City of Cohoes, NY
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2023-05-23
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 258 Taxicabs
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Article I General Provisions
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Anticipation Notes
- Ch 8 Assessment and Taxation, Department of
- Ch 11 Cable Television Commission
- Ch 14 Central Relocation Agency
- Ch 16 City Property
- Ch 18 Common Council, Rules of Order
- Ch 20 Community and Economic Development
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Drug Abuse Prevention Council
- Ch 27 Economic Opportunity Commission
- Ch 30 Elections
- Ch 33 Emergency Disaster Relief Services
- Ch 36 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 37 Finance, Department of
- Ch 39 Investment and Deposit
- Ch 41 Law, Department of
- Ch 45 Library
- Ch 52 Officers and Employees
- Ch 56 Personnel
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 63 Police Department
- Ch 65 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 67 Purchasing
- Ch 69 Records Management
- Ch 74 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 78 Smoking
- Ch 82 Traffic Commission
- Ch 85 Water, Department of
- Ch 87 Youth Advisory Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 101 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 104 Amusements
- Ch 107 Animals
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 115 Bingo
- Ch 122 Buildings, Public Nuisance
- Ch 124 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 125 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 127 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 128 Businesses
- Ch 130 Cable Systems and Open Video Systems
- Ch 139 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 148 Fair Housing
- Ch 152 Fire Prevention and Building Construction
- Ch 155 Fireworks
- Ch 159 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 163 Games of Chance
- Ch 167 Graffiti
- Ch 171 Hazardous Liquids
- Ch 173 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch 174 Human Rights Protection
- Ch 175 Insurance
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Loitering
- Ch 189 Noise
- Ch 195 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 198 Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors
- Ch 200 Penalties
- Ch 202 Plumbing
- Ch 206 (Reserved)
- Ch 211 (Reserved)
- Ch 215 Residential Occupancy
- Ch 218 (Reserved)
- Ch 222 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 226 Sewers
- Ch 231 Skateboards
- Ch 233 Skate Park
- Ch 239 Solid Waste
- Ch 244 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 250 Utilities
- Ch 255 Taxation
- Ch 258 Taxicabs
- Ch 258 Art I General Provisions
- § 258-1 Definitions.
- § 258-2 Licenses required.
- Ch 263 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 269 Vehicles, Commercial
- Ch 271 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 274 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 280 Water
- Ch 285 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A290 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever
used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
given to them by this article:
Any person who engages in the business of driving a taxicab,
whether such person is the owner or employed by a taxicab owner.
Includes any person owning or having control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the City of
Cohoes or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, companies, societies, and
all other legal entities.
Includes any motor vehicle of a type that the New York Transportation
Law permits a municipality to regulate that is engaged in the service
of transporting passenger(s) for hire when such service is available
to the general public on a prearranged or demand response basis over
a nonspecified or irregular route with the point or points of pickup
and discharge determined by the passenger.
A.
No person shall operate a taxi, except to discharge
passengers only, within the City of Cohoes without having obtained
a license from the Chief of Police complying with the terms and conditions
herein provided and paying the fee therefor.
B.
No owner of a taxicab that is licensed by the City
of Cohoes shall allow any person to operate said vehicle in the City
of Cohoes unless said person has in force and effect a driver's license
under the provisions of this chapter.
C.
No person shall own or have control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the City of
Cohoes or engage in the business of operating a taxicab company without
having in force and effect an owner's license under the provisions
of this section.
