Chapter
98 of the Village Code of the Village of Mount Kisco is adopted pursuant to the authority of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1640 as a local traffic regulation and shall be enforceable in the same manner as any other traffic law or regulation under the Vehicle and Traffic Law or the Code of the Village of Mount Kisco.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CRUISING
The operation of a taxicab upon Mount Kisco streets when
not employed by a passenger and, by words or actions, solicitation
of prospective passengers for hire.
OPERATOR
Any person owning, leasing, franchising or having control
of the use of one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets
of the Village or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
OWNER
The owner of a vehicle described herein is the person in
whose name the state title is issued pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic
Law or, if the vehicle is leased, the person in whose name the vehicle
is registered.
PRIVATE LIVERY CAB
A taxicab, except that such private livery cab shall not:
A.
Have the dome light or the external markings
for taxicabs prescribed in this chapter.
B.
Be allowed to use taxi stands within the Village.
C.
Be used in the Village for hire except upon
a unit of time for hire by the hour, day or week, which unit of hire
may exceed that prescribed for taxicabs in this chapter.
STREET
Any highway, street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or
public highway or any other public way in the Village.
TAXICAB
Any motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not more than
seven persons, in addition to the driver, engaged in the business
of carrying persons for compensation whether the same be operated
from a street stand or subject to calls from an approved garage or
other approved office location, except vehicles subject to the provisions
of the Public Service Law or used by undertakers in carrying on their
undertaking business.
TAXICAB DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the
owner, lessee or franchisee of the taxicab or employed as an operator.
TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE
The document granting permission by the Village to any person
to drive a licensed taxicab upon the streets of Mount Kisco.
TAXICAB LICENSE
The permission granted by the Village to any person to operate
or keep for hire any taxicab in the Village.
TAXICAB STAND
Any place alongside a curb of a street or elsewhere marked
by a taxicab sign authorized and exclusively reserved by the Board
of Trustees for the use of taxicabs.
No person shall drive a taxicab that picks up
passengers within the Village limits and no owner of a taxicab shall
permit a driver thereof to pick up passengers within the Village limits
without said driver first having procured a taxicab driver's license
from the Village Clerk or his designee and keeping the same in force
and effect, under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-19-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
No owner, operator, lessee or franchisee of
a taxicab that picks up passengers within the Village limits shall
cause or permit such taxicab to be driven, operated or kept for hire
or pay within the Village limits without first having procured a taxicab
license from the licensing official for said taxicab and keeping the
same in force and effect, under provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-19-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
Each applicant for a driver's license must file
with his or her application three unmounted, unretouched photographs
of himself or herself in such position as the licensing official may
direct, taken within the 30 days preceding the filing of his or her
application. Photographs shall be of a passport size which may be
easily attached to his or her license, one of which shall be attached
to the license when issued and the other shall be filed with the application.
The photograph shall be so attached to the license that it cannot
be removed and another photograph substituted without detection. Each
licensed driver shall prominently display in the taxicab at all times
his or her license and photograph so as to be both visible and legible
to all passengers riding in the taxicab.
The licensing official shall keep a complete
record of all licenses issued and denied under this chapter, together
with all applications, record checks, renewals, suspensions and revocations
thereof.
It shall be the duty of all police officers
of the Village of Mount Kisco to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-19-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
A. The taxi company name and "Mount Kisco, New York," as well as the company telephone number and the official license number of the taxicab license must be printed on the left side, right side and rear of the vehicle. Magnetic signs or lettering will not satisfy the requirements of this §
98-20.
B. The logo and identification must contain professional-quality
lettering not less than three inches in height and three inches in
width, with a quarter-inch paint stroke in a color contrasting to
the door color, to be readable during operation when the taxi is likely
to be used,
In the event any provision of this chapter shall
be ruled invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
shall be stricken and the remainder of this chapter shall remain in
full force and effect as if said provision was not included herein.