As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-23, as amended and supplemented: "autocab," "person" and "street."
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-23 to 48:16-28, both inclusive, as amended and supplemented, shall be complied with in the licensing and regulating of autocabs in this article.
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Owners' licenses. The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Long Beach is hereby authorized to issue licenses to owners of autocabs or jitneys in the same manner and following the provisions of licenses for taxi owners as hereinabove set forth in § 184-3A hereof.
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Operators' licenses. The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Long Beach is hereby authorized to issue licenses to operators of autocabs and jitneys, who are capable and of good moral character, in the same manner and in accordance with the same requirements as hereinabove set forth in § 184-3B and who otherwise qualify according to the provisions of this article. Such license shall hereinafter be referred to as "operator's license."
Owners' and operators' licenses for autocabs and jitneys shall be issued in the same manner and following the same terms and conditions as hereinabove set forth for owners and operators of taxi licenses as set forth in § 184-4 hereof, and appeals shall be conducted as that section prescribes.
The terms and provisions of § 184-5 shall apply to owners' and operators' licenses for autocabs and jitneys.
License fees, to cover administrative costs associated with processing the application, in the following amount shall be paid to the Clerk, who shall deliver the same to the Treasurer:
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For each autocab: $50.
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For each operator of a licensed vehicle whether or not the owner thereof: $10.
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No license shall be issued by the Township Clerk unless the applicant has filed an insurance policy and other documents in accordance with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 48:16-24.
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The issuance of a jitney license by the Township shall be deemed to constitute an agreement by and between the applicant and the Township that the applicant agrees to indemnify and hold the Township harmless from any and all claims from damages arising from personal injury and/or property damage made by third parties as a result of or incidental to the issuance of said license and driving or operation of a jitney.
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No jitney owner's or operator's license shall be issued until the applicant therefor shall have executed and delivered a signed and dated agreement which holds the Township harmless and by which the applicant agrees to completely indemnify the Township from all costs and expenses incurred for any claim arising out of the applicant's ownership or operation of a limousine in the Township.
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The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of such jitney or any fault in respect thereto and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
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The Municipal Clerk shall issue certificates of compliance for autocabs and jitneys as in the same manner as certificates of compliance are issued pursuant to § 184-9.
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The certificate shall be filed and posted as required in that section.
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Every operator, whether owner or otherwise, shall be supplied an operator's license and a badge containing the number of the license, which he shall wear in a conspicuous place upon his person while operating such autocab. The terms and provisions of § 184-10A, B and C shall apply only to owners' and operators' licenses for autocabs and jitneys which have their principal place of business in the Township of Long Beach.
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Every owner and operator shall display the owner's license in a conspicuous place in the autocab licensed.
Every owner's or operator's license may be suspended or revoked by the Township Board of Commissioners, after notice and hearing, for the violation of any provision of this article or of the statutory provisions incorporated in § 184-33 hereof or for other good and sufficient cause. During such suspension and after revocation, the license shall be inoperative and of no effect, and the license shall be surrendered to the Township forthwith, along with the badge supplied by the Township pursuant to § 184-35 hereof.
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Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or for imprisonment by a term not to exceed 90 days or by community service of not more than 90 days, or any combination of fine, imprisonment and community service as determined and in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
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The violation of any provision of this article shall be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.