No person shall drive a taxicab and no person shall permit anyone to drive a taxicab within the limits of the Village of Sleepy Hollow 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.
The Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission shall examine and license all drivers.
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must apply through and be licensed by the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission with a for-hire vehicle driver permit.
Upon application and/or licensing by the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission, the driver shall be deemed licensed to operate as a taxicab driver within the Village of Sleepy Hollow. Any taxicab driver's license issued by the Village prior to the adoption of this chapter shall remain valid as a taxicab driver's license within the geographic boundaries of the Village until such license has expired.
Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the foregoing requirements, there shall be issued to the applicant a license which shall be in such form as issued by the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission. Driver's licenses shall be issued on a basis determined by the WCTLC.
Each licensed driver shall use as a badge the license issued by the WCTLC, which must, under penalty of revocation of the license, be conspicuously displayed upon demand when he is engaged in this employment.
Taxicab driver's licenses may be renewed according to the procedures established by the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission. No taxicab driver's license issued by the Village of Sleepy Hollow that expires after the adoption of this chapter may be renewed by the Village. Applicants must apply for and be licensed through the WCTLC.
The fees for a driver's license or renewal or for the reissuance of a lost or destroyed license shall be established and determined by the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission.
A driver's license or permit may at any time be suspended or revoked as governed by the rules and regulations of the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission or as otherwise determined by the WCTLC.