Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter,
the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this
section:
OPERATING A TAXICAB SERVICE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF MASSAPEQUA
PARK
The privilege of operating a taxicab service in the Village
shall be awarded to any person or company at a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, at which time the financial responsibility of the individual
applying for such privilege will be inquired into and the character,
reputation and fitness of the applicant to operate such service will
be investigated.
PERSON
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies
and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
TAXICAB
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying
persons for hire and subject to use by the general public, whether
the same is operated from a street stand or subject to calls from
a garage, or otherwise operated for hire.
TAXI COMPANY
Any person having the authority to exercise control over
a taxicab or driver in respect to the general operation or dispatching
of the vehicle.
The Village Board of Trustees shall have authority to administer
and enforce the provisions of this chapter and to promulgate rules
and regulations pursuant to this chapter.
Fees for the following items shall be paid to the Village Administrator;
said fees shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Trustees, with a schedule of such fees to be maintained by the
Village Administrator.
A. For each taxi company license: annual renewal or renewal after revocation
or suspension.
B. For each taxicab: an amount for each fiscal year or any part thereof,
except that in the event that a permit shall be applied for to permit
a vehicle which shall replace an existing permitted vehicle, there
shall be a fee for such replacement permit.
C. For each taxicab driver's permit: an amount for each fiscal
year or any portion thereof.
The Village Administrator of the Village is hereby authorized
to locate, designate and control the number of taxicabs that shall
be allowed to stand at any location designated by the Village Board
of Trustees as a public taxicab stand. Only permitted taxicabs, in
such manner as the Village Administrator shall designate, may remain
at a stand while waiting for employment, and such taxicabs shall be
pointed in such direction as shall conform to traffic regulations.
In accordance with § 181 of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York, the number of taxicab permits to be
issued under this chapter is hereby limited to 10. Application for
renewal shall be filed not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days
prior to the expiration of the license. The Board of Trustees may,
from time to time, by resolution, grant additional permits considering
the needs of the community.
Besides the penalties provided for violation of any section
of this chapter for which a specific penalty is designated, the holder
of any license or permit hereunder, upon conviction for any violation
of this chapter, shall be subject to suspension or revocation of his
license or permit, upon the order of the Village Administrator being
filed with the Village Administrator and notice, in writing, of the
revocation or suspension being given to the licensee or permittee.
Any revocation or suspension made hereunder may be appealed by the
licensee or permittee to the Board of Trustees by a notice of appeal,
in writing, filed with the Village Administrator within 10 days after
said revocation or suspension. The Board of Trustees shall hear and
decide any appeal within 30 days of filing.
In case the person violating any provision of this chapter is
a corporation, the officer, agent or employee thereof who shall violate
or procure, aid or abet any violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter or permit the operation of any taxicab or vehicle for
hire contrary to the requirements thereof shall be subject to the
same penalties as if he himself were personally operating such vehicle
at the time such violations were committed.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Taxicab
Local Law of the Incorporated Village of Massapequa Park."
Any person who shall violate the rate posting provisions of
§ 503-13A shall be punishable as provided in General Business
Law § 396-p. Any person who shall violate any other provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a maximum fine
of $250 or a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 days, or both, for
each offense, and to the suspension or revocation of any permit hereunder
held by him.