As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DRIVER'S LICENSE
Permission granted by the Village to any person to drive
upon the streets of the Village any licensed taxicab.
OWNER
Any person, firm or corporation, or association owning and
operating one or more taxicab(s).
TAXICAB
Any motor vehicle with a maximum capacity of seven or fewer
passengers, including the driver, engaged in the business of carrying
persons for hire, whether the same be operated from a street stand
or subject to calls from a garage, or otherwise for hire, except vehicles
subject to the provisions of the Transportation Corporation Law or
used by undertakers in carrying on business.
TAXICAB DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person be the
owner of such taxicab or employed by an owner or another taxicab driver.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a taxicab within
the Village of Delhi without a taxicab driver's license for driving
the same, as provided herein, whenever said vehicle is operated as
a taxicab.
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must comply
with the following:
A. Form. Each applicant shall file his or her application with the village
clerk on forms to be adopted by the village clerk.
B. State license. The applicant shall have a state chauffeur's
license.
C. Age. Applicants must be of the age of 18 years or over.
D. Addiction to liquor. The applicant shall not be addicted to the use
of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
E. Personal history.
(1) The applicant shall fill out, upon a blank form to be provided by
the village clerk, a statement giving:
(a)
The applicant's full name and residence.
(b)
The identification number and make of the vehicle.
(d)
New York State license number.
(e)
Proof of a current New York state inspection.
(g)
Whether the applicant is a citizen of the United States.
(h)
Places of previous employment.
(i)
Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of any felony
or misdemeanor, including but not limited to DWI, or of a DWAI, and,
if so, the date of such conviction and the disposition thereof.
(j)
Whether the applicant has been previously licensed as a driver
or chauffeur and, if so, whether his or her license has ever been
revoked and for what cause.
[1]
Number of state chauffeur's license.
(l)
Whether the applicant must periodically register, for any reason,
with the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
(2) This statement shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and
filed with the Village Clerk as a permanent record.
F. Waiting period. In order to ensure compliance with all requirements
mandated by this chapter, a minimum of five business days must elapse
before a taxicab driver's license may be issued by the Village
Clerk.
G. Payment of fees. Each applicant must pay the required fees as set
forth herein.
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must file
with his or her application three unmounted, unretouched photographs
of himself or herself taken within the 30 days preceding the filing
of his or her application. The photographs shall be of a size which
may be easily attached to his or her license; one shall be attached
to his or her license when issued and the others shall be filed with
the application.
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must submit
with the application form a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
abstract providing information regarding the applicant's past
and current driving record. The cost of said abstract shall be borne
by the applicant.
Application for renewal of taxicab licenses shall be filed not
later than May 15 of each year with the Village Clerk.
The fee for a taxicab license shall be set by resolution from
time to time by the Village Trustees of the Village of Delhi for each
taxicab owned and operated by an applicant.
In the event that the owner of one or more taxicabs shall dispose
of his or her taxicab or taxicabs and obtain a new taxicab or taxicabs,
the license for the motor vehicle or vehicles so disposed of may be
transferred to the new taxicab or taxicabs upon application and notice
to the Mayor and providing the information as set forth herein by
filing the same in the Village Clerk's office, or a new license
or licenses may be issued for the new taxicab or taxicabs.
Every license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be countersigned
by the Village Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof and the amount
of the fee to be paid therefor.
The Village Clerk shall keep with the original application a
complete record of each license issued to a driver and of all renewals,
suspensions and revocations thereof.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 for each violation. A separate
violation shall occur each day that any such owner shall be in violation
of the provisions of this chapter.