The following regulations shall be observed in the operation
and driving of a taxicab, limousine, private livery car or private
livery van upon the public highways within the Village. Each regulation
applicable to taxicabs, limousines or private livery vans shall also
apply to private livery cars.
A. Every vehicle operated upon the streets of the Village as a taxicab,
limousine or private livery van shall be kept clean, sanitary, fit
and of good appearance and in a safe condition for the transportation
of passengers.
B. Identification.
(1) Each taxicab operated hereunder shall have a permanently affixed
roof light with the word "taxicab" imprinted thereon in such manner
that it shall be visible at all times.
(2) Each taxicab and private livery van shall bear on the outside of
each front door the name and address of the owner in letters not less
than two inches and not more than four inches in height, either painted
thereon or otherwise securely affixed thereon. A private livery car
shall display inside the vehicle the name and address of the affiliated
base owner.
(3) The use of magnets and magnetic signs is prohibited. There shall
also be affixed to the left side of the front and rear bumpers of
each taxicab, limousine and private livery car, in a conspicuous place,
the license issued by the Taxi Commission as hereinabove provided.
A valid license card must be present in the taxicab and private livery
van and available to inspection at all times.
C. No person shall drive any taxicab or private livery van upon the
streets of the Village unless the license of the driver is displayed
in such vehicle in full view of the passengers in a location and in
a container approved by the Taxi Commission.
D. The driver of every taxicab shall at all times remain in the driver's
compartment or immediately adjacent to his taxicab when such vehicle
is in any taxi stand.
E. No taxicab driver shall solicit passengers except while parked or
standing at a taxi stand and when sitting in the driver's compartment
of such taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent thereto. Solicitation
in a loud or annoying tone of voice or done in any manner so as to
annoy or obstruct the movement of any person is prohibited. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prevent stopping for the purpose
of picking up and discharging passengers.
F. No taxicab driver shall cruise in search of passengers.
G. No taxicab, limousine or private livery van driver shall permit more
persons to be carried in his motor vehicle than the number for which
he has seating facilities.
H. No taxicab driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any orderly persons
upon request unless previously engaged to full capacity or unless
the transportation of such person shall substantially delay or inconvenience
passengers who have already engaged his taxicab.
I. No passenger in a taxicab shall be kept waiting longer than 10 minutes
before proceeding to his destination without the consent of the passenger.
J. All accidents in which any taxicab, limousine or private livery van
shall be involved shall be reported to the Police Department having
jurisdiction thereof within seven days after the happening thereof.
K. Every taxicab, limousine or private livery van driver, as soon as
practicable after his motor vehicle is emptied of passengers, shall
carefully search said vehicle for any property left there by any passenger,
and if he shall find any such property, he shall immediately deliver
it to the Police Department having jurisdiction.
L. Every taxicab, limousine or private livery van driver shall obey
all laws, rules and regulations while driving such vehicle and, upon
conviction for any misdemeanor or felony, shall report the same within
five days to the Taxi Commission, advising it of the nature of the
offense and the name and location of the court and the date on which
such conviction was rendered.
M. No person other than the driver or a passenger shall enter any taxicab
while it is in operation as such.
N. Every licensed taxicab, limousine or private livery van driver shall,
within 48 hours, notify the Taxi Commission of any change of his address
or loss of either his driver's license, his driver's badge
or his New York State driver's license of a proper class.
O. No taxicab owner or driver shall demand or suggest that any passenger
or prospective passenger pay a fare larger than that prescribed.
P. Every dispatcher or taxicab driver shall keep a written record of
all trips, on a form approved by the Taxi Commission, showing the
time and place each passenger engaged his taxicab and the time and
place he left such taxicab. Such record shall be retained by the owner
of such taxicab for at least one year.
Q. It shall be unlawful for a passenger to refuse to pay the agreed-upon
or established fare.
R. No taxicab, limousine or private livery van owner shall change his
place of terminal without first notifying the Taxi Commission, in
writing.
S. Every taxicab, limousine or private livery van owner, upon the sale
or other disposition of a licensed taxicab, limousine or private livery
van, shall, within 24 hours, notify the Taxi Commission of such sale
or other disposition and surrender the licenses and stickers issued
for the transferred vehicle.
T. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to surrender a license
or sticker to the Taxi Commission upon demand or after such license
has been suspended, revoked or expired.
U. No trailer or semitrailer shall be attached or secured to a taxicab,
limousine or private livery van while it is being used to transport
passengers.
V. It shall be unlawful for a limousine to be used as a taxicab or in
place of a taxicab for any purpose.
W. If a taxicab is carrying two or more persons to different destinations,
the driver shall be the sole judge of the order in which such persons
shall be delivered to their destination, and the shortest possible
route shall be followed.
X. No private livery car shall be dispatched other than by a licensed
base with which it is affiliated as required by this chapter.