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236-1 {2}DRIVER
Any person driving a taxicab or limousine upon the public highways for hire.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > DeFinitions.
236-1 {g}TERMINAL
A fxed base of operation of the owner of the taxicab or limousine.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > DeFinitions.
A§A 236-47 License required.
No person shall operate a taxicab or limousine on the public highways of the Town
unless the taxicab or limousine shall be duly licensed as provided in this chapter.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-51 Additional passengers.
No taxicab driver shall stop to pick up any additional passengers while proceeding
to the destination of any passengers then occupying the taxicab without the
consent of all such passengers.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-50Solicitation of passengers.
No taxicab driver shall solicit passengers in the driver's compartment of the
taxicab or while standing immediately voice; nor by a sign; nor shall a taxicab
driver in any manner annoy, obstruct purpose of soliciting patronage. No taxicab
driver shall cruise in search of pas
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MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-53Refusal of service; exceptions.
Except when the passengers of a taxicab do not consent to the picking up of
additional passengers, no taxicab driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any
passengers who have already engaged his taxicab.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-62Recordkeeping of trips.
the time and place each passenger engaged in his taxicab and the time and
place he left such taxicab on a form approved by the Town Clerk. Such record
shall be retained by the owner of such taxicab for at least one year, and shall be
subject to
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
236-1 {5} 0 WNER
A person owning or controlling one or more taxicabs or limousines, and driving or
causing any such vehicle to be driven upon the public highways for hire.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > DeFinitions.
236-1 {7}TAXICAB
A vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a seating
capacity of fewer than eight persons and not operated on a fixed route.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > DeFinitions.
A§A 236-7 Refusal to pay fare.
It shall be unlawful for a taxicab passenger to refuse to pay the agreed or
established fare.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions
A§A 236-460bservance of regulations required.
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The regulations established in this article shall be observed in the operation and
driving of every taxicab upon the public highways of the Town.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operstions Regulations
A§A 236-55Delaying passengers.
No passenger in a taxicab shall be kept waiting longer than five minutes before
proceeding to his announced destination.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operstions Regulations
A§A 236-57 Accident reports.
All accidents in which any taxicab or limousine shall be involved shall be reported
to the County Police Department within 24 hours after the happening thereof.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operstions Regulations
A§A 236-60Fares.
No taxicab owner or driver shall demand or suggest that any passenger or
prospective passenger pay a fare larger than that authorized.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operstions Regulations
A§A 236-63 Trailers restricted.
No trailer or semitrailer shall be attached or secured to a taxicab or limousine while
it is being used to transport passengers.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operstions Regulations
A§A 236-29Requirements.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006 ] No person shall operate any taxicab or
limousine upon the public highways of the Town without having first obtained and
having then in force a license to operate a taxicab or limousine as required by New
York State law, and a driver's license
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MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Drivers' Licenses
A§A 236-41 Changes of address.
of any change of his address or loss of either his Town of Oyster Bay
taxicab/limousine driver's license or his license to operate a taxicab or limousine
as required by New York State law.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Drivers' Licenses
A§A 236-48 Display of license and fares.
No person shall drive any taxicab upon the streets of the Town unless there are
displayed in the taxicab, in a manner in which they are clearly visible and can be
readily observed by all passengers therein, the license of the driver and a schedule
of the maximum fares applicable within the Town.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-49 Driver to remain in vehicle; exceptions.
The driver of a taxicab shall at all times remain in the drivers compartment or
immediately adjacent to his taxicab when the vehicle is in any public place, except
that when necessary, a driver may be absent from his cab for not more than 20
consecutive minutes.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-52Restrictions on passengers.
No person, other than the driver or a passenger, shall enter any taxicab while it is
in operation as such. No driver shall permit more persons to be carried in his
taxicab or limousine than the number for which it has seating facilities.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-58Lost property.
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Each taxicab or limousine driver, as soon as practicable after his taxicab or
limousine is emptied of passengers, shall carefully search his vehicle
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-45Required markings.
Each taxicab shall have a permanently affixed roof light with the word "Taxicab,"
"Taxi" or "Cab" imprinted thereon in such on the outside of each front door, the
word "Taxicab" and the name and address of the owner in letters
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Vehicles
236-1 {6} pASSENGER
A person other than the driver who is an occupant of a taxicab or limousine and,
for the purpose of this chapter, such person shall be presumed to be a passenger
for hire.
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > Dehnitions.
236-1{g}TAXI STAND
A public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere which has been so
designated as reserved exclusively for the use of all taxicabs licensed pursuant to
this chapter.
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > Dehnitions.
A§A 236-6 Taxi stands.
it deems necessary for the use of taxicabs operated and driven by the
persons chapter and prescribe the number of taxicabs that may occupy each
such stand; All taxi stands may be used by any taxicab licensed pursuant to this
chapter therefor. No vehicle other than a taxicab, duly licensed pursuant to
this
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions
A§A 236-43Appearance and condition.
Each vehicle operated upon the streets of the Town as a taxicab or limousine shall
be kept clean, sanitary, fit and of good appearance, and in a safe condition for the
transportation of passengers.
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VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Vehicles
A§A 236-22Additional vehicles.
to add to the number of taxicabs he is then operating shall of each additional
taxicab, including the make; model; that the addition of such taxicab or
taxicabs is required by the public bearing the words "Licensed Taxicab," an
assigned number and the
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Owners' Licenses
A§A 236-17 Considerations of applicants.
this article, the Town Clerk shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs
already in operation in the Town, particularly in the area in which the is adequate
to meet the public need; the probable effect of additional taxicabs on local traffic
conditions; the character, experience and responsibility
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Owners' Licenses
A§A 236-25Recordkeeping.
all renewals, suspensions and revocations thereof; and a record of each taxicab
or limousine licensed pursuant to this article, stating the make, model, motor
number thereof; and the name and address of the person owning the taxicab or
limousine.
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Owners' Licenses
A§A 236-56Parking restrictions.
No taxicab shall park or stand on any public street or place other than at a taxi
established and so marked pursuant to a resolution of the Town Board. No taxicab
or limousine shall park or stand on any private street or place without
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
236-1{ll}ZONE
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An area within the Town established by the Town Board for the purpose of
determining the rates to be charged for hiring of taxicabs and within which an
operator may be licensed to establish depots or terminals and pick up passengers.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions > DeFinitions.
A§A 236-9 Requirements.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of any taxicab or limousine to permit it to be
operated upon the public highways of the Town without having frst obtained, and
having then in force, an owner's license therefor as provided in this article.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Ovmers' Licenses
A§A 236-13Inspection of vehicles.
No license shall be issued or renewed under this article which shall permit the use
of any vehicle as a taxicab or limousine unless and until the vehicle has been
inspected pursuant to this chapter and certifed to the Town Clerk as conforming to
the provisions of this chapter.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Ovmers' Licenses
A§A 236-27Sale or disposition of vehicle.
Each person licensed pursuant to this article shall, upon the sale or other
disposition of a licensed taxicab or limousine, within 24 hours, notify the Town
Clerk of the sale or other disposition and surrender the license and medallion
issued for the vehicle.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Ovmers' Licenses
A§A 236-54Conveying passengers to different locations.
If a taxicab is carrying two or more persons to different destinations, the driver
shall be the sole judge of the order in which such persons shall be delivered to their
destination, and the route which shall be followed in so delivering them.
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-61 Minimum service requirements.
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Each person licensed as a taxicab owner under this chapter shall maintain
continuous service, seven days each week, 24 hours each
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-15Public notice of application.
of a license required by this article or the licensing of additional taxicabs, the
Town Clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general application
has been made for the licensing of a vehicle or vehicles as taxicabs, the number of
vehicles for which the application has been made, and
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Ovmers' Licenses
A§A 236-3 Legislative findings.
It is hereby declared and found that the taxicab industry in the Town is vested with
a public interest as a vital and integral part of the
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > General Provisions
A§A 236-59 Compliance with other rules; reports of offenses.
Each taxicab or limousine driver shall obey all laws and ordinances, rules and
regulations while driving the
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Operations Regulations
A§A 236-18Issuance.
Town Clerk shall fnd that further taxicab service in the Town, and Clerk, upon
certifcation of each taxicab proposed to be operated by the card bearing the
words "Licensed Taxicab." an assigned number, and the date like number and
the words "Licensed Taxicab"; otherwise such application shall
MEHICLES FOR HIRE > Ovmers' Licenses
A§A 236-34Issuance.
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to the applicant if the Town Clerk shall find that the applicant holds a license to
operate a taxicab or limousine as required by New York State law, and is a ft and
proper person to drive such a
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Drivers' Licenses
A§A 236-35 Causes for denial of license; suspension or revocation.
that an emergency exists, such as the death, resignation or illness of taxicab or
limousine driver, which would cause substantial hardship because of the enforced
idleness of a taxicab or limousine, the Town Clerk is authorized to issue a thirty-
day temporary
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Drivers' Licenses
A§A 236-44Inspections.
rules and regulations for the inspection of taxicabs and limousines operated
upon the streets of the which shall permit the use of any vehicle as a taxicab or
limousine unless and until the vehicle has and whether the vehicle is to be used
as a taxicab or limousine. The certifcate of inspection shall
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Vehicles
A§A 221-45Soliciting prohibited.
or the police. Responding to a call merely upon notif cation from gas station
attendants, taxicab drivers or other unauthorized persons shall be considered in
violation of this provision.
TOWING>Regulations
A§A 236-31Photographs and fingerprints of applicant; waiver.
which might make him an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver. Exhibit his current
license to operate a taxicab or limousine as required by New York State law for
inspection. Each applicant shall submit to
VEHICLES FOR HIRE > Drivers' Licenses
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A§A 205-32 Solicitation from streets and sidewalks prohibited.
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the following: Service-related
activities such as taxicabs, limousine service, public transportation vehicles,
towing operations, ambulance service and
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