A. All vehicles operated by any carrier as defined in subsection (A) shall, before being placed in service, be approved by the chief law enforcement officer of the city. All the vehicles shall be of a design and type of construction and shall comply with orders and regulations pertaining to the equipment adopted from time to time by the city manager. The vehicles shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in good state of repair, and shall be subject to constant inspection by the chief law enforcement officer. Any vehicle which becomes unsafe, or unserviceable, either from the standpoint of its state of repair, or its condition of obsolescence, may be retired from service upon order of the chief law enforcement officer, and no vehicle which has been so retired shall be again operated in such service except with approval of the chief law enforcement officer.

B. In the event the condition of any vehicle shall, in the opinion of the chief law enforcement officer, be so unclean, unsightly or mechanically defective as to be undesirable for use by the public, the chief law enforcement officer may require such vehicle to be immediately withdrawn from service and such vehicle shall not be again placed in service until approved by the chief law enforcement officer.

C. It is unlawful for a taxicab or its driver to carry, contain or otherwise possess or receive information from any type of device which monitors other taxicab activities or public safety calls. (Ord. 473 §1, 2002).