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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
A driver shall carry a passenger to his or her destination by the most direct and expeditious route available unless otherwise directed by the passenger.
(1998 Code, § 126-255) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
A driver may not solicit passengers.
(1998 Code, § 126-256) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) While using a taxicab stand, a driver shall not:
(1) Go beyond 25 feet of his or her taxicab, except to assist a passenger as reasonably necessary after being engaged;
(2) Interfere with the orderly progression of taxicabs from the rear to the front of the taxicab stand;
(3) Perform or allow to be performed repairs or maintenance on a taxicab while parked on the taxicab stand;
(4) Assign or sell his or her position in a taxicab stand to another; or
(5) Interfere with a taxicab entering a taxicab stand on which there is a vacant space.
(B) A person shall not park a taxicab on a taxicab stand unless the taxicab is for hire.
(C) A taxicab left unattended in a taxicab stand is illegally parked and may be removed from the taxicab stand and impounded.
(1998 Code, § 126-257) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
A driver shall:
(A) Act in a reasonable, prudent and courteous manner;
(B) Maintain a sanitary and well-groomed appearance in compliance with § 113.083(A) of this chapter;
(C) Not respond to a radio dispatch call assigned to another driver;
(D) Not consume an alcoholic beverage, drug or other substance that could adversely affect the driver’s ability to drive a motor vehicle;
(E) Not monitor the radio frequency of a taxicab company other than the driver’s own, nor respond to a call for service dispatched to another taxicab;
(F) Not possess a radio capable of receiving the frequency of a taxicab company other than the driver’s own;
(G) Not interfere with the Director in the performance of the Director’s duties; and
(H) Comply with lawful orders of the Director issued in the performance of his or her duties.
(1998 Code, § 126-258) (Ord. 05-19, passed 7-6-2005) Penalty, see § 10.99
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