No person shall charge or receive fares for the hire of taxicabs with the Town of Falmouth in any sums of money other than those prescribed by the fee schedule promulgated by the Board of Selectmen as from time to time amended.
The fare to be taken by or paid to the owner, driver, or other persons having charge of any licensed vehicle for hire (classified as a taxicab), shall be as per the following schedule:
A. 
For the first two-fifths (2/5) of a mile, a minimum charge of three dollars ($3.), and for each additional one-fifth (1/5) of a mile, sixty cents ($0.60).
B. 
In addition to the mileage charge of three dollars ($3.), a charge for time in transit may be charged at the rate of forty-five cents ($0.45) per minute from the pick-up point to the drop-off point.
C. 
A charge for waiting time may be charged at the rate of twenty-six dollars ($26.) per hour for actual waiting time beginning three (3) minutes after arrival of the taxicab.
D. 
Hand bags may be carried by passengers without charge. The carriage of trunks shall be optional with the operator of the vehicle for hire, but if by the operator, an additional charge of fifty cents ($0.50) for each trunk may be added to the metered fare.
No flat rates are permitted. Out-of-Town trips shall be charged at the regular metered rate.
A discount of twenty-five percent (25%) from the metered fare shall be granted to persons holding a senior citizens card from the Council on Aging or to handicapped persons holding a card from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, or blind persons holding a card from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
A. 
Every vehicle for hire (classified as a taxicab) shall be operated under the taximeter system. Taximeters shall be installed and inspected in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth and rules and regulations prescribed by the Director of the Division of Standards.
B. 
Taximeters must be tested and sealed by the Department of Weights and Measure before being placed in service.
C. 
Whenever a taximeter has been damaged, or repairs that might in any way affect the accuracy of its indications have been made, or any of the official security seals have been mutilated, such device shall not thereafter be used until it has been officially examined and reapproved.
No driver shall operate a vehicle for hire (classified as a taxicab) unless the taximeter is illuminated day and night so it is clearly visible, from the rear seat by the passenger, nor shall objects be placed near the taximeter to obstruct the passenger's view of the meter. No driver, or owner shall tamper with, repair, or connect any unauthorized device to the taximeter, or connect any cable, electrical wiring or electronic device, or make any change in the vehicle mechanism or its tires which would effect the operation of the taximeter. The discovery of such action shall result in the immediate suspension or revocation of the vehicle for hire license and the vehicle for hire operator's license of said driver.
A. 
All vehicle for hire licenses and permits required by these rules and regulations shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Selectmen of the Town of Falmouth or the Examiner shall from time to time prescribe.
B. 
Fees.
(1) 
Fifty dollars ($50.): vehicle for hire license.
(2) 
Twenty-five dollars ($25.): vehicle for hire permit.
(3) 
Twenty-five dollars ($25.): vehicle for hire operator's license.
No owner of a vehicle for hire shall stand a vehicle for hire on a public way while awaiting employment by passengers or as an advertisement for a vehicle for hire business; however, an owner of a vehicle for hire (classified as a taxicab) may stand a vehicle for hire on a public way at an approved taxicab stand while awaiting employment by passengers.