City of Rochester, NY
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2023-10-17
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Part II: General Ordinances
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Chapter 108 Taxicabs
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Article I Definitions
- Charter
- Ch C Charter of the City of Rochester
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part I: City Government
- Ch 2 Assessment, Department of
- Ch 3 Assessment Method, Local
- Ch 4 Board of Review
- Ch 4A Cable Television
- Ch 5 City Clerk
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Continuity of Government
- Ch 8 Finance, Department of
- Ch 8A Purchasing and Property Management
- Ch 9 Grievance Procedure
- Ch 10 Improvements, Municipal and Local
- Ch 12 Law, Department of
- Ch 13 Mayor and Deputy Mayor
- Ch 13A Municipal Code Violations Bureau
- Ch 14 Officers and Employees
- Ch 15 Official Seal, Emblems and Celebrations
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Public Records
- Ch 19 Public Safety
- Ch 20 Refuse Collection
- Ch 21 Real Estate
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Waterworks
- Part II: General Ordinances
- Ch 27 Alarm Systems and Businesses
- Ch 28 Ambulance Service Operator
- Ch 29 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 30 Animals
- Ch 31 Animals — Dog Control
- Ch 32 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 34 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles, Electric Scooters, In-Line Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 35 Bill Posting and Advertising
- Ch 36 Bingo License Law and Games of Chance
- Ch 36A (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Building Code
- Ch 40 Plumbing Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Cemeteries
- Ch 43A Coastal High-Hazard Areas
- Ch 44 Conduct, Miscellaneous
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Dance Halls
- Ch 47 Dangerous Articles
- Ch 47A Demolition Regulations
- Ch 47B Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 48 Environmental Review
- Ch 49 Electrical Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 50 Elevators, Escalators and Other Conveyances
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 56 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 60 Food Trucks, Trailers and Carts
- Ch 61 House Numbering
- Ch 62 Commercial Travelers, Solicitors and Special Events
- Ch 63 Human Rights
- Ch 64 Income Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Junkyard Operators, Junk Dealers and Scrap Processors
- Ch 67 Labor
- Ch 67A (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Licenses — Business and Trades
- Ch 69 Littering and Smoking
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Miscellaneous Trades
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Noise
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 76A (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Oil Burners
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Parks
- Ch 80 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Poulterers
- Ch 86 Press Representatives
- Ch 87 Private Hospitals, Sanitoria, Nursing Homes and Similar Institutions
- Ch 89 Property, Care of
- Ch 90 Property Code
- Ch 91 Public Market
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Public Emergencies, Restricted Conduct in Time of
- Ch 95 Residential Landlord-Tenant Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Ch 95A Consumer Protection
- Ch 96 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 97 Sewer Use Code
- Ch 98 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 99 Shooting Ranges
- Ch 100 Smoke and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 101 Solid Fuel Dealers
- Ch 103 Stationary Engineers and Refrigeration Operators Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 104 Streets and Street Encroachments
- Ch 104A (Reserved)
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 106 Telecommunications in the Right-Of-Way
- Ch 107 Taxation
- Ch 108 Taxicabs
- Ch 108 Art I Definitions
- § 108-1 Terms defined.
- Ch 108A Towing
- Ch 109 Transient Merchants
- Ch 111 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 112 Waterfront Consistency Review Ordinance
- Ch 113 Weights and Measures
- Ch 115 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch 127 Parks - Maintenance by County of Monroe
- Ch 128 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 Comprehensive Plan
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Zoning
- Ch 120 Zoning
- Att AM Table of Zoning Amendments
- Att ZMA Table of Zoning Map Amendments
- Att GL Guidelines
- Att INT Interpretations
- Att PDD Planned Development Districts
- Att SC Street Classifications
- Ch 125 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Prior Zoning Codes
- Ch 120Z Prior Zoning Codes
As used in this chapter, the words and phrases
stated below shall have the following meanings:
The Chief of Police of the City of Rochester or his or her
designee.
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22]
The City Clerk of the City of Rochester.
[Amended 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-155; 6-18-1996 by Ord. No. 96-206]
A permit issued by the City Clerk allowing a person to operate
a taxicab in the City of Rochester.
The person to whom a license, including a hack plate, has
been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-74]
Any motor vehicle which is used by a hotel or a motel for
the transportation of patrons. This definition shall not include any
vehicle designated as a taxicab nor any chartered vehicle.
[Added 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-74; amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-110]
A card containing a taxicab driver's license and authorized
tariff rates.
[1]
[Added 12-17-1991 by Ord. No. 91-513]
A written record or log of the use of a vehicle as a taxicab.
To own, drive, hold a hack plate or have control of a taxicab,
or to engage in the business of operating a taxicab upon the streets
of the City.
A taxicab driver, owner, hack plate holder or other person
controlling the use of a taxicab in the City. When the operator is
not the driver of the taxicab, the operator as well as the driver
shall be responsible for the acts of the driver and for assuring compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
Two or more passengers, not exceeding the capacity of the
cab, who have agreed in advance among themselves to hire a taxicab
to furnish their required service.
Any natural person, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership,
association or other type of firm or business enterprise; excluding,
however, governmental entities, agencies or subdivisions.[2]
A motor vehicle which is used for the purpose of carrying
passengers for hire within the City of Rochester, but which does not
operate upon a fixed route.
Any individual who drives a taxicab.
A license permitting an individual to drive a taxicab within
the City.
An establishment maintained for the purpose of receiving
calls and dispatching taxicabs to transport passengers.
Any place along the curb or upon the street or a public place
which is designated by the Traffic Control Board for the use of taxicabs,
and which shall include a working taxicab stand and/or a taxicab parking
zone.
A mechanical or electronic instrument or device which measures
the distance traveled and the waiting time upon which a charge for
hire of a taxicab is calculated.
A request made at least two hours before service is required
for a taxicab to be at a particular place at or before a particular
time.
See § 111-83 of the Municipal Code.
