[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of New Rochelle as Secs.
6-11 through 6-11.02 of the 1965 General Ordinances. Sections 255-1 and 255-2
amended and §§ 255-3 and 255-5 added at time of adoption of
Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person having a place of business in the City of New Rochelle for
the purpose of conveyance of baggage, parcels, packages and other articles
within the City of New Rochelle, for pay, shall be deemed a public expressman
and shall obtain a license therefor from the City Clerk. Said license must
be carried on any vehicle in use in the City of New Rochelle.
The annual fee for conducting business in the City of New Rochelle as a public expressman shall be as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees.
All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued for a period
of one year, said period starting on January 1 and terminating on December
31 of the same year.
Every person, except certificated common motor carriers or property
who are subject to and included within the jurisdiction of either the Public
Service Commission of the State of New York or the Interstate Commerce Commission,
doing business as a public expressman in the City of New Rochelle shall give
a bond to the City with a penal sum of $1,000 with at least two sufficient
sureties who shall be residents and freeholders of the City or of a surety
company, approved by the Mayor, conditioned for the safe and prompt delivery
of all baggage, parcels, packages and other articles or things entrusted to
the owner or driver of such express company or expressman. Proof of certification
by the Public Service Commission of the State of New York or the Interstate
Commerce Commission shall be filed with the City of New Rochelle, in lieu
of any bond.
