A. No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by such person to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of Salt Lake City unless such person is authorized to do so under a department contract.
B. No person may operate a taxicab business in the city unless the person is authorized to do so under a department contract. Nothing in the department contract shall relieve a concessionaire of the requirements of applicable laws, including, but not limited to, chapter 5.71 of this title, this chapter, and title 16, chapter 16.60 of this code, and department rules and regulations.
C. The term "operate for hire upon the streets of Salt Lake City" means and shall include the soliciting or picking up of a passenger or passengers within the corporate limits of the city, whether the destination is within or outside of the corporate limits of the city. For the purpose of this section, the term "operate for hire upon the streets of Salt Lake City" shall not include the transporting, by a taxicab properly licensed in a jurisdiction outside the corporate limits of the city, of a passenger or passengers for hire where a trip originates with the passenger or passengers being picked up outside of the corporate limits of the city and where the destination is either within or beyond the city corporate limits. (Ord. 67-14, 2014)