Memphis Code of Ordinances tit. 6, ch. 6-80, art. 2 — TERMINALS AND ROUTING | Memphis Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 33: codified through Ordinance No. 5959, enacted May 12, 2026) — City of Memphis

Memphis Code of Ordinances § 6-80-2 Approval of terminals.

Sec. 6-80-2. - Approval of terminals. A. No terminal shall be located within the corporate limits of the city without making application for such location to and receiving the express approval of the building official. If the applicant for the terminal has applied for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this chapter, the director of police services shall forward the application to the building official. B. Before the granting of any permit of use and occupancy or any permits for building, remodeling or repairing any property as a terminal, plans showing the location of the terminal, the construction, remodeling or repairing of buildings, if any, the number of schedules to be operated, the location of the repair shop, and the routing of passenger vehicles for hire into and out of such terminal and the general plan of operation shall be submitted to the building official for investigation and approval. If a special zoning permit is required, the building official shall make the necessary referrals. C. Before granting approval for the location and structure of any terminal, the building official shall refer to all data, together with any comment, suggestion or report made, to the city engineer and the directors of police services and fire services. Upon receipt of any such data or report from the building official, the city engineer and the directors of police services and fire services shall investigate the routing of the passenger vehicles for hire over the streets of the city and into and out of the terminal and make their report to the building official and director of police services. D. Upon receipt of the report of the city engineer and the directors of police services and fire services, if such report approves the routing, as submitted or as modified, and if the plan, as submitted or as modified, meets with the approval of the building official and does not require a special zoning permit, such official shall approve the issuance of permit or permits authorizing the location, operation or construction of such terminal. A copy of such approval shall be forwarded to the director of police services. If a special permit is approved, such approval shall be forwarded to the director of police services. No provision in this section shall limit or override any present or future provisions of the zoning or building code ordinances, including the need for special permits. E. If the terminal location and plan, as originally submitted or as modified by the reports of the city engineers and the directors of police services and fire services, does not meet the approval of the building official or if the plan as submitted is not approved by the city engineer, the directors of police and/or fire services and the city engineer or director so reports to the building official, the building official shall then refuse his or her approval of the location and plan of the terminal. A copy of the disapproval and the reasons therefor shall be forwarded to the director of police services. If a special permit is denied, a copy of this denial shall be forwarded to the director of police services. (Code 1985, § 39-2; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993)

Memphis Code of Ordinances § 6-80-3 Taxicab stands—Use by other vehicles prohibited.

Sec. 6-80-3. - Taxicab stands—Use by other vehicles prohibited. A. Private or other vehicles for hire shall not at any time occupy the spaces upon the streets that have been established as taxicab stands. B. Taxicab stands shall be designated by the city engineer in concert with the director of police services, except for stands located at the Memphis International Airport. If, in the judgment of the city engineer the establishment of a taxicab stand will not interfere with nor present a hazard to the traffic on the street where such stand is sought to be established, the city engineer shall erect or cause to be erected the necessary standard official signs and markings to designate the stand. The city engineer shall forward a copy of his or her approval of the stand(s) to the director of police services. C. A holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity may request additional stands through the permit office of the Memphis Police Department or the city engineer. It is unlawful for any person to remove, alter or deface any sign or other marking so installed. Additional markings on said standards shall be approved by the city engineer. D. Taxicab stands are to be available for the use of all licensed taxicabs operating within the city on the basis of the driver of the first taxicab arriving at a vacant stand having the right to occupy such stand; however, the director of police services may designate certain stands for a particular class of vehicles for hire only such as taxicab, horse-drawn carriage, etc. It is expressly provided that passengers may select any passenger vehicle for hire at such stands regardless of the passenger vehicle's position in the line at such stand and that no single permit holder may monopolize any stand consisting of space for more than one vehicle. E. While in service, the operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park the vehicle upon any street other than at a designated taxicab stand. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a passenger vehicle for hire from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or packages or the delivery of packages. While parking for this designated purpose upon a metered space, the driver shall pay the appropriate fee. (Code 1985, § 39-3; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993)