A.Â
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall
engage in the business of transporting persons for hire in a vehicle
without first having obtained a license from the Board of Selectmen
authorizing him/her to engage in such business and designating the
number of such vehicles that may be used under such license. Such
license shall terminate automatically, if for a period of more than
thirty (30) days the holder thereof does not coincidentally hold one
(1) or more duly existing vehicle for hire permits.
B.Â
No vehicle for hire license provided for in these rules and regulations shall be sold or assigned. Upon the sale of an entity or a majority in interest, said license may be transferred upon approval of the Board of Selectmen, if after a hearing the Board determines the transferee is a suitable person(s) in accordance with the provisions of § 280-3.
C.Â
The fee for a vehicle for hire license shall be fifty
dollars ($50.) which shall include the processing fee and shall be
submitted with the application to the office of the Town of Falmouth
Board of Selectmen.
A.Â
The Selectmen may grant a vehicle for hire license
to suitable person(s), if the principal place of business of the person(s)
is located at an address within the commercially zoned areas of the
Town of Falmouth.
B.Â
The hours of operation of a vehicle for hire business
designated as a "taxicab company" shall be twenty-four (24) hours
per calendar day, seven (7) days per calendar week and fifty-two (52)
calendar weeks per year.
C.Â
The home occupation clause in the Town of Falmouth
Zoning Bylaws authorizing limited commercial business activities to
be operated from within a residential zoned area shall not provide
relief to vehicle for hire license holders of limousine, livery or
taxicabs licenses.
D.Â
Vehicles for hire designated as a "taxicab" shall
have the name or the trade name of the owner and the name of the City
or Town in which it is licensed painted on the sides thereof in letters
not less than four (4) inches high and one-half (1/2) inch wide in
accordance with the provision of MGL c. 40, § 22.
E.Â
The requirement for locating the base of operation
of a vehicle for hire business in a commercially zoned area shall
have the effect of a sunset provision and enforcement shall commence
on the first day of January 2006.