[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Conway as last amended 5-11-1999. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Every motor vehicle that uses the streets of the Town of Conway
with the base of operation therein for the purpose of carrying passengers
for hire, except buses and motor vehicles used at funerals, weddings
and public parades, shall be deemed to be a taxicab and must be licensed
in the Town of Conway under this chapter.
A.
No taxicab shall be operated for hire in the Town until the owner
or person controlling the same shall have obtained a license therefor.
B.
The Town Clerk shall issue such license upon application of any person
in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
C.
All licenses so issued shall bear the signature of the duly appointed
Chief of Police.
[Amended 10-2014]
A.
Applications for taxicab licenses under the chapter shall be made
upon forms approved by the Chief of Police and provided by the Town
Clerk, who shall keep a record of all applications and licenses granted.
All information required by said form shall be completely furnished
by the applicant, and all licenses shall be numbered in the order
granted.
B.
The annual fee for each taxicab license granted hereunder shall be
in an amount set from time to time by the Board of Selectmen. Said
fee shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time such license is issued.
Each such license shall expire August 31 of each year.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
C.
No license shall be sold, assigned or transferred.
D.
Every license granted hereunder shall apply only to the particular
taxicab designated by the vehicle identification number.
E.
All vehicles licensed under this chapter must meet state and Town
inspections.
A.
No person shall operate a licensed taxicab without first obtaining
from the Town Clerk a license to operate licensed taxicabs, which
may be granted when approved by the Chief of Police.
B.
This license is nontransferable and void one year from the date of
issuance. The fee for the license shall be in an amount set from time
to time by the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
[Amended 11-3-2015]
Every applicant for a permit to operate a taxicab shall file
with the Town Clerk, before the permit is issued, a policy or certificate
of liability insurance covering the period of permit, and for each
taxicab for which a permit is sought. The policy or certificate of
liability insurance shall be issued by a company authorized to do
business in the State of New Hampshire, indemnifying the applicant
in the sum of at least $250,000 per person injury; $250,000 per occurrence
and $100,000 per occurrence for property damages. The Town of Conway,
as certificate holder, shall be given no less than 10 days' written
notice for termination of said policy.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
The manner, places and times of parking taxicabs shall be prescribed
by the Chief of Police.
No taxicab operator shall cruise up and down the street to solicit
business nor shall any taxicab operator or his/her agent solicit business
on any public street or place other than parking places designated
by the Chief of Police for such taxicabs.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
No taxicab operator shall interfere in any way with the free
passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic while standing to solicit
business or use rude or offensive speech or conduct himself in a rude
or offensive manner.
No taxicab operator shall stop to take on or discharge passengers
on any street, square or public place except at the curb or as near
thereto as reasonably possible.
No person shall be permitted to sit or ride upon any fender,
dash, step, running board, top or door of a taxicab.
Every taxicab licensed as aforesaid shall be conspicuously marked
as a public taxicab, and the name of the owner shall be conspicuously
posted on a printed card in every such taxicab. This section shall
not apply to vehicles used at funerals, weddings or public parades
while so engaged.
This chapter does not include motor vehicles owned or operated
by recognized hotels or inns for their bona fide guests.
Taxicabs licensed under this chapter shall be limited to the
manufacturer's rated carrying capacity or registered gross weight.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
Upon a conviction of a violation by an operator licensed under
this chapter of this chapter or any other ordinance of the Town of
Conway, or of any offense against the laws of the State of New Hampshire,
the Chief of Police may, in his/her discretion, suspend or revoke
the license of any taxicab or taxicabs issued under this chapter to
the owner of the taxicab operated by such operator, or any taxicab
operator's license at the time of such conviction.
Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this
chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $100 for the first
offense; $500 for the second offense; and loss of license for one
year for the third offense. Offenses shall be cleared from the record
after one year from the date on which the penalty was paid.
