§ 102-92. Solicitation of passengers.

(a)

No driver shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except when sitting in the driver's compartment of that taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent to the curbside thereof.

(b)

The driver of any taxicab shall remain in the driver's compartment or immediately adjacent to his vehicle at all times when that vehicle is upon any public street.

(c)

Nothing contained in this division shall be held to prohibit any driver from alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of the vehicle, or to and from the door of a residential building.

(d)

No person shall solicit taxicab patronage in a loud or annoying tone of voice or by any sign or any manner annoy any person or obstruct the movement of any person, or follow any person for the purpose of soliciting patronage.

(Code 1985, § 113.33; Code 1999, § 98-104)