[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 325.
[Adopted 5-17-1993 as
Ch. 5.12 of the 1993 Code]
Every carriage or vehicle, however drawn or propelled, seating
not more than six people, exclusive of the driver or chauffeur, which
shall be used for the conveyance for hire of persons from place to
place within the City shall be deemed a hackney carriage within the
meaning of this article.
No person shall set up, use or drive any hackney carriages in
the City for the conveyance for hire of persons from place to place
within the City without a license therefor from the Board of Licensing
Commissioners.
[Amended by Order No. 94-029; Order No. 95-084]
A.
The Board of Licensing Commissioners may, from time to time, grant
licenses to such persons as it deems expedient to set up, use, or
drive hackney carriages for the conveyance for hire of persons within
the City and may revoke such licenses at its discretion. Every person
so licensed shall pay to the City Clerk for the use of the City the
sum of $45 for each carriage so licensed. All such licenses shall
expire on the first day of May next after the date thereof and shall
be recorded by the City Clerk before being delivered to the licensee;
however, licenses may be granted in April to take effect on the first
day of May then next ensuing.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
B.
The Board of Licensing Commissioners shall fix a limit on the number
of hackney carriage licenses to be issued under this section, which
limit shall be based upon the number of licenses issued and outstanding,
but shall not be in excess of 88, and the Board may, from time to
time, after reasonable notice and a hearing, decrease the limit so
fixed but in no event to a number less than 60. If an applicant is
refused a license by reason of the fact that the maximum number of
licenses limited hereunder has been issued, the Board of Licensing
Commissioners on petition of such applicant may, after a hearing,
determine that public convenience and necessity require a higher limit
than that previously established and shall establish the limit so
required, in which case the limit set by the Board of Licensing Commissioners
shall be considered final until again changed as herein provided.
However, at no time shall there be more than one hackney license per
1,000 population.
No license granted as set out in § 330-3 shall apply to any carriage except to the particular one designated therein by its number, or otherwise made certain, nor shall such license be transferable without the consent of the Board of Licensing Commissioners, endorsed thereon by the City Clerk.
Every person licensed as required by § 330-2 shall cause his carriage to be conspicuously marked with the license number, in figures not less than 1 1/2 inches long. The name of the licensee and the number of the carriage, together with the rates of fare, shall be conspicuously posted on a printed card in every such carriage. Meter carriage rates may be posted on the face of the meter, and the meter shall be illuminated at night.
[Amended by Order No. 98-030; 11-8-2004 by Order No.
2004-146; 11-10-2008 by Order No. 2008-269]
A.
The fare for the conveyance of passengers in metered and unmetered
hackney carriages shall not exceed the following rates: for the conveyance
of one or more passengers from one place to another within the City,
not more than $2.60 for the first 1/7 of a mile and $0.40 for each
additional 1/7 of a mile; use time at the rate of $28; a charge of
$0.10 may be charged for each additional passenger carried.
B.
When a carriage is engaged to carry a passenger a distance of less
than that from the carriage stand to the place where the passenger
enters the carriage, the passenger may be charged the fare from the
carriage stand to the place where the passenger entered the carriage.
C.
Special flat rates for metered and unmetered hackney carriages may
be arranged for mileage covered under the direction of any passengers
not to exceed the rate.
D.
These provisions are to be posted in a conspicuous location inside
or outside all licensed cabs in the City at all times. This posting
is to take place within one week of passage.
The charge for ordinary baggage weighing not more than 150 pounds
shall not be more than $0.75.
No person shall solicit passengers for hire in any street or way of the City, and no carriage used for the conveyance for hire of passengers shall stand in any street or way of the City, except by permission of the City Council, as provided in § 325-10 of this Code.
[Adopted 3-2-2009 by Order No. 2008-381 ( Ch. 5.14 of the
1993 Code)]
The term "livery" or "limousine" shall mean any motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire which is not subject to the provisions of Article I, Hackney Carriages, of this chapter.
A.
Drivers. No person shall operate a motor vehicle as defined in § 330-9 unless licensed annually by the Board of Licensing Commissioners, which may delegate such authority to the Chief of Police. The Board of Licensing Commissioners shall determine the qualifications necessary to obtain such license. The annual fee for said license shall be equal to the fee charged for a license issued pursuant to § 330-2.
B.
Motor vehicles. No person shall operate a motor vehicle as defined in § 330-9 unless the owner of such motor vehicle has obtained an annual license for such motor vehicle from the Board of Licensing Commissioners. The fee for such annual license shall be $100 for the first motor vehicle and $50 for each additional motor vehicle.
No driver and/or owner of a motor vehicle as defined in § 330-9 shall accept a fare for the transportation of a passenger unless such transportation was arranged by reservation at least two hours prior thereto.
A.
The Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this article.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be
fined $300 for each offense. Each day a violation exists shall be
deemed a separate violation. In addition to the fine, any person violating
this article may be subject to forfeiture by the Board of Licensing
Commissioners of any licenses issued herein.
