[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting 11-12-1974 by Art. 2
as Art. VII, Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, of the 1975 Bylaws. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 17]
No person, firm or corporation shall operate
any taxicab upon any public way in the Town of Westminster unless
such taxicab is licensed by the Select Board.
A.Â
Nothing herein shall prohibit a taxicab, lawfully
licensed and operated in some other city or town, from delivering
or transporting passengers from an out-of-town location to or through
the Town of Westminster.
B.Â
Nothing shall prohibit the picking up of passengers
by an out-of-town taxicab upon call or other prior arrangement.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
Applications for taxicab licenses shall be made
to the Select Board in such form and in such manner as the Select
Board may require. The Select Board shall furnish the licenses, which
shall be issued, not for over a year, at ten dollars ($10.) each,
and the same shall be prominently displayed in each taxicab.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
No taxicab shall be allowed to stand or to wait
for passengers in any street, square or public place, except on such
portions thereof and during such hours as may be designated therefor
by the Select Board. The Select Board may, from time to time, designate
locations in streets, squares and public places where and the hours
during which taxicabs may so stand and may cancel or change such locations
or hours as and whenever the public interests seem to them to require
such change.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
All owners and drivers of taxicabs shall comply
with such rules, orders and regulations as may be, from time to time,
made by the Select Board.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
Any taxicab license issued under the terms of
this chapter may be revoked or suspended for cause by the Select Board.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
A schedule of proposed rates to be charged shall
be filed to the Select Board; and a copy of rates charged by taxicabs
shall be posted at all times in each taxicab in full view of the passengers.
