5.28.020 Permit--Required--Exceptions.
No person shall drive, operate or cause to be operated, nor shall any person employ, permit or allow another to drive, operate or cause to be operated, any vehicle covered by this chapter over any street of the city for the purpose of transporting a passenger, or passengers, for compensation, regardless of whether such operation extends beyond the boundary limits of the city, without a permit first obtained from the city manager authorizing such operation except:
A. A vehicle which is lawfully transporting a passenger or passengers from a point outside Wasco city limits, to a destinations within city limits, or is en route through this city to a destination outside the city provided, that no such vehicle shall, without such permit, solicit or accept a passenger, or passengers, from within Wasco field city limits for transportation to any destination whatsoever;
B. A vehicle being operated pursuant to a franchise issued by the city, pursuant to authority of the public utilities commission of the state, or pursuant to regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission, unless authorized by law;
C. A vehicle being operated for the purpose of transporting bona fide pupils attending an institution of learning between their homes and such institutions. (Ord. 473 §1, 2002).