Licensed taxicabs, limousines and liveries may be inspected
and reinspected at any time for cleanliness, sanitary condition, mechanical
safety for the transportation of passengers and general safety and
fitness for public patronage. Such inspections shall be made and records
thereof shall be kept by the Police Department.
Taximeters may be inspected at any time, in the manner provided in §
479-6, to determine whether they are in proper condition and accurate as provided in §
479-7B.
The name, monogram, insignia or color scheme of a licensed taxicab
shall not be changed after the issuance of a license therefor so as
to be in conflict with the name, monogram, insignia or color scheme
used by any other licensee.
Any change of address of the owner of any taxicab, limousine
or livery, or of any driver, occurring after the issuance of a license
under this chapter shall be reported by said licensee to the Municipal
Clerk, in writing, within three days after such change. The Municipal
Clerk shall immediately report such change of address to the Chief
of Police.
The prices or fares that may be charged by the owner or driver
of any taxicab for any trip originating within the Township shall
not exceed the following rates:
Type
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Rate
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For the first 1/2 mile or fraction thereof
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$1.60
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For each 1/8 of a mile thereafter
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$0.30
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For each 2 minutes' waiting time
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$0.30
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For each additional passenger per trip to same destination
|
$0.45
|
Maximum mileage charge for any trip within the Township
|
$10
|
Every licensed taxicab driver shall record, in writing, the
time and place each passenger is accepted and the time and place of
discharge of the passenger. Such records shall be kept intact for
one year from the date thereof. Such records shall be kept open for
inspection at all times during the one-year period by a duly authorized
representative of the Police Department.
No driver of any licensed taxicab in soliciting employment shall
so operate a taxicab as to interfere with or impede unnecessarily
the movement of other vehicles or pedestrians. Employment may be solicited
by driving through any public street or place at a rate of speed that
will not interfere with or impede traffic. No passenger shall be solicited
unless within six feet of a taxicab.
No taxicab passenger shall be accepted or discharged on a public
street except at the curb.
No licensed taxicab may park in any public street or public
place in the Township except in such place or places as may be designated
by ordinance, resolution or regulation adopted in accordance with
law. Only such taxicabs as are for hire may remain at designated taxicab
stands while waiting for employment. After the first taxicab in line
leaves the stand, those behind shall move up. Any other taxicab seeking
parking space in such stand shall approach it only from the rear thereof.
The driver of any licensed taxicab shall have the authority
to demand payment of legal fare in advance and may refuse employment
unless such fare is so prepaid, but no driver of a taxicab shall otherwise
refuse employment by an orderly person for transportation anywhere
in the Township. No driver of a taxicab shall carry any person other
than the first passenger employing him or her without the consent
of the first passenger.
No owner or driver of any licensed taxicab, limousine or livery
shall induce any person to employ him or her by knowingly misinforming
or misleading such person. No driver shall convey any passenger to
any place or by any route other than the most direct route, unless
otherwise directed by said passenger.
No owner or driver of any licensed livery or limousine may solicit
patronage in any public street or public place in the Township.
The driver of any licensed taxicab, limousine or livery, immediately
after the termination of any hiring or employment, shall carefully
search his or her taxicab or livery for any property lost or abandoned
therein. Such property, unless sooner claimed or delivered to the
owner, shall be reported, in writing, by the driver or by the owner
of the taxicab, limousine or livery to the Police Department, giving
particulars and a brief description of said property, within 24 hours
after the finding of the same. All such property not claimed within
said twenty-four-hour period shall be turned over by such driver or
owner of a taxicab, limousine or livery to the Property Clerk of the
Police Department.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the use of
a taxicab, limousine or livery for private purposes; provided, that
there is no solicitation of patronage.