§ 24-17. Appearance and condition of taxicabs and vehicles for hire.

All taxicabs and vehicles for hire shall be kept in a mechanically safe operating condition, complying with all of the safety requirements of this Code and other ordinances of the city and the statutes of the state. All taxicabs and vehicles for hire shall be properly identified as a taxicab or vehicle for hire by appropriate signs painted or attached on each side or to the roof of the cab or vehicles for hire. No business license shall be issued to operate any taxicab or vehicle for hire upon the public streets of this city unless the sign required to be placed upon the doors or roof thereof, shall be distinctly different from that of the licensed taxicabs or vehicles for hire of any other owner or operator, so that the ownership and identity may be readily ascertained.

(Ord. No. 11408, § 2, 9-20-99)