[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Weymouth 12-29-1980 by Ord. No. 243-80 as Ch. IV, Sec. 4-3,
of the 1980 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 220.
No taxicab shall be operated upon the streets or public places
of the Township unless the owner thereof shall have caused the taxicab
to be licensed as herein provided and shall have complied with the
laws of the state relating to taxicabs.
No taxicab shall be licensed until an application therefor shall
have been made in writing and filed with the Township Committee and
until the owner thereof shall have submitted proof satisfactory to
the Township Committee that all provisions of the state laws and the
Township ordinances applicable to these taxicabs and the operation
thereof (including Chapter 16, Title 48, of the Revised Statutes of
New Jersey, as amended or supplemented) have been duly and fully complied
with.
Every application for a license for a taxicab shall set forth
the full name and address of the owner, the make and character of
the taxicab or cabs, the length of time it or they have been in use,
the number of persons each cab is capable of carrying and a place
where the cab or cabs may be inspected by the Township Committee or
their duly authorized representative, and the number of cabs to be
licensed. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $25 for
one taxicab but not more than five; a fee of $50 for more than five
taxicabs but not more than 20; and a fee of $75 for any number of
taxicabs in excess of 20.
Every taxicab license shall expire on December 31 following
the date it is issued.
Every licensed taxicab shall display in a manner required or
approved by the Township Committee its license number. Upon the issuance
of the license of any taxicab, there shall be furnished to the owner
a card setting forth the name and address of the owner and the number
of the license, which card shall be permanently displayed in the interior
of the taxicab, together with a statement or schedule of the charge
for the use thereof.
Every taxicab shall be equipped with a taximeter of an approved
design and make.
The Township Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to
establish public hack stands in the several streets and public places
of the Township which they may determine to be for the best interest
and convenience of the public, shall cause the same to be clearly
and distinctly marked by proper signs setting forth the exact locations
and boundaries of such public hack stands and the number of taxicabs
which are permitted to occupy the same at one time. When such public
hack stands are so established and designated, no vehicle other than
a taxicab duly licensed to occupy such stands shall drive unto and
stop or stand therein.
No taxicab shall occupy any public hack stand unless such taxicab
shall have been licensed by the Township Committee.
The Township Committee, after a hearing, is hereby authorized
and empowered to suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions
hereof for any violation of the law or of the provisions of N.J.S.A.
48:1-1 et seq. or the amendments thereto or supplements thereof.
