A.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle as a taxicab upon any public
way in the City unless such motor vehicle is licensed as a taxicab
in accordance with this article.
B.
No person owning, leasing, renting or otherwise having control of
a motor vehicle shall allow any person to operate such motor vehicle
as a taxicab unless such motor vehicle is licensed as a taxicab in
accordance with this article.
[Amended 6-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-20]
Application for a taxicab license shall be made to the City
Council. The application shall require the following information:
name of the applicant; home and business address of the applicant;
name, home and business address of the registered owner of the vehicle,
if not the applicant; make, model and vehicle identification number
of the vehicle; and any other such information, under oath, as required
by the City Council.
[Amended 6-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-20]
Upon application of the license holder of a licensed taxicab
to transfer a taxicab license from one vehicle to another, the City
Clerk, upon payment of the licensing fee, is authorized to issue a
license for the new vehicle.
No taxicab license shall be issued unless the applicant therefor
shall have presented, in the case of each car, a valid certificate
of registration issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
[Amended 6-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-20; 1-25-2011 by Ord. No.
2011-1; 6-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-22]
Every taxicab license shall be signed by the City Clerk, who
shall assign a permanent taxicab license number to each taxicab at
the time the license is first issued. The number shall be used for
each subsequent license renewal. It shall set forth the name, residence
and place of business of the licensee, the owner of the motor vehicle
to be operated under it, if not the licensee, a description of the
motor vehicle to be operated under it, the current registration number,
the engine number of the vehicle, and the number of persons, exclusive
of the operator, which it may carry; and, unless sooner revoked or
rendered void, it shall continue in effect until January 1 next after
the date thereof. All taxicab licenses assigned to a taxicab business
shall be picked up each year by March 1 of that year. The owner of
a vehicle that has a taxicab license assigned to it shall, within
15 days of the vehicle being removed from service or taken off the
road, either apply to transfer that license to another vehicle or
return the license and plate to the City Clerk's office. The transfer
process must be completed no longer than 15 days after submission
to the City Clerk.
The fee for a taxicab license shall be as provided in Chapter A110, Fee Schedule, of the City Code. No such license shall be issued until such fee has been paid to the City Clerk.
[Amended 6-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-20]
A.
The City Clerk shall issue to the licensee with each license issued
as provided in this division a metal plate for each vehicle to be
operated thereunder, bearing the words: "Taxi Vehicle License No.
__________, Fall River, Mass.," and setting forth the serial number
of the license and the year of its issuance. Such taxi vehicle license
plate shall be attached near the registration plate on the rear of
the taxicab, and the cost of such plate shall be borne by the licensee.
B.
Every licensed vehicle shall have the name of the licensee and of
the owner, if not the licensee, the name of the City and its taxicab
license number painted on the sides thereof in letters not less than
four inches high and 1/2 inch wide in a color contrasting with the
background.
[Added 6-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-22]
A.
A license issued under the provisions of this article shall be subject
to renewal annually.
B.
Applications for vehicle licenses and plates shall be made at the
office of the City Clerk. Applications for licenses and plates shall
set forth such information as the City Clerk may require, in addition
to the following information: name of the applicant; home and business
address of the applicant; name of the registered owner of the vehicle;
home and business address of the vehicle owner, if not the applicant;
make, model, vehicle identification number and registration number
of the vehicle. A valid certificate of registration must accompany
all applications.
[Added 6-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-22]
Notwithstanding City Council approval of any new application,
no taxicab license, including any renewal thereof, shall be issued
by the City Clerk without the following:
