Unless otherwise expressly provided, the following
words, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the meanings herein
indicated:
One or more acts of transporting a passenger or passengers
for hire.
The Taxicab Commission of the village, hereinafter established.
Any felony offense designated as a violent felony offense,
as now or hereafter designated by the Penal Law of the State of New
York, and, in addition thereto, any of the following felony offenses,
regardless of degree, as defined therein; Any Class A-1 felony or
an attempt to commit a Class A-1 felony, arson, burglary, coercion,
conspiracy, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal trespass,
any felony drug (controlled substance) or marijuana offense, enterprise
corruption, issuing a false certificate, offering a false instrument
for filing, forgery, criminal possession of a forged instrument, grand
larceny, insurance fraud, menacing, money laundering, obscenity, obstructing
governmental administration, perjury, promoting prison contraband,
hindering prosecution, promoting prostitution, tampering with public
records, rape, reckless endangerment, riot, robbery, sodomy, criminal
tampering, tampering with a witness, unlawful imprisonment, usury,
vehicular assault, vehicular manslaughter, criminal possession of
a weapon, criminal use of a firearm, criminal sale of a firearm, any
attempt to commit any of the foregoing felonies, any crime, however
designated and in whatever jurisdiction, which, if committed within
the jurisdiction of this state, would be classified as one of the
foregoing felonies.
[Added 7-15-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
The driving of a vehicle upon streets, highways or public
places located within the village for the purpose of soliciting or
plying of prospective passengers for transportation for hire.
Any person driving a taxicab or prearranged for-hire vehicle
upon the streets, highways or public places located within the Village.
[Amended 11-2-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
The picking up and conveyance by taxicab or prearranged for-hire
vehicle of a passenger for hire within the Village, whether such passenger
is discharged at a destination within or outside the Village. Nothing
in this chapter shall apply to, abridge, limit or regulate the right
of any person not licensed hereunder to convey passengers by taxicab
or prearranged for-hire vehicle from points of origin outside the
Village to points within the Village or through the Village but shall
not pick up any passengers within the Village.
[Amended 7-20-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006; 11-2-2006 by L.L. No.
5-2006]
Any person owning or having control of the use of one or
more taxicabs and/or prearranged for-hire vehicles and driving or
causing such taxicab or taxicabs and/or prearranged for-hire vehicle
or vehicles to be driven for hire upon the streets, highways and public
places located within the Village.
[Amended 11-2-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
Permission granted by the Village to any person to operate
one or more taxicabs and prearranged for-hire vehicles upon the streets,
highways and public places located within the Village.
[Amended 11-2-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
An individual, other than the driver, who is an occupant
of a taxicab or prearranged for-hire vehicle, and, for the purposes
of this chapter, such individual shall be presumed to be a passenger
for hire.
[Amended 11-2-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
An individual, firm, partnership, unincorporated association,
corporation or any other legal entity.
A motor vehicle used in the business of carrying passengers
for hire and not operated on a fixed route, other than a taxicab or
other vehicle operating on state highways pursuant to a certificate
or permit granted to a common or contract carrier for transportation
on state highways issued under the Transportation Law of the State
of New York which is maintained either at a residence within the Village
of Westbury or at a terminal or base station within the Village of
Westbury as described herein. An owner of a prearranged for-hire vehicle,
licensed by the Village of Westbury, who has been issued a prearranged
for-hire vehicle owner's license may maintain said vehicle subject
to the Village's zoning laws,[1] at a premises where he resides which is located in a residential
zone within the Village of Westbury. The operator of more than one
prearranged for-hire vehicle licensed by the Village of Westbury,
or separate operators of prearranged for-hire vehicles licensed by
the Village of Westbury who happen to reside at the same address,
may not maintain said vehicles in a residential zone within the Village
of Westbury and must maintain a terminal or base station within the
Village of Westbury for the storage of said prearranged for-hire vehicles.
[Added 11-2-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006;
amended 1-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
A fixed base of operation within the Village of Westbury,
maintained by the owner of two or more prearranged for-hire vehicles
or by more than two owners owning one or more vehicles who reside
at the same residence within or outside the Village of Westbury, with
sufficient storage for all vehicles.
[Added 1-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
A motor vehicle used in the business of carrying passengers
for hire and not operated on a fixed route, other than a limousine
or other vehicle operating on state highways pursuant to a certificate
or permit granted to a common or contract carrier for transportation
on state highways issued under the Transportation Law of the State
of New York.
[Amended 7-20-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
Permission granted by the Village to any person to drive
a taxicab or prearranged for-hire vehicle upon the streets, highways
or public places located within the Village.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999; 11-2-2006 by L.L. No.
5-2006]
Any place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere which
has been reserved by the village or a public authority or subsidiary
thereof exclusively for the standing and use of taxicabs.[2]
A fixed base of operation within the Village, maintained
by the owner of one or more taxicabs, with sufficient storage for
all vehicles and open to the public as a location at which passengers
may be picked up and conveyed by taxicab. A taxicab terminal or base
station must be manned and accessible to the public at all times that
taxicabs are being operated for hire and shall be equipped with equipment
capable of providing communication between the operators of the licensed
taxicabs operated by the owner and the dispatcher.
[Added 1-2-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014; amended 10-3-2019
by L.L. No. 6-2019]
The Incorporated Village of Westbury.
