As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OWNER
Includes any person, firm or corporation or association owning
and operating one or more taxicabs.
TAXICAB
A passenger automobile or motor vehicle with a seating capacity
in the interior thereof of seven or fewer passengers which is used
for the transportation or carrying of a person or persons from one
place to another either wholly or partly within the Village of Walton
for pay or hire.
No person shall use any motor vehicle in the conduct of a taxicab
business in the Village of Walton unless a license issued therefor
by the Mayor and countersigned by the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall
be in full force and effect.
Application for a taxicab license shall be made to the Mayor
by the owner, in writing, under oath, which shall show:
A. The owner's name and address.
B. The identification number and make of the vehicle.
D. The New York State license number attached thereto.
E. Proof of a current New York State inspection.
The licensing of each motor vehicle shall be subject, however,
to the following conditions: If the owner proposes to operate a taxicab
or taxicabs under a corporate or assumed name, such information must
be included in his or her application. If it shall appear from said
application for a license that the name intended to be used is so
similar to a name or names already in use that it is liable to deceive
the public or to create confusion or in the event that it shall appear
that said corporate or assumed name is misleading as to the actual
ownership of said taxicab, then and in that event the Mayor is authorized
to withhold a license to said application or to revoke or suspend
the license.
Application for renewal of taxicab licenses shall be filed not
later than May 15 of each year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A. The fee for a taxicab license shall be the sum of $25 for each vehicle
per year.
B. An owner may pay a license fee of $60, which shall entitle him or
her to licenses for three taxicabs, and licenses for additional taxicabs
shall be at the rate of $20 each per year.
In the event that the owner of one or more taxicabs shall dispose of his or her taxicab or taxicabs and obtain a new taxicab or taxicabs, the license for the motor vehicle or vehicles so disposed of may be transferred to the new taxicab or taxicabs upon application and notice to the Mayor and providing the information as set forth in §
234-3 of this chapter by filing the same in the Village Clerk's office, and a new license or licenses shall be issued for the new taxicab or taxicabs.
Every license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be countersigned
by the Village Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof and the amount
of the fee to be paid therefor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250, imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both. A separate violation shall occur each
day that any such owner shall be in violation of the provisions of
this chapter.