§ 407-37. Limitations on Use of Public Vehicles.

(a)

No person, owner, agent, employee, or driver of a taxicab, limousines, or accessible vehicle, unless approved by the director, shall:

(1)

Operate over any fixed or regular route; or

(2)

Pass any specified point on a fixed or regular time schedule for the purpose of picking up passengers; or

(3)

When hired, accept other passengers for compensation without the first passenger's consent, or accept payment for transportation from any other person than the person who has hired the vehicle, or make any charge to the person so hiring the vehicle other than in accordance with the rates on file with the director, as provided in Section 407-69 of this chapter, except that transportation network companies shall not be required to file such rates with the director; or

(4)

Solicit patronage for a vehicle already hired.

Nothing contained in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this sub-section (a) shall apply where the public vehicle is operated under a special trip rate as provided by Section 407-61.

(b)

Any person who violates the provisions of this section may be subject to the following penalties as determined by the director:

(1)

on a first offense, up to a 14 day suspension of his or her license(s);

(2)

on a second offense, a up to a 30 day suspension of his or her license(s); and

(3)

on a third offense, a revocation of the his or her public vehicle license(s).

Such suspension or revocation as provided in this sub-section (b) shall apply the individual's licenses issued under both Chapter 407 and 408. Such suspension or revocation is subject to appeal as provided in Section 407-9.

(C.O. 407-37; reordained as C.M.C. 407-37; eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 264-1982, eff. July 23, 1982; a. Ord. No. 260-1995, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; a. Ord. No. 124-2000, eff. May 19, 2000; a. Ord. No. 309-2014, § 19, eff. Nov. 29, 2014; a. Ord. No. 160-2018, § 2, eff. July 20, 2018; a. Ord. No. 0127-2019, §§ 3, 4, eff. May 24, 2019)