(a) Cleanliness of vehicles. All taxicabs operated in the city shall, at all times, be kept in reasonably clean and sanitary condition. They shall be thoroughly swept and dusted at least once each day. At least once every week, they shall be thoroughly washed and the interior cleaned with a suitable antiseptic solution.
(b) Parking restricted. It shall be unlawful to park any taxicab on any street except in such places as have been specifically designated and marked by the municipality for use of taxicabs. It is provided, however, that taxicabs may stop upon any street for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers if such stops are made in such manner as not unreasonably to interfere with or obstruct other traffic and providing the passenger loading or discharging is promptly accomplished.
(c) Drivers to use direct routes. Taxicab drivers shall always deliver their passengers to their destinations by the most direct available route.
(d) Taxicabs not to be used for illegal purposes. No taxicab shall be used for or in the commission of any illegal act, business, or purpose.
(e) Miscellaneous prohibited conduct by drivers. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab driver, while on duty, to be under the influence of, or to drink any intoxicating beverage; to use profane or obscene language; to shout or call to prospective passengers; to unnecessarily blow the automobile horn; or to otherwise unreasonably disturb the peace, quiet, and tranquility of the municipality in any way.
(f) Passengers. It shall be the duty of the driver of any taxicab to accept as a passenger any person who seeks to so use the taxicab, providing such person is not intoxicated or under the influence of drugs and conducts themselves in an orderly manner.
(g) Transportation of more than one passenger. No person shall be admitted to a taxicab already occupied by a passenger without the consent of such other passenger.
(h) Drivers not to solicit business. All taxicab drivers are expressly prohibited from indiscriminately soliciting passengers or from cruising upon the streets of the municipality for the purpose of obtaining patronage for the cabs (Ord. #849, 05/05/94).