§ 270.107. Application for a for-hire vehicle permit.

1.

The owner of a for-hire vehicle shall be responsible for obtaining a for-hire vehicle permit from the commission annually.

2.

Only vehicles with three or more doors will be permitted to operate as for-hire vehicles within Westchester County.

3.

An applicant for a for-hire vehicle permit must:

a.

Be fingerprinted for the purpose of securing criminal history records from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and shall pay the processing fee for such service. Such fingerprints and processing fee are to be forwarded to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. In the event that the applicant is a partnership, all of the general partners shall be fingerprinted. In the event that the applicant is a corporation or other entity, all of the officers, principals, and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock shall be fingerprinted. If subsequent to the fingerprinting of the applicant or during the term of the for-hire vehicle permit, one or more partners, officers, principals or stockholders is added to the partnership, corporation or other entity, and if such an individual would have been the subject of fingerprinting upon the initial application for a for-hire vehicle permit to the commission, that individual shall also be fingerprinted in accordance with this subdivision. Upon renewal of a for-hire vehicle permit, the applicant must submit an affidavit to the commission attesting to any violations or crimes that such applicant has been convicted of subsequent to the date of fingerprinting. The Chairperson of the commission shall review the records received from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Service in a manner consistent with Article 23-A of the New York State Correction Law and shall report to the commission, as necessary.

b.

Inform the commission of each and every driver who will operate the for-hire vehicle;

c.

Agree that the delivery of a summons, notice or any other document prepared on behalf of the commission to any driver of the for-hire vehicle shall be deemed proper service on the owner of a for-hire vehicle;

d.

Agree that the delivery of a summons, notice or any other document prepared on behalf of the commission to the registrant or the lessee of the vehicle shall be deemed proper service on the owner of a for-hire vehicle;

e.

Indicate each and every licensed base station with which the for-hire vehicle is to be affiliated.

(Added by L.L. No. 9-1998)