The license or registration of the owner or driver of a taxicab
or Class B taxicab may be suspended or revoked by the Police Commissioner
when sufficient evidence has been made available to the Commissioner
to warrant such action in the best interest of the general public
with regard to safety or welfare or in the best interests of the City
of Yonkers.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed driver of any taxicab
or Class B taxicab to misrepresent the name of the driver's employer
or knowingly to receive or transport any person or persons who intend
to commit any unlawful act in the taxicab or Class B taxicab during
the voyage or at the termination thereof, whether within the vehicle
or not. It shall also be unlawful for any driver to solicit or procure
or to aid or assist in soliciting or procuring any person to ride
in a licensed taxicab or Class B taxicab with the intent to commit
any unlawful act therein or at any time during the voyage or the termination
thereof, whether within the vehicle or not.
Imprudent driving, though a conviction for same may not be in
evidence, or driving in such a manner or condition likely to endanger
the safety of passengers, pedestrians, vehicles or the person and
property of others or driving without the proper regard for traffic,
surface and width of the highway and the hazard at intersections or
any other conditions then existing is cause for suspension or revocation
in the discretion of the Police Commissioner.
The garage address of all vehicles and the usual location of
vehicles awaiting hire must be registered with the Police Department,
and a report of any change in the garage address or usual location
of vehicle awaiting hire must be made within 48 hours of such change
to the Police Department.
An owner shall deliver to the Police Department without delay
the Class A taxicab license and the medallion or, for Class B taxicabs,
the inspection sticker and Class B taxicab identification stickers
or decals for each and every vehicle that is sold or taken out of
service for repairs or storage for a period in excess of 14 days.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or driver to have
or make any contract or agreement with any owner of any hotel, apartment
house, restaurant or cafe, or with the agent or employee of such place,
by which said owner, operator or driver shall agree to solicit the
patronage of any passenger for any such hotel, apartment house, restaurant
or cafe.
Every driver of a taxicab, immediately after the termination
of any hiring or employment, must carefully search the taxicab for
any property lost or left therein, and any such property, unless sooner
claimed or delivered to the owner, shall be taken to police headquarters
and deposited with the officer in charge within 48 hours after the
finding thereof.
The owner or owners of all Class A taxicabs duly licensed under
this chapter shall be in operation not less than eight hours daily,
excluding Sundays, for the service of the general public.
Operators of any vehicle or Class A taxicab used for private
or public rental shall register in the office of the Police Commissioner
on such form or forms as are duly provided for such purpose.
