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.
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:
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Type
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Rate
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|---|---|
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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
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$0.45
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Maximum mileage charge for any trip within the
Township
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$10.00
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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.
A.
No licensed driver shall commit an act or acts which would disqualify him or her for a driver's license under Subsections G, H or I of § 313-16 (drug or liquor addiction, habitual violation of the Motor Vehicle Act, conviction of an indictable offense or conviction of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude) or shall permit a taxicab or livery driven by him or her to be used for any illegal or immoral purpose.
B.
No owner of a licensed taxicab, limousine or livery
shall permit the use of such taxicab, limousine or livery for illegal
or immoral purposes.
