It is a minor offense for a person to commit any of the following acts:
(A) Operate a taxi or vehicle for hire within the City unless licensed as a chauffeur under this Chapter;
(B) Operate a taxicab or other for-hire vehicle within the City unless that vehicle has been assigned to a permit under this Chapter;
(C) Charge a fare different from that authorized by the Council;
(D) Drive a taxicab or other for-hire vehicle in which the applicable fare or notice of charges has not been posted in a manner so that it will be visible to passengers;
(E) Solicit passengers for hire in any manner which endangers pedestrians, potential passengers or other users of the City’s roadways;
(F) Attempt to attract the attention of members of the public by word of mouth, signal, nod or other demonstration while in motion, nor solicit passengers in any manner that would endanger the safety of pedestrians, passengers or other vehicles;
(G) Refuse to convey an orderly person or persons upon request and tender of the proper fee, unless currently engaged or unable or forbidden to do so by the provisions of this Chapter or the laws of the State of Alaska;
(H) Operate or remain in physical control for purposes of operating a taxicab or other for- hire vehicle
(1) for a period of time in excess of twelve (12) hours, or
(2) for a period in excess of sixteen (16) non-consecutive hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period.
As used in this subsection, “physical control” means having the vehicle accessible or being available for dispatch;
(I) Transport or offer to transport additional passengers in an occupied taxicab without the permission of the passengers first occupying the vehicle.
(J) To commit any of the following acts:
(1) Consume any intoxicating liquor while on a work shift as a chauffeur or within four (4) hours preceding operation of a taxicab or other for-hire vehicle:
(2) Operate a taxicab or other for-hire vehicle at a time when the licensee’s blood alcohol level is four-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood, or forty (40) milligrams or more of alcohol per (100) milliliters of blood, or when there is four one-hundredths (0.04) grams or more of alcohol per two hundred ten (210) liters of the person’s breath;
(3) Operate a taxicab when under the influence of any substance listed in AS 11.71.140 - 11.71.190;
(K) Purchase alcoholic beverages while in a permitted vehicle, except that a passenger paying a fare may purchase and transport unopened alcoholic beverages;
(L) Knowingly allow passengers to consume alcoholic beverages in the taxicab;
(M) Knowingly violate or knowingly allow a passenger to engage in conduct that would violate AS 28.35.029 (Open container);
(N) Operate or move taxicab at a time when the vehicle has more occupants than seat belts installed by the vehicle’s manufacturer;
(O) Fail to complete a trip sheet immediately before and after each fare;
(P) Transport non-paying passengers, other than one person accompanying the driver to enhance the safety of the chauffeur and who had been identified on the trip sheet by the chauffeur, unless out of service;
(Q) Fail to display a magnetic “Out of Service” sign on the side of the vehicle while it is not operating as a vehicle for hire. The sign shall be not less than twenty-four (24) inches long by six (6) inches high, with letters not less than four (4) inches high;
(R) Operate or drive a taxicab unless a meter is used in determining the fare to be charged, and no other or different fare shall be charged to the passenger than is recorded on the reading face of the meter for the trip. No other rates or methods of measuring the distance or time charged shall be allowed, except as provided in this section;
(S) Change the size of the wheels or tires of any taxicab, or the gears operating the meter, or to change the meter from one taxicab to another, unless such meter is reinspected and approved by the Director of Public Safety before it is used; or
(Am. Ord. 2003-14, passed 10-28-03; Am. Ord. 2005-15, passed 7-16-05; Am. Ord. 2006-15, passed 9-12-06; Am. Ord. 2016-02, passed 2-23-16)