The licensing, regulating and inspecting of
taxicabs, the examining of applicants for licenses who own and operate
such taxicabs, the licensing of drivers as hereinafter provided and
the enforcing of the provisions of this chapter shall be under the
control of the Borough Council of the Borough of Totowa.
No taxicab shall be licensed until an insurance
policy, or certificate in lieu thereof, and power of attorney executed
shall be filed with the Clerk of Borough of Totowa as provided for
taxicabs pursuant to the provisions of the N.J.S.A. 48:16-1, as amended
and supplemented.
[Amended 5-16-1972 by Ord. No. 991]
A. The fees for the licenses herein referred to shall
be as follows:
(1) For each taxicab license, the sum of $100 for each
year or any part thereof.
(2) For each taxicab driver's license, the sum of $10
for each year or any part thereof.
B. The fees herein fixed for the issuance of such licenses
are imposed for revenue.
[Amended 5-16-1972 by Ord. No. 991]
All licenses to be issued under the provisions
of this chapter shall be issued in the name of the Borough of Totowa
and under the hand of the Clerk, and all licenses issued under this
chapter shall expire on June 30 of each year unless sooner suspended
or revoked.
There shall be affixed in every taxicab, in
such manner that the same can be conveniently read by any person therein,
a card at least three inches in height by five inches in length, containing
the name of the owner, the license number of the vehicle and the year
of issue.
No taxicab shall be permitted to park in the
public streets within the Borough, and the Borough Council may, in
its discretion, designate by resolution such places off the public
streets as may be used for taxi parking or as a taxi stand.
No licensed taxicab, while waiting employment
by passengers, shall stand on any public street nor shall any taxicab,
while being driven, seek employment by repeatedly or insistently driving
to and fro in a short space, before, or by otherwise interfering with,
the ordinary and proper access to or egress from any public place;
but employment may be solicited by driving through any public street
or place without stops, other than those due to obstructions or traffic,
and at a rate of speed that will not interfere with or impede traffic.
The rate of fare to be charged within the limits
of the Borough of Totowa shall be posted so that it is conspicuously
seen by any passenger in any part of the taxicab. The Borough Council
shall have the right to set, by resolution, from time to time, a maximum
rate of fare which may be charged.
Every driver of such taxicab shall have the
right to demand payment of legal fare in advance and may refuse employment
unless so prepaid, but no driver of such vehicle shall otherwise refuse
or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons upon request anywhere
in the Borough unless previously engaged or unable to do so. No driver
of any such taxicab shall carry any other person than the passenger
employing him, without the consent of said passenger.