§ 94-32. Franchise—Required.

No person shall drive, operate or cause to be operated, nor shall any person employ, permit or allow another to drive, operate or cause to be operated, any taxicab over any street in the city for the purpose of transporting passengers for compensation, nor shall any person accept compensation for the transportation of passengers, without first having obtained from the city under the provisions of this article, a franchise or grant of privilege from the city council authorizing such operation and acts, except a vehicle which is lawfully transporting a passenger from a point outside to a destination within the city, or, after discharging such a passenger within the city, is returning empty by the most direct route to its regular place of business outside the city; provided, however, no such vehicle without such grant shall solicit or accept a passenger from any point within the city for transportation to any destination whatsoever, and no such vehicle without such grant shall remain waiting for more than five minutes at any point in the city for a passenger brought in by it for the purpose of continuing the journey of such passenger or for any other purpose except to have repairs made upon it at a garage or other place where automotive repairs are customarily made.

(Ord. No. 150, art. II, § A, 12-1-55; Code 1973, § 20-21)