[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus 5-17-1949 by Ord. No. 256. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 79.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
THE BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE
Means and includes the ownership and operation of any automobile or motor car, commonly called "taxi," engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire and 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 in the Borough and particularly accepts and discharges such persons as may offer themselves for transportation from points or places to points or places within or without the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation having an office or place of business, telephone or branch office located within the limits of the Borough to carry on, within the limits of the Borough, the business or occupation of the transportation and the carriage of passengers for hire, unless the owner thereof shall:
A. 
Secure the consent of the elective governing body or member thereof having control of the public streets in the Borough.
B. 
Apply for and pay for and obtain a license, of the elective governing body, at the rates of license fees as follows:
(1) 
An annual license fee of $25 for the first vehicle.
(2) 
An annual license fee of $15 for every additional vehicle.
C. 
Have filed with the Clerk of the Borough an insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of the State of New Jersey in the standard form provided for in the sum of $5,000 to $65,000 against loss by reason of the liability imposed by law upon the autocab owner for damages on account of bodily injury or death suffered by any person as a result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of the autocab upon any public street. The consent hereinbefore provided in Subsection A shall continue effective, and operation thereunder shall be permitted only so long as said insurance policy shall remain in force and effect.
D. 
Execute and deliver to the Clerk of the Borough, concurrently with the filing of the insurance policy referred to in Subsection C hereof, a power of attorney, whereby the owner shall appoint the Borough Clerk of the Borough his true and lawful attorney to acknowledge service of any process out of a court of competent jurisdiction, to be served against the owner by reason of the indemnity granted him under said insurance policy.
The owner of every taxi within the meaning of this chapter, upon the issuance to him of the license herein referred to, is hereby required to exhibit such license whenever called upon so to do.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $5 for each offense or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding five days, or both, or, at the discretion of the Magistrate of the Municipal Court, suffer the immediate revocation of the license theretofore issued under this chapter, with reference to which such violation shall occur.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.