§ 13-2002. Drivers.

(a)

No person shall drive a taxicab, motorbus, or limousine without having a valid chauffeur's license issued by the State of Oklahoma. Every applicant for a taxicab license must possess a class A, B, or C commercial license or class D license.

(b)

No persons driving a motorized vehicle for hire, including a taxicab, motorbus, or limousine, or driving a non-motorized vehicle for hire, including a pedicab, shall while on duty:

(1)

Consume any alcoholic beverage or other intoxicating substance;

(2)

Smoke while transporting a passenger or in the vehicle at any time;

(3)

Solicit prospective passengers from a location other than the driver's compartment of the vehicle when it is parked immediately adjacent to the curb or the immediate vicinity of the vehicle for hire or in a way that annoys or obstructs the movement of a person;

(4)

Interfere with the proper and orderly access to or egress from any public gathering;

(5)

Admit another passenger without the consent of any existing passenger;

(6)

Deliver any passenger to his designation except by the most direct route; and

(7)

Charge and collect more fare than set by the license holder in the application for the license, on file in the City Clerk's Office, and posted on the exterior and interior of the vehicle.

(c)

A license identification card shall be required in a form issued by the Chief of Police or his designee. It shall contain the following:

(1)

A picture of the driver affixed in such a manner that another picture cannot be substituted therefor without detection;

(2)

The driver's name, license number and card number; and

(3)

The expiration date of the license.

(d)

Revocation and suspension authorized; grounds.

(1)

A driver's license issued under this division may be revoked or suspended by the Chief of Police or his designee for any of the following reasons:

(a)

Conviction, excluding traffic violations, of any federal law, state law, or municipal ordinance;

(b)

Operating a motorized vehicle for hire, including a taxicab, limousine, or motorbus, or operating a non-motorized vehicle for hire, including a pedicab, while under the influence of any intoxicating substance;

(c)

Leaving the scene of an accident;

(d)

Failure to make full report of an accident to the Police Department within twenty-four (24) hours of the time of occurrence;

(e)

Permitting any other person to use his license;

(f)

Obliterating or erasing any official entry on his license identification card;

(g)

Conviction of a second traffic violation during any license year; and

(h)

Misrepresentation of any material facts by a driver in his application for license.

(2)

No person whose license has been revoked shall be eligible to receive a new license until one (1) year from the date of such revocation.

(3)

The provisions of this section are supplementary to penalties otherwise provided.

(Ord. No. 0-7475-8; Ord. No. 0-8586-22; Ord. No. 0-0405-38, § 2; Ord. No. 0-1819-4, § 3)