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.
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.
