§ 33-006. Operating permit required.

(a)

A person shall not knowingly operate, allow to be operated, or cause to be operated, a ground transportation service as defined in section 33-003 of this chapter, or any other service providing or related to ground transportation service, without a current and valid operating permit issued under this chapter, nor shall a person transport a passenger for hire from within the city unless the person driving the vehicle for hire or another who employs or contracts with said driver has a current and valid operating permit under this chapter.

(b)

No person shall knowingly represent a vehicle as a vehicle for hire nor use or offer the use of such vehicle in a ground transportation service unless the vehicle being so represented, used, or offered for use has a current and valid operating permit under this chapter.

(c)

A holder of an operating permit issued under this chapter shall not operate a ground transportation service, other than for the type of service for which an operating permit has been granted.

(d)

Before an operating permit is granted, a written application for such on a form provided for that purpose must be submitted to and approved by the director in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(e)

No person for compensation or at any charge to a passenger shall by any means (including but not limited to any data or electronic communication, any telephone and cellular service, any software, any application, any internet service, and any physical presence) operate, arrange, dispatch to or solicit a vehicle for hire unless permitted under this chapter. A person is responsible for violations of this chapter by his own conduct, by the conduct of another person if acting with intent to violate this chapter he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another person to violate this chapter, or by both.

(f)

A person commits an offense if he violates this section. A separate offense is committed each day during which an offense occurs. An offense committed under this section is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Prosecution for an offense under this section does not prevent the use of the enforcement remedies provided in section 33-074 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2014-12-11-1002, § 1(Att. A), 12-11-14)