Unless otherwise expressly stated, "taxicab," whenever used in this chapter, shall be deemed to mean a public taxicab, cab, hack or other vehicle plying for hire or carrying passengers for hire within the Village, whether or not a taximeter is affixed or used. Any taxicab that uses the streets of the Village for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire shall be deemed a public taxicab and must be licensed under this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to any omnibus running by authority of any ordinance, law or permit upon a fixed route through the Village.
The Village Clerk shall keep a register of the name of each person owning or operating a taxicab licensed under this chapter, together with the license number, the state registration number and the description, make and motor number of such vehicle, and a complete record of each license issued to a licensee. Such records shall be kept on file and shall be open to the inspection of the public and shall be public records, extracts of which may be certified by the Village Clerk for use as evidence.
[Amended 1-14-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
No taxicab licensed under this chapter shall stand on any public street or public place in the Village other than at or upon a public taxicab stand designated or established by the Village Board of Trustees.
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab licensed under this chapter to solicit employment by driving through the public streets in the Village or by oral solicitation of any kind either on the public streets or from private property in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be allowed to ride on the seat with the driver of a taxicab licensed under this chapter or for any person other than the driver to be allowed to sit in the taxicab while waiting at a public taxicab stand.
There shall be posted conspicuously in the interior of a taxicab licensed under this chapter the taxicab license, the driver's license and a photograph of the driver.
A. 
No vehicle shall be licensed under this chapter, nor the license therefor renewed, until it has been inspected by or under the direction of the Mayor or persons designated by him and certified by him to be in safe condition for the transportation of passengers, clean, fit and of good appearance and insured as required by law.
B. 
The Mayor or persons designated by him is hereby authorized and empowered to establish reasonable rules and regulations for the inspection of taxicabs and for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and to cause inspections of licensed taxicabs to be made from time to time to see that they are kept in a condition of continued fitness for public use. He shall keep written reports of all inspections made.
[Amended 1-14-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 1-23-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
A. 
Owner. Any owner or operator or driver of a vehicle not licensed and equipped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of the reasonable regulations of the Village Board of Trustees established under this chapter, or of a vehicle the license of which has been suspended or revoked, who engages in the business of a public taxicab or attempts to engage in such business, or who permits an unlicensed driver to drive such vehicle, upon the streets of the Village, shall be guilty of a violation.
B. 
Driver. Any person not having been duly licensed as a taxicab driver under this chapter or any person whose license as such driver has been revoked or suspended and who during the time of such suspension drives for hire a taxicab upon the streets of the Village shall be guilty of a violation.