Unless otherwise expressly provided, the following words, for
the purpose of this chapter, shall have the meanings herein indicated:
A legal place of business from which private livery cars
are dispatched to operate.
Any person owning a base for the dispatch of private livery
cars.
One or more acts of transporting a passenger or passengers
for hire.
The driving of a taxicab upon the streets, highways, avenues
or public places located within the Village of Mineola for the purpose
of soliciting or the plying of prospective passengers for hire.
Any person driving a taxicab, private livery car, private
livery van or limousine for hire upon the streets, highways, avenues
or public places located within the Village of Mineola.
A chauffeured, oversized or full-sized luxury sedan seating
not fewer than five nor more than 10 persons, including the driver,
used solely for hire in connection with funerals, weddings, amusement,
sports and similar functions on a prior agreement, fixed-rate basis
and licensed by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles with
a livery plate or other special designated plate. Such vehicle shall
not be used as a taxicab. Such vehicle shall not be permitted to stand
at any taxi stand designated by the Village of Mineola.
A private livery van, as defined in this article.
The picking up of a passenger for hire within the Village
of Mineola, whether such passenger is discharged at a destination
within the Village of Mineola or without the Village of Mineola. Nothing
in this chapter shall apply to abridge, limit or regulate the right
of any person not licensed hereunder to convey passengers by taxicab,
limousine or private livery van from points of origin outside the
Village of Mineola to points of destination within the Village of
Mineola.
Any person owning one or more taxicabs, limousines, private
livery cars or private livery vans and driving or causing any such
vehicle to be driven upon the streets, highways, avenues or public
places located within the Village of Mineola for hire. "Owner" shall
also include a purchaser under a reserve title contract, conditional
sales agreement or vendor's lien agreement and the lessee of
any such vehicle or vehicles.
A person other than the driver who is an occupant of a taxicab,
limousine, private livery car or private livery van, and, for the
purpose of this chapter, such person or persons shall be presumed
to be a passenger for hire.
An individual, firm, partnership, unincorporated association,
corporation or any other legal entity.
An intermediate or full-sized sedan seating no fewer then
five nor more than six persons, including the driver, which is dispatched
by two-way radio and used for the transportation of passengers for
compensation. Such vehicle shall not be operated as a limousine or
a taxicab and shall not be permitted to stand at any taxi stand designated
by the Village of Mineola. A private livery car must be affiliated
with a base which is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
A motor vehicle which is manufactured and equipped in such
a manner as to provide a seating capacity of not fewer than six and
not more than 15 passengers, not including the driver, which is used
for the transportation of persons for compensation. Such vehicle shall
not be permitted to stand at any taxi stand designated by the Village
of Mineola.
The owner of any of a corporation's outstanding and
issued shares, whether or not publicly traded.
A motor vehicle other than a limousine or private livery
car used in the business of carrying passengers for hire; having a
seating capacity of not more than eight persons, including the driver;
not operated on a fixed route; and licensed by the New York State
Department of Motor Vehicles with a license number that is designated
by the Department of Motor Vehicles as a taxicab plate.
A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere which has been so designated pursuant to § 475-38.
A fixed base of operation of the owner of a taxicab or limousine.
The Village of Mineola.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a limousine
which is:
A.
Used solely to transport persons for a motel, hotel or housing complex
pursuant to contract.
B.
Used under agreement with a club or provide regular transportation
service for its members or guests.
C.
Owned and operated by persons not primarily engaged in the business
of transportation and who furnish their own drivers.
D.
Operated at fares determined by zone or taximeter.
