As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTOCAB
Any automobile or motor car engaged in the business of carrying
passengers for hire which is held out, announced or advertised to
operate or run or which is operated or run over any of the streets
or public highways of the Borough of North Arlington and the State
of New Jersey, and which is hired by charter or for a particular contract,
or by the day or hour or other fixed period, or to transport passengers
to a specified place or places, or which charges a fare or price agreed
upon in advance between the operator and the passenger. Nothing contained
in this article shall be construed to include taxicabs or buses employed
solely in transporting school children or teachers, or autobuses which
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners
or such public conveyances as are by law subject to state and/or federal
regulations exclusively.
PERSON
Any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or
joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
STREET
Any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public
place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain
the operation of any autocab within the Borough of North Arlington
without first having obtained a license therefor from the Mayor and
Council of the Borough of North Arlington, as hereinafter provided.
Any person desiring to obtain a license for
the maintenance of an autocab or autocabs shall make separate application,
in writing, to the Mayor and Council for the granting of a license
for each vehicle. The application shall be made upon blank forms to
be furnished by the Borough of North Arlington and shall give such
information as may from time to time be deemed by the License Committee
of the Borough Council as requisite to determine the fitness of the
applicant to conduct the business and the adequacy of the vehicle
and equipment to be used. Every applicant for this license must be
a citizen of the United States and at least 21 years of age. No application
shall be accepted by the Borough Clerk unless the same shall be accompanied
by the full amount of the license fee as provided herein. The said
license when issued shall in no wise be construed so as to permit
an owner or operator to drive or operate an autocab without an autocab
driver's license.
Any person holding a license to operate a taxicab pursuant to Article
II, Taxicabs, of this chapter shall be authorized to operate an autocab without making any further application and without the payment of any additional license fee.
Every driver or operator, when in charge of
an autocab under this article, shall have in his/her immediate possession
a valid autocab's driver's license, which shall be exhibited at any
time upon request by any member of the Mayor and Council, any police
officer, any duly authorized agent of the said Borough or any passenger.
Each autocab shall also carry, in such a position as to be visible
to passengers, a card approved by the License Committee containing
such information thereon concerning the owner and operator as the
License Committee shall deem necessary.
Each autocab owner shall, every six months,
cause each autocab licensed pursuant to this article to be examined
by a reputable mechanic to be approved by the License Committee of
the Borough Council, and thereupon cause to be filed with the Borough
Clerk a written report prepared and signed by the mechanic, setting
forth a description of the autocab and certifying the date and the
nature of his/her examination and inspection and that the vehicle
was found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation
of passengers. The cost of said inspection and certification shall
be paid by the licensee.
Any member of the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of North Arlington, the Chief of Police or any authorized agent of
the Borough shall have the right at any and all times to inspect any
and all licensed vehicles.
There is hereby reserved to the Mayor and Council
the right to make such rules and regulations in relation to the operation
of autocabs and the conduct of the operators thereof as it may from
time to time determine to be necessary and proper in the best interests
of the public. It is further declared that any violation of such rules
and regulations, as made by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of
North Arlington, shall constitute a violation of this article, punishable
as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 10-16-1984 by Ord. No. 1307]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate a provision of this article or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance, be subject to the penalties provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty.