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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 11.03.01.11" title_num="11" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="01" heading="Taxicab Regulations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General Regulations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>When at the Airport, both Airport and non-Airport taxicab drivers shall conform to all laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations of their respective jurisdictions, as well as those of the Administration and the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>All taxicab drivers shall drop off passengers bound for the Airport terminal at the sidewalk curb on the upper level of the terminal public roadway system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Only taxicabs licensed to operate by a political subdivision of the State and operating pursuant to a concession contract with the Administration may pick up passengers at the Airport subject to this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Deadheading is prohibited except for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Airport cabs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Supplementary Airport cabs as permitted in the concession contract awarded by the Administration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Taxicab drivers are prohibited from trying to attract or solicit customers while at the Airport by using hand-held lights, vehicle lights, signs, or other visual/auditory devices or aids, other than those markings and lights required and approved by the local jurisdiction to be mounted on a taxicab.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>It shall be a violation of these regulations for a person owning a taxicab to permit the taxicab to be used in violation of these regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Airport Taxicabs. Airport taxicabs shall operate in compliance with all provisions of the concession contract awarded by the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Non-Airport Taxicabs.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Non-Airport taxicabs shall park, as needed, in the public parking lots, subject to current parking rates, when conducting business other than the transporting of passengers and luggage to the Airport or when conducting business with the Administration relating directly to non-Airport taxicab operations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A non-Airport taxicab shall immediately depart the Airport after dropping off an incoming commercial passenger at the Airport terminal.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Non-Airport taxicab drivers may not solicit passengers at the Airport, which includes the terminal building, its vestibules, sidewalks, roadways, and parking lots.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A violation of the provisions of these taxicab regulations is a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty which may be imposed for each violation is as set forth in Regulation .10D(3) of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>