The Chief of Police of the Borough of Lodi shall recommend to
the Municipal Council his approval or disapproval of the application
for any license herein provided for, basing his decision on the need
of the public for taxicab service, the number of taxicabs in operation
and the anticipated future demands, and the interest and welfare of
the Borough.
The licenses herein provided for shall be signed by the Borough
Clerk and shall have the Borough Seal affixed; provided, however,
that no licenses shall be granted except upon full compliance with
all the provisions of this chapter and after approval by the Municipal
Council.
The Borough Clerk shall keep a numerical register of all licenses
granted under the provisions of this chapter, which register shall
show the character of the license, its number, date of issue, name
of person licensed, the amount of fee collected and any other information
pertaining thereto; and he shall keep all applications; and upon those
which may be granted, he shall endorse the number of the license issued
in pursuance thereof.
All licenses granted hereunder shall expire on the 31st day
of December succeeding the date of issue. Each applicant shall pay
the full annual license fee as provided, and there shall be no proportional
abatement of the license fee for any license fee issued after January
1 in any year.
The Municipal Council may suspend or revoke any license issued
hereunder for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
or for the violation of any of the rules and regulations made, adopted
or promulgated by the Municipal Council, which rules are adopted by
the Municipal Council in accordance with the provisions hereof. Any
such suspension shall be noted on the license, together with a statement
of the reasons therefor, and the driver shall be deprived of his badge
by the Police Chief suspending or revoking such license; the badge
to be returned at the expiration of the period for which a license
was suspended. A second suspension for the same reason or, in any
case, a third suspension of a taxi driver's license shall revoke
the license.
Any person, firm, corporation or association who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to the suspension
or revocation of the license heretofore mentioned, be punishable by
a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days;
a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
