The existing Chapter
223 of the Code of the Town of Cheektowaga (originally adopted October 21, 1985) is hereby repealed.
It is hereby declared that the taxicab and the livery business
is a vital part of the transportation facilities of the Town of Cheektowaga
and that its regulation is necessary to preserve peace, good order
and safety for the inhabitants of the Town.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DRIVER
Any person driving a taxicab or livery upon the public highways
for hire.
LIVERY
Any motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or a bus, used in
the business of transporting passengers for compensation that does
not utilize any type of a taximeter.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public highway which
is propelled by any power other than muscular power, except electrically
driven mobility assistance devices operated or driven by a person
with a disability, vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks, snowmobiles
as defined in Article 47 of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law and
all-terrain vehicles as defined in Article 48-B of the New York Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
OWNER
A person owning or controlling one or more taxicabs and/or
livery vehicles and driving or causing any such vehicle to be driven
upon the public highways for hire.
PERSON
Includes an individual, a partnership, any unincorporated
association, a corporation and any other legal entity.
TAXICAB
Any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers
for hire, having a seating capacity of less than eight persons and
not operated on a fixed route.
TAXIMETER
A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for
hire of a taxicab may be mechanically calculated either for the distance
traveled or waiting time, or both, and upon which such charge is indicated
by means of figures.
TOWN
The Town of Cheektowaga, excluding the Buffalo Niagara International
Airport, the Village of Sloan and those portions of the Village of
Depew within the Town of Cheektowaga.
[Amended 5-4-2015 by L.L.
No. 3-2015]
The fee for a taxicab owner’s permit and a livery owner’s
permit shall be the sum of $25 per year for each vehicle and/or $200
for a fleet of up to 10 vehicles. For replacing a lost permit, the
fee shall be $10. In case of the sale or disuse for taxicab and/or
livery purposes of any permitted taxicab and/or livery, the holder
of the taxicab and/or livery permit may, with the approval of the
Town Clerk, have the same transferred to another vehicle owned by
him/her without fee.
The provisions of this chapter pertaining to obtaining an owner's
permit and/or a driver's permit shall not apply to any taxicab
or livery that is registered outside of the State of New York.