[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, § 8]
(A)
The Licensing Board may license hackney carriages or motor vehicles
for the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place within
the City and they may license or issue permits to persons who operate
the licensed carriages or motor vehicles and they may revoke the licenses
at their discretion. A record of all licenses so granted or revoked
shall be kept by the Licensing Board on file in the office of the
City Clerk. No person shall set up, use or drive in the City any hackney
carriage or motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire
from place to place within the City or operate in the City a carriage
or motor vehicle without first obtaining from the Licensing Board
the license or licenses required under this section. All licenses
under this section shall expire on April 30 next after the date thereof
and shall not be transferred without the consent of the Licensing
Board endorsed thereon.
(B)
The license application fee for each carriage or motor vehicle shall
be $100 and the renewal fee shall be $125. These fees shall be paid
to the Chief of Police for the use of the City. The license granted
under this section shall become void if the applicant neglects or
refuses to take out and pay for his or her license within 10 days
after notice that it has been granted.
[Amended 7-19-2012]
(C)
The Licensing Board may grant to the owner of a carriage or motor
vehicle licensed under this section a license to use a certain portion
of a public way as a carriage or taxi stand for the solicitation of
passengers for hire. No person shall use any portion of a public way
for this purpose without a license. The fee for a licensed carriage
or taxi cab stand shall be $15 and the same shall be paid to the Chief
of Police for the use of the City. All licenses shall expire on April
30 next after the date thereof.
[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, § 21]
No peddler, hawker, or solicitor, whether licensed or unlicensed,
in carrying on the occupation or going from place to place in the
City in the pursuit of the occupation, shall permit or suffer any
motor vehicle or other vehicle used by him or her in connection therewith,
to stand or remain in any one place, or within 500 feet thereof, longer
than 10 consecutive minutes or more than 10 minutes out of any 60
consecutive minutes, or in front of any premises for the purpose,
for any time, if the owner, lessee or occupant objects.
[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, § 29]
(A)
No person shall engage in the City in the business of conducting
or maintaining an establishment for letting out motor vehicles for
hire, however computed or determined, without a license granted by
the Licensing Board of the City, hereinafter called the Board.
(B)
The license shall in either case specify all the premises to be occupied
by the licensee for the purpose of conducting the licensed business.
The fee for each license shall be the amount as may be established
by the Board, and the Board may reasonably classify the licenses and
fees. Licenses granted hereunder shall expire on January 1 following
the date of issue or on the date as may be specified therein and may
be suspended or revoked by the Board.
(C)
Licenses granted hereunder shall not be granted until after a hearing,
notice of which shall be sent by the applicant by certified mail to
all owners of abutting property.
[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, § 30; amended Ord. 896, passed 7-10-1990]
(A)
No person shall engage in the City in the business of conducting
or maintaining an establishment for the repairing of motor vehicles,
including, but not limited to, the installation of motor vehicle radios,
alarms, telephones and other equipment commonly referred to as "after-market
merchandise," without a license granted by the Licensing Board of
the City, hereinafter called the Board, approved in all cases by the
head of the Fire Department.
(B)
The licenses shall in either case specify the premises to be occupied
by the licensee for the purpose of conducting the licensed business,
the maximum storage of motor vehicles for repair and the days and
hours of operation of the business.
(C)
The fee for each license shall be the amount as may be established
by the Board and the Board may reasonably classify the licenses and
fees.
(D)
Licenses granted shall expire on June 1 following the date of issue
or on the date as may be specified therein and may be suspended or
revoked, after hearing, by the Board.
(E)
Licenses granted shall not be granted until after a hearing, notice
of which shall be sent by the applicant by certified mail to all owners
of abutting property.
[Ord. 33, passed 5-12-1992]
(A)
Every person, whether principal or agent, who sells from a fixed
location outdoors and is not otherwise required to be licensed under
the definition in Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 101 as a transient vendor or
hawker and peddler, or is not specifically exempted thereby, must
first obtain a license from the Licensing Board for the sale of goods,
wares or merchandise otherwise permitted to be sold under the provisions
of Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 101.
(B)
The Licensing Board shall conduct a public hearing on each application
and may grant a license upon the terms and conditions which are in
the best interest of the City.
(C)
The fee for each license shall be the amount as may be established
by the Board.
(D)
Licenses granted shall expire on the date as may be specified therein
and may be suspended or revoked, after hearing, by the Board.
[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, § 31; amended Ord. 5, passed 5-10-1983; amended 7-19-2012]
The following license application fees are in effect in the
City:
[1982 Code, Ch. VIII, §§ 29 and 30; Ord. 33, passed 5-12-1992]
(A)
Whoever, not being licensed, engages in the City in a business required
to be licensed by this chapter, or, being licensed, engages in a business
in any other place than that designated in his or her license or after
notice to him or her that his or her license has been suspended or
revoked, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
(B)
Any person who violates § 110.05 shall, in the case of non-criminal disposition, be subject to the specific penalty of a fine in the amount of $25 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense, and $100 for the third and any subsequent offense. Any person who violates § 110.05 shall, in the case of application for criminal complaint, be subject to a fine of up to $300.
