A Class A taxicab shall operate for hire within the City of
Yonkers only if the owner shall first have obtained a Class A taxicab
license from the Police Commissioner. Such license shall be issued
as of the first day of April and shall expire on the 31st day of March
of the following year, unless sooner suspended or revoked.
The Police Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized to
issue and grant under the Commissioner's seal the aforesaid Class
A taxicab licenses, not to exceed 110, sealed with the Corporate Seal
of the City, subject to the provisions contained in this chapter.
Upon application, on forms provided by the Police Department,
20 days prior to the termination of each license year, the Police
Commissioner may, by proper endorsement thereon and subject to the
provisions of this chapter, approve the renewal of any license or
cause a renewal license to be issued for the ensuing year.
Upon the voluntary sale or transfer of a licensed Class A taxicab
by the holder of a license or the licensee's legal representative,
the licensee shall immediately notify the Hack Bureau of any intention
to replace the Class A taxicab or shall surrender the license. If
the license is surrendered, the vendee or transferee may make application
to the Hack Bureau to license the Class A taxicab purchased. A new
license shall then be issued by the Hack Bureau in place of the license
so surrendered, provided that the applicant has demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the Hack Bureau that the applicant is qualified to
assume the duties and obligations of a Class A taxicab owner, as imposed
by the provisions hereof, and provided further that the applicant
assumes, agrees to pay and satisfies the Police Commissioner of his
ability to discharge all the outstanding tort liabilities of the vendor
or transferor incurred after the enactment hereof which is in excess
of the amount which is covered by any bond or policy of insurance
as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
Upon the voluntary or involuntary sale or transfer of a vehicle
licensed under this chapter, the licensee shall immediately surrender
to the Police Commissioner license, medallion and license card of
a corresponding number granted for the operation of such vehicle.
Whenever an owner sells or transfers title to a vehicle for which a license has been issued, the owner may within 60 days thereafter have the former license which was previously surrendered, as provided in §
110-11 of this article, reissued for another vehicle which the owner has purchased, provided that the owner has complied with all the provisions of this chapter and upon the payment of a fee of $20.
Class A taxicab licenses may be revoked or suspended at any
time for cause by the Police Commissioner if the vehicle shall be
used for immoral or illegal business or purposes or for a violation
of any ordinance or state law governing the operation of motor vehicles.
When the license is suspended or revoked, the license, medallion and
license card shall be surrendered to the Police Commissioner and shall
be returned after the expiration of the suspension period.
The Police Commissioner shall keep a register of the name of
each person owning or operating a Class A taxicab licensed under this
chapter, together with the Class A taxicab license number and the
description or make of such vehicle, with the date and complete record
of inspection made of it. Such record shall be open to the inspection
of the public at all reasonable times.
Any person procuring a license as an owner, keeper, bailee or possessor of a Class A taxicab, as provided in Article
II, §
110-5, of this chapter, shall pay to the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers, prior to the issuance of the license, the sum of $100 plus $50 per vehicle per year.
No vehicle designed and constructed to seat five or fewer persons in the rear section thereof and engaged in the business of conveying persons for hire, other than a Class A taxicab as herein defined, and duly licensed and equipped with a taximeter, shall seek, solicit or accept passengers for hire from any place or position in any street of the City of Yonkers, as defined in §
110-1 of Article
I hereof.
No sale and/or transfer of all or a part of the stock in a corporate
owner of a Class A taxicab license shall be made without the approval
of the Police Commissioner under rules and regulations adopted by
him for such purpose.