[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of East Rockaway 5-26-1941 as § 262 of the General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No persons shall operate, drive, run or permit
to be operated, driven or run on the streets of the village any vehicle
for the purpose of transporting persons for hire without first obtaining
a license with respect to such operator and also with respect to such
vehicle.
Application for licenses for persons and vehicles shall be made in conformity with provisions of Chapter 187, Licenses and Permits, § 187-3, and such application for a license shall include the following information in addition to such other information as the Board may from time to time require:
A.
The location within the village of the office, if
any, of the applicant for the license.
B.
The name of the person, firm, association or corporation
desiring to engage in such occupation, together with the residence
of the person or the residences of all of the persons composing such
firm, association or corporation, and the names and addresses of the
officers of such corporation.
C.
The number of automobiles, taxicabs, public carriages,
cabs, hacks, stages or other vehicles proposed to be operated by the
applicant, together with a description of the proposed place or stand
from which such vehicles are to be operated.
[Amended 11-9-2009 by L.L. No. 15-2009]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate or,
as an owner, to allow any person to drive or operate a taxicab or
other motor vehicle engaged in transportation of persons, for hire,
from point to point within the confines of the Village of East Rockaway,
without having first obtained a driver's license to drive or
operate such a taxicab from the Village Clerk.
A.
Application. To obtain a taxicab driver's license required by
this section, or any renewal thereof, a verified application shall
be made to the Village Clerk, upon a form to be furnished by the Village
Clerk, which application shall set forth the following information:
(1)
The name and resident address of the applicant.
(2)
Any other names ever used by the applicant.
(3)
The applicant's place of residence for the past five-year period.
(4)
The applicant's age, date of birth, color, height, weight, color
of eyes, color of hair, place of birth and citizenship.
(5)
Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime and,
if so, the details of such conviction, including the date and place
of each arrest and the name and location of the court in which and
the date on which such conviction was had and the penalty imposed
therefor. Any conviction for a felony or any conviction for a violation
of § 1192 or 1212 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or of any
conviction under Articles 120, 125, 130, 135, 155 or 160 of the New
York State Penal Law may act as a bar to the granting of a taxicab
driver's license.
(6)
The applicant's New York State chauffeur's license classification
and license number.
(7)
The applicant's Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs Taxi
and Limousine Commission for-hire vehicle driver's license number,
together with the dates of issuance and expiration thereof.
(8)
The applicant's Town of Hempstead taxicab driver's license
number, together with the dates of issuance and expiration thereof.
(9)
Whether or not any operator's or chauffeur's license held
by the applicant has ever been revoked or suspended by the State of
New York or any state or other municipality and, if so, by what court
or other authority, on what date, for what cause and, if suspended,
the period of such suspension.
(10)
Recommendation by four residents of Nassau County who have known
the applicant for a period of five years or more and who will vouch
for the applicant's sobriety, honesty and general good character.
(11)
Any other relevant information which the Village Clerk may require.
B.
Driver's photographs. All license applications shall be accompanied
by four unmounted, unretouched photographs of the applicant, showing
head and shoulders, taken within 30 days of the date of the application.
Said photographs shall be two inches by two inches in size.
[Amended 7-12-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999)
The fee to be charged under the provisions of
this chapter shall be determined from time to time by resolution of
the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 1-26-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
No license shall be issued for the operation
of any vehicle unless and until a certificate or other suitable evidence
shall be filed with the Village Clerk, evidencing adequate and suitable
insurance for the protection of passengers, other vehicles and persons
from personal injury and property damage with limits of $10,000/$20,000
for personal injury and $5,000 for property damage, which said insurance
shall be maintained in force at all times during the life of such
license.
Each license issued shall be conditioned upon
the agreement of the operator of said vehicle that no charge will
be made for the transportation of persons within the village in excess
of the rates which shall be prescribed from time to time by resolution
of the Board.
No operator of any vehicle for hire shall solicit
fares or patrons to ride in such vehicles by spoken words or language
or any soundmaking device within the village.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the village
to assign to each licensee a number and issue a certificate of such
license to him and issue a certificate or sticker in respect to each
vehicle licensed pursuant to this section, which said licenses shall
be given numbers.
The license number of the vehicle and the license
certificate number or badge of the operator shall be available for
inspection at all times when such vehicle is being operated on the
streets of the village.
No license shall be issued at any time in behalf
of any person who shall have been or shall be convicted of driving
while intoxicated or of public intoxication or who shall at any time
while in the performance of his duty as an operator of a vehicle for
hire be found in an intoxicated condition, and no person shall be
granted a license, who is under the age of 21 years.
Rates promulgated by the Board shall be printed
on cards and furnished to licensees, and such rate cards shall be
conspicuously displayed in each vehicle licensed to operate pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 8-10-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The
continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
