Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter,
the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this
section:
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, except any omnibus operated,
running by authority of any ordinance, law or permit, upon a fixed
route through or within the Village.
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.
Permit fees for the following items shall be paid to the Village
Clerk-Treasurer; 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 Clerk-Treasurer:
A. For each taxi company permit, 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. All applicants granted a permit pursuant to this Subsection
C shall be granted a twelve-hour parking permit.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer 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 Clerk-Treasurer 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.
[Amended 9-6-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]
In accordance with § 181 of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York, the number of taxicab licenses to be
issued under this chapter is hereby limited to 28. 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 a license to operate a point
of service van service. The license to operate such van service shall
require one of the 28 taxicab licenses granted pursuant to this section
and such license shall be subject to those conditions established
by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 5-7-1979 by L.L. No. 7-1979; 2-11-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980; 12-16-1985 by L.L. No. 6-1985]
A. The rate of fare which shall be charged by taxicab operators for
transportation of passengers within the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale
shall be set by resolution duly adopted by the Board of Trustees of
the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale and entered in its minutes.
[Amended 10-19-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; 11-27-1989 by L.L. No. 8-1989]
B. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to modify or affect the
fares charged by taxicab operators for transportation of senior citizens,
i.e., persons over the age of 65 years, pursuant to a program subsidizing
the transportation of senior citizens and implemented by resolution
of the Board of Trustees now or hereafter adopted.
C. It shall be unlawful to charge or attempt to charge any person a
greater rate of fare than that which the taxicab is entitled to under
the provisions of this chapter.
Besides the penalties provided for violation of any section
of this chapter for which a specific penalty is designated, the holder
of any permit hereunder, upon conviction for any violation of this
chapter, shall be subject to suspension or revocation of his permit,
upon the order of the Village Clerk-Treasurer being filed with the
Village Clerk-Treasurer and notice, in writing, of the revocation
or suspension being given to the permittee. Any revocation or suspension
made hereunder may be appealed by the permittee to the Board of Trustees
by a notice of appeal, in writing, filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
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 Farmingdale."
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.