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.
