[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of New Rochelle as Secs. 6-11 through 6-11.02 of the 1965 General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
Any person having a place of business in the City of New Rochelle for the purpose of conveyance of baggage, parcels, packages and other articles within the City of New Rochelle, for pay, shall be deemed a public expressman and shall obtain a license therefor from the City Clerk. Said license must be carried on any vehicle in use in the City of New Rochelle.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
The annual fee for conducting business in the City of New Rochelle as a public expressman shall be as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees.
[Added at time of adoption of Code]
All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued for a period of one year, said period starting on January 1 and terminating on December 31 of the same year.
Every person, except certificated common motor carriers or property who are subject to and included within the jurisdiction of either the Public Service Commission of the State of New York or the Interstate Commerce Commission, doing business as a public expressman in the City of New Rochelle shall give a bond to the City with a penal sum of $1,000 with at least two sufficient sureties who shall be residents and freeholders of the City or of a surety company, approved by the Mayor, conditioned for the safe and prompt delivery of all baggage, parcels, packages and other articles or things entrusted to the owner or driver of such express company or expressman. Proof of certification by the Public Service Commission of the State of New York or the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be filed with the City of New Rochelle, in lieu of any bond.
[Added at time of adoption of Code]
An offense against the provisions of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.