As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any vehicle used to carry passengers for hire but
not operating on a fixed route. Medical transport services are not
considered a taxicab for the purpose of this chapter.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
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 that such person 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.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
A taxicab shall post conspicuously upon the
inside of the driver's side rear window its rates. Such posting shall
be in clear and concise language and visible to those entering the
cab and shall indicate the amount to be charged or the formula for
calculating the fare in terms of amounts to be charged within a certain
area or based upon mileage.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
