[Adopted 5-7-1946 by Ord. No. 596 (Ch.
189, Art. III, of the 1984 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
Any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or
joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
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.
A.
Each applicant for a driver's license shall be at
least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States or resident
alien of the United States and the holder of a state driver's license
issued by the State of New Jersey. Each applicant shall prove to the
satisfaction of the License Committee of the Borough Council that
he/she is in good health, with good eyesight, is able to read and
write the English language, is of good character and has knowledge
of the traffic regulations of the State of New Jersey. The applicant
must furnish with his/her application two recent identification photographs
of himself, approximately 1 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches,
and a copy of his/her fingerprints taken by the Police Department
of the Borough.
[Amended 6-23-1987 by Ord. No. 1399]
B.
All applications for autocab drivers' licenses shall
be made in writing to the Mayor and Council, shall be made upon blank
forms to be furnished by the Borough of North Arlington and shall
give, in addition to the information required by this section, such
further 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 act in the capacity specified. Each application
shall be accompanied by the full amount of the license fee, as hereinafter
provided.
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.
A.
No owner's license shall be issued until the applicant
shall submit the insurance policy or certificate in lieu thereof required
by N.J.S.A. 48:16-14, covering the autocab to be licensed, and until
the said autocab has been thoroughly and carefully inspected under
the direction or supervision of the License Committee of the Borough
of North Arlington and found to be in a safe, clean and sanitary condition
for the transportation of passengers.
B.
Each owner's license issued hereunder shall state
the make and license number of said vehicle as granted by the State
of New Jersey.
[Amended 10-1-1997 by Ord. No. 1713]
C.
No owner's license shall be transferred from one vehicle
to another until the owner shall first obtain written permission from
the License Committee of the Borough Council for such transfer and
pay to the Borough Clerk a transfer fee of $25. No owner's license
shall be transferred from one owner to another except by direct action
by the Mayor and Council and the payment to the Borough Clerk of a
transfer fee of $25.
[Amended 10-16-1984 by Ord. No. 1307]
D.
Autocab drivers' licenses shall not be transferable.
E.
All applications for transfer of owners' licenses
shall be made upon forms furnished by the Borough of North Arlington
and shall be accompanied by the full amount of the transfer fee.
F.
All changes of residence on the part of the holder
of any license issued under this article shall be reported in writing
to the Chair of the License Committee of the Borough Council within
three days after said change.
A.
All licenses issued under this article shall be good
and valid from the date of issue until the 31st day of December next
after granting the same.
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.
A.
Any license may be revoked or suspended at any time
for cause, and such license when so suspended or revoked shall not
be reissued except for good and sufficient reason shown.
B.
Licenses may be suspended by the Mayor or Chair of
the Police Committee, but no license shall be revoked except by action
of the Borough Council.
[Amended 10-16-1984 by Ord. No. 1307]
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.
