Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter,
the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this
section:
The operation of a taxicab upon public streets, when not
employed by a passenger, and by words or actions seeking employment.
Permission granted to any person in accordance with this
chapter to drive upon the streets of such Village any permitted taxicab.
Any taxicab carrying persons at special instance and request,
per unit of time, by the hour, day or week or fraction thereof.
Any person owning or having control of the use of one or
more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the Village of Sleepy
Hollow.
One or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations,
partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all
other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
The Chairman of the Public Safety Committee of the Board
of Trustees.
Any street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or public
place in the Village of Sleepy Hollow.
Any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying persons
for hire, whether the same be operated from a street stand or subject
to calls from a garage, or otherwise operated for hire, except vehicles
subject to the provisions of the Transportation Corporations Law,
or used by undertakers in carrying on their undertaking business.
All taxicab vehicles authorized by the Village of Sleepy Hollow to
operate as taxicabs must have New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
taxi plates or be licensed as a "muni-car" by the Westchester County
Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the
owner of such taxicab or employed by a taxicab owner or operator.
Permission granted by the Village of Sleepy Hollow to any
person to operate or keep for hire any taxicab in such Village.
Any place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere which
is exclusively reserved by the Commissioner of Public Safety for the
use of taxicabs.
The agency providing a for-hire vehicle driver permit to
operate a taxicab within the jurisdiction boundaries of the Village
of Sleepy Hollow.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate or keep
for hire or pay within the limits of the Village of Sleepy Hollow
any taxicab without first having obtained and paid for a license to
drive, a permit for operating or keeping for pay or hire, or both,
and having the same in force and effect, under the provisions of this
chapter.
