§ 28-30. Conduct in buses, etc.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person inside any bus or other motor vehicle engaged in mass transportation service on or over any street of the city:

    (1)

    To consume any food or beverage; provided that this paragraph shall not apply to the driver of any such motor vehicle not in motion;

    (2)

    To throw or deposit any garbage, refuse, containers, wrappings, or other trash upon any surface inside any such motor vehicle, except a designated trash receptacle; or

    (3)

    To use or operate any radio receiver, magnetic tape player, or other electronic device in such a manner as to be plainly audible to any other person inside the motor vehicle, provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any electronic device attached to the motor vehicle and used by the driver for mass transportation purposes.

    (b)

    As used in this section "bus or other motor vehicle engaged in mass transportation service" means any motor vehicle engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire from or to designated transit stops within the city or adjacent urbanized areas, but shall not include chartered vehicles, sightseeing vehicles, chauffeured limousines, school vehicles, school buses, taxicabs, or any vehicle providing intercity service regulated by the state or the United States of America.

(Code 1968, § 28-68; Ord. No. 77-1167, § 1, 8-24-77)