[Amended 5-6-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate
a taxicab within the County of Monroe without first having secured
and having in force and effect a taxicab driver's license issued by
the License Clerk of the City of Rochester or the County Clerk of
the County of Monroe.
B.
A taxicab driver's license shall be issued by the
County Clerk for a period ending June 30 following the date of issuance,
upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter, upon approval
by the Sheriff and upon payment of the required license fee.
C.
In the event that the holder of a taxicab driver's
license loses the same prior to the expiration thereof, the County
Clerk or the License Clerk who issued the original driver's license
is authorized upon receipt of an affidavit of loss, in writing, duly
sworn, to issue a duplicate of the lost license upon payment of a
fee of $1 therefor.
[Amended 5-6-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980]
A.
When application is made to the County Clerk, it shall
contain the applicant's name and address, his home telephone number,
his age, the number of his chauffeur's license issued by the State
of New York, the name and address of his employer, if any, and such
other information as may be required by the Sheriff.
B.
An applicant shall pay an application fee of $5, which
shall not be refunded if said application is rejected. If a license
is issued, said application fee shall apply as the annual license
fee. The annual license fee shall be $10.
C.
The applicant must certify that he is 18 years of
age or over, that he holds a New York State chauffeur's license and
that he has examined a copy of the provisions contained in this chapter.
D.
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must
furnish not less than four unmounted, unretouched photographs of himself
taken within 30 days preceding the filing of his application. Each
photograph shall be two by three (2x3) inches in size.
E.
The Sheriff's office shall conduct an investigation
of each applicant to the County Clerk for a county taxicab driver's
license, and the report of said investigation and a copy of the traffic
and police record of the applicant, if any, shall be attached to the
application for the consideration of the Sheriff. The Sheriff shall,
upon consideration of the application and the report and the certificate
required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the application.
F.
If an applicant has been denied a taxicab driver's
license by the License Clerk of the City of Rochester, the Sheriff
shall not grant, during the license year rejected, a county taxicab
driver's license.
Upon receipt of an application for a county
driver's license, the County Clerk shall immediately forward said
application to the Sheriff for a record check of said applicant. If
said record check discloses that the applicant has never been convicted
of any crime, the County Clerk shall issue immediately, pending final
approval of said application by the Sheriff, a temporary driver's
license which shall expire on the twentieth day following issuance.
A temporary driver's license shall not be renewed, extended or reapplied
for. If a temporary driver's license has been issued or rejected by
the City of Rochester, application may not be made to the County Clerk
of the County of Monroe for a temporary license.
The holder of a taxicab driver's license shall
be permitted to renew the same for a twelve-month period annually,
provided that all provisions of this chapter relating thereto are
complied with. The application for such renewal must be filed with
the License Clerk who issued the original driver's license not later
than the 30th day of June of each successive license year. If the
application for renewal is not made within such time, the holder will
be deemed to have abandoned said license.
[Amended 2-2-1968 by L.L. No. 1-1968; 5-6-1969 by L.L. No.
1-1969; 5-6-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980]
A.
No taxicab driver shall induce any person to be carried
by any taxicab by willful misrepresentation.
B.
Every taxicab driver shall at all times keep the inside
interior and exterior of taxicabs operated by him in a clean and sanitary
condition.
C.
No taxicab driver shall seek employment by repeatedly
and persistently driving a cab to and from a space before or by otherwise
interfering with the proper and orderly access to or access from any
theater, hall, hotel, public resort, railroad station or terminal
or any other place or public gathering, nor shall any taxicab solicit
employment by driving at such low speed as to interfere with or impede
traffic; provided, however, that taxicab drivers shall obey the instructions
of Sheriff's deputies or police officers who may give such instructions
as will relieve traffic congestion and conserve the safety and convenience
of the public. No taxicab driver shall wait for employment in any
stand or place of public resort except at established taxicab stands.
D.
No person shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except
the taxicab driver for which passengers are solicited.
E.
No taxicab driver shall drive or operate a taxicab
while he is intoxicated nor shall be drink intoxicating liquor while
on duty nor drive while his ability is impaired by use of a controlled
substance as defined in § 3306 of the Public Health Law.
F.
No taxicab driver shall at any time so fasten or lock
the doors on a cab so that it is impossible for a passenger to open
the same door from the inside, and every cab shall provide means for
fastening the doors so that they may be readily opened on the inside
by a passenger.
G.
No taxicab driver shall refuse or neglect to convey
any orderly persons or person upon request, unless previously engaged
or off-duty or forbidden by the provisions of this chapter to do so.
However, no taxicab driver shall be required to accept a fare that
will terminate outside the boundaries of the County of Monroe.
H.
Every taxicab driver shall search the interior of
the cab at least once each day for any article left or lost in the
cab and shall immediately take such property to the Sheriff's office
or to the police station nearest where the passenger or passengers
were discharged for safekeeping and proper disposition.
I.
No taxicab driver shall permit any other person to
use his driver's license.
J.
No taxicab driver shall operate any cab for more than
12 continuous hours of any 24 hour period.
K.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any driver
of a taxicab to solicit for any hotel or motel or to attempt to divert
patronage from one hotel or motel to another; neither shall such driver
engage is selling intoxicating liquors or solicit business for any
house of ill repute or prostitute or use his vehicle for any purpose
other than the purposes allowed under this chapter.
L.
Every taxicab driver shall at all times while operating
a taxicab display his taxicab driver's license in a lighted frame
to be placed above the center post between the left front and rear
doors of the vehicle which he is operating or in any other place inside
said cab so as to be visible to any passenger at all times.
M.
Every taxicab driver, while waiting for public employment
in any established working taxi zone, shall remain within visible
sight of the cab of which he is in charge and be prepared to move
his cab.
N.
No taxicab driver, while waiting for employment in
any place or zone, shall engage in any disorderly conduct or obstruct
any sidewalk.
O.
Every taxicab driver shall approach the working taxicab
stand from the rear of the last vehicle standing at any established
taxicab stand and shall move forward, keeping his proper relative
place in the line when any other taxicab shall move on or away.
P.
No person shall refuse to pay the fare indicated on
the meter or the fare agreed upon.
Q.
A driver or operator of a taxicab shall report a refusal
to pay the fare to the Sheriff's office or to the nearest police station.
