A Segs in the City tour has two basic phases. First, the tour leader spends time training the group (which never has more than 10 people) in how to ride a Segway, including instruction in how to ride safely and how to comply with relevant safety regulations like speed limits. Then, the group puts their newfound knowledge to use, riding the Segways with their guide along one of several established tour routes. Edwards Decl. ¶¶ 14–17; Main Decl. ¶¶ 14–17. Each tour lasts between one and three hours, and Segs in the City operates up to five tours a day, seven days a week. Edwards Decl. ¶¶ 7, 18; Main Decl. ¶¶ 7, 18. As the group members ride, the tour leader communicates with them via a radio earpiece (provided by Segs in the City), occasionally pointing out or describing points of interest along the route. Edwards Decl. ¶¶ 17–19; Main Decl. ¶¶ 17–19.
including apothecaries, auctioneers, cattle dealers, proprietors of passenger vehicles for hire, real estate brokers and agents, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and owners or lessees of grounds used for horse racing, tournaments, athletic sports, baseball, football, polo, golf, and kindred games, or where feats of horsemanship are performed.
No person shall, for hire, guide or escort any person through or about the District of Columbia, or any part thereof, unless he shall have first secured a license to do so. The fee for each such license shall be $10 per annum. No license shall be issued hereunder without the approval of the major and superintendent of police. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to make reasonable regulations for the examination of all applicants for such licenses and for the government and conduct of persons licensed hereunder, including the power to require said persons to wear a badge while engaged in their calling.
No person shall, for hire, guide or escort any person through or about the District of Columbia, or any part thereof, unless he shall have first secured a license to do so. The fee for each such license shall be $28 per annum. No license shall be issued hereunder without the approval of the Chief of Police. The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered to make reasonable regulations for the examination *9 of all applicants for such licenses and for the government and conduct of persons licensed hereunder, including the power to require said persons to wear a badge while engaged in their calling.
Whenever used in this chapter, the term “tour guide” or “sightseeing tour guide” shall mean any person [1] who engages in the business of guiding or directing people to any place or point of interest in the District, or [2] who, in connection with any sightseeing trip or tour, describes, explains, or lectures concerning any place or point of interest in the District to any person.
questions may come from any of the following categories: Architectural; Dates; Government; Historical Events; Landmark Buildings; Locations; Monuments, Memorials; Museums and Art Galleries; Parks, Gardens and Zoo Aquariums; Presidents; Sculptures and Statutes; Universities; Pictures; Regulations.
must ... be a means to another end, not an end in itself. In other words, commercial speech, statements encouraging a future economic transaction, is different than speech-for-profit, the sale of ideas and words.... Tutoring, providing legal advice, or giving medical advice is speech-for-profit, not commercial speech.... Telling fortunes or giving advice based on astrology (without more) is speech-for-profit, not commercial speech.
A vehicle operated by a licensed sightseeing tour company shall have at least one (1) licensed sightseeing tour guide on board the vehicle during its sightseeing tours in the District. This requirement shall not apply to a vehicle that utilizes only audio recordings during the sightseeing tour; provided, that a driver of such a sightseeing tour vehicle who talks, lectures, or otherwise provides sightseeing information to passengers while the vehicle is in motion must be licensed as a sightseeing guide.
questions may come from any of the following categories: Architectural; Dates; Government; Historical Events; Landmark Buildings; Locations; Monuments, Memorials; Museums and Art Galleries; Parks, Gardens and Zoo Aquariums; Presidents; Sculptures and Statutes; Universities; Pictures; Regulations.
helps ensure that professional tour guides will be reliable and reputable, and enables the District to monitor the business and practice of tour guides ... to guarantee compliance with District law and continued protection of consumers from “ignorance, incapacity or imposition.”
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