As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CRUISING
The operation of a taxicab upon Village of Monroe streets
when not employed by a passenger and, by words or actions, solicitation
of prospective passengers for hire.
OPERATOR
Any person owning, leasing, franchising or having control
of the use of one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets
of the Village or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
OWNER
The owner of a vehicle described herein is the person in
whose name the state title is issued pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic
Law.
PRIVATE LIVERY CAB
A taxicab, as defined herein, except that such private livery
cab shall not:
A.
Have the dome light or the external markings for taxicabs prescribed
in this chapter.
B.
Be used in the Village for hire except upon a unit of time for
hire by the hour, day or week, which unit of hire may exceed that
prescribed for taxicabs in this chapter.
RATE CARD
A card on which is printed the tariff rates or fares charged
for taxicab service in the Village, as provided by this chapter.
STREET
Any highway, street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or
public highway or any other public way in the Village of Monroe.
TAXICAB
Every motor vehicle, other than a bus, used in the business
of transporting passengers for compensation, and operated in such
business under a license or permit issued by a local authority whether
the same be operated from a street stand or subject to calls from
a garage or otherwise operated for compensation, except vehicles subject
to the provisions of the Public Service Law, or used by undertakers
in carrying on their undertaking business. However, it shall not include
vehicles which are rented or leased without a driver.
[Amended 12-5-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023]
TAXICAB DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the
owner, lessee or franchisee of the taxicab or employed as an operator.
TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE
The document granting permission by the Village to any person
to drive a licensed taxicab upon the streets of Monroe.
TAXICAB LICENSE
The permission granted by the Village to any person to operate
or keep for hire any taxicab in the Village.
TAXICAB STAND
Any place alongside a curb of a street or elsewhere marked
by a taxicab sign authorized and exclusively reserved by the Board
of Trustees for the use of taxicabs.
No person shall drive a taxicab which picks up passengers within
the Village limits and no owner of a taxicab shall permit a driver
thereof to pick up passengers within the Village limits without said
driver first having procured a taxicab driver's license from the Village
Clerk and keeping the same in force and effect, under the provisions
of this chapter.
No owner, lessee or franchisee of a taxicab which picks up passengers
within the Village limits shall cause or permit such taxicab to be
driven, operated or kept for hire, or pay within the Village limits
without first having procured a taxicab license for said taxicab and
keeping the same in force and effect under provisions of this chapter.
Each applicant for a driver's license must file with his application
two unmounted, unretouched photographs of himself, or herself, in
such position as the licensing official may direct, taken within the
30 days preceding the filing of his application. Photographs shall
be of a passport size which may be easily attached to his license,
one of which shall be attached to the license when issued and the
other 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. Each licensed driver shall, upon demand,
exhibit his license and photograph for inspection. When the application
for license is denied, one copy of the photograph shall be returned
to the applicant by the licensing official.
The licensing official shall keep a complete record of all licenses
issued and denied under this chapter, together with all applications,
record checks, renewals, suspensions and revocations thereof.
It shall be the duty of all police officers of the Village of
Monroe to enforce the provisions of this chapter.