(a)
The
location of all open stands shall be approved by the city council
based on the criteria of traffic conditions, public necessity and
convenience, and the effect on police functions.
(b)
Open
stands shall be used exclusively by taxicabs for which permits have
been issued by the city. No taxicab shall be placed upon or occupy
any taxicab stand except for the purpose of being held forth for hire.
Taxicabs shall be placed on stands only from the rear and shall be
moved forward and to the front of the stand immediately as space becomes
available by the departure or movement of preceding taxicabs. When
a taxicab stand is occupied to its full capacity, no taxicab shall
loiter or wait nearby in violation of any traffic laws of the city.
The driver of any taxicab occupying a stand shall not leave that taxicab
unattended.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-32)
No taxicab driver shall permit any other person to occupy or
ride in such taxicab except a passenger for hire or an employee of
the taxicab service by whom the driver is employed. Unless the person
or persons first employing the taxicab shall consent, no additional
passengers shall be picked up or permitted to ride in a taxicab on
the same trip. No driver shall permit more persons to be carried as
passengers than the number of operable seat belts in the taxicab.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; Ordinance 95-13, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/95; 1957
Code, sec. 20-33)
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab knowingly to
transport any passenger to the abode of a prostitute, or knowingly
to transport any criminal, narcotic peddler, prostitute, or bootlegger
in the commission of a crime or infraction of the law in any manner,
or act in any manner as a pander or pimp for prostitutes or a contact
for unlawful establishments of any character. Violations of this section
shall be brought to the attention of the franchise holder in whose
service the taxicab driver is employed, and repeated occurrences,
by the same or other drivers, shall be grounds for revocation and
cancellation of the holder’s franchise.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-34)
No driver of a taxicab shall refuse or neglect to convey an
orderly person or persons, upon request, unless previously engaged,
or unable, or forbidden by the provisions of this article. If an individual
has a pattern or history of calling for service and not using the
service or not paying for the service, the operator may refuse to
provide service to such individual. The individual may appeal such
decision to the city.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-35)
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab driver to solicit, by word,
signal, sign or otherwise, patronage for such taxicab upon any public
street of the city or in or near any public place within the city.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-36)
No driver of a taxicab shall solicit business for any hotel,
lodging house, tourist court, or rooming house, or attempt to divert
patronage from one such business to another. No driver shall engage
in selling intoxicating liquors or solicit business for any business,
firm or individual selling intoxicating liquors; nor shall any driver
solicit business for any house of ill repute, or use his vehicle for
any purpose other than transporting of passengers.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-37)
Cruising is hereby prohibited. The word “cruising”
shall mean any movement of unoccupied taxicabs over the streets of
the city, except that in the following instances the movement of such
unoccupied taxicabs shall not be construed to be within the meaning
of the word “cruising”:
(1)
Unoccupied
taxicabs proceeding to answer a request for taxicab service by a prospective
passenger.
(2)
Unoccupied
taxicabs returning by the most direct route to the location where
such taxicab is customarily kept, or to the taxistand of the operator
of such taxicab nearest to the place of discharge of its last passenger
or passengers.
(3)
Unoccupied
taxicabs moving over public streets by the most direct route to a
garage or other place for automotive repairs for the purpose of being
repaired.
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However, upon the completion of a call, or upon returning by
the most direct route to the nearest stand of the company employing
such driver, or to the regular stand of such driver, such taxicab
may, if hailed by a prospective passenger, stop and pick up such passenger.
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(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-38)
It shall be the duty of every taxicab driver to return without
delay to the owner, if known, any luggage, merchandise, or other property
left in a taxicab. If the owner is not known, the driver shall deliver
to the franchise holder, immediately upon the driver’s return
to the terminal, any property whatsoever left in his taxicab with
a complete report as to when it was left in the taxicab and the circumstances
relating thereto. Every article so delivered shall be tagged, and
if not called for within seven (7) days shall be delivered by the
franchise holder to the chief of police, with all available information
as to the probable owner.
(Ordinance 85-76, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/85; 1957 Code, sec. 20-39)
