The following rules shall govern the conduct
of all taxicab drivers operating pursuant to licenses issued by the
Chief of Police:
A. The driver shall be courteous to passengers and comply
with all reasonable requests of the passengers.
B. The driver shall be clean and neat in dress and person.
C. The driver shall keep the inside of his/her cab in
a clean and sanitary condition.
D. The driver shall take passengers to their destinations
by the shortest reasonable route unless requested otherwise.
E. The driver shall not permit other people to occupy
or ride in the taxicab.
F. Any property lost or left in a taxicab after the discharge
of a passenger shall be taken to the police station and deposited
with the officer in charge within twenty-four hours after finding
thereof, unless sooner claimed or delivered to the owner of the property.
[Added 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
No taxicab shall be parked on a public Street in any district of the City of Cohoes zoned Residential A-1, A-2, A-3, SFR, or MFR. Stopping or standing temporarily to drop off or pick up fares shall be permitted. Taxicabs parked in violation of this section may be ticketed and a fine not to exceed $50 may be imposed upon conviction. Taxicabs parked over 24 hours in violation of this section may be towed at the owner’s expense, pursuant to Chapter
263, Article
II, of this Code. These penalties may be in addition to potential suspension or revocation of a taxicab driver or owner license pursuant to this chapter.
A trip record shall be kept by each licensed
taxicab driver showing the time dispatched, the place where the passenger
was first picked up, the destination, the time of arrival at the destination,
the number and sex of the passengers and the total fare. Such trip
record shall be maintained for a period of one year and shall be submitted
to the Chief of Police upon request.