Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever
used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
given to them by this article:
Any person who engages in the business of driving a taxicab,
whether such person is the owner or employed by a taxicab owner.
Includes any person owning or having control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the City of
Cohoes or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, companies, societies, and
all other legal entities.
Includes any motor vehicle of a type that the New York Transportation
Law permits a municipality to regulate that is engaged in the service
of transporting passenger(s) for hire when such service is available
to the general public on a prearranged or demand response basis over
a nonspecified or irregular route with the point or points of pickup
and discharge determined by the passenger.
A.
No person shall operate a taxi, except to discharge
passengers only, within the City of Cohoes without having obtained
a license from the Chief of Police complying with the terms and conditions
herein provided and paying the fee therefor.
B.
No owner of a taxicab that is licensed by the City
of Cohoes shall allow any person to operate said vehicle in the City
of Cohoes unless said person has in force and effect a driver's license
under the provisions of this chapter.
C.
No person shall own or have control of the use of
one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets of the City of
Cohoes or engage in the business of operating a taxicab company without
having in force and effect an owner's license under the provisions
of this section.