No person shall operate a vehicle as a hotel/motel
courtesy vehicle unless a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle license plate
is attached to the rear of the vehicle.
The holder of a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle license
shall be permitted to renew the license annually, provided that he
or she complies with all provisions of this chapter. The application
for such renewal must be filed with the City Clerk not later than
the 30th day of June of each successive license year. If the application
for renewal is not made within this time, the holder will be deemed
to have abandoned the license.
If a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle license plate is
lost or stolen, the holder shall immediately report said loss or theft
to the City Clerk, who shall issue a replacement upon payment of a
fee of $60 and upon the receipt of an affidavit from the holder stating
the reason for such replacement. The City Clerk shall immediately
notify the Chief of Police that replacement has been made and shall
forward the affidavit to him or her.
[Added 9-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-293; amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-205[2]; 7-14-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-221]
A hotel/motel courtesy vehicle shall only transport
hotel/motel guests between a hotel or motel and an airport, bus terminal,
railroad station, ferry terminal or other common-carrier station,
or the guest's business destination, and shall not make intermittent
stops to discharge or take on passengers at places other than those
designated in this section.
No person shall operate a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle
within the City unless said vehicle has passed a standard New York
State motor vehicle inspection during the preceding six months and
has a properly affixed and current inspection sticker.
No person shall operate a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle within the City unless said vehicle has passed a City of Rochester vehicle inspection during the preceding six months and has a properly affixed and current City inspection sticker indicating compliance with the provisions of § 108-29A.
Upon failure by a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle of
the City of Rochester vehicle inspection, any prior City inspection
sticker shall be removed from the vehicle immediately. The owner of
the vehicle shall be notified of such failure and the removal of the
inspection sticker. Unless such time period is extended by the Chief
of Police or his or her designee for reason of serious illness or
personal injury or other good cause, the hotel/motel courtesy vehicle
operator shall have 30 days in which to make any necessary changes
or repairs to the vehicle and pass a reinspection. Failure to make
the changes and repairs required for passage of such reinspection
within the prescribed time period shall constitute abandonment of
the applicable license.
The Chief of Police or his or her designee may make
or cause to be made at any time a further inspection of any vehicle
used as a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle in the City, and if said vehicle
is found to be unsafe, unclean, unhealthful or unsuited for public
patronage, the Chief may order the discontinuance of the use of said
vehicle as a hotel/motel courtesy vehicle.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall have windows
in the rear and side of the vehicle sufficient in number and of such
size, dimensions and clarity that passengers may be readily seen and
identified through the windows.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall be equipped
with hubcaps, spoked covers or other equivalent covering on all wheels.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall be furnished with snow tires
or radial tires on both drive wheels from November 1 through April
15.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall be free from
disfiguring damage to the interior and exterior of the vehicle, including
significant rust. All doors, lights, seat belts and safety equipment
shall be maintained in good operating condition. All seat belts shall
be visible and available for use by passengers in both the front and
rear seats at all times.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall be equipped
with doors which fasten in a manner so that they may be readily opened
from the inside by a passenger.
All hotel/motel courtesy vehicles shall have printed
lettering on both the left and right side at least three inches high
in a color contrasting to that of the vehicle, setting forth the name
of the hotel/motel operating the vehicle.