A. Permit to Operate. A taxicab operator shall not permit any person to operate a taxicab unless such person is the employee of the taxicab operator and has a taxicab driver's permit issued pursuant to this title.
B. Taxi Stands. Taxi stands shall be at only those locations approved at the time of issuance of the permit.
C. Accepting Passengers. Every taxicab operator or driver shall accept any passenger, unless:
1. The operator or driver has no facilities available;
2. The transportation requested is such that the driver or operator may not legally accept such passenger;
3. The proposed passenger refuses or says that he/she will refuse to pay or cannot pay the fare; or
4. The proposed passenger is drunk and disorderly, or for other reasons not a fit passenger.

D. Rates. A taxicab operator shall not charge in any case any more or less than the rates specified in the operator's permit. Every taxicab operator shall post and maintain in every taxicab operated, in a conspicuous place, the schedule of rates permitted by the operator's permit. Such schedule shall be in letters and figures which are clearly legible and not less than one-quarter inch high.
E. Passenger's Failure to Pay. A person shall not:
1. Fail or refuse to pay the fare authorized by the taxicab operator's permit for which such person has become liable;
2. Accept a ride in any taxicab without having on his/her person sufficient funds to pay the authorized fare, unless prior to accepting such ride the person informs the driver of the taxicab that he/she does not have such funds; or
3. Accept a ride in any taxicab with the intent to defraud the operator or driver thereof, or not to pay the full fare authorized.
F. Public Utilities Commission Regulations. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, each person operating a taxicab shall abide by all rules and regulations pertaining to taxicabs as approved by the Public Utilities Commission. (Ord. 528-86 § 3 (part); prior code § 11-137(c), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l))