No person owning or controlling a taxicab shall operate such taxicab or permit the same to be operated or driven as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the Village of Malverne without having first obtained and having then in force an operator's license therefor, as hereinafter provided.
Every operator's license issued under this chapter shall be issued as of the first of January, first of April, first of July or first of October, whichever shall be nearest to the date of the granting thereof, and shall expire on the 31st of December next succeeding, unless sooner revoked by the Board of Trustees.
Every person desiring that a taxicab owned or controlled by him shall be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the Village of Malverne shall file with the Mayor a written application, verified under oath, stating:
A. 
The name and address of the applicant and specifying, in the case of any unincorporated association, the names and addresses of each member thereof, and in the case of any corporation, the names and addresses of each officer, director and stockholder thereof.
B. 
A complete financial statement of the applicant, specifying the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transactions or acts giving rise to said judgments and the name and location of the court in which and the date on which each was entered.
C. 
All crimes and violations of any traffic law, ordinance or regulation of which the applicant, and any member thereof if an unincorporated association, and any officer, director and stockholder thereof if a corporation, has been convicted, stating the name and location of the court in which and the date on which such conviction was had and the penalty imposed therefor.
D. 
The experience of the applicant, and each member thereof if an unincorporated association, and each officer, director and stockholder thereof if a corporation, in the transportation of passengers.
E. 
Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that the public convenience and necessity require the granting of a license.
F. 
The number of vehicles to be operated by the applicant and a description of each such vehicle, including the make, model, passenger-seating capacity, year of manufacture, New York State registration number and motor number thereof, and, if it has ever been in any accident, the date and nature of the accident and a description of the damage done to such vehicle.
G. 
The age and citizenship of the applicant, and each member thereof if an unincorporated association, and each officer, director and stockholder thereof if a corporation.
H. 
The location of any and all depots and terminals proposed to be used by the applicant.
Upon filing of an application under this chapter, the Mayor shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon which shall be not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days after such filing, and the Clerk of the Village shall give notice thereof as follows:
A. 
By mailing a copy thereof to the applicant and to each person to whom a license to operate taxicabs upon the streets of the Village has theretofore been issued, which is then in force, not less than 10 days prior to the date of such hearing.
B. 
By publishing such notice at least once a week for each of two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the Village.
If the Mayor shall find that further taxicab service in the Village of Malverne is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, then the Mayor, upon the payment by the applicant of the fees and the furnishing by the applicant of proof of insurance, as hereinafter provided, shall issue a license stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles the applicant is authorized to operate and the date of the issuance thereof; otherwise, such application shall be denied.
In making the findings required by § 528-5 hereof, the Mayor shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs already in operation in the Village, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the probable effect of additional taxicabs on local traffic conditions and the character, experience and responsibility of the applicant and the adequacy of the service which the applicant proposes to give.
Each applicant shall, before the issuance to him of a license under this chapter, file with the Village Clerk evidence that he is insured against public liability in the limits as set from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees for personal injuries to each person and for personal injuries for each accident and for property damage.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).