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All holders of licenses engaged in the taxicab business in the Township of Jackson, operating under the provisions of this article, shall render an overall service to the public desiring to use taxicabs. They shall answer all calls received by them for services inside the corporate limits of the municipality as soon as they can do so, and if said services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time, they shall then notify the prospective passenger how long it will be before the said call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere in the municipality any time when such holder has available cab or cabs, or who shall fail or refuse to give overall service, shall be deemed a violator of this article.
Every holder shall require the driver to keep a daily record, identified by the cab number of the cab used that day and the permit number of the driver, of the time and place when and where the passenger was accepted, as well as the time and place of the discharge of the passenger, together with the fare received for the trip, which record the holder shall keep intact for 90 days from the date thereof, and shall be kept open at all times for inspection by a duly authorized representative of the Police Department.
No driver shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except when sitting in the driver’s compartment of such taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent to the curbside thereof.
No driver shall solicit patronage in a loud tone of voice or in any manner annoy any person or obstruct the movement of any person or follow any person for the purpose of soliciting patronage.
Drivers of taxicabs shall not receive or discharge passengers in the roadway but shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers, except upon one-way streets where passengers may be discharged at either the right- or left-hand sidewalk or side of the roadway in the absence of a sidewalk.
No driver shall cruise in search of passengers except in such areas and at such times as may be designated by the Chief of Police. Such areas and times shall only be designated when the Chief of Police finds that taxicab cruising would not congest traffic or be dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles.