[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Medina 4-17-1947 (Ch. 56 of the 1965 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 236.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this chapter,
the following words shall have the meanings given to them by this
section:
Includes permission granted by the Board of Trustees to any
person to drive upon the streets of said Village any licensed taxicab.
Includes any person owning or having control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the Village
of Medina, New York, or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
Includes any street, alley, avenue, land or public place
in the Village of Medina, New York.
Includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying
persons for hire, whether the same is operated from a taxi stand or
subject to calls from a garage or residence or otherwise operated
for hire, except vehicles subject to the provisions of the Transportation
Law or used by undertakers in the conduct of their business.
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the
owner of such taxicab or employed by a taxicab owner or operator.
Includes permission granted by the Board of Trustees to any
person to operate or keep for hire any taxicab in said Village.[1]
No person shall drive a taxicab and no person shall permit anyone
to drive a taxicab within the limits of the Village of Medina, New
York, without such driver having first obtained and paid for and having
in force and effect a driver's license under the provisions of
this chapter. Applications for taxicab driver's licenses shall
be made on forms supplied by the Board of Trustees and shall be approved,
in writing, by the Chief of Police. Such approval or disapproval shall
be subject to review and final decision by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 1-9-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979[1]]
Drivers' licenses shall be issued as of May 15 in each
and every year and shall be valid to and including May 14 next succeeding.
The fee for such license shall be as established from time to time
by the Board of Trustees.[2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit to
be operated a taxicab upon the streets of the Village of Medina, New
York, without first having obtained and paid for and having in force
and effect a taxicab license under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-9-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979[1]]
Taxicab licenses shall be issued as of May 15 in each and every
year and shall be valid to and including May 14 next succeeding. The
fee for such license shall be as established from time to time by
the Board of Trustees, and for each additional taxicab owned or operated
by the same applicant, there shall be imposed an additional sum as
established from time to time by the Board of Trustees, as a license
fee, or any part thereof.[2] No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been thoroughly
and carefully inspected and examined and found to be in a thoroughly
safe condition for the transportation of passengers; clean, fit, of
good appearance and well painted and varnished. The Chief of Police
shall designate who shall make such examination and inspection before
a license is issued and shall have the right to make such inspection
of such licensed vehicle at any time he deems the same necessary.
The Chief of Police shall refuse a license to or, if already issued,
revoke or suspend a license of any vehicle found upon inspection and
examination to be unfit or unsuited for public patronage. No license
shall be issued under the provisions of this section unless and until
the Chief of Police has indicated, in writing, his approval thereof
on the face of the application thereof. The signature shall not be
facsimile.
Each operator licensed under § 218-5 of this chapter shall receive a license plate, the design of which shall be changed annually, and any licensee who defaces, obliterates or changes any official entry made upon his or her license plate or permits the same to be done shall have his or her license revoked. If a taxicab shall be disabled, disqualified for service or sold, the Board of Trustees may, at its discretion, permit the use of a license granted for such taxicab to be transferred and used for another, provided that such taxicab and the purchaser thereof comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Every driver of a taxicab shall have the right to demand payment
of the legal fare in advance and may refuse employment unless so prepaid,
but no driver of a taxicab shall otherwise refuse or neglect to convey
any orderly person or persons upon request anywhere in the Village,
unless previously engaged or unable to do so.
[Amended 6-18-1959; 2-23-1967; 2-26-1974; 7-22-1975 by L.L. No. 5-1975; 9-11-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979; 3-10-1981 by L.L. No. 3-1981]
A suitable rate card with minimum dimensions of three inches
by five inches, displaying the rates or fares charged for use of each
taxicab, shall be conspicuously posted in the interior of every taxicab.
Every licensed taxicab shall be provided with a printed receipt book,
and said licensed driver shall, whenever requested by a passenger,
give him or her a receipt for the fare.
No license under the provisions of any of the preceding sections
shall be transferred, but it shall be and remain for the proper use
and benefit of the parties obtaining the same.
It shall be unlawful for any licensed driver of any taxicab
to misrepresent the name of his or her employer or knowingly to receive
or transport any person or persons who intend to commit any unlawful
act in such vehicle during the voyage or at the termination thereof,
whether within such vehicle or not. It shall be unlawful for any such
driver to solicit or procure or to aid or assist in soliciting or
procuring any person to ride in a licensed taxicab with the intent
to commit any unlawful act therein or at any time during the voyage
or the termination thereof, whether within the vehicle or not.
No taxicab shall stand or park on the streets in the Village
of Medina, New York, when not in use, between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m., except on such streets or portions of streets as shall
be designated as taxicab stands by the Board of Trustees, and no taxicab,
when in use, shall stand or park upon the streets in said Village
in excess of 15 minutes at any time, except on such streets or portions
of streets designated as taxicab stands. Operators who do not wish
to use the streets or portions of streets designated by the Board
of Trustees as taxicab stands must provide a private stand approved
by the Board of Trustees, and such taxicabs must be kept on such stands
at all times when not in use.
[Amended 9-25-1990 by L.L. No. 8-1990[1]]
A.
Except as otherwise provided by statutory provisions, any person
committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the
Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine of not less
than $125 and not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B.
In addition to the punishment herein provided, the Village Justice
may, upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter,
suspend or revoke the license of the person so convicted for the balance
of the term of said license.
