§ 6.72.430. Prohibited acts by driver.

A.

No taxicab driver shall engage in illegally selling intoxicating liquors or controlled substances, or soliciting business from any house of ill repute or use his or her vehicle for any purpose other than the transporting of paying passengers.

B.

No taxicab driver shall engage in abusive language or conduct, including, but not limited to, cursing, verbal insults or derogatory comments or gestures in the presence of passengers.

C.

While on duty, no taxicab driver shall be under the influence or engaged in the consumption of any intoxicant, including, but not limited, to alcoholic beverages.

D.

No taxicab driver shall work more than sixteen driving hours in the aggregate during any twenty-four hour period, and such driver shall not begin to drive unless he or she has had at least eight consecutive hours of rest immediately prior to doing so. The certificate holder is responsible, in conjunction with the driver, to ensure compliance with this requirement.

E.

No taxicab driver shall drive any other than the shortest and most direct route in transporting a passenger from the point of pick-up to the point of destination, unless otherwise requested by the passenger.

F.

No driver shall fail to comply with all state, local and federal laws.

(Ord. BL2016-329 § 57, 2016; Ord. BL2000-325 § 1 (part), 2000)