Section 20-248. Legislative findings

It is the purpose of this subchapter to
  regulate  and  control  pedicab  businesses  to protect consumers and to
  ensure the safety  of  the  public,  including  passengers  and  drivers
  operating  pedicabs.  It  is  also  the  purpose  of  this subchapter to
  minimize  the  effect  of  pedicabs  on  traffic   and   congestion   by
  establishing  a  maximum  number  of  pedicabs that can be authorized to
  operate in the city. It is the purpose of this subchapter to require the
  inspection of pedicabs to ensure that pedicabs are  safely  operated  in
  the  streets  of the city, and to provide a process for their removal if
  they have not been inspected as required.