Each applicant for a taxicab or livery license must comply with
the following:
A. State license. The applicant shall have at least a Class E driver's
license issued from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
or other accepted class for driving a taxicab or livery vehicle.
B. Age. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
C. Physical condition. The applicant must produce a certificate of physical
condition that allows him or her to operate a taxi cab or livery vehicle
safely as per the conditions set by the Department of Transportation
for commercial driver's licenses. A physical obtained as per
the requirements of a CDL license can be substituted for the City-issued
form as long as the certificate is still valid.
D. Literacy. The applicant shall be able to read and write the English
language.
E. The applicant must not drive while under the influence of alcohol
or any medications or substances, legal/prescribed or illegal, that
interfere with the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
F. Personal history.
[Amended 5-16-2017 by Ord. No. 8-2017]
(1) The applicant shall fill out, upon forms to be provided by the City
Clerk, a statement giving:
(a)
The applicant's full name, date of birth, and residence.
(b)
Any other names by which the applicant is or may be known.
(c)
Place of residence for five years prior to the date of the application.
(d)
The name of the company the applicant will be driving for.
(e)
Age, height and color of eyes and hair.
(i)
Green card number (if applicable)
(j)
Places of previous employment.
(k)
Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony or
misdemeanor, any offense involving the driving under the influence
of alcohol or drugs in New York State or any other state and, if so,
the date, location, court disposition and pertinent details of the
case.
(l)
Whether the applicant has been previously licensed as a driver
or chauffeur in New York State or any other state and, if so, whether
the applicant's license has ever been revoked or suspended and
for what cause.
(m)
Client ID number from New York State-issued driver license.
(2) The statement shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and filed
with the City Clerk as a permanent record.
(3) A fingerprint-based criminal history record background check from
a DCJS-approved organization will be required from applicants seeking
approval for licensure as a taxi/livery driver.
Each applicant for a driver's license must file with his/her
application two unmounted, unretouched two-inch-by-two-inch photographs
taken within the 30 days preceding the filing of his/her application.
Photographs shall be attached to the licenses when issued, and the
others shall be filed with the applications which are maintained on
file in the City Clerk's Office and the Oneonta Police Department.
Each applicant for a taxicab and/or livery driver's license
must submit with the application a New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles Abstract, dated within 30 days of application, providing
information regarding the applicant's past and current driving
record. The cost of said abstract shall be borne by the applicant.
Each licensed driver shall display his or her license and photograph
in the interior of the taxicab, private livery car, private livery
van or limousine in such position that the same may be easily seen
by any fare at all times when the licensed driver is operating the
taxicab, private livery car, private livery van or limousine.
The City Clerk shall keep a complete record of each license
issued to a driver and of all renewals, suspensions and revocations
thereof.
Every driver of a taxicab, private livery car, private livery
van or limousine immediately after completion of any service provided
to a fare or rider must carefully search such taxicab, private livery
car, private livery van or limousine for any property lost or left
therein and, upon the finding of any such property, must make diligent
and reasonable search to find and deliver the same to the owner thereof.
If such owner is not found and the property returned within 24 hours,
the driver shall report such findings when they deliver the article
to the Police Department with a description of the circumstances of
said finding.