The following regulations shall be strictly observed by all
licensees hereunder, and the failure to observe any one or more of
the same shall be cause for immediate suspension or revocation of
the license.
[Amended 12-13-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
No taxicab shall stand on any public
street or public place other than at or upon a public taxicab stand
designated or established by the Common Council. The City of Glens
Falls Board of Public Safety shall make recommendations to the Common
Council to establish designated and marked taxicab locations within
the City and Central Business District on Bay Street, Broad Street,
Church Street, Elm Street, Glen Street, Hudson Avenue, Maple Street,
Ridge Street, South Street, and Warren Street and any other street
designated by the Common Council, which also may be undesignated,
if necessary. Use of designated taxicab stands shall be on a first-come-first-served
basis among all licensed taxicab drivers.
Taxicabs shall be allowed to cruise the City streets for the
purpose of solicitation of business.
Every driver of a taxicab shall search his cab at the end of
each trip to determine whether passengers have left any articles in
the taxicab. If any such articles are found, they shall be taken immediately
to police headquarters, where such property must be held, maintained
and disposed of according to law.
On the first days of April, July and October, a certificate
of proper mechanical operation as above-described must be filed, in
duplicate, with the Chief of Police. Such a certificate shall also
be made and filed, in duplicate, subsequent to any accident in which
the taxicab may be involved, showing the results of an examination
of the taxicab following the accident. Upon the happening of an accident,
the license for the particular taxicab involved shall be suspended
until such a certificate has been made and filed. If it shall appear
from such certificate that there are any defects in the mechanical
operation or in any of the equipment of the taxicab, the taxicab license
suspension shall continue until such defects have been remedied. If
it appears that such defects caused or contributed to the accident,
the license may be revoked.
The taxicab fare must be paid by the passenger upon entering
the cab and before the trip has commenced. Failure of a passenger
to make such payment shall be adequate grounds for the refusal on
the part of the driver to carry the passenger. Each taxicab shall
have displayed therein or thereon, at a place readily discernible
by passengers during either the hours of daylight or darkness, a statement
to the effect that fares must be paid before the trip is commenced.
[Amended 12-9-1970; 1-23-1974; 8-17-1977; 1-30-1980; 10-5-1995; 8-19-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004; 9-9-2014 by L.L. No.
8-201412-13-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
A.
No taxicab operator shall charge a passenger
or passengers a fare that is more than the rates established and approved
by the Common Council within the designated City limits. The Common
Council may from time to time amend set rates/fares by Council resolution.
The Common Council will on an annual basis establish the taxicab fees,
fare and fine schedule on or before January 31 of each year or at
any other time as needed. If no new schedule is established by the
Common Council, then the fees, fares and fine schedule adopted in
the prior year will continue. The annual taxicab fee, far and fine
schedule will be posted to the website and maintained by the City
Clerk.
B.
A schedule of rates shall at all times
be prominently displayed within each taxicab.
C.
Trips partly within the City shall be by
agreement prior to commencement of the trip.
D.
The rates of fare shall be posted conspicuously
in the cab or on the outside thereof in the same place as the notice
that fares must be paid prior to the commencement of the trip.
[Added 10-5-1995]
All taxicabs shall have permanent signs in each vehicle alerting
customers that, "You may refuse to share this vehicle with additional
paying passengers."
The taxicab owner's license must be kept in the licensed vehicle
at all times. The taxicab driver's license for the driver at the time
operating the taxicab must be posted conspicuously on the inside of
the taxicab in such a place that a passenger riding in the taxicab
may easily see the license and the taxicab driver's picture affixed
thereto. Clipping the license to the visor inside the front windshield
of the taxicab is permissible if the visor is at all times kept in
such a position that any person sitting in the rear seat of the taxicab
can see the license and the picture thereon. Upon request by a member
of the Police Department, the owner's or driver's license must be
displayed to the police officer.
A.
No two-door motor vehicle shall be licensed as a taxicab under the
terms of this chapter.
B.
No taxicab driver shall at any time so fasten or lock the doors of
a taxicab that it is impossible for a passenger to open the same from
the inside, and every taxicab shall be provided with means for fastening
the doors so that the doors may be opened readily from the inside
by a passenger.
No taxicab driver shall permit any person other than the passenger
who first hires the use of the taxicab for a trip and such other person
or persons as such passenger shall designate to be or to remain in
or upon the taxicab, and, without such permission, no other passenger
or passengers may be solicited or conveyed in the taxicab on that
trip.
Every taxicab driver shall at all times keep the inside of his
taxicab in a clean and sanitary condition, and every taxicab shall
be thoroughly cleaned on the inside at least once each day. Taxicab
owners will maintain the taxicabs in a clean, neat, well-painted condition
without serious dents or body damage.
Each taxicab licensed under the provisions hereof shall be given
a number by the Chief of Police, which shall be painted or affixed
on the two front doors of the taxicab and upon the rear of the taxicab
at a place readily distinguishable by pedestrians and passengers and
operators of other motor vehicles. The number shall be at least three
inches in height and shall be of a color contrasting with the background
color on which it is placed.
Every taxicab driver shall maintain a daily manifest upon which
he shall record all trips made each day, showing the time and place
of origin and destination of each trip, number of passengers and the
amount of fare charged and received. All such completed manifests
shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of
his tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to
the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the
Chief of Police. The owner shall retain such manifests for a period
of at least two years before destroying them. Such manifests shall
be available at all times to the Police Department.
[Amended 12-13-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
Taxicabs may advertise a statement that fares must be paid prior
to trip commencement, the rate schedule, name and telephone number
of operating taxicab and number assigned to taxicab without the consent
of the Board of Public Safety. Other types of advertising on or in
the vehicle that is appropriate and decent in nature, not distracting
in design and presentation, may be displayed with approval of the
Board of Public Safety.
No taxicab driver shall smoke while driving a taxicab if requested
not to smoke by any passenger in the taxicab.
No taxicab driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any orderly
person or persons upon request, unless previously engaged or unable
so to do.
[Amended 12-13-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
This article shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary
of State of the State of New York , as provided in the Municipal Home
Rule Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 164-11, Taxicab stands designated,
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-18-1997 by
L.L. No. 8-1997.
