[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Delhi 8-2-2010 by L.L. No. 6-2010. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Permission granted by the Village to any person to drive
upon the streets of the Village any licensed taxicab.
Any person, firm or corporation, or association owning and
operating one or more taxicab(s).
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.
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.
(c)
The year manufactured.
(d)
New York State license number.
(e)
Proof of a current New York state inspection.
(f)
Place of birth.
(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or chauffeur and, if so, whether his or her license has ever been
revoked and for what cause.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.
(k)
Proof of insurance.
(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.
A.
Licenses shall be issued by the Village Clerk annually for a period
beginning June 1 and expiring May 31 of the following year.
B.
Each licensed driver of a taxicab shall display his or her taxicab
driver's license and photograph in the interior of the taxicab
in such position that the same may be easily seen by any fare at all
times when the licensed driver is operating the taxicab.
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.
A.
Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit
a taxicab to be operative within the Village unless said taxicab shall
be covered by a liability insurance policy for the protection of passengers
in an amount to be determined by the taxicab company's insurance
carrier. Proof of insurance shall be required for all vehicles operating
as taxicab and shall be filed with the Village Clerk before a taxicab
license is issued.
A.
Taxicab owner's license. An owner's license may be suspended
or revoked at any time by the Village Clerk for a violation of this
chapter, or if a licensed owner is twice convicted within a period
of six months of a violation of any federal or state law or Village
ordinance relating to the operation of motor vehicles, or if any one
licensed driver of a licensed owner is convicted of a violation of
this chapter twice within a period of six months, or is three times
convicted within a period of six months of a violation of any state
law or Village ordinance relating to the operation of motor vehicles.
Whenever any owner's license is revoked or suspended, it shall
be surrendered to the Village Clerk. In the case of a suspension,
the license shall be retained by the Village Clerk until the suspension
expires, and in case of a revocation, the license shall be destroyed
by the Village Clerk. In the event that any person to whom an owner's
license is issued has such license suspended on three separate and
distinct occasions within a period of 18 months, the third suspension
shall automatically result in a revocation.
B.
Taxicab driver's license. A taxicab driver's license may
be suspended or revoked at any time by the Village Clerk for a violation
of this chapter and must be revoked if the driver is convicted of
or indicted for a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude
or upon two convictions within a period of six months of a violation
of any of the traffic laws of the State of New York or ordinances
of the Village. In cases of suspension or revocation, the license
shall be surrendered to the Village Clerk. Upon termination of the
suspension, it shall be returned to the licensed driver. Upon revocation,
the license shall be destroyed by the Village Clerk. A third suspension
within a period of 18 months shall result in an automatic revocation
of license.
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.
