[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers:
Art. I, 12-10-1940 by G.O. No. 35-1940; Art. II, 4-13-1954 by G.O. No. 20-1954. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-10-1940 by G.O. No. 35-1940]
In any case involving the use of the public streets of the City
of Yonkers for street-railroad or motorbus purposes or involving any
modification, extension or change in the form or terms of existing
franchise rights, municipal consents or permits previously granted
for such purposes, and in connection with which application is required
by law to be made to the municipal authorities of the City of Yonkers,
written application for such franchise rights, municipal consent or
permits or any modification, extension or change in the form or terms
of existing franchise rights, municipal consents or permits previously
granted for such purposes shall be addressed to the City Council of
the City of Yonkers and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Yonkers.
The City Clerk of the City of Yonkers shall present any such
application to the City Council of the City of Yonkers at the next
regular meeting of said City Council following the filing of such
application, and the City Council shall thereupon designate a time
for a public hearing before said City Council upon such application.
The time so designated shall be not later than 30 days after such
application shall have been presented to the City Council. The City
Council shall also designate at least one daily newspaper, published
in the City of Yonkers, in which notice of the making of such application,
and of the time and place at which a public hearing will be held thereon,
shall be published at least twice before such public hearing shall
be held.
Within two days thereafter, the City Clerk of the City of Yonkers
shall prepare the form of such notice so required to be published,
which notice shall contain a brief statement of the nature of the
application and shall state the time and place at which a public hearing
will be held thereon, and the City Clerk shall transmit the same to
the applicant with a notification that the applicant is required to
cause the same to be published, at the applicant's expense, in
the newspaper or newspapers designated by the City Council for this
purpose at least twice prior to the day set for such public hearing
and that proof of such publication, to be made by affidavit of the
publisher of said newspaper or newspapers, must be filed in the office
of the City Clerk at least three days prior to the day set for such
public hearing.
Where, pursuant to the provisions of any law, a public hearing
is required, after public notice, in connection with any such application,
compliance with the provision of such law with reference to the publication
of such notice and the holding of the public hearing thereon shall
be deemed sufficient compliance with the provisions of this article.
Public hearing upon any such application shall be held at the
time and place designated in the public notice hereinbefore provided
for. Such public hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the
discretion of the City Council; but in case of such adjournment, the
time and place for the resumption of such hearing shall be publicly
announced when such adjournment is taken.
[Adopted 4-13-1954 by G.O. No. 20-1954]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article I hereof granting terminable permits to companies and corporations to operate buses and motor vehicles over regular routes in the City of Yonkers, or in any other general or special ordinance, the consent of the City of Yonkers is hereby given to each and every company and corporation operating buses and motor vehicles over the streets of the City of Yonkers under the terms and conditions of terminable permits granted to such companies and corporations to place and display advertising signs on the exterior of each bus or motor vehicle owned and/or operated by said companies and corporations.
Not more than two advertising signs shall be placed or displayed
on each side of the bus or motor vehicle, and not more than one advertising
sign shall be placed or displayed on the front or rear of such bus
or motor vehicle.
Each and every advertising sign placed or displayed on the sides
of a bus or motor vehicle shall be not more than 27 inches in length
and 25 inches in breadth, and each and every advertising sign placed
or displayed on the front or on the rear of a bus or vehicle shall
be not more than 40 inches in length and 12 inches in breadth.
The Police Commissioner of the City of Yonkers shall have the
right and power to determine whether any advertising sign placed or
displayed on the exterior of a bus or motor vehicle is objectionable
and, if objectionable, to require the removal of any such advertising
sign.
The aforesaid companies and corporations shall comply with the
Code of the City of Yonkers, all regulations of the Police Commissioner
and all regulations and orders of the Public Service Commission of
the State of New York.
The consent hereby given may, in the event of any violation,
breach or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this
article, be revoked by the City Council on five days' notice,
in writing, to the company or corporation committing such violation.
