By the adoption of this article, the City of Port Jervis declares
its intent to delegate to the Chief of Police, or his designee, and
Port Jervis Police Department established in the City of Port Jervis
the authority, presently entrusted to the Common Council of and for
the City of Port Jervis, to determine the past driving history of
persons applying for a taxicab license in the City of Port Jervis.
It is specifically the intent of the City of Port Jervis to reserve
to the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis the power to approve
or deny persons applying for a taxicab license in the City of Port
Jervis but that all other supervisory and administrative duties, including
background checks, shall be delegated to the Chief of Police, or his
designee, and Police Department of the City of Port Jervis.
The words and phrases and definitions of words as used in the
New York State Town Law and/or the New York State Vehicle and Traffic
Law shall be applied in the enforcement of this article.
The City of Port Jervis is delegating authority for the comparison
of identifying information to the New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles by submission of required personal information and appropriate
processing fees to be secured by the Port Jervis Police Department
from applicants for a taxicab license in the City of Port Jervis for
the specific purpose of identification, processing and determination
of prior driving history by the New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles. The Port Jervis Police Department will secure necessary
personal information/identifiers and appropriate processing fees for
said applicants for submission to the New York State Department of
Motor Vehicles. The Chief of the Port Jervis Police Department or
his delegated agent within the Port Jervis Police Department shall
be responsible for reviewing the driving history record information
disseminated by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles after
the review and submission of the personal information/identifiers
and appropriate processing fees as set forth above.
Any applicant determined to have seven points as established
by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles assessed against
his/her license will be denied a taxicab license in the City of Port
Jervis, County of Orange, State of New York.
Any applicant having been denied a taxicab license in the City
of Port Jervis, County of Orange, State of New York, shall have the
right to appeal the denial to the Safety Committee of the Common Council
of the City of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Said appeal must
be filed within 15 days of receipt of notice of the denial of the
taxicab license and must be in writing, delivered to the office of
the Police Department of the City of Port Jervis.