[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Alexandria Bay 2-11-1992 as L.L. No. 1-1992.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever
used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
given to them in this section:
Permission granted by the New York State Department of Motor
Vehicles to drive in the State of New York and to drive a taxicab.
Any person having the control or use of one or more taxicabs
used for hire upon the streets of the Village of Alexandria Bay or
engaged in the business of operating a taxicab.
One or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations,
partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all
other entities capable of being sued.
Any street, avenue, bridge or public place in the Village
of Alexandria Bay.
Any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying persons
for hire, whether the same is operated from a street stand or subject
to calls from a garage or otherwise operated for hire, except vehicles
subject to the provisions of the Transportation Corporation Law.
Any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person is the
owner of such taxicab or employed by the taxicab owner or operator.
A.Â
Any person operating a taxi service in the Village
of Alexandria Bay is required to register with the Village Clerk of
the Village of Alexandria Bay. Such registration shall include the
name of the owners of the taxicab and/or the entity operating the
taxicab, the number of taxicabs being operated within the Village,
the street and mailing address for the entity as well as the business
phone number of the entity operating the taxicab, the names of all
drivers of the taxicabs as well as their street and mailing addresses
and a copy of their driver's licenses issued by the New York State
Department of Motor Vehicles showing that they are properly licensed
for operation of a taxicab.
B.Â
Every person or operator of a taxicab is required
to register any changes in the foregoing information with the Village
Clerk within seven days of when such changes take place.
The Village Clerk shall provide a simplified
form to be filled out by every person or operator of a taxicab containing
the necessary information for registration. The Village Clerk shall
forward a copy of such information to the Chief of Police to be maintained
in a file by the Chief of Police.
A.Â
Any person failing to comply with the provisions of
this chapter shall be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal
Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250
or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued,
a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
B.Â
In addition to any fine or imprisonment authorized
by this chapter, the Village Board of the Village of Alexandria Bay
is also authorized to seek injunctive relief in a court of competent
jurisdiction to stop the person or operator from operating the taxicab
within the Village of Alexandria Bay.