[Amended by Ord. No. 77-70-3B]
A. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
LIMITED TAXICAB LICENSE
A taxicab license issued pursuant to this chapter which expressly
restricts the pickup of passengers to certain areas within the Township,
so as to primarily serve the needs of residents who live within the
same particular development or general area, either operated by radio
dispatch, on a point-to-point demand, or fixed-loop service, or in
any other manner.
PERSON
Includes a firm, copartnership, association and corporation
and the singular or plural, the masculine, feminine or neuter, unless
the contrary is clearly expressed.
PLENARY TAXICAB LICENSE
A taxicab license issued pursuant to this chapter which authorizes
operation of a licensed taxicab throughout the entire area of the
Township, either from stands on a public street or public place, by
radio dispatch, or in any other manner.
PUBLIC TAXICAB STAND
A section of a public street or public place set apart for
the exclusive use of a limited number of taxicabs when such section
is distinctly marked as such by a metal sign attached to a stanchion
on the curb or other conspicuous place or by clearly visible marks
upon the surface of the street or public place.
TAXICAB
Any automobile, taxicab, or other vehicle propelled by mechanical
motor power engaged in the business of transportation of passengers
for hire or pay within the Township of Manchester.
B. Unless expressly limited to either a plenary taxicab
license or a limited taxicab license, all general references in this
chapter with respect to taxicab licenses shall be deemed to include
both plenary and limited taxicab licenses.
The licensing of taxicabs shall be by the Township
and such licenses when granted by the Township Council shall be countersigned
by the Township Clerk, and all fees payable to the Township of Manchester
received for licenses shall be paid to the Township Clerk. The regulating
and inspection of taxicabs the application for license to own and
operate such taxicabs, the licensing of drivers as hereinafter provided
for in this chapter, shall be under the control of the Township Council
of the Township of Manchester. The Township Council is authorized
and empowered to establish reasonable rules and regulations for the
inspection of taxicabs and requirements of construction and condition
of fitness for the safe and adequate transportation of passengers
and the general cleanliness of such taxicabs.
No person shall hire out, keep or use for hire
or pay, or cause to be kept or used for hire or pay any taxicab within
the Township of Manchester without first having obtained a license
for that purpose.
[Amended by Ord. No. 75-68]
A. Application for licenses for taxicabs shall be made
by the owner, lessee or bailee upon a form to be furnished by the
Township Clerk and such application shall contain the full name and
address of the owner, lessee or bailee and the applicant, the year,
type and model of vehicle for which the license is desired and the
number of persons it is capable of carrying and shall be accompanied
by the required fee. No vehicle shall be licensed unless it can accommodate
a minimum of four passengers or a maximum of 10 passengers.
B. Not more than 25 plenary taxicab licenses, and not
more than six limited taxicab licenses shall be issued and outstanding
at any time.
C. The license fee for each taxicab as herein defined
shall be the sum of $100, which shall be payable on or before December
1. The licensing period shall extend from January 1 until the following
December 31. The fee herein fixed for the issuance of such license
is imposed for revenue.
D. No vehicle covered by the terms of this chapter shall
be licensed until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and
examined by a person designated by the Township Council and found
to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers.
Side curtain or shades shall not be permitted on any such vehicles.
E. Upon approval and granting of a license for the operation
of a taxicab within the Township of Manchester by the Township Council,
the Township Clerk shall provide the licensee with a card containing
the name of the applicant, a front straight view photograph of the
licensee, the Township license number, a notice that in case of any
complaint, the Police Department shall be notified of the same and
the rates of fares under which said taxicab is operated. There shall
also be issued one metal plate or tag to the licensee, which plate
or tag shall be affixed on some visible portion of the rear part of
the motor vehicle.
F. No vehicle known as a Tudor body shall be licensed
as a taxicab.
G. No car five years old or older shall be licensed as
a taxicab.
H. No license shall be issued to any person who is not
a bona fide resident of Ocean County, or any corporation, firm or
association which does not have its principal place of business in
Ocean County.
Licenses granted under this chapter may be revoked
or suspended at any time after hearing by the Township Council if
the vehicles shall not be in a clean and safe condition for the transportation
of passengers and kept to conformity with the terms of this chapter
or any of the rules and regulations adopted by the Township Council.
[Amended by Ord. No. 75-68]
A. The license fee for each driver of a taxicab shall
be the sum of $50 for each year or part thereof. The licensing period
shall be from January 1 to December 31 of the following year. The
fee herein fixed for the issuance of such license is imposed for revenue.
B. Each applicant for a driver's license under the terms
of this chapter must conform to the following regulations:
(1) Be of the age of 18 years or over and be a bona fide
resident of the County of Ocean for at least one year preceding the
application.
(2) Present the certificate of a reputable physician showing
that he has been examined within 60 days and that he is of sound physique
with good eyesight and not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble
or other infirmity of body or mind which might render him unfit for
the safe operation of a taxicab.
(3) Be a citizen of the United States.
(4) Has not been convicted of a crime and has not violated
any provision of this chapter.
(5) Not be addicted to the use of narcotics or intoxicating
liquors.
(6) Produce affidavits of his good character from at least
two reputable citizens who have known him personally for at least
two years and a further affidavit from his last employer unless, in
the estimation of the Township Council, sufficient reason is given
for its omission.
(7) Fill out, upon a form provided by the Township Clerk,
his full name, residence, places of residence for the preceding five
years, age, color, height, color of eyes and hair, place of birth,
previous employment, whether he has ever been convicted of a crime
or a violation of this chapter and whether his license has ever been
revoked and for what cause, which statement shall be signed and sworn
to by the applicant and filed with the Township Clerk as a permanent
record. He shall also furnish four copies of photographs, size two
inches by two inches, front view.
(8) The applicant shall also indicate in the application
form any conviction for violation of any of the provisions of the
Motor Vehicle Statutes of the State of New Jersey for a period of
five years antedating the date of the application, and if the answer
be in the affirmative, he shall furnish the details with respect to
such conviction.
(9) He must be fingerprinted by an approved private contractor
approved by the State of New Jersey.
Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the foregoing
requirements, there shall be issued by the Township Clerk, after the
approval of the Township Council, to the applicant, a driver's license
card which shall contain the photograph and Township license number
of the licensee and the bumper decals.
For the purpose of setting taxicab rates to
be charged by all holders of plenary taxicab licenses, the Township
of Manchester shall determine and adopt uniform rates by resolution.
Rates charged by the holders of limited taxicab licenses shall be
subject to the approval by the Township of Manchester by resolution,
but need only be uniform within the area covered by each limited taxicab
license.
[Amended by Ord. No. 66-70-3B]
A. No driver of any taxicab shall seek employment by
repeatedly and persistently driving his taxicab to and fro in a short
space or otherwise interfering with the proper and orderly access
to or egress from any theater, hall, hotel, public resort, railway
station or other place or public gathering, and no driver shall solicit
passengers for a taxicab.
B. Every driver of a taxicab who shall discover any property
lost or left in the taxicab must report in writing to the Police Department
with brief particulars and description of the property, within 24
hours after his finding thereof, unless sooner claimed or delivered
to the owner.
C. Any licensed driver or any person or corporation operating
a licensed vehicle for the transportation of passengers for hire in
the Township of Manchester shall not enter into any agreement or arrangement
with the proprietor of any hotel, motel, boardinghouse, or any other
place of business in the Township of Manchester or with any person
connected with such hotel, motel, boardinghouse, or any other place
of business whereby such licensed driver or person or corporation
operating any licensed vehicle to receive any fee, commission or money
consideration for return or soliciting patronage for such hotel, motel,
boardinghouse, or any other place of business or for inducing persons
to patronize such hotels, motels, boardinghouses, or any other place
of business, and it shall be unlawful for any licensed driver to receive
any fee, commission or money consideration for securing patronage
for any such hotel, motel, boardinghouse, or any other place of business.
D. Every taxicab operator, pursuant to a plenary taxicab
license, shall have a permanent illuminated taxicab sign and be plainly
marked as a taxicab, and the illuminated taxicab sign shall be in
operation when the taxicab is commercial employed.
E. Every holder of a plenary taxicab license shall operate
and render service at least 12 hours every day of the week. Every
holder of a limited taxicab license shall operate and render service
at least eight hours every day for at least five days each week.
F. Every holder of a plenary taxicab license shall operate
his business from an established place of business or such designated
taxi stands.
No taxicab shall be operated upon the streets
of the Township of Manchester at any time hereafter without displaying
the license and a card of such character and placed in a manner as
to be conveniently read by any passenger containing the maximum rates
of fare to be charged, the name and license number of the licensee
and the name, address and front straight-view photograph of the driver
of the taxicab.
No taxicab shall carry any signs of advertising
of any kind.
Any violation of this chapter by any driver
shall constitute a similar violation on the part of the owner of such
taxicab.