[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Vineland 11-12-1952 by Ord. No. 40; amended
in its entirety 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-79 (Ch. 427 of the 1990
Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
terms shall be defined as follows:
Any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
The appointed individual by the Mayor with the advice and consent of City Council in accordance with § 123-11 of the Code of the City of Vineland.
[Added 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
Any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public
place.
Any automobile, motor vehicle or other vehicle, commonly
called "taxi," engaged in the business of carrying passengers for
hire, which is held out, announced or advertised to operate and run
or which is operated or run over any of the streets or the public
highways of this City and, particularly, accepts and discharges such
persons as may offer themselves for transportation from points or
places to points and places.
A meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab upon which
the fare is based, which measures mechanically the distance driven
and the waiting time.
The time when a taxicab is not in motion, from the time of
acceptance of a passenger to the time of discharge, but does not include
any time that a taxicab is not in motion due to any cause other than
the request, act or fault of a passenger.
No person may cause a taxicab to be operated
without first having obtained a taxicab owner's license from the Council
of the City of Vineland. No person may operate a taxicab without first
having obtained a taxicab operator's license from the Council of the
City of Vineland.
All applications shall be in writing on forms
approved by the City Clerk. All applications for taxicab owner's and
operator's licenses shall be completed in their entirety and filed
with the City Clerk. Any application which is deemed incomplete by
the City Clerk or his/her designee shall be rejected. All completed
applications shall have the date and time that they have been received
recorded thereon.
A.
Taxicab operator's license.
(1)
All applications for taxicab operator's license shall
contain or be accompanied with the following:
(a)
The name, age and residence of the applicant.
A post office box is not acceptable.
(b)
The names and addresses of two references residing
in the City of Vineland.
(c)
The full amount of the license application fee
hereinafter prescribed.
(d)
Other information deemed appropriate by the Director of Public
Safety and/or the Chief of Police.
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
(2)
All applicants shall have the following qualifications:
[Amended 2-26-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7]
(a)
An applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
(b)
An applicant shall be a citizen or legal resident
of the United States.
(c)
An applicant shall have a valid New Jersey driver's
license.
(d)
An applicant shall be able to communicate in
the English language.
(e)
An applicant shall be disqualified from operating or driving a taxicab if a criminal history background check and/or driver's abstract required pursuant to § 651-3A(5) revealed a record of conviction of any of the following crimes or offenses:
[1]
In New Jersey or elsewhere any crime or offense as follows: aggravated
assault, arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping,
robbery, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, or endangering
the welfare of a child pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, whether or not
armed with or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in Subsection
r. of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
2C:39-3, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4 or N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9 or a disorderly persons
or petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful use, possession
or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.A.
2C:35-2.
[2]
In any other state, territory, commonwealth or other jurisdiction of the United States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection A(2)(e)[1] of this section.
[3]
In New Jersey or elsewhere the conviction of an alcohol- or drug-related
traffic offense enumerated in N.J.S.A. 39:4-49.1, N.J.S.A. 29:4-50
et seq. or N.J.S.A. 39:4-51 et seq. or its equivalent in any other
state, territory, commonwealth or other jurisdiction of the United
States, which has occurred in the last 10 years prior to the application
being submitted.
(f)
An applicant shall have further qualifications that the Director
of Public Safety may deem appropriate and necessary to determine the
fitness of the applicant to operate a taxicab.
(g)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes or offenses enumerated in Subsection A(2)(e)[1] and [2] of this section can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:168A-8 or, if the criminal offense occurred outside New Jersey, an equivalent certificate from the jurisdiction where the criminal offense occurred, the criminal offense shall not disqualify the applicant from operating or driving a taxicab.
(3)
Each applicant shall be fingerprinted by the Vineland Police Department
or such other agency that regularly performs background checks for
the City of Vineland.
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
(4)
An operator's license shall not be transferable.
(5)
Upon submission of an application, the Director of
Public Safety shall cause an investigation to be made to determine
whether the applicant meets the qualifications as set forth herein.
The Director shall submit his/her report of findings to the City Clerk.
(6)
The City Clerk shall submit his/her recommendations
for the issuance of a taxicab operator's license to City Council for
consideration. When City Council has determined to grant such license,
it shall do so by resolution. Upon the adoption of such resolution,
the City Clerk shall sign all licenses and issue to each approved
operator an operator's license in accordance herewith.
(7)
Each applicant who has been approved for an operator's
license as prescribed herein shall be issued an operator's license
which shall contain a photo identification of the operator. Said license
shall be displayed conspicuously on the dashboard of the taxicab being
operated in plain view of the passenger. Said license shall be presented
at anytime upon the request of any police officer, the Code Enforcement
Officer, the Director of Public Safety, any authorized City agent
or any passenger. Every operator's license shall have affixed thereto
the City license number, date of issue and date of expiration.
(8)
Each taxicab operator licensed in accordance herewith
shall be required to comply with Subsection A(3) every other
year, which shall be completed prior to the date of expiration of
their current license.
B.
Taxicab owner's license.
(1)
All applications for taxicab owner's license shall
contain or be accompanied by the following:
(a)
The names, age and residence of the applicant.
A post office box is not acceptable.
[1]
If a partnership, the names, ages and residences
of all partners along with the business address of the partnership.
[2]
If a corporation, the names, ages and residences
of its president, secretary and treasurer along with its certificate
of incorporation, certified copy of resolution authorizing this application
and a certificate of good standing issued by the State of New Jersey
not more than 30 days prior to the date of application. Application
of any corporation shall be signed by its president and attested by
its secretary.
[3]
If a limited liability company, the names, ages
and residences of all of its members, name, age and residence of managing
member, certified copy of the resolution authorizing the application,
certificate of good standing issued by the State of New Jersey not
more than 30 days prior to the date of the application.
(b)
A description of the vehicle or vehicles to
be licensed, including the year, make and model, seating capacity,
vehicle identification number and license plate number thereof. Should
the applicant not have this information at the time his/her application
has been filed with the date and time of receipt recorded thereon,
then, in that event, this information must be supplied to the City
Clerk prior to the issuance of an owner's license.
(c)
The owner of such taxicab to be licensed in
accordance herewith shall file with the Clerk of the City of Vineland
for each taxicab operated an insurance policy of a company duly licensed
to transact business under the insurance laws of the State of New
Jersey, conditioned for the payment of a sum of not less than $15,000
to satisfy all claims for damages by reason of bodily injury to, or
the death of, any one person resulting from an accident and a sum
of not less than $30,000 to satisfy all claims for damages by reason
of the bodily injuries to, or the death of, all persons on account
of any such accident by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance
or use of such taxicab upon any public street; and conditioned for
the payment of a sum not less than $5,000 to satisfy any claim for
damages to property of any one person resulting from an accident and
a sum not less than $5,000 to satisfy all claims for damages to property
of all persons on account of any such accident by reason of the ownership,
operation, maintenance or use of such taxicab upon any public street.
(d)
The names and addresses of two references residing
in the City of Vineland.
(e)
The full amount of the application fee herein
prescribed.
(f)
Other information deemed appropriate by the
Director of Public Safety.
(2)
All applicants for a taxicab owner's license shall
have the following qualifications:
[Amended 2-26-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7]
(a)
An applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
All partners, corporate officers or members of the limited liability
company applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
(b)
All applicants shall be a citizen or legal resident
of the United States. All partners, corporate officers or members
of a limited liability company applicant shall be a citizen or legal
resident of the United States.
(c)
An applicant shall be disqualified from obtaining a taxicab owner’s license if any persons enumerated in § 651-3B(1)(a) shall have a record of conviction of any of the following crimes or offenses:
[1]
In New Jersey or elsewhere any crime as follows: aggravated assault,
arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery,
aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, or endangering the welfare
of a child pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, whether or not armed with
or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in Subsection r.
of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
2C:39-3, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4 or N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9 or a disorderly persons
or petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful use, possession
or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.A.
2C:35-2.
[2]
In any other state, territory, commonwealth or other jurisdiction of the United States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection B(2)(c)[1] of this section.
[3]
In New Jersey or elsewhere the conviction of an alcohol- or drug-related
traffic offense enumerated in Title 39-4 et seq., which has occurred
in the last 10 years prior to the application being submitted.
(d)
(Reserved)
(e)
An applicant shall have such further qualifications
that the City Clerk or Director of Public Safety may deem appropriate
and necessary to determine the fitness of the applicant to own a taxicab.
(f)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes or offenses enumerated in Subsection B(2)(c)[1] and [2] of this section can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:168A-8 or, if the criminal offense occurred outside New Jersey, an equivalent certificate from the jurisdiction where the criminal offense occurred, the criminal offense shall not disqualify the applicant from operating or driving a taxicab.
(3)
Upon receipt of the completed application by the City Clerk, and
provided an owner's license is available for distribution by the City
of Vineland, the application shall be forwarded to the Director of
Public Safety or his/her designee and Chief of Police, who shall cause
an investigation to be made in accordance herewith, and thereafter
he/she shall provide his/her findings and recommendations to the City
Clerk. In the event an owner's license is not available for distribution
by the City of Vineland, the application shall be placed on file with
the City Clerk with the date and time recorded thereon in accordance
herewith. As owners' licenses become available they shall be offered
to those applicants in the order of the date and times upon which
each completed application was received and filed, the earliest having
the first option to acquire said license in accordance herewith. Notice
of availability shall be sent by certified mail and regular mail simultaneously,
requiring the applicant to respond within 20 days of mailing by notifying
the City Clerk in writing of his/her interest to acquire the available
license. Should there be no response within said time, or should notice
to the address given in the application be undeliverable or returned,
notice shall then go the next applicant based upon the date and time
of receipt of the completed application. It shall be the applicant's
obligation to notify the City Clerk of any change of address. A nonrefundable
police/public safety investigation fee shall be paid prior to submission
to the Director of Public Safety for fingerprinting, if applicable,
and investigation.
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
(4)
Upon compliance with all requirements specified herein,
the City Clerk shall issue a certificate in duplicate showing that
the owner of the taxicab or taxicabs has complied with the terms and
conditions of this chapter for each taxicab to be operated by the
owner's license holder. The certificate shall recite the name of the
insurance company, the number and date of expiration of the policy
or bond, a description of the taxicab insured thereunder and the registration
number of the same. Upon issuance of a certificate of compliance,
City Council shall consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing
the issuance of an owner's license. The duplicate certificate shall
thereafter be filed with the Motor Vehicle Commission before any such
car is licensed as a taxicab in the City of Vineland. A certificate
of compliance duly filed in accordance herewith and accompanying Council
resolution is required for each taxicab being operated by the owner's
license holder.
(5)
Each applicant who has been approved for an owner's
license as prescribed herein shall be issued an owner's license which
shall contain a photo identification of the owner. Said license shall
be displayed conspicuously on the dashboard of the taxicab being operated
in plain view of the passenger in addition to the certificate of compliance.
Said license shall be presented at anytime upon the request of any
police officer, the Code Enforcement Officer, the Director of Public
Safety, any authorized City agent or any passenger. Every owner's
license shall have affixed thereto the City license number, date of
issue and date of expiration.
Any new license issued hereunder shall be valid
from its date of issuance until December 31 of the same year. Thereafter,
a renewal license shall be valid for one year from January 1 to December
31.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-68; 5-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-16; 12-8-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-58]
A.
No owner's license shall be issued until the owner of such taxicab shall have filed with the City Clerk an insurance policy in accordance with § 651-3B(1)(c).
B.
An owner's license shall become effective and operation
thereunder shall be permitted only so long as the insurance policy
shall remain in force to the full and collectible amounts as aforesaid.
C.
If an owner's license holder operates more than one taxicab, he/she may file with the City Clerk, in lieu of the insurance policy required by § 651-3B(1)(c) herein, a bond or insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of this state in the sum of $50,000, which shall be a blanket insurance covering all taxicabs operated by the owner's license holder, which shall provide for the payment of any final judgment involved by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of any such taxicabs or any fault with respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of any person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
D.
Where a taxicab operator has a principal place of business other than the City of Vineland, said taxicab owner shall, prior to operating in the City of Vineland, file with the City Clerk the insurance policy or bond required by §§ 651-3B(1)(c) and 651-6C as well as the certificate of compliance required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-6.
E.
The insurance policy shall provide for the payment
of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership,
maintenance or use of the taxicab or any fault in respect thereto
and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage
or injury as aforesaid.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-5, every owner shall
execute and deliver to the City Clerk, concurrently with the filing
of a policy or bond aforesaid, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby
the owner shall appoint the City of Vineland Chief Fiscal Officer
his/her true and lawful attorney for the purpose of acknowledging
service of any process out of a court of competent jurisdiction to
be served against the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under
the insurance policy or bond filed.
Every owner, before obtaining a license hereunder,
shall have and maintain in the City of Vineland an office with telephone
service for the purpose of receiving telephone calls from prospective
passengers and from where said taxicab may be dispatched to provide
taxicab service to a prospective passenger. The owner's license shall
be maintained in said office, and said license shall be conspicuously
displayed.
A.
No owner's license shall be issued until the Code
Enforcement Officer:
(1)
Determines that such owner has adequately provided for the safety of children under the age of five years who are taxicab passengers. The owner shall provide a written policy and posted notice, at the owner's base of operation and in each taxicab, conspicuous to operators, stating that, prior to operating a taxicab, a child 18 months of age or younger shall be a rear seat passenger secured in a state or federally approved child passenger restraint system, and a child over the age of 18 months but less than five years shall be a rear seat passenger secured in either a state or federally approved child passenger restraint system or secured in a lap belt or lap belt and shoulder harness. Each owner shall keep and maintain a state or federally approved child passenger restraint system in the passenger compartment or trunk of the taxicab for use pursuant to this section and § 651-13F hereunder.
(2)
Directs a thorough inspection ensuring that each taxicab:
(a)
Is safe, clean and sanitary to transport passengers.
(b)
Is properly equipped with an approved child
passenger restraint system as described in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard Number 213.
(c)
Carries, in such position viewable from the
outside, an electric sign not less than five inches by nine inches
nor more than six inches by 10 inches which shall be illuminated at
night and shall plainly show the word "Taxi" and the number of the
owner's license in legible letters and figures.
(d)
Has painted on each side thereof, in letters
at least three inches high, the word "taxi" or "cab" or the name of
the operating owner containing the word "taxi," "cab" or "taxicab."
(e)
Does not have any visual structural or mechanical
deficiencies for which a motor vehicle registration would be denied.
(f)
Complies with any and all other provisions of
this chapter.
B.
If the inspection concludes that there is no violation
of this section, a new City-issued reflective sticker shall be affixed
to the driver's side rear quarter panel indicating the owner's license
number and year issued.
C.
The Police Department shall also have inspection power
under this section to assist code enforcement.
D.
Each taxicab licensed in accordance herewith shall
have affixed in a conspicuous location within the taxicab so that
any passenger may read the same a sign or sticker indicating: "If
you have any complaints regarding this taxicab or taxi operator, you
may lodge your complaints by filing a written notice with the City
Clerk of the City of Vineland, 640 E. Wood Street, Vineland, New Jersey
08360."
A.
The maximum number of owners' licenses issued hereunder
shall be 28, and no new license shall be issued to exceed this number;
provided, however, that this limitation shall not prevent renewals
or person-to-person transfer of owners' licenses issued and outstanding.
B.
No owner's license shall be transferred from one owner
to another unless said prospective owner has complied with all of
the terms and conditions contained herein and required for the issuance
of an owner's license.
A.
Any taxicab owner's and/or operator's license may
be renewed for a succeeding license term to replace a license which
expired or is due to expire on the last day of the immediately preceding
license term; provided, however, that said license is for the same
owner or operator as the expired or expiring license, covers the same
taxicab, is issued to the holder of the expired or expiring license
and is issued pursuant to an application therefor which shall have
been filed with the City Clerk prior to the commencement of said new
license term or not later than 30 days after the commencement thereof.
Taxicab owner's and/or operator's licenses issued otherwise than aforesaid
shall be deemed new licenses.
B.
A change of residence by any owner or operator shall
be reported in writing to the City Clerk within 30 days after such
change.
A.
City Council may designate by ordinance certain locations within the City for use as taxi stands as it deems necessary for public convenience. (See Chapter 694, Vehicles and Traffic.)
B.
Only taxicabs licensed hereunder shall occupy any
part of said taxi stands.
C.
All taxi stands shall be used by operators on a first-come-first-served
basis. An operator entering a taxi stand in a taxicab shall join behind
any waiting taxicabs and advance forward as the preceding taxicabs
depart.
D.
Taxicab owners shall maintain the sanitary condition
of taxi stands and shall provide properly screened refuse storage
areas for the use of operators and customers on lands other than the
City-owned miniparks and adjacent drives and walkways. An owner's
right to use taxi stands shall be subject to revocation by City Council
upon submission of documented evidence of litter/trash ordinance violations
by the City Engineer's Office, the Health Department or other solid
waste enforcement agency.
A.
Any taxicab occupying a taxi stand shall be immediately
available for hire. Upon request, no owner or operator, unless previously
engaged, shall refuse or neglect to carry any orderly person anywhere
within the City. No owner or operator shall leave a vehicle unattended
or in any other manner render said vehicle unready for immediate use
while occupying any taxi stand.
B.
No owner or operator shall permit any person, other
than a passenger being transported for hire, in or about such taxicab
when in service as a taxicab.
C.
No operator shall cruise on streets of this City with
any taxicab at any time for the purpose of soliciting passengers or
to bring the presence of the taxicab to the attention of prospective
passengers. A taxicab being driven along the City streets for any
purpose other than transporting a passenger, going to a specified
destination by the most direct route in response to a call for a taxicab
by a prospective passenger or returning by the most direct route to
the taxicab's home terminus after discharging a passenger, or going
to or from said terminus to the operator's home by the most direct
route, shall be prima facie evidence of cruising.
D.
No owner or operator shall induce any person to employ
him by knowingly misinforming or misleading any such person, either
as to the time or place of arrival or departure of any train or bus
or as to the location of any hotel, public or private place, nor shall
any such owner or operator deceive any person, make false representations
to him or convey any passenger to any other place or over any other
route than that indicated by the passenger.
E.
No owner or operator who has accepted an order to
call at any point in the City of Vineland for the purpose of conveying
any person to any other point in said City or the surrounding community
shall neglect or unreasonably delay to execute the order. Any order
delivered to and accepted by a person in charge of the garage, office
or home of the operator shall be considered as having been delivered
to and accepted by the owner or operator.
F.
Transport of children.
(1)
Every taxicab operator hereunder who transports a
child under the age of five years shall be responsible for the protection
of the child by properly using a state or federally approved child
passenger restraint system.
(2)
No operator shall transport a child five years of
age or younger unless a child 18 months of age or younger is a rear
seat passenger secured in a state or federally approved child passenger
restraint system and a child over 18 months of age but less than five
years is a rear seat passenger secured in either a state or federally
approved child passenger restraint system or secured in a lap belt
or lap belt and shoulder harness.
G.
If for any safety reason an operator believes that
a customer should not be served, said operator shall not be required
to provide service to said customer.
An owner who discontinues taxicab service or
fails, without good cause, to operate and maintain the taxicab for
more than 90 consecutive days shall immediately surrender his taxicab
license to the Municipal Clerk for cancellation. Failure so to do
shall be sufficient cause for suspension or revocation of said taxicab
license.
A.
All taxicabs shall be equipped with taximeters fastened
in front of the passengers, visible to them at all times, day and
night. After sundown, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated.
Said taximeter shall be operated mechanically by a mechanism of standard
design and construction, driven either from the transmission or from
one of the front wheels by a flexible and permanently attached driving
mechanism. They shall be sealed at all points and connections which,
if manipulated, would affect their correct reading. Each taximeter
shall have thereon a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and
when it is not employed, and it shall be the duty of the operator
to throw the flag of such taximeter into a nonrecording position at
the termination of each trip. The Director of Public Safety or any
Police Officer is authorized, either on complaint of any person or
without such complaint, to inspect any taximeter and, upon discovering
any inaccuracy therein, to notify the taxicab operator to cease operation.
Thereupon, said taxicab shall be kept off the highways until the taximeter
is repaired and in required working condition.
B.
All taximeters required in accordance herewith shall
have been properly inspected and have affixed thereto proof of compliance
with the State of New Jersey, Department of Weights and Measures.
No taxicab owner's license shall issue nor shall any taxicab operate
without the prior compliance with this section.
A.
No owner or operator of a taxicab or other vehicle
for hire shall charge a sum greater than the following fares for the
use of said vehicle:
(1)
A minimum fare of $6 is established which shall include
the Drop fare and the first 1.5 miles of transportation.
[Amended 11-7-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-81]
(2)
Additional mileage rates: $2.40 shall be charged for each meter mile after the first mile covered in Subsection A(1) above. Fractions of each mile shall be calculated at the rate of $0.20 per 1/12 mile.
[Amended 11-7-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-81]
(3)
Plus $0.50 for each article of luggage or baggage
for each passenger.
(4)
Waiting time at the rate of $0.50 for each minute.
[Amended 11-7-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-81]
(5)
Plus additional charges for accepting and discharging
passengers in the following zones:
(a)
Zone 1 shall be a free zone. Fares resulting from accepting or discharging passengers within Zone 1 shall not incur any additional charge over the fare set forth in Subsection A(2) above.
(b)
Zone 2. All fares resulting from acceptance or discharge of passengers in Zone 2 which did not begin or end in Zone 1 (free zone) shall incur a charge of $0.50, in addition to the fare set forth in Subsection A(2) above.
B.
The locations and boundaries of Zones 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6 in the City of Vineland shall be shown on a City of Vineland
map, entitled the "Taxicab Fare Zone Map, Vineland, New Jersey" and
kept on file with the City Clerk. The map shall be displayed in each
taxicab and taxi stand, and its cost shall be borne by each owner.
C.
Every taxicab operated hereunder shall have a rate
card setting forth the authorized rates of fare displayed in plain
view of all passengers.
An operator shall, upon demand by a passenger,
provide such passenger a receipt for the amount charged, either by
a mechanically printed receipt or by a specially prepared receipt
on which shall be the name of the owner, license number or motor number,
amount of meter-reading charges and date of transaction.
A.
City Council reserves the right to make such rules
and regulations for the operation of taxicabs and the conduct of the
operators thereof as it may determine to be necessary and proper in
the best interests of the citizens of the City. Any violation of said
rules and regulations shall constitute a violation of this chapter,
punishable as provided hereunder.
B.
The Director of Public Safety, his/her designee or the Chief of Police
may, with the approval of City Council, make reasonable regulations
not inconsistent herewith for the conduct of owners and operators
hereunder.
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-6]
Any owner's or operator's license may be denied, revoked or suspended at any time for cause for the violation of any provision hereunder or any other City ordinance. The licensee may make a written request for a hearing within 10 days from date of denial, revocation or suspension. The hearing shall be held before the Director of Public Safety, his/her designee or any director duly appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of City Council. Such denial, suspension or revocation may be in addition to or instead of penalties prescribed by § 651-20 hereunder. A suspended or revoked license shall not be reissued except for good and sufficient reasons shown.
B.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be
a separate and distinct offense.
C.
Unless another law is stated to the contrary, the
Vineland Municipal Court shall have jurisdiction over the violations
and penalties set forth in this section.
