§ 27-83. Advertising material permitted on certain vehicles.

(a)

The operators of taxicabs shall be permitted to display advertising material on taxicabs and make a charge for such space, provided that such advertising matter shall be displayed only by one (1) of the following methods:

(1)

In a frame or holder on the rear panel of such taxicab and such frame or holder shall not protrude over the sides of the taxicab or the bumper or above the bottom of the rear window; or

(2)

In a V-shape frame or holder on the roof of such taxicab which may be illuminated to display the advertising material contained therein. Such frame or holder and any sign contained therein shall be noise-free and shall not protrude over the front or back edges of the taxicab roofline which is the point where the roof, windshield and rear window of the vehicle are joined.

(b)

The Department of Transportation and Mobility is hereby empowered and directed to promulgate rules regulating the size (within the above-stated limitations), type and subject matter of advertisements displayed on taxicabs and the Department of Transportation and Mobility may order and compel the operators of any such taxicabs to remove therefrom any advertising matter found to be objectionable. It is declared to be against the public interest for any certificate holder or operator to advertise rates or cut rates in such frame or holder or in any other place or on any outer portion of the vehicle.

(Code 1953, § 42-25; Ord. No. C-73-136, § 2, 12-18-73; Ord. No. C-78-43, § 7, 4-18-78 ; Ord. No. C-14-20, § 13, 4-15-14 )