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driver is operating a taxicab .marked or licensed as a <br /> taxicab within the City, regardless of whether it is for <br /> hire . <br /> (-67) Failure to comply with the requirements of this <br /> subsection may subject the driver to a fine of not less than <br /> one hundred <br /> ($100. 00) issued by the Police Department, an officer <br /> commissioned to issue ordinance violation citations or the <br /> Department of Code Enforcement, in addition to other <br /> penalties available under this section against the driver or <br /> holder. <br /> (s) Receipt and discharge of passengers. Drivers of taxicabs <br /> shall not receive or discharge passengers in the roadway, but <br /> shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible <br /> or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side <br /> of the road, and there receive or discharge passengers, except <br /> upon one-way streets, where passengers may be discharged at <br /> either the right-or left-hand sidewalk, or side of the roadway, <br /> in the absence of a sidewalk. <br /> (t) Refusal to convey orderly passengers prohibited. No driver <br /> of a taxicab may refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person <br /> upon request anywhere in the City, unless previously engaged or <br /> unable or forbidden by the provisions of this section to do so, <br /> if such person agrees to pay the fare for the use of the taxicab. <br /> However, the driver may comply with reasonable rules and policies <br /> of the taxicab company made for the safety and comfort of drivers <br /> and passengers . <br /> (u) Additional passengers. A driver may permit persons other <br /> than the first person employing the taxicab to ride in the same <br /> taxicab, unless the first person refuses to permit additional <br /> persons . <br /> (v) Number of passengers restricted. No driver may permit more <br /> persons to be carried in a taxicab as passengers than the rated <br /> seating capacity of the taxicab as stated in the license for the <br /> veh±cle taxicab. The driver may not permit any non-fare paying <br /> acquaintance, family member or animal to ride in the taxicab <br /> while cruising or operating it for hire . <br /> 22 <br />