Zone 1: Paterson Plank Road to 16th Street
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Zone 2: 17th Street to 32nd Street
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Zone 3: 33rd Street to 59th Street
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Base fare for travel within one zone is $3.
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Base fare for travel within two zones is $6.
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Base fare for travel within three zones is $9.
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No.
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Rule
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101.
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A driver shall be clean and neat in dress and person. A driver
must wear hemmed or tailored trousers that are no higher than midthigh
and have no holes. A female driver must wear hemmed or tailored trousers
or skirt that is no higher than midthigh and that has no holes. A
driver must wear a shirt or blouse, without holes, which, if it has
buttons, must be buttoned except for the top two buttons. The penalty
for violating this section shall be a fine of $25.
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102.
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A driver shall not smoke while carrying a passenger unless the
passenger verbally consents.
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104.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab for more than 12 consecutive
hours.
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105.
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A driver shall, at all times, cooperate with all law enforcement
officers, authorized representatives of the Director and dispatchers
at public transportation terminals and authorized group-ride taxi
lines, and shall comply with all their reasonable requests, including,
but not limited to, providing his name and taxicab operator's
license number and exhibiting the rate card, trip record and other
documents required to be in his possession.
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106.
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a.
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A driver, who knows or should know that personal injury has
been caused to another person or that damage has been caused to the
property of another person due to an accident involving the driver's
taxicab shall, before leaving the place where the damage or injury
occurred, stop, exhibit to such other person his taxicab operator's
license, motor vehicle driver's license and rate card, and give
to such other person his name, residence address, chauffeur's
license number, taxicab driver's number, and taxicab medallion
number, as well as the name of the taxicab's insurance carrier
and the insurance policy number. A driver, while operating a taxicab,
shall, immediately report to the owner of the vehicle any motor vehicle
accident in which he is involved.
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107.
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A radio shall be turned on or off at the request of the passenger.
The passenger shall have the right to select the radio program. Whether
or not a taxicab is hired, a radio shall be played at normal volume
only and comply with all noise ordinances.
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108.
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An air-conditioning and heating device in a taxicab shall be
turned on or off at the request of a passenger.
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109.
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A driver, while performing his duties and responsibilities as
a driver, shall not commit or attempt to commit, alone or in concert
with another, any act of fraud, misrepresentation or larceny, or perform
any willful act of omission or commission which is against the best
interests of the public, even though not specifically mentioned in
these rules.
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110.
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A driver shall not apply for or accept more than one taxicab
operator's license without the Director's written permission.
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111.
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A driver shall not permit any other person to use the driver's
taxicab operator's license while such person is operating any
vehicle.
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112.
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a.
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A driver shall not permit the taxicab to be operated for hire
by another person who is not currently licensed by the Director as
a taxicab driver.
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b.
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During the work shift, a driver shall not allow another person
to operate the taxicab or occupy the driver's seat, except in
the event of an emergency.
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113.
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a.
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A driver shall not use or permit any person to use his taxicab
for any unlawful purpose.
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b.
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A driver shall not conceal any evidence of a crime nor voluntarily
aid violators to escape arrest.
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c.
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A driver shall report immediately to the police any attempt
to use his taxicab to commit a crime or to escape from the scene of
a crime.
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114.
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A driver or any person acting on his behalf shall not offer
or give any gift, gratuity nor thing of value to any employee, representative
or member of the office of the Director, or any public servant or
any dispatcher employed at a public transportation facility.
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115.
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A driver shall immediately report to the Director and the Union
City Police Department any request or demand for a gift, gratuity,
free service or any thing of value by any employee or representative
of the Director, by any employee or representative of the Director,
any member of the Board of Commissioners of Union City, any police,
dispatcher or any public servant.
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116.
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A driver shall notify the Director in writing of the driver's
conviction of a crime or motor vehicle offense, excluding parking
violations for vehicles other than a taxicab, within 15 days of such
conviction, and he/she shall deliver to the Director a certified copy
of the certificate of disposition issued by the Administrator of the
Court within 15 days of sentencing.
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117.
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A driver shall not permit more than four passengers to ride
in his taxicab.
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118.
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A handicapped passenger, unable to enter or ride in the rear
passenger part of the taxicab, must be permitted to occupy the front
seat alongside the driver. If a passenger's luggage occupies
the rear passengers part of the taxicab, a passenger must be permitted
to occupy the front seat alongside the driver.
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119.
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A driver shall comply with all the reasonable request of a passenger,
including but not limited to, providing, upon request, his name, his
taxicab operator's license number and the medallion number.
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120.
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A driver shall not threaten, harass or abuse any passenger,
governmental officer, representative of the Director, public servant
or any other person while performing his duties as a driver.
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121.
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A driver shall not use or attempt to use any physical force
against any passenger, governmental officer, representative of the
Director, public servant or any other person while performing his
duties as a driver.
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122.
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A driver shall solicit passengers only while sitting in the
driver's seat of his taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent
to the curb side of his taxicab, and only with the words "Taxi" or
"Cab" or "Taxicab." This rule shall not be construed to allow any
solicitation or conduct otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
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123.
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A driver may not use another person, other than a dispatcher
at an authorized group ride taxi line, to solicit a passenger, nor
suggest to a passenger that an additional person be accepted as a
passenger.
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124.
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A driver shall not solicit passengers within 50 feet of any
bus stop, nor stop there unless hailed.
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125.
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A driver shall not pick up additional fares while the taxi continues
to be employed.
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126.
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A driver may not, in omnibus fashion, pick up passengers at
one or more locations.
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127.
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A driver shall not seek to ascertain the destination of a passenger
before such passenger is seated in the taxicab.
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128.
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A driver shall not refuse by words, gestures or any other means
to take any orderly and lawful passenger to any destination within
the City of Union City and a twenty-five-mile radius thereof. This
includes a person who is handicapped and any guide dog or other service
animal accompanying such person.
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129.
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A driver shall not induce the hire of his taxicab by giving
misleading information including but not limited to, the times of
arrival and departure of trains, buses, ships, ferries, planes or
other scheduled forms of transportation, the location of a building
or place or the distance between two points.
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130.
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a.
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A driver shall not refuse to transport a passenger's luggage,
wheelchair, crutches or other property.
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b.
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Upon request of a passenger, the driver shall load or unload
such property in or from the taxicab's interior or trunk compartment
and shall secure such compartment.
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131.
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A driver shall not sell, advertise or recommend any service
or merchandise to any passenger without prior written approval from
the Director.
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132.
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A driver shall comply with any request of a passenger during
the trip to change his destination or terminate the trip, unless it
is impossible or illegal for the driver to comply with such request.
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133.
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A driver shall take a passenger to his destination by the shortest
reasonable route unless the passenger requests a different route,
or unless the driver proposes a faster alternative route to which
the passengers agrees. The driver shall comply with all reasonable
and lawful routing requests of the passenger.
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134.
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A driver shall be required to accept United States currency.
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135.
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A driver shall give the correct change to a passenger who has
paid the fare.
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136.
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A driver shall give a passenger a receipt for payment of the
fare when requested to do so by the passenger; such a receipt shall
state the date, time, medallion number, fare paid, any other charge.
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137.
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A driver shall not ask a passenger for a tip nor indicate that
a tip is expected or required.
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138.
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If a passenger refuses to pay the metered fare, the driver,
with the passenger's consent may place the meter in the off or
"vacant" position, illuminate the "off-duty" light, enter on the trip
record the words "off duty" and the amount of fare on the taximeter,
proceed directly to the nearest police station, present the facts
to the police and follow their instructions for resolving the dispute.
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139.
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A driver shall promptly answer and comply as directed with all
questions, communications, directives and summonses from the Director
or his representative. A driver shall produce his taxicab operator's
license and DMV license, trip record or other documents whenever the
Director or his representative requires him to do so.
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140.
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A driver shall not knowingly operate a vehicle for hire unless
such vehicle is properly licensed by the Director.
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141.
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A driver shall comply with all restrictions endorsed by the
Director upon his taxicab operator's license.
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142.
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a.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab in the City of Union City
while his taxicab operator's license or his motor vehicle driver's
license is revoked, suspended, or expired.
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b.
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A driver shall immediately surrender his taxicab operator's
license to the Director upon the suspension or revocation of his chauffeur's
license.
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143.
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A driver shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard his taxicab
operator's license.
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144.
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A driver shall notify the Director in writing of the loss or
theft of his taxicab operator's license within 72 hours, exclusive
of weekends and holidays.
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145.
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A driver shall not alter, deface, mutilate or obliterate any
portion of his taxicab operator's license or the attached photograph
so as to cause it to present false information, make it unreadable
or unrecognizable.
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146.
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A driver shall immediately surrender for replacement any unreadable
or unrecognizable taxicab operator's license.
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147.
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A driver shall submit four prints of a new photograph to the
Director whenever his physical appearance has substantially changed.
Substantial change shall include, but not be limited to, the growth
or removal of facial hair.
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148.
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A driver shall report any change of mailing address to the Director
either in person or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, within seven days, exclusive of weekends and holidays.
Any notice from the Director shall be deemed sufficient if sent to
the mailing address furnished by the driver.
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149.
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A driver, while operating a taxicab, shall not carry a weapon.
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150.
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a.
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A driver shall keep a trip record in the taxicab, make all entries
legibly in ink, and include the following information:
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1.
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The taxicab's medallion number.
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2.
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His name and taxicab operator's license number.
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3.
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The license plate number.
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4.
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The taximeter's readings at the start and finish of his
work shift.
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5.
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At the start of each trip: the destination, the starting time.
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6.
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On completion of the trip: the date, time, specific location,
the amount of fare and all other entries required by these rules.
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b.
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A driver shall not make erasures or obliterations or white-out
on a trip record. The driver shall correct any wrong entry only by
drawing a single line through the incorrect entry. A driver shall
not leave blank lines between entries.
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c.
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A driver shall not rewrite a trip record either in whole or
in part, unless authorized by the Director.
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151.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab unless all of the following
are present in the taxicab:
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a.
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The trip record also known as a "trip sheet."
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b.
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His taxicab operator's license in an appropriate frame
on the right side of the dashboard.
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c.
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The rate card assigned to the taxicab.
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d.
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Receipts for passengers.
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e.
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All notices required to be posted in the taxicab.
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152.
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A driver shall not obstruct a passenger's view of any of
the items required to be posted in a taxicab by these rules.
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153.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab having any equipment, devices
or signs not specifically specified in these rules unless authorized
in writing by the Director.
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154.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab without continual personal
inspections and the reasonable determination that all equipment, including
brakes, tires, lights and signals, are in good working order.
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155.
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A driver shall not operate a taxicab unless both he and the
owner or his agent if the driver's vehicle is not owned by the
driver shall, at the beginning of each work shift, sign and certify
on the trip record that the taxicab and its equipment are in good
working order and the items required in the taxicab are present. One
entry for a driver who owns the vehicle he drives is sufficient for
that vehicle.
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156.
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When a taxicab taken out of service for repair has been repaired
and if the repairs were made by the driver, he shall immediately make
a trip record entry showing the work that was completed, the shop
name and the time the work was finished. The driver shall carry the
work order or receipt with him while on his work shift and deliver
it to the owner at the end of that shift.
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157.
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A driver, during his work shift, shall keep the taxicab's
exterior and interior clean.
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158.
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A driver has the right to take a position on any taxi stand
having a vacancy, and no other taxicab driver may interfere with that
right.
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159.
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A driver may not occupy a taxi stand for the purpose of rest
or repairing his taxicab except for minor emergency repairs.
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160.
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A driver shall not overcrowd, back into a front position on
a taxi stand or otherwise cut the line. A driver shall take the rear
position on the line formed at such a stand, unless it is a relief
stand that has a vacancy.
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161.
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A driver may occupy a taxi stand only when he is on duty.
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162.
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The driver of each of the first two taxicabs on a taxi stand,
other than a relief stand, shall remain in the driver's seat
ready to accept passengers. Any other driver on such a stand shall
be no more than 15 feet from his taxicab unless he is off duty and
the required "off-duty" light or "relief time" sign is visibly displayed.
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163.
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The rules regarding taxi stands also apply to special taxi stands
and feed lines at air, rail, bus and ship terminals.
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164.
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A driver shall immediately report to the Director any taxi license
holder who instructs any driver to violate any section of this chapter.
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165.
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A driver shall not charge a fare in excess of that provided
for by this chapter.
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166.
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No driver shall permit his car when not in operation, to be
parked on a street within the City of Union City.
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No.
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Rule
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201.
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An owner shall not dispatch a taxicab or for-hire vehicle not
currently licensed by the City.
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202.
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An owner who is not currently licensed shall not advertise or
hold himself out as doing business as a "taxi" or "taxicab" or any
name that would tend to confuse the public as to the owner's
license status.
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203.
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An owner shall not cause to be dispatched a taxicab or for-hire
vehicle unless the driver thereof has a current taxi operator's
license.
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204.
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An owner, while performing his duties and responsibilities as
a taxicab or for-hire vehicle owner, shall not commit or attempt to
commit, alone or in concert with another, any fraud, misrepresentation
or larceny, or perform any willful act or omission which is against
the best interests of the public, although not specifically prohibited
in these rules.
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205.
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An owner shall not use or permit any other person to use any
of his taxicab(s) or for-hire vehicles, his garage, or his office
of record for any unlawful purpose.
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206.
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An owner shall not conceal any evidence of crime connected with
his taxicab(s) or for-hire vehicles, garage or office of record.
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207.
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An owner shall report immediately to the police any attempt
to use any of his taxicabs or for-hire vehicles to commit a crime
or flee from the scene of a crime.
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208.
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The owner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, the interior
of the taxicab or for-hire vehicle immediately after the termination
of each work shift.
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209.
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Property found shall be taken without delay to the Police Department
unless it can be returned to its rightful owner sooner than being
brought to the Police Department.
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210.
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An owner shall not dispatch or cause to be dispatched any taxicab
or for-hire vehicle from a public street or other public area if such
dispatch will prevent the flow of pedestrians and/or vehicular traffic
or cause inconvenience or annoyance to the public.
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211.
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No owner of a vehicle shall permit a person to operate that
vehicle as a livery or a limousine who does not possess a valid limousine
or livery operator's license issued by the City of Union City.
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212.
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No owner shall aid, assist, counsel, require, order, mandate,
suggest or in any other way knowingly cause a driver to violate any
rule or rules of this chapter.
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213.
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No owner shall permit his vehicle, when not in operation, to
be placed on any street within the City of Union City.
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214.
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No taxicab may be parked on any street in the City unless waiting
for a passenger.
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