§ 30-487. Operating regulations.

(a)

Pedicabs are only permitted to be driven or operated in the city on designated streets, highways, or thoroughfares.

(b)

If a pedicab owner desires that a person drive a pedicab and such person was not listed in the application described above, the owner shall submit the information provided for in section 30-483 to the city clerk. The city clerk shall review the information as provided previously and approve or deny such request.

(c)

No person under the age of 18 shall operate a pedicab.

(d)

No person shall operate a pedicab unless that person has a valid driver's license.

(e)

No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, a pedicab in an unsafe manner.

(f)

All pedicab drivers are subject to all applicable traffic laws, rules, and regulations of the city and the state.

(g)

All pedicab drivers shall wear respectable attire and a shirt that includes the name of the pedicab owner.

(h)

Pedicabs are not permitted to park on streets, highways, or thoroughfares except as follows:

(1)

At a portion of a street that may be designated as a "pedicab stand" for the parking of pedicabs.

(2)

A single pedicab may park temporarily at the curb or on a sidewalk only as long as necessary for passengers to board and exit the vehicle.

(3)

In all cases, pedicabs shall be parked in a location that does not impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

(i)

No person shall use or allow any pedicab to be used for any illegal purpose. No person shall use or permit or allow any pedicab to be used in, or to aid or abet, any illegal act.

(j)

No person shall operate or knowingly permit any other person to operate any pedicab under the influence of any controlled, exhilarating, or stupefying substance.

(k)

No person shall operate a pedicab when the number of passengers exceeds the number of available seats. No person shall operate a pedicab unless all passengers are seated in a seat designed for that purpose and using the seatbelt provided for in the seat.

(l)

Each pedicab owner shall adopt and operate a system for the collection, storage, and return of personal property left in a pedicab.

(Ord. No. 2014-6 , 12-1-2014; Ord. No. 2015-12 , 10-5-15)