[Ord. of 9-25-1979; Ord. of 12-10-1985]
No person shall be a taxicab operator as defined in this article
unless such person is a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and licensed therefor by the City Council. Application for such licenses
shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee.
[Ord. of 4-10-2007]
Every taxicab operator's license shall be numbered serially
in order as granted; shall set forth the name, residence and place
of business of the licensee, the hours during which the vehicle is
to operate, a description of the motor vehicle, the current registration
number and engine number of the vehicle and the number of persons,
exclusive of the driver, which it may carry; and unless sooner revoked
or rendered void shall continue in effect until the 31st day of December
after the date of issuance therefor. Failure to renew shall incur
a penalty of $10 per day of noncompliance.
The number of taxicab operator's licenses in force and
effect at any one time shall not be in excess of 25; notwithstanding
the provisions of this division, all licenses which are in effect
on December 28, 1954, shall continue in force unless sooner revoked
in accordance with law.
[Ord. of 6-27-1995]
Licenses granted under this division shall be assignable, saleable
or transferable, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Public
Safety or the officer in charge of the Police Department and the City
Council, and shall be subject to such other terms, conditions and
limitations as the City Council shall from time to time prescribe.
No taxicab operator's license shall be issued until the
applicant has delivered to the City Clerk a policy of insurance issued
by an insurance company authorized to transact business within this
commonwealth covering the motor vehicle to be operated under the license,
nor until the applicant has also delivered to the City Clerk a certificate
of the insurance company issuing the policy providing that the policy
shall not be canceled without giving the City Clerk 15 days'
notice thereof. Such policy shall be a policy of liability insurance
which provides indemnity for or protection to the insured and any
person responsible for the operation of the insured's taxicab
with his express or implied consent, against loss by reason of the
liability to pay damages to others for injury to property or bodily
injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, sustained
during the term of the policy by any person, including passengers,
other than employees of the insured or of such other persons responsible
as aforesaid who are entitled to payments or benefits under the provisions
of Chapter 152 of the General Laws, and arising out of the ownership,
operation, maintenance, control or use anywhere in the commonwealth
of such taxicab, to the amount or limit of at least $10,000 on account
of injury to or death of any one person, or of at least $20,000 on
account of any accident resulting in injury to or the death of more
than one person, and to the amount or limit of at least $5,000 on
account of any one accident resulting in injury to property.
The City Clerk shall, upon the request of any person, furnish
the name of the company issuing such policy covering any particular
car licensed and shall exhibit such policy to any such person or his
duly authorized representative.
Every such license shall terminate upon the cancellation or
the expiration of the policy of insurance covering the licensed car.
[Ord. of 6-27-1995]
The City Clerk shall, at the expense of the licensee, issue
for the licensed vehicle a card bearing the words "The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, City of North Adams, Taxi Vehicle License," setting
forth the serial number of the license and the expiration date. The
card shall also state the number of passengers the vehicle is permitted
to carry. Such card shall be so attached to the interior of the vehicle
as to be plainly visible to the occupants thereof.
