(A) No person shall drive a taxicab, or be hired or permitted to do so, unless he is duly licensed with a commercial driver’s license by the state.
(B) No driver of a taxicab, while on duty, shall drink any intoxicating liquor or use or possess any illegal drugs, or be under the influence of any drugs or alcohol, or use any profane or obscene language, or shout or call to prospective passengers, or disturb the peace in any way.
(C) It shall be the duty of every driver of a taxicab to obey all traffic rules established by state statute or city ordinance.
(D) No person shall knowingly permit any taxicab to be used in the perpetration of a crime or misdemeanor.
(E) It shall be the duty of the driver of any taxicab to accept as a passenger any person who seeks to so use the taxicab, provided such person is not intoxicated and conducts himself in an orderly manner. No person shall be admitted to a taxicab occupied by a passenger without the consent of the passenger. The driver shall take his passenger to his destination by the most direct available route from the place where the passenger enters the cab.
(F) No license shall be issued to a person or company hiring any individual as a driver who has been convicted of a felony or a violation of any offense under R.C. Chapter 2907 or any municipal ordinance of similar import.
(‘73 Code, § 755.06) (Ord. 8-81, passed 2-25-81; Am. Ord. 45-2000, passed 12-27-00; Am. Ord. 19-2002, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 115.99