CHAPTER 112: TAXICABS

Section

   112.01   Purpose

   112.02   Definitions

   112.03   Permit required

   112.04   Application

   112.05   Permit issuance criteria

   112.06   Burden of proof

   112.07   Issuance of permits

   112.08   Duration of taxicab permit

   112.09   Driver qualifications

   112.10   Vehicle regulations

   112.11   Operating requirements

   112.12   Transfer

   112.13   Revocation

   112.14   Substitution of vehicles

   112.15   Number of permits limited

   112.16   Rates

   112.17   Appeals

   112.99   Penalty

Statutory reference:

   Regulation of taxicabs, see G.S. § 160A-304

§ 112.01 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of this chapter is to license and regulate all taxicabs operated for hire in the town, in order to promote and protect the safety and welfare of persons who use hired transportation. These regulations shall apply to all persons operating taxicabs who pick up passengers within the town, but not to taxicabs who are only delivering passengers from a starting point outside the town or taxicabs passing through the town without picking up or delivering passengers.

§ 112.02 DEFINITIONS.

          For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   APPLICANT. A person, as defined herein, who has applied for a taxicab permit.

   DRIVER PERMIT. A permit issued to allow a person to drive a taxicab.

   HOLDER. A person who holds a current taxicab permit.

   PERSON. Shall include both singular and plural, and shall mean any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or any combination of the preceding or any other legal entity.

   TAXICAB. Any motor vehicle seating not more than 15 passengers, operated for hire upon any street or highway within the town on call or on demand, accepting or soliciting passengers indiscriminately for hire between points along said streets or highways or between points within the town and outside the town, as may be directed by the passenger or passengers so being transported, but shall not include “motor carriers” as defined by G.S. § 62-3(17).

   TAXICAB PERMIT. A taxicab permit requested or issued (as the context requires) pursuant to this chapter. Permits do not constitute franchises and are non-exclusive.