No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired
or permitted to do so unless he is duly licensed as a chauffeur.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
No persons that have been convicted of a violent
felony as outlined in § 70.02 of the New York State Penal
Law, a felony related to narcotics, or a registered sex offender shall
be permitted to drive a taxicab.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a taxicab
while on duty to:
A.
Drink any intoxicating liquor or use any illegal drug
or drug that impairs the driver's ability;
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
B.
Use any profane or obscene language;
C.
Shout or call to prospective passengers; or
D.
Disturb the peace in any way.
E.
Commit any crime.
[Added 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired
or permitted to do so unless he is duly licensed as a taxicab driver
by the city.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
Each applicant will complete an application
form with the City Clerk's office. Any false statement made on the
application will disqualify and bar the applicant from applying for
a period of one year. Each application for an original taxicab driver's
license will be checked by a local police record check and driver's
license check, and the City Clerk shall issue no taxicab driver's
license until the applicant meets the requirements as determined by
the local record check.
[Amended 9-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11; 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05]
An original license fee as established from
time to time by Common Council resolution shall be paid for a taxicab
driver's license, which license shall be renewable every year thereafter
upon payment of the established fee and approval of the Chief of Police
endorsed on the expiring license.
A taxicab driver's license or permit may at
any time be suspended or revoked for cause after a hearing by the
Commissioner of Public Safety. When the license or permit is suspended
or revoked, a note of the revocation or suspension shall be forthwith
entered in a permanent record to be kept and maintained for such purpose
by the Chief of Police. A second suspension for the same reason or,
in any case, a third suspension of a driver's license shall revoke
the license.
A record of taxicab drivers' licenses and permits
shall be kept in the office of the Chief of Police. A complete record
of each license or permit issued to a driver and of all renewals,
suspensions and revocations thereof shall be kept on file with the
original application of the driver for a license.
