. Such examination shall be under the supervision of the commissioner and shall test the knowledge of the applicant concerning places or points of historic or public interest in and about the city. Any person who can present satisfactory proof to the commissioner that he or she has been engaged as a sightseeing guide in the city for a period of at least two years prior to August second, nineteen hundred thirty-seven shall be exempt from such examination.

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2006/039.

§ 20-245 License fee; display.

   a.   The annual fee for such license shall be twenty-five dollars.

   b.   Each such license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the office or place of business of the licensee, or if a vehicle is used, in such vehicle, or if a guide has no office or uses no vehicle, he or she shall carry such license on his or her person at all times.

§ 20-246 Fees charged.

   a.   In each bus or vehicle used for sightseeing purposes a schedule shall be permanently displayed showing the full cost per passenger for the trip to be taken.

   b.   It shall be unlawful for any licensed guide to charge a fee in excess of one dollar per hour per person.