TOWN OF IVERHEAD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held before the Town Board of the Town at Riverhead at Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York, on the 16th day of May, 2012 at 7:15 o’clock p.m. to amend Chapter 99, entitled “Taxicabs and Vehicles For Hire” of the Riverhead Town Code.

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead as follows:

CHAPTER 99

TAXICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE

§ 99-5. Operator’s permit.

C. Additional requirements. In addition to a completed application, an applicant must comply with the following requirements in order to be considered for an operator’s permit.

(2)  Fingerprints. When the application form has been completed, the applicant shall appear at the Riverhead Town Police Department to be fingerprinted. The Chief of Police shall mail a copy of the fingerprints to the Division of Criminal Justice Service, Albany, New York, requesting a fingerprint search. Prior to the fingerprinting, the Town Clerk shall secure from the applicant the required fee in the form of a check or money order made payable, as required, to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to be forwarded with such fingerprints. The fee for fingerprinting is in addition to the fees required to be paid to the Town Clerk  The Chief of Police of the Riverhead Town Police Department, or his/her designee(s) shall review all information provided by New York State Division of Criminal Justice in connection with the applicant’s criminal background and investigation. If a prospective applicant for any of the aforementioned licenses has been convicted of a crime, any decision regarding such prospective applicant’s fitness for a license will be made upon consideration of New York State Correction Law §§ 701-703-b and  §§ 751-753.

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Dated:  Riverhead, New York
           April 17, 2012

BY THE ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
DIANE M. WILHELM, Town Clerk

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