§ 37-5. Required.

(a)

Except in the case of a temporary operating permit or special event permit or pursuant to and under the authority of an interlocal contract between the City of Irving and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority for providing taxicab service to disabled persons, authority to operate taxicabs in the city shall be by franchise and annual operating permit. When operating pursuant to an interlocal contract between the City of Irving and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority for the purpose of transporting disabled persons under Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority, the insurance requirements of said authority shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to operate a taxicab service in the city without operating authority granted under this chapter, and it shall be unlawful to transport a passenger for hire in the city by taxicab unless the person driving the taxicab or another who employs or contracts with the driver has been granted operating authority under this chapter.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for a person to engage or hire a taxicab which he knows does not have operating authority from the city.

(Ord. No. 5009, § 1, 8-14-86; Ord. No. 5231, § 1, 6-11-87)