§ 82-35 Vehicle Equipment.
RCNY § 82-35
(a)Roof Light. A roof light is required on all Street Hail Liveries, as required by the Hack-Up specifications in Subchapter B of this Chapter; the Street Hail Livery Licensee must ensure compliance with the following: (1) Controlled by Taximeter. The Street Hail Livery roof light must be automatically controlled by the operation of the Taximeter so that it is lighted only when the Taximeter is in an off position and unlighted when the Taximeter is in a recording position or off duty position, or when the Taximeter is detached from its bracket. A Licensee must not tamper with the operation of the Street Hail Livery's roof light. 35 RCNY § 82-35(a)(1)Fine: $50 – $350 and/or suspension up to 30 daysAppearance REQUIRED (b) Heating and Air Conditioning. Each Street Hail Livery must be equipped with an operable heating and air conditioning system; when the vehicle is also equipped with a partition, the air conditioning system must be able to provide cool air to the rear passenger area. 35 RCNY § 82-35(b)Fine: $50 per dayAppearance REQUIRED (c) Distress Signal Lighting. A Licensee must equip the Street Hail Livery with a help or distress signaling light system meeting the requirements set forth in Subchapter B of these Rules. 35 RCNY § 82-35(c)Fine: $175 and suspension until the condition is corrected. Respondent must provide a condition corrected form issued by the TLC's Safety and Emissions Division.Appearance NOT REQUIRED (d) Optional Rooftop Advertising Fixture.
(1)A Licensee may equip a Street Hail Livery Vehicle with an authorized Rooftop Advertising Fixture in accordance with 35 RCNY § 82-63.
(2)The Licensee must remove a Rooftop Advertising Fixture if the TLC terminates such authorization in accordance with 35 RCNY § 82-63(d).
(3)A Licensee must not use any rooftop advertising fixture unless the Licensee has obtained a permit to use such a fixture.
(4)A Licensee can use only an authorized Rooftop Advertising Fixture. 35 RCNY § 82-35(d)(1)-(4)Fine: $200Appearance NOT REQUIRED (5) A Licensee shall be prohibited from installing any advertising material if a Vehicle Owner reasonably objects to the express or implied content of such material. A Vehicle Owner may, but cannot be compelled to, waive this right to object by providing a Licensee a blanket prior written consent to all advertising material. If such Vehicle Owner does not waive this right, and there is a dispute with respect to such advertising, Licensee and Vehicle Owner shall name a third party who shall decide any such dispute. If the Licensee and Vehicle Owner cannot agree on who shall decide the dispute they may obtain the assistance of any alternate dispute resolution service with offices in the City of New York, the cost of which service will be equally shared by the Licensee and the Vehicle Owner. 35 RCNY § 82-35(d)(5)Fine: $150 for every thirty days the advertising material is posted on the street hail livery, if plead guilty before a hearing; $200 for every thirty days the advertising material is posted on the street hail livery, if found guilty following a hearing.Appearance NOT REQUIRED (6) The definition of Vehicle Owner for this subdivision includes the title owner of the Street Hail Livery vehicle, or the long-term lessee of the Street Hail Livery vehicle where the vehicle lease has a conditional purchase agreement for the vehicle.
(e)Electronic Dispatching and E-Hail Device. In addition to the required Technology System and the dispatch equipment required by the Licensee's affiliated Base pursuant to 35 RCNY § 59B-15(d)(1), a Licensee may equip a Street Hail Livery with one electronic device that is used to accept dispatches from a Base and/or E-Hails from a licensed E-Hail application, provided that that the device is mounted in a fixed position and not hand-held and use of the electronic device is limited to either voice or one-touch preprogrammed buttons or keys while the Street Hail Livery is in motion. (Amended City Record 6/29/2015, eff. 7/29/2015; amended City Record 9/22/2016, eff. 10/22/2016; amended City Record 5/17/2018, eff. 6/16/2018; amended City Record 12/9/2020, eff. 1/8/2021)
