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It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, or corporation operating a taxi business to stand, leave standing, park, or permit the parking of a taxicab on or along any street, avenue, or highway, with or without a driver therein, for a longer period than five minutes at any one time, unless said taxicab has been engaged and is under the direction of a passenger or passengers so engaging said taxicab and except for the standing or parking at such places so designated as taxicab stands. It shall be unlawful for any such taxicab to park double or otherwise than next to the curb except while actually receiving or discharging passengers.
('74 Code, § 112.16) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
No person shall drive, run, or operate a taxicab while intoxicated or indulging in or having indulged in intoxicating liquor. No person, persons, firm, or corporation shall permit any person or persons to drive a taxicab while intoxicated, or who has been drinking intoxicating liquor or beverages, or when said driver has the smell or odor of intoxicating liquor upon his breath.
('74 Code, § 112.17) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
Every passenger in any taxicab shall be allowed to have conveyed with him in such vehicle, without charge, his ordinary light traveling baggage in an amount not to exceed in weight 100 pounds, or a reasonable amount of other articles not to exceed 150 pounds in weight.
('74 Code, § 112.18) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
It shall be the duty of every person operating a taxicab to promptly notify the Police Department of all articles found in any taxicab operated by him, a description thereof, and where the articles are kept and may be found so as to be returned to the owner.
('74 Code, § 112.19) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
Every driver of a taxicab, upon being requested to do so by any passenger, shall give to such person his name, his taxicab driver's license number, his state chauffeur's number, and the license number of such vehicle.
('74 Code, § 112.20) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
Any person who, while being a passenger in any taxicab, shall violate any law, ordinance, or rule of the state or the city, may be ejected from such vehicle by the driver thereof. However, if such passenger has paid his fare in advance, the driver shall return to him the unearned balance of such fare.
('74 Code, § 112.21) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
In case any vehicle used as a taxicab shall become disabled for any reason, or there shall arise a condition such that the driver is unable to convey the passenger in whose employ such vehicle may be at the time of such disability and the disability cannot be remedied so that the carriage of such passenger may be continued within 15 minutes from the time the vehicle became disabled, no fare shall be charged or collected for any service rendered or distance traveled up to the time of the disability. However, if the passenger or passengers being conveyed in the vehicle or in whose employment the vehicle is being operated at the time shall elect to remain in the vehicle or continue such employment after the disability has been remedied, full rates for the distance or time traveled shall be charged as if no disability had occurred.
('74 Code, § 112.22) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
Each person, firm, or corporation operating a taxicab in the city shall at all times have printed on a card the maximum fare and rates for transportation of passengers, together with the prevailing schedule of rates for such taxicab, which card shall be prominently displayed in each taxicab so that it can readily be seen and read by all passengers. A copy of the prevailing schedule of rates for each taxicab shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer and refiled in the event of any changes therein.
('74 Code, § 112.23) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation operating a taxicab in the city to cause all vehicles to be checked every three months by a reputable automobile garage in or adjacent to the city, and obtain a certificate certifying that the vehicle is mechanically fit to be used as a taxicab.
('74 Code, § 112.24) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
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