The Council may cause the Chief of Police or some other employee on behalf of the city thoroughly and carefully to examine each taxicab before a license is granted to operate the same.
(A) No taxicab shall be licensed which does not comply with the following.
(1) It must be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers.
(2) It must be clean and of good appearance and well painted and varnished.
(B) The examinations and tests of licensed taxicabs may be ordered by the Council from time to time as it may deem advisable and the Council shall maintain a constant vigilance to see that all taxicabs are kept in fitness for public service.
(Prior Code, § 925.09)