§ 22-236. Conditions for use at airport.

All ground transportation vehicle for hire permit holders operating taxicabs at the airport shall comply with the following, in addition to other applicable sections of this Code:

(1)

Before being permitted to load passengers at the terminal complex, a taxicab must be operated under a Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience (CPNC) in accordance with chapter 162, article II of this Code, the taxicab company with which such CPNC is affiliated must secure a ground transportation vehicle for-hire company permit in accordance with this article, and shall pay to the department of aviation, in the manner prescribed by the aviation general manager, the fees required for permission to load passengers, and each taxicab approved for operation at the airport shall receive a distinctive decal. There shall be no fee imposed for the issuance of this decal.

(2)

Taxicab operators shall conduct their business at the Airport at places to be designated from time to time by the aviation general manager and in accordance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto.

(3)

All taxicabs shall be stopped or parked only in such manner and in such areas as may be designated by the aviation general manager.

(4)

Operators of all taxicabs, except contracted taxi service, local airport taxicab service or prearranged taxi service, as defined in section 22-201, shall not load passengers on the north or south curbsides of the terminal complex, but shall load passengers only in the designated loading zone on the west curbside in such manner as may be prescribed by the aviation general manager.

(5)

Taxicab starters at the airport shall at all times be subject to approval by the aviation general manager.

(6)

No person shall solicit taxicab fares at the airport. Upon request, taxicab drivers shall courteously inform any person of alternative means of ground transportation.

(7)

Taxicab drivers shall refrain from cruising in taxicabs at the airport and shall pass through the taxi assembly area before entering the designated loading zone.

(8)

Beginning on January 1, 2017, no taxicab having a vehicle age greater than seven years may be operated by a taxicab company holding a ground transportation vehicle for-hire company permit. For purposes of this article, the term "vehicle age" shall be determined based on the vehicle's model year, and a "year" shall be measured through the last day of that respective calendar year (for example, a vehicle with a model year of 2016 shall have a vehicle age of one year as of January 1, 2017).

(Code 1977, § 12-5022; Ord. No. 2016-32(16-O-1468) , § 5, 9-28-16)