By the adoption of this article, the City of Port Jervis declares
its intent to delegate to the Chief of Police, or his designee, and
Port Jervis Police Department established in the City of Port Jervis
the authority, presently entrusted to the Common Council of and for
the City of Port Jervis, to determine the past driving history of
persons applying for a taxicab driver's license in the City of
Port Jervis. It is specifically the intent of the City of Port Jervis
to reserve to the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis the power
to approve or deny persons applying for a taxicab driver's license
in the City of Port Jervis but that all other supervisory and administrative
duties, including background checks, shall be delegated to the Chief
of Police, or his designee, and Police Department of the City of Port
Jervis.
The words and phrases and definitions of words as used in the
New York State Town Law and/or the New York State Vehicle and Traffic
Law shall be applied in the enforcement of this article.
The City of Port Jervis is delegating authority for the comparison
of identifying information to the New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles by submission of required personal information and appropriate
processing fees to be secured by the Port Jervis Police Department
from applicants for a taxicab driver's license in the City of
Port Jervis for the specific purpose of identification, processing
and determination of prior driving history by the New York State Department
of Motor Vehicles. The Port Jervis Police Department will secure necessary
personal information/identifiers and appropriate processing fees for
said applicants for submission to the New York State Department of
Motor Vehicles. The Chief of the Port Jervis Police Department or
his delegated agent within the Port Jervis Police Department shall
be responsible for reviewing the driving history record information
disseminated by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles after
the review and submission of the personal information/identifiers
and appropriate processing fees as set forth above.
Any applicant determined to have seven points as established
by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles assessed against
his/her license will be denied a taxicab driver's license in
the City of Port Jervis, County of Orange, State of New York.
Any applicant having been denied a taxicab driver's license
in the City of Port Jervis, County of Orange, State of New York, shall
have the right to appeal the denial to the Safety Committee of the
Common Council of the City of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York.
Said appeal must be filed within 15 days of receipt of notice of the
denial of the taxicab driver's license and must be in writing,
delivered to the office of the Police Department of the City of Port
Jervis.
