[Adopted 12-15-1970 as Ch. X of
the 1970 Revised Ordinances, as amended through 3-5-1974. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CRUISING
The driving of an empty taxicab along a public street at
a slow rate of speed for the obvious purpose of soliciting passengers.
OPERATION OF A TAXICAB
Transporting in a taxicab one or more persons for hire. Accepting
a passenger to be transported for hire from a point of departure within
the Borough to a destination within or without the Borough shall be
considered "operation of a taxicab" within the Borough. The "operation
of a taxicab" by one other than the owner shall be deemed operation
by the owner as well as by the person actually driving the taxi. The
transportation of any person other than the owner or driver in any
motor vehicle bearing a sign using the words "taxi," "taxicab," "cab"
or "hack" shall be prima facie evidence of operation.
OWNER
Any person in whose name title to any taxicab is registered
with the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles or who appears in the
Division's records to be a conditional vendee or lessee or has any
other proprietory interest in a taxicab.
TAXICAB, TAXI or LIMOUSINE
A motor vehicle which is used to transport passengers for
hire which does not operate over a fixed destination set by and requested
by the passenger.
[Amended 6-1-1995 by Ord. No. 95-26]
No person shall operate a taxicab within the
Borough unless both the owner and the driver of the taxicab are licensed
under this chapter.
[Added 8-25-2005 by Ord. No. 05-41]
The total number of taxicab owner's licenses
and fleet owner's licenses shall be limited to four such licenses
combined.
[Added 4-19-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16; amended 6-1-1995 by Ord. No. 95-26]
A. Owners of taxicabs/limousines shall file with the
Borough Clerk proof of insurance coverage in the amounts and conditions
as defined by N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 and N.J.S.A. 48:16-14.
[Amended 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-41]
B. Exact copies of all modifications, revisions, cancellation
notices received by the owner/operator pursuant to said insurance
must be given to the Borough Clerk within seven days of receipt.
[Added 4-19-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in §
1-17 of this Code.
[Adopted 4-19-2001 by Ord. No. 01-20]
Each application for a limousine owner's license
shall be accompanied by a policy of insurance, written by an insurance
company, duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws
of the State of New Jersey, which has been submitted to the Borough
Clerk in the form and amount as required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-14.
The Borough Clerk, upon filing of the required
insurance policy and approval of the owner's application, and the
payment of the requested fee, shall issue in duplicate a license to
operate, showing that the owner of the limousine has complied with
the terms and provisions of this article and N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 et
seq. This license shall recite the name of the insurance company,
the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description every
limousine insured thereunder, and the registration number of the same.
A duplicate license shall be filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles
before any such vehicle is registered as a limousine. The original
license shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the limousine.
Limousine licenses issued pursuant to this article
may be sold, assigned, mortgaged, or otherwise transferred by the
designated person to whom such licenses were issued, provided that
such transfer takes place simultaneously with the sale of the business
and that the transferee of the license will be the new owner of the
business. Any license not transferred to the new owner of the business
shall immediately and automatically revert back to the Borough.