Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-13
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
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Chapter 280 Vehicles for Hire
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 280 Art I General Provisions
- § 280-1 Definitions.
- Ch 280 Art II Vehicles for Hire License
- § 280-2 License required; termination; transferability; fee.
- § 280-3 Principal place of business; hours of operation; marking.
- Ch 280 Art III Number of Vehicles for Hire Licenses; Changes of Address
- § 280-4 Number of licenses.
- § 280-5 Change of address.
- Ch 280 Art IV Vehicles for Hire Permit
- § 280-6 Application.
- § 280-7 Issuance; contents.
- § 280-8 Fees.
- § 280-9 Surrender of permit.
- § 280-10 Suspension or revocation of permit.
- § 280-11 Permit transfer, assignment or sale.
- § 280-12 Insurance certification required.
- § 280-13 Semiannual inspections.
- § 280-14 Posting of permit and rates required.
- § 280-15 Required documents to be accessible.
- § 280-16 Unfit vehicles.
- § 280-17 Number plates.
- § 280-18 Color of vehicle.
- § 280-19 Advertisements on vehicles.
- Ch 280 Art V Operators License
- § 280-20 License required.
- § 280-21 Applicant requirements.
- § 280-22 Application for license.
- § 280-23 License fee.
- § 280-24 Reasons for rejection of application, license suspension, revocation, or failure to renew.
- § 280-25 Approval or rejection of application.
- § 280-26 Suspension or revocation of license.
- § 280-27 Hearing.
- § 280-28 Term of license.
- § 280-29 License to be visible.
- § 280-30 Termination of employment of licensed operator.
- § 280-31 Change of address.
- § 280-32 Improper operation of equipment.
- § 280-33 Operation by other than license operator.
- § 280-34 Record of trips.
- Ch 280 Art VI Operation of Vehicle for Hire
- § 280-35 Consumption of alcohol.
- § 280-36 Seeking police assistance.
- § 280-37 Reckless or unsafe operation prohibited.
- § 280-38 Smoking regulation.
- § 280-39 Sharing of vehicle.
- § 280-40 Courtesy to passengers required.
- § 280-41 Use of shortest route required.
- § 280-42 Driver to be able to give correct change.
- § 280-43 Receipts.
- § 280-44 Passenger's refusal to pay.
- § 280-45 Lost property.
- § 280-46 Conduct of operator.
- § 280-47 Complaints.
- Ch 280 Art VII Miscellaneous Regulations
- § 280-48 Soliciting passengers.
- § 280-49 Refusal of passengers.
- § 280-50 Selecting fares.
- § 280-51 Disabled or blind people.
- § 280-52 Suspension or revocation of vehicle for hire operator's license.
- § 280-53 Violations and penalties.
- § 280-54 Number of passengers.
- Ch 280 Art VIII Rates and Fares
- § 280-55 Fee schedules.
- § 280-56 Rate of fare.
- § 280-57 Out-of-Town trips.
- § 280-58 Discounts.
- § 280-59 Use of taximeters required.
- § 280-60 Taximeter illumination; tampering with operation.
- § 280-61 License and permits terms and conditions; fees.
- § 280-62 Parking on public way prohibited.
- Ch 280 Art IX Taximeter Requirements
- § 280-63 Single-tariff taximeter.
- § 280-64 Multiple-tariff taximeter.
- § 280-65 Time not recording.
- § 280-66 Fare identification.
- § 280-67 Extras.
- § 280-68 Nonuse of extras.
- § 280-69 Protection of indications.
- § 280-70 Basis of fare calculations.
- § 280-71 Statement of rates.
- Ch 280 Art X Design of Taximeter Operation Control
- § 280-72 Means of control.
- § 280-73 Position of control.
- § 280-74 Flag.
- § 280-75 Control for extras mechanism.
- § 280-76 Interference.
- § 280-77 Provision for security seals.
- Ch 280 Art XI Specifications for Taximeter
- § 280-78 Primary indicating element required.
- § 280-79 Advancement of indicating elements.
- § 280-80 Visibility of indications.
- § 280-81 Actuation of fare-indicating mechanism.
- Ch 280 Art XII Taximeter Operating Conditions
- § 280-82 Indicating elements.
- Ch 280 Art XIII Mileage Tests
- § 280-83 Vehicle lading.
- § 280-84 Tire pressure.
- § 280-85 Time test.
- § 280-86 Interference test.
- Ch 280 Art XIV Vehicle Requirements
- § 280-87 Inflation of vehicle tires.
- § 280-88 Position and illumination of taximeter.
- Ch 280 Art XV Authority; Enforcement
- § 280-89 Statutory authority.
- § 280-90 Police officers to enforce.
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Falmouth 11-1-1990; amended in its entirety 2-13-2006. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
