A. It is unlawful for any driver of a taxicab, while driving such vehicle, to cruise, loiter, or stop on a public street for the purpose of soliciting passengers or seeking a place in a taxistand which is already occupied.
B. It is unlawful, however, for such vehicle, while proceeding to a regularly assigned taxistand, regularly established call station or to the carrier's principal place of business, to accept employment when hailed from the street or curb.
C. It is unlawful for such driver to accept passengers at any of the following places:
1. In any marked or unmarked crosswalk;
2. At any regularly established bus stop;
3. At any place in a street except alongside a curb;
4. Alongside any curb opposite a regularly established and marked traffic safety zone;
5. Within twenty-five feet of a taxicab stand assigned to another carrier.
(Prior code § 5.28.240 (Ord. 309 § 12, 1948))