[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Mamaroneck 7-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 219.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes individuals, copartnerships, corporations and incorporated
and joint-stock associations.
Any motor-driven vehicle for the transportation for hire
of passengers which does not operate over a fixed route, pursuant
to permission granted under the provisions of the Transportation Corporations
Law, and which solicits patronage from a central office on the basis
of a flat rate or a fixed or hourly charge and which is designed to
carry not more than seven passengers.
Every way set apart for public travel, except alleyways,
bridle paths and footpaths.
Any motor-driven vehicle for the transportation for hire
of passengers which does not operate over a fixed route, pursuant
to permission granted under the provisions of the Transportation Corporations
Law, and which solicits patronage from a central office and/or on
the public streets and which, when not carrying a passenger for hire,
stands upon the public streets or elsewhere, either soliciting business
or waiting for business, and which is designed to carry not more than
seven passengers.
Every device by which any person or property is or may be
transported or drawn upon the street.
A.
No person shall operate a taxicab or other vehicle
for hire upon the streets of the Town of Mamaroneck outside of incorporated
villages unless the driver has first obtained a taxicab driver's license.
B.
Applications for such taxicab driver's license shall
be filed with the Town Clerk on forms provided by him, and such applications
shall be verified under oath and contain the following information:
C.
The Police Department shall conduct an investigation
of each applicant for a taxicab driver's license, and a report of
such investigation and a copy of the traffic and police record of
the applicant, if any, shall be attached to the application, for the
consideration of the Town Clerk.
D.
Upon approval of the application for a taxicab driver's
license, the Town Clerk shall issue a license to the applicant, as
provided in § 137 of the Town Law, which shall bear the
name, address, age, signature and photograph of the applicant. Such
license shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year,
and a license for every calendar year thereafter shall be issued to
the applicant unless the license for the preceding year has been revoked.
[Amended 8-17-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011]
The fee payable to the Town Clerk for each taxicab license and private livery license is as set forth in § A250-1.
The Town Clerk may deny or revoke license to
any person who, in the Clerk's judgment, shall be incapable of properly
conducting the trade or business for which the license is desired
or has been issued. No license shall be issued to any applicant who
has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony which, in the judgment
of the Clerk, renders the applicant unsuitable to carry on the trade
or occupation involved.
A.
All licenses shall have endorsed thereon the statement
"This license is revocable."
B.
Notice of a hearing and the reason or reasons for
the same, in writing, shall be served upon the person named in the
application or license by mailing the same to the address given in
the application at least three days prior to such hearing.
C.
When a license shall be revoked, no refund of unearned
portion of the license fee shall be made.
If the Town Clerk revokes or refuses to issue
a license, the applicant may, within 10 days of notification by the
Clerk, appeal to the Town Board. The Town Board shall review the appeal
and, within 20 days of receipt of the appeal, make written findings
which shall be forwarded to the applicant and filed in the Town Clerk's
office.
[Amended 8-17-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011]
If a license or badge issued in accordance with this chapter is lost, the holder thereof may obtain a new license or badge upon application to the Town Clerk and the payment to the Town Clerk of the fee set forth in § A250-1.
Such licenses may be transferred by the owner
to a purchaser of his taxicab or private livery; other licenses issued
or granted under this chapter shall be nonassignable and nontransferable,
and no owner of a licensed taxicab or private livery may delegate
his license privilege to any lessee or the deferred payment purchaser
of his vehicle.
A.
Every person shall, while driving a licensed vehicle,
conspicuously wear on his outer garment a shield or metal badge bearing
his license number, which shield or badge shall be issued by the Town
Clerk.
B.
Every driver licensed shall post his taxicab driver's
license in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while
such driver is operating a taxicab.
No person shall operate or drive a taxicab,
carriage or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers
for hire within said unincorporated portion of the Town of Mamaroneck
unless such taxicab, carriage or other vehicle shall have a distinctive
number corresponding to that on the license issued hereunder conspicuously
displayed so that the same may be readily seen day or night from a
distance of not less than 50 feet.
No person driving a licensed vehicle shall refuse
to transport passengers on request unless said vehicle is full.
No greater rate of fare than that stated below
shall be charged for transportation between any two points in the
unincorporated portion of the Town of Mamaroneck by any licensed vehicle:
A.
From 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., between the railroad
station and any point south of the Rockingstone in the Woods of Larchmont
or south of Forest Avenue in Chatsworth Heights or south of Fernwood
Road and Sheldrake Creek in the Larchmont Gardens or west of Weaver
Street and Boston Post Road in Howell Park:
C.
From 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., $1.50 for one passenger;
$0.50 for each additional passenger.
E.
From 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., $2 for one passenger;
$0.50 for each additional passenger.
F.
From 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., $2 for one passenger;
$1 for each additional passenger.
A.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter, as the same may be from time to time amended, for which no
other penalty is provided, shall be guilty of an offense punishable
by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more
than $500, or both.
B.
Additional penalties.
(1)
Violations of § 198-2 shall subject the offender, for each offense, to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
(2)
The penalty for violation as above provided shall be in addition to any fine provided for in § 198-13A.
(3)
Every day or part thereof that such violation shall
continue shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation of
said several provisions of this chapter and shall render every person
liable for a separate penalty for each such violation.
