No driver shall admit or transport in his or her taxicab more than five passengers at any time or permit any passenger to ride in the front seat of the taxicab unless there are three or more passengers in the rear seat of the taxicab. Where the taxicab is equipped with two additional folding seats in the rear thereof, no driver shall admit or transport in his or her taxicab more than seven passengers at any time or permit any passenger to ride in the front seat unless there are five or more passengers in the rear seats of the taxicab. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a passenger may ride in the front seat if necessitated by mental or physical disability of the passenger.
(1980 Code, § 19.965) Penalty, see § 125.999