As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes individuals, copartnerships, corporations and incorporated
and joint-stock associations.
PRIVATE LIVERY
Any motor-driven vehicle for the transportation for hire
of passengers which does not operate over a fixed route, pursuant
to permission granted under the provisions of the Transportation Corporations
Law, and which solicits patronage from a central office on the basis
of a flat rate or a fixed or hourly charge and which is designed to
carry not more than seven passengers.
STREET
Every way set apart for public travel, except alleyways,
bridle paths and footpaths.
TAXICAB
Any motor-driven vehicle for the transportation for hire
of passengers which does not operate over a fixed route, pursuant
to permission granted under the provisions of the Transportation Corporations
Law, and which solicits patronage from a central office and/or on
the public streets and which, when not carrying a passenger for hire,
stands upon the public streets or elsewhere, either soliciting business
or waiting for business, and which is designed to carry not more than
seven passengers.
VEHICLE
Every device by which any person or property is or may be
transported or drawn upon the street.
[Amended 8-17-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011]
The fee payable to the Town Clerk for each taxicab license and private livery license is as set forth in §
A250-1.
The Town Clerk may deny or revoke license to
any person who, in the Clerk's judgment, shall be incapable of properly
conducting the trade or business for which the license is desired
or has been issued. No license shall be issued to any applicant who
has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony which, in the judgment
of the Clerk, renders the applicant unsuitable to carry on the trade
or occupation involved.
If the Town Clerk revokes or refuses to issue
a license, the applicant may, within 10 days of notification by the
Clerk, appeal to the Town Board. The Town Board shall review the appeal
and, within 20 days of receipt of the appeal, make written findings
which shall be forwarded to the applicant and filed in the Town Clerk's
office.
[Amended 8-17-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011]
If a license or badge issued in accordance with this chapter is lost, the holder thereof may obtain a new license or badge upon application to the Town Clerk and the payment to the Town Clerk of the fee set forth in §
A250-1.
Such licenses may be transferred by the owner
to a purchaser of his taxicab or private livery; other licenses issued
or granted under this chapter shall be nonassignable and nontransferable,
and no owner of a licensed taxicab or private livery may delegate
his license privilege to any lessee or the deferred payment purchaser
of his vehicle.
No person shall operate or drive a taxicab,
carriage or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers
for hire within said unincorporated portion of the Town of Mamaroneck
unless such taxicab, carriage or other vehicle shall have a distinctive
number corresponding to that on the license issued hereunder conspicuously
displayed so that the same may be readily seen day or night from a
distance of not less than 50 feet.
No person driving a licensed vehicle shall refuse
to transport passengers on request unless said vehicle is full.
No greater rate of fare than that stated below
shall be charged for transportation between any two points in the
unincorporated portion of the Town of Mamaroneck by any licensed vehicle:
A. From 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., between the railroad
station and any point south of the Rockingstone in the Woods of Larchmont
or south of Forest Avenue in Chatsworth Heights or south of Fernwood
Road and Sheldrake Creek in the Larchmont Gardens or west of Weaver
Street and Boston Post Road in Howell Park:
(1) Seventy-five cents for one passenger.
(2) One dollar and twenty-five cents for two passengers.
(3) Twenty-five cents for each additional passenger.
B. From 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., between any two points mentioned in Subsection
A hereof:
(1) One dollar for one passenger.
(2) Fifty cents for each additional passenger.
C. From 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., $1.50 for one passenger;
$0.50 for each additional passenger.
D. From 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., between any two points within the unincorporated portion of the Town but beyond the distances enumerated in Subsection
A hereof:
(1) One dollar and fifty cents for one passenger.
(2) Fifty cents for each additional passenger.
E. From 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., $2 for one passenger;
$0.50 for each additional passenger.
F. From 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., $2 for one passenger;
$1 for each additional passenger.