§ 59B-05 Licensing – Special Requirements for Livery Base Stations and Street Hail Livery Bases.
RCNY § 59
(a)Fitness to Hold a License.
(1)An Applicant for a License to operate a Livery Base Station must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that the Applicant is fit to operate a Base Station.
(2)The Commission will consider: (i) The ability of the Applicant to adequately manage the Base Station, (ii) The Applicant's financial stability, (iii) Whether the Applicant operates or has previously operated a Licensed Base Station and the manner in which that Base Station was operated.
(3)The Commission will also consider any relevant information maintained in the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Commission.
(b)Off-Street Parking. An Applicant for a License to operate a Livery Base Station must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that the operator of the Base Station will comply with the provision to provide and use lawful off-street facilities as described in 35 RCNY § 59B-15(j).
(c)Local Review. A determination by the Commission to approve an application for a new or renewal License to operate a Livery Base Station will not become final until the determination has been subject to review by the New York City Council, as follows: (1) Upon receipt of an application for a new or renewal Livery Base Station License, the Commission will, within five business days, submit a copy of the application to the City Council and to the district office of the City Council member and the community board for the area in which the Base Station is or would be located.
(ii)Copies of the data, information, and other materials the Commission relied on to make the decision.
(d)Submit Business Plan – Livery Base Only. A Livery Base Station must submit a business plan with each application for a new or renewal License or for a change of ownership of the Base Station License. The business plan must include: (1) Contact Information. The business name, address, telephone number, email address and 24-hour contact number for the Base Station; (2) Plans for Ensuring Compliance with Commission Rules.
(i)A general description of how the Base Station intends to monitor and ensure that the Base Station itself, its affiliated Vehicle Owners, and the Drivers operating the affiliated Vehicles comply with these Rules; (ii) A specific plan for assuring that affiliated Vehicles and their Drivers provide transportation only through pre-arrangement made with the Base (iii) A specific description of how the Base plans to prevent its affiliated Vehicles and their Drivers from accepting street hails (3) Plans for Preventing Recurrence of Past Violations. A description of how the Base Station intends to prevent a recurrence of any Rule violations that occurred during the current and previous (if any) term(s) of its License.
(4)Off-Street Parking. Policies and procedures regarding off-street parking, including: (i) The address of the Livery Base's off-street parking location (ii) How far the off-street parking location is from the Livery Base.
(iii)How the Base will encourage its affiliated Vehicles to use the Livery Base's off-street parking location, and (iv) How the Livery Base will ensure that the affiliated Vehicles not using the off-street parking location do not violate applicable traffic and parking regulations when they are in the area around the Base Station.
(5)Number of Vehicles.
(6)Number of Trips.
(10)Miscellaneous. Any other matters required by the Chairperson or the Commission as a condition of renewal of a Base Station License in light of the specifics of the Base Station's application and operating history.
