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(A) Each holder shall provide its drivers with forms, approved by the Director, for maintaining a daily manifest. The form must include appropriate spaces for recording:
(1) Taxicab number, driver’s name, date, hours of operation, total miles, paid miles, units, trips and extras;
(2) Time, place, origin and destination of each trip;
(3) Number of passengers and amount of fare and other charges; and
(4) Other information required by the Director to aid in the discharge of these duties.
(B) Each driver shall complete a manifest on a separate form for each tour of duty. The driver shall provide the information required by the form and shall record the information with regard to trips at the end of each trip. The driver shall return completed manifest forms to the holder at the end of his or her shift.
(1998 Code, § 126-236) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Each holder shall maintain, at a single location, business records of its taxicab service. The method used in maintaining the records must be approved by the Director, and the Director may require maintenance of certain records which he or she determines are necessary for monitoring the activities, operations, service and safety record of a holder.
(B) A holder shall make its records available for inspection by the Director at reasonable times upon request.
(1998 Code, § 126-237) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005)
SERVICE REGULATIONS
Except as otherwise provided by the holder’s operating authority, a holder shall:
(A) Provide taxicab service to the general public to and from any point inside the city that is accessible by public street (this provision does not require a holder to subject a taxicab to mob violence or destruction);
(B) Answer each call received for service inside the city as soon as practicable and, if the service cannot be rendered within a reasonable time, the holder shall inform the caller of the reason for the delay and the approximate time required to answer the call; and
(C) Maintain a single station for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching taxicabs that is operational 24 hours each day.
(1998 Code, § 126-251) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
A driver may not represent that his or her taxicab is engaged when it is in fact vacant or vacant when it is in fact engaged.
(1998 Code, § 126-252) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) While operating a taxicab, a driver shall not refuse to convey a person who requests service unless:
(1) The person is disorderly;
(2) The driver is engaged in answering a previous request for service;
(3) The driver has reason to believe that the person is engaged in unlawful conduct; or
(4) The driver is in fear of his or her personal safety.
(B) While operating a taxicab, a driver shall not refuse service requested by a radio dispatch when the location for pickup is within a reasonable distance from the location of the taxicab.
(1998 Code, § 126-253) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) While operating a taxicab, a driver on duty may carry only a person who is a paying passenger, unless the passenger is an employee of the taxicab service that employs or contracts with the driver, or a governmental inspector acting in an official capacity, or unless it is authorized by the holder’s operating authority.
(B) A driver may not carry at the same time more passengers than the designed seating capacity of the taxicab.
(C) The driver once engaged is considered out of service and not available for other occupants until the discharge of his or her fare, unless the fare agrees to the additional pickup.
(D) The driver may only collect one fare regardless of the number of passengers in the party taken to the same destination.
(1998 Code, § 126-254) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
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