[Ord. No. 23182, § 83, 4-24-1972]
Every motor vehicle used or to be used for the conveyance of
persons for hire from place to place within the city, except street
railway buses, sightseeing automobiles or buses, or a vehicle hired
for a funeral or wedding, shall be deemed to be a taxicab within the
meaning of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 23182, § 95, 4-24-1972]
No driver of a taxicab shall refuse to carry any person, asking
to be carried as a passenger, unless such person is drunk or disorderly,
or is infected with a contagious disease, or unless the taxicab is
already occupied.
[Ord. No. 23182, § 96, 4-24-1972]
No person having charge of a taxicab shall take up or carry
any person if the taxicab has been occupied or engaged by any prior
passenger, until such prior passenger shall have discharged the taxicab,
except with consent of such passenger.
[Ord. No. 23182, § 98, 4-24-1972]
(a)
No person shall park a vehicle other than a taxicab upon any street
within a business district in any taxicab stand for a period of time
longer than 15 minutes, except while actually engaged in loading or
unloading, and then for not more than one-half hour.
(b)
No person shall park a taxicab upon any street within a business
district at any place other than the taxicab stand designated for
the use of his taxicab by authority of the traffic commission, except
while engaged or while waiting for an opportunity to use a taxicab
stand designated for his use.
[Ord. No. 23182, § 103, 4-24-1972]
Any taxicab driver who finds in his taxicab any article presumably
belonging to a passenger shall, within two days, report the finding
thereof to the officer in charge of the police station and deliver
the same to him. The Chief of Police shall undertake to find the owner
thereof. If, at the end of 60 days, the article has not been claimed
by the owner, it shall be returned to the driver.
[Ord. No. 23182, §§ 100-102, 4-24-1972; Ord. No. 24022, §§ 2,
4, 5-10-1976; Ord. No. 24927, 4-13-1981; Ord. No. 26609, 11-17-1988; Ord. No. 27175, 6-24-1991; Ord. No. 29127, 11-27-2000]
(a)
Flat fee. The rate to be charged for conveying passengers shall be
$3 for the first 2/6 mile plus $0.50 for each additional 1/6 mile.
[Amended 5-9-2011 by Ord.
No. 31553]
(b)
Waiting time.
(1)
Waiting time shall include all time during which the taxicab is not
in motion after arrival at the place at which it has been called,
or, if engaged in the street or at a stand, after its engagement.
No charge shall be made for the first three minutes of waiting time.
After the first three minutes, a charge of $0.50 may be made for each
additional 67 seconds of waiting time or fraction thereof, not to
exceed $27 per hour of waiting time. No charges shall be made for
time between remature arrival in response to a call and the time for
which the vehicle was ordered, or through inefficiency of the vehicle
or its driver, or for a delay at a railroad crossing.
[Amended 5-9-2011 by Ord.
No. 31553; 10-12-2011 by Ord. No. 31618]
(2)
For any delay, incident to traffic, other than at a railroad crossing,
while the vehicle is running and in the course of actual passenger
transportation, a charge of $0.37 may be made for each 72 seconds
of time attributable to such delay, except that the charge shall not
exceed $24 per hour.
(3)
There shall be posted in a conspicuous place within each taxicab
a notice setting forth the rate charge per mile and stating that an
additional charge may be made for delays incident to traffic other
than at railroad crossings while the vehicle is running, in the amount
of $0.37 for each 72 seconds of time attributable to such delay, not
to exceed $24 per hour.
(d)
Hiring by hour or trip. A taxicab may be rented by the hour or for
a trip wholly or in part outside the limits of the city. In such case,
a special rate or fare may be charged with the prior consent of the
passenger.
(e)
Baggage. Hand baggage may be carried by passengers in taxicabs without
charge. The carriage of trunks and other baggage shall be optional
with the person in charge of the vehicle.
[Ord. No. 23364, § 2, 12-26-1972; Ord. No. 23580, 3-11-1974]
Standard fare metering devices shall be installed in all licensed
taxicabs. The Inspector of Weights and Measures shall inspect and
seal these devices annually, including as part of his inspection a
check on the operation of the device over a measured course.
State law reference — Testing of
taximeters, M.G.L.A. c. 98, § 45.
[Ord. No. 23182, § 105, 4-24-1972]
The Chief of Police shall have charge of the enforcement of
this chapter.
[Ord. No. 25062, 1-11-1982]
