[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers 12-12-1961 by G.O. No.
41-1961. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated.
A motor vehicle designed to comfortably seat and carry five
or more persons, operating for hire from fixed points within the City
of Yonkers to a school or schools, public and/or private, and shall
also include a vehicle designed as aforesaid which, by an oral or
written contract, is let and hired or otherwise engaged for transporting
schoolchildren from a point within the City of Yonkers.
[Amended 11-27-1973 by L.L. No. 7-1973; 6-28-1983 by G.O. No. 12-1983; 9-15-1983 by G.O. No.
14-1983; 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986; 5-28-1991 by G.O. No. 9-1991; 7-26-1995 by G.O. No. 9-1995]
A school bus and/or omnibus shall operate within the City of
Yonkers only if the owners shall first register and obtain a license
therefor from the Police Commissioner.
A.
Such license shall be issued after the first day of January and shall
expire on the 31st day of December of each year, unless sooner suspended
or revoked.
B.
The license fee for each bus and/or omnibus shall be the sum of $85
for each and every year, and the application for such license shall
be filed with the Police Commissioner upon forms which shall be provided
by the Police Department.
[Amended 12-14-2010 by G.O. No.
6-2010]
C.
No license shall be issued for a school bus until the same has been
inspected and an inspection sticker affixed to the lower right-hand
windshield.
D.
All owners of said school buses and/or omnibuses are required to
post their routes, carrying capacity and schools served at a reasonable
time prior to the start of the school year. Such posting shall be
filed with the Police Commissioner and conspicuously displayed in
each and every school bus and/or omnibus operated and used for the
transportation of school children within the City of Yonkers.
[Added 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986]
School buses shall be inspected annually pursuant to § 112-16 of this chapter. Said inspections shall be performed by the Police Commissioner or his duly authorized designee.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
No person shall drive any school bus and/or omnibus and no owner,
bailee or possessor shall suffer or permit anyone to drive any school
bus within the limits of the City of Yonkers without such person having
first obtained and paid for and kept in full force and effect a school
bus driver's license under the provisions of this chapter. Driver's
licenses shall be issued as of the first day of March in each and
every year and shall expire on the last day of February of the following
year, unless sooner suspended or revoked.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963; amended 6-28-1983 by G.O. No. 12-1983; 5-28-1991 by G.O. No.
9-1991; 7-26-1995 by G.O. No. 9-1995]
Every driver of a school bus and/or omnibus, as provided in § 112-2 of this chapter, shall, prior to receiving a license, pay to the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers the sum of $50 therefor.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963; amended 1-28-1964 by G.O. No. 4-1964; 11-27-1973 by L.L. No.
7-1973]
A.
Application for a school bus and/or omnibus driver's license
must be filed with the Police Commissioner on forms provided by the
Police Department, and the applicant must comply with the following:
(1)
Must first have obtained a New York State Class II or New York State
Class IV chauffeur's license. No person shall be permitted to
drive a school bus and/or omnibus within the City of Yonkers who has
been:
[Amended 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986]
(2)
Must be of the age of 21 years or over.
(3)
Must be of sound physique with good eyesight and not subject to epilepsy,
vertigo, heart trouble or any other infirmity of body or mind which
might render him unfit for the safe operation of a public vehicle.
The applicant must furnish a certificate from a reputable physician
of this City certifying whether, in his opinion, the applicant is
afflicted with any disease or infirmity which might make him an unsafe
or unsatisfactory driver of a public vehicle.
(4)
Must be a citizen of the United States.
(5)
Must be able to read and write understandingly the printed English
language.
(6)
Must be clean in dress and person and not addicted to the use of
intoxicating liquor or drugs.
(7)
Must produce, on forms to be provided by the Police Commissioner,
affidavits of good character from two reputable citizens of the City
of Yonkers who have known him personally and have observed his conduct
for at least one year next preceding the date of his application,
and further testimonial on a form provided for that purpose from his
employer, unless, in the opinion of the Police Commissioner, sufficient
reason is given for its omission.
B.
The Police Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized to establish
such additional rules and regulations governing the issuance of drivers'
licenses, not inconsistent herewith, as may be necessary and reasonable.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963; amended 11-27-1973 by L.L. No. 7-1973]
The Police Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized to
issue and grant under his hand the aforesaid school bus and/or omnibus
driver's licenses, sealed with the Corporate Seal of said City,
subject to the provisions contained in this chapter.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963; amended 11-27-1973 by L.L. No. 7-1973; 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986]
Each applicant for a driver's license must file with his
application three unmounted, unretouched photographs of himself, in
such position as the Police Commissioner may direct, taken within
the 30 days preceding the filing of his application, together with
a license fee of $25, to be paid to the City of Yonkers. Photographs
shall be of a size which may be easily attached to his license, one
of which shall be attached to the license when issued, and the others
shall be filed with the application. The photograph shall be so attached
to the license that it cannot be removed and another photograph substituted
without detection. Such license with photograph attached shall, so
long as the licensee is driving or in charge of the school bus and/or
omnibus, be conspicuously displayed in the dashboard of such school
bus and/or omnibus so as to be easily visible to passengers therein.
In the event that the application for a license is denied, two copies
of the photograph shall be returned to the applicant by the Police
Commissioner.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
Each applicant for a driver's license shall file with his
application impressions of the fingers of his right and left hand.
Such impressions shall be placed upon forms furnished by the Police
Commissioner, the impressions to be taken under his supervision or
the supervision of someone designated by him at such place or places
as he may appoint. No license shall be issued under the provisions
of this chapter until after the investigation and examination of the
fingerprint impressions; provided, however, that a temporary license
may be issued for a period not exceeding 20 days pending such investigation.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
Each applicant for a school bus and/or omnibus driver's
license shall be examined by the Police Commissioner or by some person
designated by him as to his knowledge of the provisions of this chapter,
the traffic regulations of the City and the geography of the City;
and if the results of the examination are unsatisfactory, he shall
be refused a license. Each applicant must, if required by the Police
Commissioner, demonstrate his skill and ability to handle his vehicle
by driving it through a crowded section of the City, accompanied by
a representative of the Police Department designated by the Police
Commissioner.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
Every licensed owner, operator or driver of any school bus and/or
omnibus, whenever he shall drive the same or shall be with his school
bus and/or omnibus while waiting for employment at any place, shall
wear upon his person a badge of such form and style as the Police
Commissioner may prescribe, with the number of his driver's license
thereon in plain figures not less than 1/2 inch in length and the
words "Licensed School Bus, City of Yonkers" beneath such number in
letters of not less than 1/4 of an inch in length. No person except
a licensed driver shall wear a driver's badge or any badge purporting
to be the badge of any licensed driver, nor shall a person other than
a licensed driver wear any other than his own badge or suffer or permit
any other person to wear his badge.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the foregoing requirements,
there shall be issued to the applicant by the Police Commissioner
a license, which shall be in such form as to contain a photograph
and the signature of the licensee and blank spaces upon which a record
may be made of any arrest of or serious complaint against him. Each
license shall be stamped by the Seal of the City upon at least a portion
of the photograph. All licenses shall be numbered in the order in
which they are issued and shall contain the name and place of residence
and the dates of issuance and expiration of the license. Any licensee
defacing, removing or obliterating any official entry made upon his
license shall have his license revoked.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
The Police Commissioner may renew a driver's license from year to year. A driver, in applying for a renewal of his license, shall make application not less than 30 days next preceding its expiration upon a form to be furnished by the Police Commissioner entitled "Application for Renewal of License," which shall be filled out with the full name and address of the applicant, together with a statement of the date upon which his original license was granted and the number thereof, and he shall furnish to the Police Commissioner photographs as provided in § 112-8.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
A driver's license or permit may at any time be suspended
or revoked by the Police Commissioner when the holder has failed to
comply with any of the provisions hereof or has willfully or knowingly
violated any of the provisions hereof or for a violation of any applicable
ordinance or state law.
[Added 12-26-1963 by G.O. No. 41-1963]
There shall be kept in the office of the Police Commissioner
a complete record of each license or permit issued to a driver and
of all renewals, suspensions and revocations thereof, which record
shall be kept on file with the original application of the driver
for a license.
[Added 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986]
All school buses, as defined in this chapter, shall be inspected
by the Hack Inspection Unit of the Yonkers Police Department pursuant
to the vehicle and traffic laws of this state and all of the rules
and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Transportation
to make certain that the school buses are in compliance with said
regulations.
[Added 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986]
In case the person violating any provision of this chapter is
a corporation, the officer, agent or employee thereof who shall violate
or procure, aid or abet any violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter or permit the operation of any school bus contrary to
the requirements thereof shall be subject to the same penalties as
if he, himself, were personally operating such vehicle at the time
such violation was committed.
[Added 10-28-1986 by G.O. No. 16-1986; amended 5-28-1991 by G.O. No. 9-1991; 7-26-1995 by G.O. No.
9-1995]
Any driver who has lost his driver's license within the
current year shall pay a fee of $25 in order to be issued a duplicate
license.
[Added 9-16-1986 by G.O. No. 15-1986; amended 11-12-2014 by G.O. No. 15-2014]
A school bus and/or omnibus shall obtain a license as set forth in § 112-2 above and shall operate within the City of Yonkers only if the vehicle shall have on the rear thereof a sign or sticker which shall state, in language, size, and color as approved by the Police Commissioner or his designee, that if this vehicle is being operated in an unsafe manner, the Police Department will be notified at a telephone number designated by the Police Department.
