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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-06-14 129-S ORDINANCE129_3 Introduced by Councilor Dinsmore, June ➢y 1965 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Mr1bItt81tCCe. Amending Chapter IV, Article 1 Taxicabs a,d 11:lir. Vehicles. Be it orda ead by tie City Caumoil of the City ofBuayor, as fo9oms: That Chapter N, Article 1 of the Revised Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor be amended by repealing and replacing it with the following: Sec. I Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance the following terms are to be deemed and construed to have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless, from the particular context, it clearly appears that some other meaning is intended. 1.1 Taxicab. The word "taxicab" shall mean a motor vehicle used for the conveyance of passengers for hire, without fixed routes o tennlni, the destination and route of which are under the control of the passenger or passengers being carried therein, and the fares for which are at rates per mile or wait time or both. 1.2 Taximeter. The word "taximeter" shall n mechanical Instrument or device by which the fare for line of the taxicab is mechan- ically calculated and on which such fare is plainly and accurately indica- ted. *Sec. 2 Unlicensed Taxicabs Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, flim, association or corporation to operate or cause to be operated in the City of Bangor any taxicab without having first obtained therefor the license hereinafter provided. Provided nevertheless that it shall not be deemed to be the operation of a taxicab or the causing of a taxicab to be operated within the meaning of this ordinance if, (a) a person, firm, association or corporation, licensed to operate a taxicab in any city which grants the same rights as are granted herein to taxicabs licensed In the City of Bangor, shall, upon previous call therefor, take a passenger or passengers from Bangor to the city fn which such taxicab is licensed, or, *Amended Feb. 8, 1965 FIECEIV-r—D ORDINANCE 1965 JUN -7 FOTV k emeealiaa rna». ry a 1 - Tawi b CITY CLERK'S OF ^a Pnbucvemmea "" 1`' fICOp NAWE1 IN CITY COUNCIL June ly, 196577 and /tla py Referred to Public Safety C ittee, tabled. CLERK I IW COUNCIL June 28, 1965 Remain on Table. C('�Y CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL July 12, 1965 Remain on table. CITY-IERR / avrcIIm Pus menace is ro t(y en¢rvssal IN CITY COUNCIL IN CITY COUNCIL Aug. 9, 1965 Sept. 13, 1965 Remain on table. Remain on table. IN July 26, 1965NC IL ct CTM C Cy CIE RK Voted to :amain on table by the following yes andno vote: IN CITY COUNCIL TY C0i Councilors voting yes: Rmadues; Aug. 23, 1965 Sept. 29, 1965 Conti, Dinsmore, Higgins, Houston, Remain on table. Remain on table. Hanlett. Councilora voting no: BaIdAcci, Barry, Hughes. Councilor Brountas absent. CITY�RK CI CLERK TY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL Oct. 11, 1965 Ramada on table. CITY RK i Oc CITY C CIL Oct. 25. 1965 Take, from table, LWef]nitely postponed. CI -C LEEK (b) a person, firm, association or corporation, licensed to operate a taxicab in any city which grants the same rights as are granted herein to taxicabs licensed in the City of Bangor, shall, upon delivery in Bangor of a been fide passenger from the city where said taxicab is licensed, take a passenger or passengers from said point of delivery In Bangor to the said city where his taxicab is licensed without parting, standing or andsing In Bangor to botain said passenger or passengers. Sec. 3 Certificate of Public Convenience d Necessity Required. No license to operate a taxicab'. shall be issued unless and until the Municipal Officers of said City have issued a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the operation thereof. 3.1 Application for Certificates. Application for certificates of public conven- ience and necessity shall be made on forms provided by the City and approved by the Municipal Officers and shall, among other things, net forth: (1) The name and address of the applicant; (2) The number of taxicabs actually owned and the number of taxicabs actually operated in the City of Bangor by such owner on the date of application, if any; (3) The number of taxicabs for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is desired; (4) The intended make, type, year of manufacture and passenger seating capacity of each taxicab for which application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity is made; (5) A description of the proposed color scheme, insignia, the style or any other distinguishing characteristics or proposed taxicab design. 3.2 Public Hearing. No such certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued until the Municipal Officers have held a public hearing thereon. 3.3 City Manager to Investigate and Report. Before such certificate of publb convenience and necessity shall be issued, the City Manager shall cause an Investigation to be made and shall report his findings in writing to the Municipal Officers on the following: (1) The demand of the public for the additional taxicabs service. (2) Financial responsibility and experience of the applicant. (3) The adequacy of existing mass transportation and taxicab service. (4) The number, kind and type of equipment and color scheme to be used. (5) The effect which such additional taxicab service may have on the traffic congestion and parking. (6) Whether such additional taxicab services will result in a growing hazard to the public. `3.4 Validity of Certificates of Convenience and Necessity. My certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the municipal officers shall remain valid so long as a taxicab license is issued by the City Clerk for each such certificate held by an owner or operator in each license year. Any such certificate of convenience and necessity for which no taxicab license is issued during a license year shall be deemed to have expired at the end of said licensing period. Sec. 4 City Clerk to Issue Licenses. Upon the issuance of a certificate as herein- before provided, the City Clerk shall issue to the owner of said taxicab, provided he shall comply with the further condi- tions of this ordinance, a license for the operation of such taxicab, upon the payment of a license fee of $30.00 yearly for each taxicab. 4.1 Inspection of Taxicabs. Before a license is issued to the owner of any taxicab or taxicabs, or whenever the Chief of Police may require it, said owner shall deliver such taxicab or taxicabs to the Chief of Police for inspection, and the Chief of Police, or e person designated by him, shall inspect such taxicab or taxicabsand determine whether or not they are safe and suitable for taxicab service. My taxicab which is deemed, after such inspection, to be unsafe or suitable for taxicab service may be immediatelyorderedout of service by the Chief of Police until it shall be made safe or suitable for taxicab service. 4.2 Police Chief to Certify Taxicab Safe. No license shall be Issued for any taxicab or taxicabs unless and until the Chief of Police shall certify that such taxicab or taxicabs are safe and suitable to be used for that purpose. 4.3 Insurance Required. No license shall be issued for any taxicab until the owner of said taxicab has filed with the City Clerk a certificate from a reputable insurance agency showing that the taxicab so licensed is insured for the period of the license covering liability for injuries to persons and property resulting from the use and operation of such taxicab. Said Insurance policy or insurance coverage shall be Issued for a principal sum sufficient to provide Indemnity for personal injury in an amount not less than $10, 000 for injury to one person and $20,000 for injuries to more than one person arising out of one accident and for property damage to the amount of $5, 000. Sec. 5 Taxicab to be Conspicuously Marked. Every taxicab shall be conspicuously marked, in letters not less than two and one half (2-1/2) Inches in height, with the ward "Taxicab" and the owner's name or trade name, or, in lieu thereof, with a design or monogram containing the owner's name or trade name. Such design or monogram shall not be less than eight (8) inches N diameter. Sec. 6 Omer Shall File List of Taxicab Drivers. Every person, firm or corporation operating a taxicab, shall on the first day of each calendar month, file with the Police Chief a correct list of all taxicab drivers employed. *Sec. 7 Taxicab Drivers' Applications and License fees. Applications for licenses to drive taxicabs shall be made on forms furnished by the City and shall set forth under oath such Information as the Municipal Officers may require. Such licenses shall be signed by the City Clerk, and shall be numbered in the order granted and, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall continue in force until the first day of July next after the date thereof. Me annual license fee shall be $5.00. No such license shall be granted to any person unless he is of sound physique, nor unless he can read, write, and speak the English language intelligently, nor unless he shall present a valid driver's license issued to him by the State of Maine. The applicant must be at least 21 years of age unless he has success- fully completed a standard driver education course. 7.1 City Clerk to Furnish Badge and Identification Card. Upon the issuance of a license to any taxicab driver, the City Clerk shall deliver to the licensee a metal badge bearing the words "Licensed Taxicab Driver" and number of the license, which shall be worn conspicuously. The City Clerk shall also deliver to the licensee an identification card bearing a recent picture of the licensee (said picture to be furnished by the applicant), the number of the license and the licensee's name. The identlflcation card shall be posted within the taxicab driven by the op- erator identified, In plain view of the passenger and sufficiently lighted so that it shall be clearly visible at all times. Sec. 0 Ne Additional Passengers Without Consent of the First Passenger. No driver of a taxicab shall carry any person other than the passenger fust engaging his taxicab, without the letter's consent. Any taxicab agent at any railroad station or terminal, before directing a second passenger to a taxicab already engaged shall ask the person fust engaging the taxicab if he consents to its use by another passenger or passengers. Sec. 9 Taximeter Rewired. Every taxies shall be equipped with a taximeter, tested, approved and sealed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures, which shall not be connected to the rear or driving wheels of the taxicab but shall accurately represent the distance traveled by said taxicab. Said taximeter shall be so adjusted as to accurately calculate the rates of fare hereinafter set forth and shall show the fare in clear and distinct figures in accordance with the rates of fare hereinafter set forth. The taximeter shall be so placed that the dial thereof is in plain view of the passenger while riding in such taxicab and shall be equipped with a light during the period between sunset and a=- rise which shall be so reflected upon the dial of the taximeter as to enable the passenger to read the figures indicated thereon. Sec. 10 Rates of Fare. The fares to be collected from any taxicab passenger or passengers shall be as shown by the taximeter and shall be at the following rates and subject to the following conditions for service within the limits of the City of Bangor. For the first one-third (1/3) of a mile or fraction thereof $.40 and for each one -thud (1/3) of a mile or fraction thereof thereafter $.10. The operation of the taximeter shall be suspended while the taxicab is stopped because of traffic lights and during all other traffic Interruptions not caused by the passenger. There shall be no extra charge for additional passengers, as such. If there be more than one passenger and the destination be different, the passenger shall each pay their equal proportionate parts of the charges shown by the taximeter at the fust stop; at each subsequent stop, the remaining passengers shall each pay their equal proportionate parts of the difference between the amount then shown by the taximeter and the amount shown by the taximeter at the next preceding stop. If the trodden is made to wait for the passenger, the taximeter shall commence operation at the expiration of five minutes after the taxicab has arrived at the place of call; the charge for waiting time, after the expiration of ten minutes after the taxicab's arrival at the place of call and before starting for the passenger's destination, and for all other waiting time at the directton of the passenger, shall be at the rate of $.10 for each three minutes or fraction thereof. No charge shall be made for waiting time in advance of the time at which the cab is required as given In the call, nor for delay due to Inefficiency of the taxicab or its operation, nor for mileage or time other than proceeding in the most direct way to the destination. Hand luggage shall be carried free. 10.1 Sight-seeing cabs. Taxicabs may be employed as sight-seeing cabs at the rate of $3.00 per hour for the first hour and for each quarter hour thereafter or fraction thereof $.75 provided, however, that no taxicab shall be engaged as a sight-seeing cab for a shorter period than one hour. 10.2 Posting of Rates. Upon issuance of a taxicab license the licensee shall receive a card on which the above rates shall be plainly printed. The card setting out the above schedule of rates shall be conspicuously displayed in every taxicab, so that it can be seen by a passenger day or night. failure to so display such card or demanding any amounts in excess of the above ra t as shall be grounds for revoking the license of the driver. Sec. Il Assignment of Taxi Stands, The Chief of Police is hereby vested with power to assign to each and every licensed owner of a taxi, a suitable stand for the same upon any street, lane or square. 11.1 Use of Hydrant Mass. The Chief of Police, In his discretion, by and with the consent of the City Manager, is hereby empowered to designate the area in front of any fire hydrant within the fire limits, as a taxi stand, provided, however, that any such stand so desig- nated shall only be used by a taxi occupied by the driver thereof, and any such stand so designated may, anytime, be abolished by the Chief of Police. 11.2 Standing in Other Than Designated Areas Prohibited. My such licensed caner shall not permit any taxi to stand in any place, street, lane or square other than the place so assigned by the Chief of Police. 11.3 Passenger Soliciting. No driver of a taxicab shall solicit or pick up any passenger or passengers within fifty (50) feet of an established taxicab stand except while parked in said stand. Sec. 12 Revocation of License. Violation of any of the Highway Laws of the State of Maine or the Ordinances of the City of Bangor regulating traffic shall be grounds for the revocation of license by the Police Chief of the driver of the taxicab. License issued hereunder may be revoked at any time for the causes herein stated or for any other cause seeming to the Municipal Officers grounds for the revocation of license. Sec. 13 Violations, t oever violates any of the provisions hereinbefore stated in this Article shall be punished upon conviction by a fine not exceeding $20.00 for each offense to be recovered for the use of the City by complaint before any court competent to hear and decide the case. Sec. 14 License Required far Public Vehicles. No person, firm or corporation shall operate, or cause to be operated, any vehicle (except taxicabs and common and contract carriers under the control of the Public Utilities Commission) for the transportation of property for hire from place to place within the City of Bangor, unless licensed therefor by written license under the signature of the City Clerk, and payment to the City Clerk of annual license fee of three dollars for each vehicle. Such licenses shall continue in force until the first Monday In May next, following unless sooner revoked by vote of the City Council. 14.1 Posting of License. Every vehicle licensed hereunder shall have the number of the license placed on the outside of the same, in plain legible figures, of not less than one inch in height, so that the same may be distinctly seen. 14.2 Police Chief Approval. If the application for such license bears the approval of the Chief of Police, the license shall be issued by the City Clerk. Applications not so approved shall be acted upon by the City Council.