For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A person who drives a taxicab.
A person who owns and maintains a taxicab business.
Every motor vehicle used or to be used for the conveyance
of persons for hire shall be deemed to be a taxicab within the meaning
of this section, except a motor vehicle operated for the purposes
stated in Chapter 159A of the General Laws.
All operators and drivers of taxicabs licensed under the provisions
of this article shall be subject, in addition to the provisions of
this article, to such further rules, orders and regulations, including
passenger fares as may from time to time be promulgated by the City
Council.
[Ord. of 6-8-1999; Ord. of 4-12-2005; Ord. of 4-10-2007]
In addition to the taxi license plate issued by the Massachusetts
Registry of Motor Vehicles, every taxicab operated within the City
of North Adams shall have a sign affixed to its roof or a sign on
the driver's door and a sign on the front passenger door identifying
the motor vehicle as a taxicab. The lettering shall be a minimum of
two inches in height. In addition, every taxicab operated within the
City of North Adams shall have numbers centered and attached to the
driver's side front, the passenger side front, and in a conspicuous
position on the rear of the vehicle. Each number shall be a minimum
of four inches in height and shall be white in color on a dark-colored
vehicle and black in color on a light-colored vehicle. The numbers
for each taxicab shall be assigned by the City Clerk.
[Ord. of 6-27-1995]
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have charge of the enforcement
of the provisions of this article.
[Ord. of 6-27-1995]
Before a license is granted to operate a vehicle as a taxicab,
such vehicle shall be thoroughly inspected and examined by the Commissioner
of Public Safety or by some one designated by him, for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the same is in a safe condition for the transportation
of passengers, clean and of good appearance. All taxicabs, licensed
under this article, shall be inspected semi-annually to meet the above
requirements.
No person operating a taxicab shall establish and maintain therefor
any route between fixed termini in competition with motor bus.
[Ord. of 6-27-1995]
Every person operating a taxicab regulated by the provisions
of this article shall deliver any property or articles left in such
taxicab by any passenger to the Commissioner of Public Safety. Such
article or property shall be delivered to the Commissioner of Public
Safety not more than 24 hours after finding the same, and the licensee
shall receive a receipt therefor from the Commissioner of Public Safety
who shall provide for the return of such article or property to the
owner upon proper identification and proof of ownership. All such
property or articles turned in to the Commissioner of Public Safety
and not claimed within 60 days of such delivery shall be returned
to the licensee.
