A. It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver to operate, or cause to be operated, any taxicab while the same or any of the equipment used thereon or therewith shall be in a defective, unsafe, or unsanitary condition. Every taxicab shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any police officer of the city of Petaluma.

B. No owner or driver shall transport any larger number of persons than can safely be accommodated within the vehicle.

C. No driver of a taxicab shall refuse to transport any person who desires and requests to purchase transportation in a sober and orderly manner, if such taxicab is in service and available to the public generally for such transportation.

D. The interior of every taxicab operating within the city of Petaluma shall be thoroughly cleaned at least once in every twenty-four hour period of operation.