§ 165-7. Taxicab stands.

A. 

Designation of stands. The governing body may designate a taxicab stand or stands within the Township. When a taxicab stand or stands are designated, the procedures of this section shall apply.

B. 

Regulations regarding taxicab stands.

(1) 

No taxicab shall stand at any place in or upon any of the streets or highways or any other public place within the Township either awaiting employment for hire or awaiting a passenger pursuant to a contract for hire, except at designated taxicab stands.

(2) 

Only a taxicab licensed by West Windsor Township may occupy or deliver a passenger to a taxicab stand in the Township.

(3) 

When the area designated for standing is fully occupied, no other taxicab shall remain at such stand while waiting for employment.

(4) 

As a taxicab shall leave the line or move forward, the taxicab behind it shall be moved forward, and the driver of another taxicab seeking a space at the stand shall approach from the rear of the stand and shall stop as near as possible to the last taxicab in line.

(5) 

No driver of a taxicab shall refuse to transport any orderly person seeking a taxicab who agrees to pay the posted rate of fare; provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent any prospective passenger from selecting a taxicab at any stand, whether or not it shall be the head of the line. A refusal to carry an orderly passenger shall be presumptively unreasonable when the refusal is based on the amount of money the driver expects to receive or is based upon the race, sex, religion or ethnic background of the passenger.

(6) 

No vehicle other than a licensed taxicab shall stop at any public taxicab stand except to load or unload goods, wares or merchandise or to receive or discharge passengers.

(7) 

Each taxicab stand shall be marked with suitable markings, which shall bear a statement that the stand is a stand reserved for taxicabs licensed by West Windsor Township only.

(8) 

No taxicab shall remain in a taxicab stand while unattended for more than 10 minutes.

[Amended 12-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-15]

(9) 

No person operating a taxicab shall do maintenance of any kind while occupying space at a public taxicab stand.

(10) 

Roof lights shall be illuminated between dusk and dawn while occupying space at a public taxicab stand.