[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Dobbs Ferry 2-1-1966 as Ch. 3 of the 1966 Dobbs Ferry Village Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Every motor vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers
of not more than 13 persons, in addition to the driver, and used primarily
in the business of transporting passengers for compensation within
the Village of Dobbs Ferry or picking up and discharging passengers
within the Village for trips within or without the Village of Dobbs
Ferry.
[Amended 8-6-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
Any person who operates a taxicab.
A.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated a
taxicab within the Village of Dobbs Ferry which is not licensed under
the provisions of this chapter.
B.
The Board of Trustees shall decide the number of taxicab
licenses to be issued. If in any year the number of applications for
taxicab licenses exceeds the number of licenses authorized, the Chief
of Police shall determine which applicants shall be licensed. Such
determination shall be based on the previous records, if any, of the
applicants with respect to the condition of their taxicabs, the observance
of the provisions of laws and ordinances affecting their operation
and the character of service rendered. Such determination shall be
subject to review by the Board of Trustees upon application. The Board
of Trustees shall also set down rules for the operation of licensed
taxicabs, including but not limited to the hours during which licensed
taxicabs will be required to meet trains at the Dobbs Ferry Railroad
Station.
[Amended 3-3-1970; 10-2-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
C.
Taxicab licenses shall be issued as of the first day
of January of each year and shall be valid until the following December
31, unless sooner revoked as hereinafter provided. The fee for such
license shall be as set from time to time by the Board of Trustees.[1] Where a motor vehicle licensed under this chapter is sold
or otherwise disposed of by the holder of such license, the license
shall be surrendered to the Village Clerk for cancellation; if within
30 days thereafter the holder of the license applies for the issuance
of a license for another vehicle, such license shall be issued without
fee, but otherwise on the same conditions as an original license.
[Amended 10-2-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
D.
Applications for licenses shall be made upon forms
supplied by the Village Clerk and shall be accompanied by the required
fee and a certificate of the Chief of Police that the vehicle sought
to be licensed has been examined by a competent mechanic designated
by him and found to be in good mechanical condition and clean and
sanitary. Licenses shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the Village Clerk and shall be affixed at all times to the windshield
of the vehicle for which issued.
A.
No person shall operate a taxicab within the Village
of Dobbs Ferry except a taxicab driver licensed under the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
Taxicab drivers' licenses shall be issued as of the
first day of January of each year and shall be valid until the following
December 31, unless sooner revoked as hereinafter provided. The fee
for such license shall be as set from time to time by the Board of
Trustees.[1] Applications for licenses shall be made upon forms supplied
by the Village Clerk and shall be accompanied by the required fee
and two two-by-two-inch full-face photographs of the applicant taken
within 30 days preceding the filing of the application, one of which
shall be attached thereto. An application for such license must be
the holder of a New York State chauffeur's license and of good moral
character.
[Amended 10-2-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
C.
Licenses shall be numbered in the order in which they
are issued, shall have depicted thereon a copy of the Map of Taxicab
Fare Zones in the Village of Dobbs Ferry, New York, and Schedules
of Maximum Fares Applicable Thereto; shall have attached thereto one
of the photographs submitted with the application; shall have typed
thereon the name and place of residence of the licensee and the dates
of issuance and expiration of the license, and shall be signed by
the Mayor and Village Clerk. Licenses shall be nontransferable.
D.
All taxicab
drivers shall be required to submit to the Village, prior to any taxicab
driver's license being issued or renewed by the Village, a Westchester
County Taxi and Limousine Commission driver's permit.
[Added 11-23-2010 by L.L. No. 5-2010]
A.
Taxicab drivers' licenses shall be conspicuously affixed
in the rear compartment of each taxicab so as to be clearly visible
and legible at all times to passengers therein when the taxicab is
engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire on an individual
basis.
B.
Taxicabs shall be kept in good operating condition.
C.
Taxicabs shall at all times be maintained in a clean
and sanitary condition.
D.
Taxicab drivers shall not refuse calls from orderly
persons unless previously engaged.
E.
Taxicab drivers in the course of their business shall
conduct themselves at all times in an orderly manner and shall not
use offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or insulting language.
They shall not solicit passengers unduly or in a noisy manner and
shall refrain from acting in such a way as to annoy, disturb, interfere
with, obstruct or be offensive to prospective or actual passengers
or other taxicab drivers or other persons.
F.
The times of operation of the taxicabs, together with the fares set forth in § 276-6, must be conspicuously posted in the taxicab.
[Added 8-6-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
G.
Taxicab drivers must honor a request from a passenger(s)
that no other passenger(s) be picked up until the passenger(s) is
discharged.
[Added 8-6-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
[Amended 10-2-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984; 4-26-2011 by L.L. No.
4-2011]
The westerly side of Station Plaza from a point
545 feet north of High Street to a point 55 feet northerly therefrom
shall be designated a taxicab stand to be used exclusively by taxicabs
licensed within the Village of Dobbs Ferry.
[Amended 6-16-1970; 6-6-1972; 1-3-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984; 8-6-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991; 2-17-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998; 7-25-2000 by L.L. No. 10-2000; 9-23-2003 by L.L. No. 8-2003; 6-24-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
The fare for any transportation where the pickup
and discharge of passengers is within the Village of Dobbs Ferry is
$6 for one passenger. There is an additional charge of $1 for additional
passengers going to or coming from the same address. For any pickup
of passengers after 10:00 p.m., there will be an additional charge
of $1.
A.
The Chief of Police may suspend a taxicab license
and/or a taxicab driver's license issued hereunder immediately upon
the preferring of a charge of a violation of this chapter or of any
law or ordinance pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle. The
person or persons affected by such suspension may apply to the Board
of Trustees for a hearing thereon within a period of 10 days after
such suspension. In the event such application is made, the Board
of Trustees, upon the completion of the hearing, may remove the suspension,
continue the same for a period determined by it or revoke the license
or licenses, and its determination shall be final.
