(A) No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired or permitted to do so, unless he or she is duly licensed as a chauffeur. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab while on duty to drink any intoxicating liquor or to use any profane or obscene language, to shout or call to prospective passengers, or to disturb the peace in any way.
(B) It shall be the duty of every driver of a taxicab to obey all traffic rules established by statute or ordinance.
(C) No person shall drive a taxicab unless he or she shall have secured a taxicab driver’s license therefor as herein provided.
(1) The annual fee for a taxicab driver’s license shall be $10.
(2) No such license shall be issued to any person who is not competent to operate a motor vehicle or who is not familiar with the traffic laws and ordinances or who has been convicted of a felony. The Chief of Police shall examine each applicant for a taxicab driver’s license to determine the competency of the applicant, and no such license shall be issued excepting on certificate of the Chief that the applicant has demonstrated his or her ability to operate a motor vehicle as required herein.
(D) The Chief of Police may revoke any taxicab driver’s license for repeated violation of traffic laws or ordinances, or of any ordinance provisions regulating the conduct of such drivers.
(Prior Code, § 123.06) (Ord. 60-1, passed 12-19-1960) Penalty, see § 123.99