(A) No driver shall permit more persons to be carried in a taxicab as passengers than the rated seating capacity of his or her taxicab, as stated in the license for the vehicle issued by the Police Department. A child in arms shall not be counted as a passenger.
(B) No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in the taxicab, unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of an additional passenger or passengers. No charge shall be made for an additional passenger, except when the additional passenger rides beyond the previous passenger’s destination and then only for the additional distance so traveled.
(1978 Code, § 34-27)