Inspection of all vehicles licensed under this chapter shall
be under the direction of the Police Commissioner, who shall assign
a member of the Police Department of officer rank to be in charge
thereof, together with such other personnel necessary for such purpose.
The Police Commissioner, officer in charge and/or such other personnel
assigned for such purpose shall have the right, so long as there is
cause to believe the vehicle is not in compliance with this chapter
at any time, after displaying proper identification, to enter into
or upon any vehicle licensed under this chapter for the purpose of
ascertaining whether or not any of the provisions of this chapter
have been or are being violated.
No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and examined and found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers; clean, fit, of good appearance, well painted and varnished; and equipped with an approved taximeter as prescribed by Article V of this chapter. The officer in charge and/or such other personnel as may be assigned by the Police Commissioner for such purpose shall make such inspection and examination before the license is issued. The Police Commissioner shall refuse approval of the issuance of a license to such applicant or, if already issued, revoke or suspend a license of any vehicle found to be unfit for public patronage.
The officer in charge and/or such other personnel as may be
assigned by the Police Commissioner for such purpose shall maintain
constant vigilance over all Class A taxicabs to see that they are
kept in a continued fitness for public use; and to this end, all Class
A taxicabs shall be inspected at least every three months and at such
other times as the officer in charge may deem necessary. The officer
in charge and/or such other personnel as may be assigned by the Police
Commissioner for such purpose shall endorse upon the license card
the date of each and every inspection and the result thereof. Reports,
in writing, of all inspections shall be promptly filed in the office
of the Police Commissioner.
In order to facilitate the inspection of taxis, the Police Commissioner
may order the applicant to submit, in such form as may be established
by the Police Commissioner, a statement, signed by any authorized
New York State inspection station, as to the safety, adequacy, condition
and good working order of brakes, lights, steering and/or any other
mechanical features of the vehicle upon which the Police Commissioner
may require a report.
Any vehicle which is found, after such inspection as provided in § 110-77 of this article, to be unsafe or in any way unsuitable for hiring service may be immediately ordered out of service, and before being again placed in service shall be delivered to the Police Department at a designated point for reinspection.
Every owner shall institute a system of regular weekly inspections
of all vehicles and equipment and keep all vehicles and equipment
in proper repair and in a sanitary condition at all times. A record
of all such inspections shall be kept by the owner and shall be available
to the Police Commissioner or a member of the Police Department.
The holder of a Class A taxicab license shall be ordered by
the Police Commissioner to replace the Class A taxicab vehicle or
other equipment or accessories if it appears that the same no longer
meet with the reasonable standards of safe operation or public (vehicle)
appearance prescribed by the Police Commissioner. Upon failure of
the owner to comply with any such order within 120 days after service
thereof, the license shall be deemed to have been abandoned by nonuse.
The owner shall regularly inspect all of the owner's Class
A taxicabs, and, upon inspection, if a taxi is found to be unsafe
for service, the owner shall make such repairs and alterations as
may be required, and any such vehicle licensed under this chapter
shall not be operated or permitted to be operated until such repairs
and alterations have been completed.
The owner of every vehicle licensed under the provisions hereof
operating within the City, in addition to complying with all the conditions
hereof, shall do and perform or cause to be performed, with respect
to each vehicle operated, the following:
A.
Keep the interior and exterior in a clean and sanitary condition.
B.
Inspect the vehicle and its equipment at least once each week.
C.
Make such repairs and alterations as may be required and not operate
any vehicle until such alterations and repairs are completed.
D.
Employ only drivers who present proper identification cards and badges.
E.
Permit only one driver to operate any vehicle or vehicles only 12
hours of any continuous twenty-four-hour period.
F.
Report any driver to the Police Department who, in his opinion, is
not qualified to hold a driver's license, stating the reasons
therefor.
G.
Furnish all reports to the Police Department or to the City Clerk
that the Police Department or the Police Commissioner may require.
H.
Keep open for inspection by the Police Department the record showing
the time of leaving and return of each vehicle as well as the name,
the driver's license number and the make, license number and
owner of the vehicle.
I.
Garage all vehicles within the limits of the City of Yonkers and,
when the garage address is changed, report such change within 48 hours
to the Police Department.
J.
Keep such records of receipts from operations, payments to drivers,
mileage runs, accidents incurred and public liability claims paid
and of such other information as the Police Department may from time
to time by regulation provide, such records to be at all times open
to inspection by the Police Department.
