Distinctive vehicle color scheme and markings required.
Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-96
in effectSec. 28-96. - Distinctive vehicle color scheme and markings required.
(a) Subject to the approval of the chief of police or his/her/their designee, each taxicab association or firm shall adopt a color scheme or identifying markings for painting or for identifying its taxicabs (distinct from that of any other association or firm) and shall file such identification, identifying design, monogram or other insignia thereof with the chief of police. All additional, new or replacement vehicles put in operation by such association or firm shall comply with the color scheme, or identification design, monogram, or other insignia selected. Whether the vehicles are replaced or not, all taxicabs of each association or firm shall conform to the color scheme, design, monogram, or other insignia chosen and filed. No color scheme, design, monogram or other insignia selected shall be used and shall not be accepted and filed by the chief of police if it in any way infringes upon, or would be confused with the color scheme, design, monogram or insignia of another association or firm previously filed, and no vehicle covered by the terms of this article shall be licensed, nor shall a taxicab vehicle permit be issued therefore whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram, or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the city manager, conflict with, imitate, or be confused with any color scheme, identification, design, monogram or insignia on file by an association or firm already operating.
(b) A name identifying the association or firm, taxicab number and telephone number shall be painted with permanent paint or appear on a permanent decal on both sides and rear of each cab, with letters and numbers four (4) inches high or greater. The taxi cab number must be displayed on all four sides of the vehicle. The cab number on the rear shall be at a location to be designated by the taxicab inspector. There shall be painted on each side of the taxicab in letters and numbers at least three (3) inches high the basic mileage rates. The color to be used for lettering and numbers shall be of sharp contrast to color or surface paint to which this is applied, so as to be easily visible at a reasonable distance, especially at nighttime with street lights. No lettering or numbers shall be acceptable which have been painted upon a sheet of metal or other material which, in turn, can be removed or detached to conceal the identification of the company or taxicab number.
(Code 1961, § 20-19; Ord. No. 17-27, § 1, 3-21-17; Ord. No. 20-163, § 3, 12-15-20)
Source: City of Greensboro, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/greensboro/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28TABU_ARTIITA_DIV5OPRURE_S28-96DIVECOSCMAREFetched: 11/1/2026