As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them:
Includes a single act of transporting a passenger or passengers
for hire.
Any person driving a taxicab or limousine upon the public
highways for hire.
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in transportation for
hire, in connection with funerals, weddings, proms and other events
or functions of a similar nature, or in connection with general transportation
for hire, when, at the prior request of the passenger(s), an unmarked
livery is used and pickup is made by prior arrangement, whether hired
by the hour, by the day or for a fixed fare, and/or so licensed by
the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. However, the classification
"limousine" does not apply to any motor vehicle which is:
[Amended 3-12-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 4-25-2006 by L.L. No.
6-2006]
Stationed at or for hire from a railroad, bus or gasoline station,
club, stand, hotel, parking lot, street, highway or other public place;
Used to transport persons for a hotel, transportation company
or similar organization;
Used under agreement with a club to provide a regular transportation
service to its members and guests; or
Operated at fares determined by zone or taximeter.
The pickup of a passenger for hire within the Town, and shall
be synonymous with the word "drive."
A person owning or controlling one or more taxicabs or limousines,
and driving or causing any such vehicle to be driven upon the public
highways for hire.
A person other than the driver who is an occupant of a taxicab
or limousine and, for the purpose of this chapter, such person shall
be presumed to be a passenger for hire.
A vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers
for hire, having a seating capacity of fewer than eight persons and
not operated on a fixed route.
A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere
which has been so designated as reserved exclusively for the use of
all taxicabs licensed pursuant to this chapter.
A fixed base of operation of the owner of the taxicab or
limousine.
The unincorporated area of the Town and the incorporated
villages located within the Town. The area of the Town does not include
the City of Glen Cove.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
An area within the Town established by the Town Board for
the purpose of determining the rates to be charged for hiring of taxicabs
and within which an operator may be licensed to establish depots or
terminals and pick up passengers.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to vehicles solely
owned and operated for the activities set forth herein:
A.
Private vehicles not engaged in the business of transportation for
hire.
B.
Business vehicles engaged in a business other than transportation
for hire, wherein said vehicles are used solely for transportation
of clients of said business, whether for a fee or not, and are not
made available for hire by persons other than clients of the principal
business.
C.
Hotel vehicles engaged in the transportation of hotel guests only.
D.
Club vehicles engaged in the transportation of club members only.
E.
Public or private school vehicles engaged in the transportation of
school pupils only.
F.
Buses as defined by the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
G.
Vehicles for hire engaged in transportation from a point within the
Town to a point without the Town or from a point without the Town
to a point within the Town, or from a point without the Town, through
the Town, to a point beyond the Town.
It is hereby declared and found that the taxicab industry in
the Town is vested with a public interest as a vital and integral
part of the transportation facilities of the Town, and that its regulation
is necessary to secure adequate and safe transportation for the inhabitants
of the Town and to prevent undue aggravation of the traffic and parking
problems of the Town.
All licenses required by this chapter shall be obtained in conformance with the provisions of this chapter and the procedures established in Chapter 147.
[Added 4-25-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
If any provision of this article is declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such determination shall not affect the other provisions of this article.
The Town Board may, from time to time, after public notice and
a public hearing, establish rate zones or abolish rate zones so established,
or enlarge or diminish the boundaries of any rate zone.
A.
The Town Board may, from time to time, by resolution establish stands
at such locations upon the streets or other public places of the Town
as it deems necessary for the use of taxicabs operated and driven
by the persons licensed pursuant to this chapter and prescribe the
number of taxicabs that may occupy each such stand; however, the Town
Board shall find that such stands are required by the public convenience
and necessity and will not tend to create a traffic hazard.
B.
All taxi stands may be used by any taxicab licensed pursuant to this
chapter and driven by any driver licensed pursuant to this chapter,
provided that there is a vacant space available therefor.
C.
No vehicle other than a taxicab, duly licensed pursuant to this chapter
and driven by a person duly licensed pursuant to this chapter shall
at any time occupy any space established as a taxi stand.
It shall be unlawful for a taxicab passenger to refuse to pay
the agreed or established fare.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 3-7-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
In addition to any other remedy for a violation of this chapter,
an offense committed against this chapter or any provision or section
thereof shall be deemed a violation punishable by a fine of not more
than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Any person found by the Bureau of Administrative
Adjudication to have violated any provision of this chapter shall
be subject to a monetary penalty within the range of fines authorized
herein.
