No person shall drive or operate any taxicab used for the transportation of passengers for hire within the Borough until he or she shall have obtained a taxi driver's license as provided by this Article.
A. 
Each applicant for a taxi driver's license shall be:
(1) 
At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(2) 
A citizen of the United States.
(3) 
Fit to drive or operate a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire.
(4) 
Of good moral character.
(5) 
Possessed of good eyesight and hearing.
B. 
No taxi driver's license shall be issued to any person who:
(1) 
Is subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or any other infirmity.
(2) 
Is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, habit-forming narcotics, or other drugs.
(3) 
Habitually violates the motor vehicle laws or traffic laws of the State of New Jersey or any of the ordinances of the Borough relating to the use of streets or public places.
(4) 
Violates any of the provisions of this chapter.
(5) 
Is convicted of any crime.
Each application for a taxi driver's license shall:
A. 
Be addressed to the Council, and filed with the Clerk;
B. 
Set forth:
(1) 
Name of the the applicant.
(2) 
Residence address of the applicant.
(3) 
Age of the applicant.
C. 
Be accompanied by:
(1) 
Certificate of good moral character attested by two (2) residents of the Borough.
(2) 
Four (4) recent photographs of the applicant, of such size as shall be required by the Police Department (commonly known as passport size). One (1) of such photographs shall be attached to the driver's license, one (1) shall be filed with the application for such driver's license in the office of the Clerk and two (2) shall be filed at Police Headquarters.
(3) 
Doctor's certificate certifying that the applicant driver has good eyesight and hearing; is not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or any physical infirmity which, in the opinion of the doctor, would make him or her unfit to drive or operate an automobile.
(4) 
License fee as provided by § 272-18.
No taxi driver's license shall be issued until:
A. 
The applicant has met all of the requirements of this Article.
B. 
The applicant has been fingerprinted and his or her prints filed at Police Headquarters.
C. 
The Chief Law Enforcement Officer has endorsed his or her approval of the applicant on the application.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.
D. 
The Council has approved the license.
[Amended 7-8-1986 by Ord. No. 86-11[1]]
The fee for a taxi driver's license shall be as provided in Chapter 138, Fees.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.
No taxi driver's license shall be transferable.
A. 
The taxi driver's license provided for in this Article shall be a card in such form as to contain the photograph and signature of the licensee. Such photograph shall be one of the photographs filed with the application, shall be a front view of the head and shoulders of the licensee taken within ninety (90) days of the date of application and shall be so attached to the license that it cannot be removed and another photograph substituted without detection.
B. 
The license issued to the taxi driver shall be displayed in the holder referred to in § 272-25 at all times while the taxi driver to whom such license has been issued is driving such taxicab.
C. 
No licensee shall remove any photograph from a license or substitute another thereon, or willfully or maliciously deface, damage or obliterate any official entry made upon his or her license.