§ 220.214. Operation of for-hire business.

The owner of a vehicle for hire shall comply with the following requirements in the operation of a for-hire business:

(a)

The owner shall keep a maintenance record for each vehicle for hire for the entire period the motor vehicle is used as a vehicle for hire. The record shall be kept on a regular and orderly basis. If the vehicle for hire is transferred to a new owner as provided in this Part, the maintenance record for that vehicle shall be transferred to the new owner along with the vehicle. When the motor vehicle is retired from service as a vehicle for hire in the City, the maintenance record shall be retained by the owner for a period of at least one year after the retirement of the vehicle.

(b)

The owner shall post in the business office serving the public the schedule of rates, fares and charges filed with the Department under Subpart B, Part 4 and shall provide information on the fares, rates and charges upon request. Only the latest effective schedule shall be posted, together with proposed changes to the schedule, if the latter is required by the Department.

(c)

The owner shall operate or permit the operation of the vehicle for hire with one uniform color scheme, insignia or commercial identification which shall have been approved by the Department as being readily discernible from color schemes, insignia and commercial identification used by all other owners and other persons operating vehicles for hire in the City (except in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Urban Services Districts). When the owner holds more than one permit, the same name, color scheme, insignia or commercial identification may be used on the vehicles for hire operated under a combination of permits; and the owner may obtain the agreement of another for-hire business to use the color scheme, insignia or commercial identification registered by the other for-hire business with the Department, which shall be made a part of the application for the permit.

(d)

Except limousines, the owner shall operate or permit the operation of the vehicle for hire with only the business name which the owner provided in his application for the permit for the vehicle appearing upon the vehicle in a form and size readily readable by prospective passengers, unless otherwise approved by the Director. The name shall be readily distinguishable from the names used by other owners and other persons operating vehicles for hire in the City (except in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Urban Services Districts). The owner may obtain the agreement of another for-hire business to use the name registered by the other for-hire business with the Department, which shall be made a part of the application for the permit.

(e)

The taxicab or shuttle owner shall provide, by contract or otherwise, for a central dispatch facility operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week which is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission on a frequency assigned to businesses (citizen band radios being excluded). All taxicabs or shuttles operated by the owner shall use this facility in dispatching and routing; no taxicab or shuttle may cruise with its radio off, disconnected or otherwise inoperable or not operating. Two or more owners may contract with the same central dispatch facility, if it meets the requirements of this subsection.

(Ord. 82-1121-571, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-1561-830, § 8; Ord. 2002-1214-E, § 1)

Note— Former § 426.214.