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ORDINANCE NO, 2767
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTION 4.42.290 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL
CODE BY REPEALING PROVISIONS REGARDING EXCLUSIVE
PASSENGER USE OF TAXICABS
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDA!N as follows;
SECTION 1. Section 4.42.290 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is amended to read:
"4.42.290 Operating re2ulations. (a) Direct
route. Any driver employed to carry any pas~enger
to a definite point shall take the moet direct route
which will carry the passenger safely and expeditiously
to the point of destination.
(b) Receipt. Every driver shall, if requested,
give a correct receipt upon payment of the correct fare.
(c) Cruising prohibited. Unoccupied taxicabs
shall not be operated over public streets in search
of or soliciting prospective passengers for hire nor in
such a manner as to interfere with vehicular traffic.
(d) Capacity. No driver of any taxicab shall
accept, take into the vehicle or transport any larger
number of passengers than the rated seating capacity
of the vehicle.
(e) Unpaid fares prohibited. No driver of any
taxicab shall accept, take into the vehicle or transport
any person as an unpaid fare.
(f) Refusal to carry passengers. It is unlawful
for any driver operating m:de.r a pE::nnit issued pursuant
to the terms of this chapter to refuse, when the
vehicle is in service, to transport any person who
presents himself for carriage in a sober and orderly
manner and for a lawful purpose.
(g) Solicitation of passengers. It is unlawful
for any driver of a taxicab to leave the side of said
taxicab to solicit passengers or to solicit passengers
in a louder tone of voice than that used in ordinary
conversation."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective upon
the exp1rat1on of thirty days from its passage.
INTRODUCED: January .!.4, 1974
PASSED: January 28~ 1974
AYES: Beahrs, Be1:wald, Clay, Comstock, aenderson, Norton, Pearson, Rosenbaum,
Sher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mayor
FORM: APPROV~
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