(a) Maintenance of Physical Location. A For-Hire Base Owner must maintain a principal place of business in a commercially zoned area, from which affiliated Vehicles and Drivers can be dispatched.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(a) | Fine: Suspension until requirement is met. | Appearance REQUIRED |
(b) Minimum Number of Affiliated Vehicles.
(1) A Base must have at least ten affiliated Vehicles associated with the Base except when either of the following applies:
(i) A Base that was first Licensed before January 1, 1988 will only be required to have at least five affiliated Vehicles.
(ii) A Livery Base that has an affiliated Accessible Vehicle is only required to have at least five affiliated Vehicles.
(2) A Street Hail Livery Base can meet the requirement of paragraph (1) by affiliating either or both of Street Hail Liveries or other licensed For-Hire Vehicles or, if the Base is also a Paratransit Base, Paratransit Vehicles and Street Hail Liveries.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(b) | Fine: Suspension until minimum is met | Appearance REQUIRED |
(c) Working Phone at the Base. A Base Owner must maintain a working telephone at the Base.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(c) | Fine: Suspension until compliance | Appearance REQUIRED |
(d) Dispatching of Vehicles from Base.
(1) A Base Station Owner must provide a device for transmitting trip request information to Drivers of affiliated Vehicles.
(2) Except for Accessible Vehicles, no For-Hire Vehicle can be dispatched from any location other than the location specified in the Base License.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(d) | Fine: $250 and Suspension until compliance | Appearance REQUIRED |
(e) Application to Move Base.
(1) A Base Owner who moves the Base to a new location must apply for approval of the new location by the Commission.
(2) The proposed location must comply with all of the requirements for obtaining the particular Base License sought; except that if there has been no change in the Ownership of the Base, the Commission can waive the requirements for:
(i) Proving fitness to hold License and
(ii) Posting a bond.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(e) | Fine: Suspension of Base License. | Appearance REQUIRED |
(f) Application to Transfer or Assign Base. A Base Owner must not transfer or assign the Base Owner's License to another without obtaining the Commission's written approval as described in 35 RCNY § 59B-09. Note: A Street Hail Livery Base License cannot be transferred.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(f) | Fine: Suspension of Base License. | Appearance REQUIRED |
(g) Display Rates. A Base Owner must at all time conspicuously display the current schedule of rates charged by the Base.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(g) | Fine: $50 | Appearance NOT REQUIRED |
(h) Display Base Information. A Base Owner must conspicuously display the Base name, any trade, business or operating name, and the Base License number on the front or office door of the Base's premises.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(h) | Fine: $50 | Appearance NOT REQUIRED |
(i) Black Car Base Affiliation. Only Black Car Bases can dispatch Vehicles to do line work and only For-Hire Vehicles that are affiliated with Black Car Bases can perform line work.
35 RCNY § 59B-15(i) | Fine: $250 for first violation $500 for second violation within 24 months Revocation for third violation within 24 months | Appearance NOT REQUIRED Appearance NOT REQUIRED Appearance REQUIRED |
(j) Off-Street Parking Requirements – Livery Base Stations.
(1) A Base Station Owner must ensure that the operator of the Base provides and uses legal, off-street facilities for parking and storing the Livery Vehicles that will be dispatched from the Base.
(2) The available off-street facilities must provide at least one parking space for every two Livery Vehicles (not including Street Hail Liveries) affiliated with the Base.
(3) The distance between the Base and the off-street parking facilities for Livery Vehicles must be one and one-half miles or less.
(4) The off-street parking facilities for Livery Vehicles must be in a location zoned for the operation of a parking facility.
(5) Waiver. The Chairperson can reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces or can waive that requirement entirely upon a determination that:
(i) There are not enough legal off-street parking facilities in the vicinity of the Base to fulfill these requirements,
(ii) An Applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Chairperson that complying with the off-street parking requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) would impose an economic hardship upon the Applicant.
(iii) The Chairperson will not reduce or waive the off-street parking requirements where it has been determined in an administrative proceeding that the Applicant, or a predecessor in interest, has violated any provision governing the transfer of the Base.
(iv) The Commission's decision to waive or reduce the off-street parking requirements:
A. Will be made in writing,
B. Will contain a detailed statement of the reasons for the decision
C. Will be made a part of the Commission's approval of the application for the Base Station License.