(A) No owner or driver of any taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus, or any other person, shall seek or solicit patrons or passengers for any taxicab by word or sign, directly or indirectly, while driving any taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus over, through or in any public place of the city, or to repeatedly or persistently drive any taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus through, over or on any public streets or places of the city, except in response to calls by patrons for a taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus, or while actually transporting passengers therein.
(B) No owner or driver of a taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus shall solicit business for or from a hotel, motel or rooming place or attempt to promote or divert patronage for or from one business to another. No owner or driver shall engage in selling or providing intoxicating liquors, narcotics or controlled substances nor shall they participate in facilitating the purchase, possession, sale or use of narcotics or controlled substances by any person. Violation of this division shall be grounds for suspension and revocation of the owner’s taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus license, the vehicle license and the taxicab operator’s license.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver of a taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus to knowingly transport any person while the person is in the commission of a crime. Violation of this division shall be grounds for suspension and revocation of the owner’s taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus license, the vehicle license, and the taxicab, limousine or shuttle bus operator’s license.
(Ord. 548B, passed 1-27-2009; Ord. 548-C, passed 6-22-2010; Ord. 548-E, passed --) Penalty, see § 116.99