It shall be unlawful to engage in the business of operating a taxicab in the Borough of Lodi unless a license, to be known as a "taxi owner's license," shall have been issued for said purpose in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The taxi owner's license herein provided shall bear a number and shall state the name of the person licensed. It shall briefly describe the vehicle licensed and contain the motor vehicle license number as well as the manufacturer's number of such motor vehicle.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
TAXICAB
Any vehicle used to carry passengers for hire but not operating on a fixed route.
No such license shall be issued to or held by any person who is not a person of good character or who has been convicted of a crime, nor shall such license be issued to or held by any corporation if any officer thereof would be ineligible for a license under the foregoing conditions.
The annual fee, payable in advance, for such licenses shall be as provided in Chapter 235, Article IV, Fee Schedule, payable per year for each taxicab operated. Whenever the number of cabs so operated shall be increased during the license year, the licensee shall notify the Clerk of such change and shall pay the additional fee.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Applications for such license shall be made in writing to the Borough Clerk and shall state thereon the name and residence of the owner, the type of vehicle proposed to be licensed, the intended place of business and the number of taxicabs to be operated, and a complete schedule of the fares to be charged, and such other facts as the Municipal Council may require. If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the president, secretary and the principal office addresses shall be given.
No taxicab shall be operated unless it bears a state license duly issued, and no such cab shall be operated unless it is equipped with proper brakes, lights, tires, horn, muffler, rear-vision mirror and windshield wipers in good condition, and shall at all times be kept clean and in good repair. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to inspect every taxicab so often as may be necessary to see to the enforcement of the provisions of this section. Each taxicab, while operated, shall have on each side, in letters readable from a distance of 20 feet, the name of the licensee operating it. If more than one cab is operated by a licensee, each cab shall be designated by a different number, and such number also shall so appear on each side of such cab.
No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired or permitted to do so unless he is duly licensed as a taxi driver. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab while on duty to drink any intoxicating liquor or to use any profane or obscene language, to shout or call to prospective passengers or to disturb the peace in any way.
No taxicab shall be operated and no license shall be issued until there shall have been submitted to the Borough Attorney, and approved by him as to both form and sufficiency, and filed with the Borough Clerk a prepaid bond or public liability insurance policy, providing coverage in amounts required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-3, as amended, and shall recite on its face that said bond or policy is issued in pursuance of this chapter; and provided further that, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-5, a power of attorney shall be executed and delivered to the Borough Tax Collector or Borough Treasurer concurrently with the filing of the bond or policy of insurance hereinabove referred to.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
It shall be the duty of every driver of a taxicab to obey all traffic rules established by statute or ordinance.
It shall be unlawful to permit any taxicab to be used in the perpetration of a crime or misdemeanor.
It shall be the duty of the driver of any taxicab to accept as a passenger any person who seeks to so use the taxicabs, provided that such person is not intoxicated and conducts himself in an orderly manner. No person shall be admitted to a taxicab occupied by a passenger without the consent of the passenger. The driver shall take his passenger to his destination by the most direct available route from the place where the passenger enters the cab.
No driver of any vehicle licensed hereunder shall permit such vehicle when disengaged to stand in any public street or place other than at a public hack stand, provided that nothing herein shall prevent such driver from waiting for a passenger in front of any building or place.
The charges for taxicab service shall not exceed the rates set out in the application for the owner's license. Each taxicab shall have fastened in a conspicuous place therein a printed card showing the rates provided for in the approved application, in letters and figures of not less than 1/2 inch in height, which card shall bear the license number of such vehicle and also the owner's name. Charges in excess thereof shall constitute a violation of this chapter by the owner or taxicab driver, or both.
In the absence of a fixed flat rate charged at any point within the Borough limits, no taxicab shall be operated unless it is equipped with a meter in good condition to accurately record the correct amount to be charged on each trip, which amount shall be shown at all times in figures plainly visible to the passenger.
Upon request, the taxi driver shall give each passenger who pays his fare a receipt showing the amount paid.
Any dispute as to the fare shall be determined by the officer in charge of the police station at the time of the dispute.
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The locations on the public streets designated as taxicab stands shall be designated by the Mayor and Council by resolution.
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Additional taxicab stands are hereby established and shall be such as may from time to time be designated by the Municipal Council. Each taxicab stand shall be appropriately marked by signs erected under the supervision of the Chief of Police. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle other than a licensed taxicab in any cab stand. A licensed taxicab may be parked in any taxicab stand only while such taxicab is in charge of its driver on duty awaiting a fare.
No driver or other person interested in or connected with any vehicle licensed hereunder shall solicit customers in a noisy or offensive manner or at any place other than public hack stands in any manner whatsoever.