The amount to be charged and collected for the hire of a Class
A taxicab for one or more passengers within the City of Yonkers shall
be as follows:
A.
Party of passengers. For the first 1/9 mile or fraction thereof:
$2; and for each additional 1/9 mile or fraction thereof: $0.20.
B.
Group riding. The first party of passengers to be dropped shall pay
the meter reading at his point of destination and the driver shall
then rethrow the meter flag for the next passenger and each succeeding
passenger. Such passenger shall pay only the fare registered on the
meter.
C.
Waiting time. For each 45 seconds of waiting time: $0.20.
D.
Rates outside City limits. The driver of a Class A taxicab transporting
a passenger or passengers from a point within the City to a point
outside of the City limits, or vice versa, shall charge the meter
rate of fare from the point of origin to the point of destination
and may charge such additional fare as the driver, acting for the
owner, and the passenger may agree upon for the ride without the City
limits.
E.
Receipts. Upon request, the driver of a Class A taxicab shall furnish
to the passenger a receipt for the amount of fare paid.
All Class A taxicab drivers, operators, companies and associations
and their members shall only operate their Class A taxicabs in group-riding
service when necessary to meet the public demand for Class A taxicab
service. Group-riding service must be practiced when there is a peak
demand caused by cloudbursts, blizzards, public disasters, large mass
gatherings such as at sporting events and the like or during emergencies.
In all other cases, the driver may not pick up additional riders without
the express consent of the passenger(s).
Whenever a Class A taxicab is not occupied by any passengers,
the Class A taxicab shall be available to any person or persons hailing
the Class A taxicab. Upon taking on a passenger or party of passengers,
the general direction of the destination of the first passenger or
party of passengers shall determine the general direction of the particular
trip. Thereafter, additional passengers whose destination lies generally
in that direction shall be taken on to the extent of the full carrying
capacity of the Class A taxicab, as the construction of the vehicle
may permit. All passengers shall be discharged in the order of their
respective destinations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal
fare of any Class A taxicab or other vehicle mentioned in this chapter
after having hired the same, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to hire any vehicle herein defined with intent to defraud the person
from whom it is hired of the value of such service.
No passenger shall be carried in the front seat of any Class
A taxicab unless the back seat is fully occupied by other passengers,
and then not unless such person is a paid passenger or a physically
challenged person.
Whenever a Class A taxicab is not occupied by any passenger, the Class A taxicab shall be available to any person or persons requesting the same, and that trip shall not be delayed in starting while the driver obtains additional passengers for group-riding service, except as provided in §§ 110-54 and 110-55 of this article.
The license card on which the official license number of the
Class A taxicab and the rates of fare for which it is authorized to
be operated shall be displayed in a card frame affixed in a conspicuous
place in the interior of the Class A taxicab, visible at all times
to the passenger.
All disputes as to the lawful rate of fare shall, upon the request
of the driver or passenger, be determined by the desk officer at police
headquarters on duty at the time. Failure to comply with such determination
shall subject the offender to a charge of disorderly conduct.
Rates of fares for sightseeing buses are not established. However,
a schedule of rates charged for each trip by a bus shall be prominently
displayed at the starting point of the bus and upon a sign attached
to the front of the bus before the trip starts. A charge greater or
an attempt to charge any passenger a sum greater than set forth in
such schedule shall be deemed a violation of this chapter. The owner
or agent shall deliver to all passengers, upon payment of the fare,
a printed receipt indicating the amount of fare paid and the time
scheduled for the bus to leave the starting point. Each bus shall
have conspicuously displayed two signs showing the time the bus is
scheduled to leave; one of such signs shall be hung on the windshield
in the interior and the other on the outside at a conspicuous point
near the door where passengers enter. These signs shall read as follows:
"This bus leaves — (specifying time) sharp." Unless
such bus leaves as scheduled, the fare paid by the passenger must
be refunded immediately upon request. The Police Commissioner may
require the owner to file with the Police Department an appropriate
schedule of rates of fare and other charges. A sightseeing bus, after
leaving its starting point, shall not receive additional passengers
between such place of starting and its ultimate destination point.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to buses hired or engaged
under a contract for exclusive use for a special trip or excursion.
Passengers may not smoke in the Class A taxicab, except with
the consent of the driver. Drivers may not smoke when transporting
passengers.
