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.