A.
Before the first day of October in each year, the Chairman
of the Committee of Public Safety of the Board of Trustees shall recommend
to the Board the number of taxicab licenses which should be granted for the
ensuing year. Recommendations made in such report shall be based on the population
of the village, the number of persons taking trains at the Scarsdale Station
and the general condition of the taxicab service as determined by the Chairman
of the Committee of Public Safety.
B.
The Board of Trustees shall consider the report and recommendations
of the Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety and, after a public hearing,
upon notice published in an official newspaper of the village, shall determine,
by resolution, the number of taxicabs needed to provide safe and adequate
service. After adoption of such resolution, a notice containing a copy of
the resolution shall be mailed by the Village Clerk, not later than the first
day of December, to each owner of a taxicab which bears a village-issued license
valid at the time of such adoption.
C.
If the resolution by the Board of Trustees determines
that an addition or reduction of licenses is needed, the Board shall guide
the Village Manager in the issuance of licenses. Additional licenses shall
be allocated as fairly as possible to qualified applicants, without regard
to the filing dates of the applications. If a reduction in licenses is needed,
the Village Manager shall allot such reduction proportionately, based upon
the number of taxicabs licensed to each existing licensee. Each existing licensee
shall be permitted to retain a license to operate at least one taxicab.
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by such
person to be operated regularly for hire upon the streets of the village unless
a current and valid taxicab license, as provided herein, is in effect for
said taxicab.
Taxicab licenses and renewal licenses shall be issued and valid effective
the first day of January of each year and shall expire on December 31 following,
unless sooner suspended or revoked.
For each taxicab license issued, the applicant shall pay a fee for an
effective period of over six months or for an effective period of up to six
months, such fee to be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Current fees are available and on file in the
office of the Village Clerk.
Application for a taxicab license shall be made by the taxicab owner
upon a form supplied by the Village Clerk, furnishing such information as
the Village Manager shall require. Each such application shall be presented
to the Village Clerk for filing.
A.
If a license shall be defaced or changed in any respect,
the licensee shall report this fact immediately to the Village Clerk or Village
Manager, who may thereupon cancel the old license, which shall be surrendered
by the licensee, and issue a new license.
B.
Should any material changes occur in any of the facts
or matters set forth in the taxicab license, such changes shall be immediately
reported by the taxicab owner to the Village Clerk, who shall make a record
of such changes in his office.
The Village Manager may, in his discretion, permit the license of any
taxicab which has been sold or the control of which has been transferred to
be assigned to and used by the new owner thereof, provided that the latter
files a new license application and meets the requirements of this chapter
in the same manner as if it were an original application. Such new owner shall
pay a fee as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees[1] before the assignment of such license shall become effective.
[1]
Editor's Note: Current fees are available and on file in the
office of the Village Clerk.
If it is desired or becomes necessary for another taxicab to be substituted for a taxicab licensed hereunder before the expiration of the original taxicab license, the owner shall file such a request on a form supplied by the Village Clerk. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to permit such substitution. After an inspection and report has been made of such substituted taxicab as provided in § 272-30 of this chapter, the Village Manager may direct the Village Clerk to endorse upon the original license permission to transfer the license to such other taxicab.
A.
The Board of Trustees may revoke or suspend a taxicab
license at any time after a hearing. Any such suspension shall be for such
period as such Board shall prescribe.
B.
The Board may revoke or suspend such license if it finds
that said taxicab has been used by the owners thereof or by any agent or employee
of said owner for any of the following purposes:
(1)
For any immoral or illegal business or purpose.
(2)
For any statement in the application that is false.
(3)
For violation of any provisions of this chapter.
(4)
For violation of any provision of the Code of Scarsdale
or of any other statute or law which is subject to a penalty equivalent to
or more severe than that for a violation under the Penal Law of the State
of New York or which is otherwise described as similar to or more severe than
such a violation under the Penal Law of the State of New York.
C.
If the Chief of Police or Village Manager shall at any time determine after an inspection as provided in § 272-30 of this chapter that a taxicab licensed under the provisions of this chapter is unsafe, unfit for the transportation of passengers, unclean or not of good appearance, he may temporarily suspend the license of such taxicab.
A card shall be issued to the owner of the taxicab, which card shall
contain the name and address of the taxicab owner, the expiration date of
the license, a statement that the applicant is licensed and the signature
of the Village Clerk. Said card shall constitute the taxicab license and shall
be impressed with the Seal of the village and shall at all times be kept conspicuously
displayed along with the driver's license and a number to call if riders
wish to make complaints.
License decals, provided by the Village Clerk, shall be affixed to the
front bumper of said taxicab.
No taxicab license shall be issued until the application therefor has
been approved by the Village Manager.
