Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this section:
DRIVER'S LICENSE
Permission granted by the Village to any person to drive a licensed taxicab upon the streets of the Village.
OPERATOR
Any person owning 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.
PERSON
One or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
RATE CARD
A card on which is printed the tariff rates in the Village as provided by this chapter.
STREET
Any street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or public place in the Village.
TAXICAB
Any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying persons for hire, whether the same is operated from a street stand or subject to calls from a garage or otherwise operated for hire, except vehicles subject to the provisions of the Transportation Corporation Law or used by undertakers in carrying on their business.
TAXICAB DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the owner of such taxicab or employed by a taxicab owner or operator.
TAXICAB LICENSE
Permission granted by the Village to any person to operate or keep for hire a taxicab in the Village.
TAXICAB STAND
Any place alongside of the curb of a street or elsewhere which is exclusively reserved by the Board of Trustees for the use of taxicabs.
TAXIMETER
A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, whether for distance traveled or waiting time or for both and upon which such charge shall be indicated by means of figures or designs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate or keep for hire or pay within the limits of the Village any taxicab without first having proven public safety and convenience to the Board of Trustees and without having obtained and paid for a license to drive, a license for operating or keeping for pay or hire or both and having the same in force and effect, under the provisions of this chapter.
In determining whether or not public safety and convenience will be promoted by the issuing of licenses to operate taxicabs for which applications may be made, the Mayor and Board of Trustees shall take into consideration the following:
A. 
The fiscal responsibility of the applicant.
B. 
The number and type of vehicles the applicant will station within the Village.
C. 
The type and extent of service the applicant will offer within the Village and proposed insurance coverage for its vehicles and drivers.
D. 
Whether or not increased traffic congestion and demand for increased parking space on the streets of the Village will result.
E. 
Whether or not the safe use of the streets by the public, both vehicular and pedestrian, will be endangered by the granting of such additional license.
F. 
Such other relevant facts, if any, as the Mayor and Board of Trustees may deem advisable or necessary.
No person shall be allowed to operate a taxicab business within the Village without first proving public safety and convenience as hereinbefore provided, obtaining a license to operate such business from the Village and paying a license fee of $100.
A. 
Submission of fee. A certified check in the amount of the fee required in § 225-4 shall accompany any application for a license to operate a taxicab business, which application shall be presented only at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees.
B. 
Referral of application; report of findings; recommendations. On receipt of the application for such license and the accompanying fee, the Board of Trustees shall refer such application to the Police Committee of the Village and to the Chief of Police of the Village. Within 60 days thereafter, the Police Committee and the Chief of Police shall separately report their findings and make their recommendations to the Board of Trustees at a regular meeting thereof.
C. 
Acceptance of application; notification to applicant of hearing. If the Board of Trustees, after hearing the recommendations and reports of the Police Committee and Chief of Police, does not reject the application, it shall, within 10 days, notify the applicant that a public hearing will be held in the matter of said application, which public hearing shall be held not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of this notification.
D. 
Rejection of application. If the Board of Trustees, after hearing the recommendations and reports of the Police Committee and the Chief of Police, rejects said application, it shall, within 10 days, notify the applicant that said application has been rejected, and the applicant may then, and within 20 days from the date of said notice, apply for a public hearing in the matter of said application, which said public hearing shall be held not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date such application for such hearing is received by the Clerk of the Board.
E. 
Publication of notice of hearing. In any case where a hearing has been appointed, the applicant may be required to publish at his own cost and expense a notice of said hearing in such newspapers and at such times as may be designated by the Board of Trustees.
A. 
Issuance of license. If the Mayor and Board of Trustees find, after investigation and hearing, that the public safety and convenience justify the granting of the license desired, they shall notify the applicant of their finding. Within 60 days thereafter, the applicant shall furnish to the Mayor and Board of Trustees any and all additional information which may be required, and, if the Mayor and Board of Trustees then find that the applicant is the owner of the vehicles for which license is desired and that such vehicles comply with all of the legislation of the Village, a business license shall thereupon be issued to the applicant after resolution by the Board that public safety and convenience will be served by the proposed taxicab service.
B. 
Refusal to issue license; return of fee. If the Mayor and Board of Trustees find, after such investigation and hearing, that the public safety and convenience do not justify the issuance of the business license desired, they shall forthwith notify the applicant of said finding and return the fee submitted with the application to the applicant.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, badges, plates, licenses and permits granted under the provisions of this chapter shall not be assigned or transferred to any other person, nor shall such badges, plates, licenses or permits be applicable to any motor vehicle other than the one specified therein. Any licensee who permits his badge, plate, license or permit to be used by any other person and any person who uses such badge, plate, license or permit granted or given to any other person shall each be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Whenever a license, permit, badge or plate shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, without fault on the part of the holder, his agent or employee, a duplicate in lieu thereof under the original application and bond may be issued by the Village Clerk upon the filing of a sworn affidavit containing the facts of such loss or theft and upon the payment of the cost of such duplicate badge or tag.
A person to whom a license has been issued to operate a taxicab business shall regularly and daily operate his licensed taxicabs during the licensed year to the extent reasonably necessary to meet the public demand for such taxicab service. Upon complete abandonment of taxicab service for the period of five consecutive days by the owner or operator of such taxicab service, the Chief of Police, upon hearing after five days' notice to said owner or operator, if the fact of abandonment is fully substantiated, shall recommend to the Mayor that the license of such owner or operator shall be revoked covering such taxicabs of said owner or operator, and the Mayor shall direct the Village Clerk to cancel and revoke such license forthwith by notice in writing to be served personally upon said licensee or posted upon the door of his place of business if he cannot be found.
Any license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation upon conviction of the licensee for any violation of this chapter. The Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, suspend or revoke a license granted under any provision of this chapter, pending or in advance of the criminal prosecution of the licensee.
Every holder of a taxicab license shall at all times keep the inside of the cab operated by him in a clean and sanitary condition and shall, at least once each day, thoroughly clean the inside of such taxicab.
Every owner or operator of a taxicab operated within the Village shall be limited to the following maximum charges:
A. 
Calls within the Village (pickup and discharge): $2.
B. 
Time calls, per hour: $6.
C. 
Extra passengers over three, per person: $0.25.
D. 
Additional stops over one, per stop: $0.25.