[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Medina 4-17-1947 (Ch. 56 of the 1965 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 236.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this section:
DRIVER'S LICENSE
Includes permission granted by the Board of Trustees to any person to drive upon the streets of said Village any licensed taxicab.
OPERATOR
Includes any person owning or having control of the use of one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the Village of Medina, New York, or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
STREET
Includes any street, alley, avenue, land or public place in the Village of Medina, New York.
TAXICAB
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying persons for hire, whether the same is operated from a taxi stand or subject to calls from a garage or residence or otherwise operated for hire, except vehicles subject to the provisions of the Transportation Law or used by undertakers in the conduct of their business.
TAXICAB DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the owner of such taxicab or employed by a taxicab owner or operator.
TAXICAB LICENSE
Includes permission granted by the Board of Trustees to any person to operate or keep for hire any taxicab in said Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 218-2, License requirements, which immediately followed this definition, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall drive a taxicab and no person shall permit anyone to drive a taxicab within the limits of the Village of Medina, New York, without such driver having first obtained and paid for and having in force and effect a driver's license under the provisions of this chapter. Applications for taxicab driver's licenses shall be made on forms supplied by the Board of Trustees and shall be approved, in writing, by the Chief of Police. Such approval or disapproval shall be subject to review and final decision by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 1-9-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979[1]]
Drivers' licenses shall be issued as of May 15 in each and every year and shall be valid to and including May 14 next succeeding. The fee for such license shall be as established from time to time by the Board of Trustees.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the office of the Village Clerk
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit to be operated a taxicab upon the streets of the Village of Medina, New York, without first having obtained and paid for and having in force and effect a taxicab license under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-9-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979[1]]
Taxicab licenses shall be issued as of May 15 in each and every year and shall be valid to and including May 14 next succeeding. The fee for such license shall be as established from time to time by the Board of Trustees, and for each additional taxicab owned or operated by the same applicant, there shall be imposed an additional sum as established from time to time by the Board of Trustees, as a license fee, or any part thereof.[2] No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and examined and found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers; clean, fit, of good appearance and well painted and varnished. The Chief of Police shall designate who shall make such examination and inspection before a license is issued and shall have the right to make such inspection of such licensed vehicle at any time he deems the same necessary. The Chief of Police shall refuse a license to or, if already issued, revoke or suspend a license of any vehicle found upon inspection and examination to be unfit or unsuited for public patronage. No license shall be issued under the provisions of this section unless and until the Chief of Police has indicated, in writing, his approval thereof on the face of the application thereof. The signature shall not be facsimile.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the office of the Village Clerk
Each operator licensed under § 218-5 of this chapter shall receive a license plate, the design of which shall be changed annually, and any licensee who defaces, obliterates or changes any official entry made upon his or her license plate or permits the same to be done shall have his or her license revoked. If a taxicab shall be disabled, disqualified for service or sold, the Board of Trustees may, at its discretion, permit the use of a license granted for such taxicab to be transferred and used for another, provided that such taxicab and the purchaser thereof comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Every driver of a taxicab shall have the right to demand payment of the legal fare in advance and may refuse employment unless so prepaid, but no driver of a taxicab shall otherwise refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons upon request anywhere in the Village, unless previously engaged or unable to do so.
[Amended 6-18-1959; 2-23-1967; 2-26-1974; 7-22-1975 by L.L. No. 5-1975; 9-11-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979; 3-10-1981 by L.L. No. 3-1981]
A suitable rate card with minimum dimensions of three inches by five inches, displaying the rates or fares charged for use of each taxicab, shall be conspicuously posted in the interior of every taxicab. Every licensed taxicab shall be provided with a printed receipt book, and said licensed driver shall, whenever requested by a passenger, give him or her a receipt for the fare.
No license under the provisions of any of the preceding sections shall be transferred, but it shall be and remain for the proper use and benefit of the parties obtaining the same.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed driver of any taxicab to misrepresent the name of his or her employer or knowingly to receive or transport any person or persons who intend to commit any unlawful act in such vehicle during the voyage or at the termination thereof, whether within such vehicle or not. It shall be unlawful for any such driver to solicit or procure or to aid or assist in soliciting or procuring any person to ride in a licensed taxicab with the intent to commit any unlawful act therein or at any time during the voyage or the termination thereof, whether within the vehicle or not.
No taxicab shall stand or park on the streets in the Village of Medina, New York, when not in use, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., except on such streets or portions of streets as shall be designated as taxicab stands by the Board of Trustees, and no taxicab, when in use, shall stand or park upon the streets in said Village in excess of 15 minutes at any time, except on such streets or portions of streets designated as taxicab stands. Operators who do not wish to use the streets or portions of streets designated by the Board of Trustees as taxicab stands must provide a private stand approved by the Board of Trustees, and such taxicabs must be kept on such stands at all times when not in use.
[Amended 9-25-1990 by L.L. No. 8-1990[1]]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided by statutory provisions, 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 of not less than $125 and not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
In addition to the punishment herein provided, the Village Justice may, upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter, suspend or revoke the license of the person so convicted for the balance of the term of said license.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).