As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LIMOUSINE
Any automobile or vehicle propelled by motor power engaged
in the business of carrying passengers for hire and operating from
private property, either by trip, hour or day, or longer period of
time, and which does not solicit passengers for hire upon the public
streets of the Borough. The term "limousine" shall also mean "autocab"
as defined in N.J.S.A. 48:16-13.
TAXICAB
Any automobile, taxicab or other vehicle propelled by motor
power engaged in the business of transportation of passengers for
hire or pay within the Borough, whether operated from stands in the
street or only on telephone calls to garages or in any other manner.
It is the intention of this chapter to include in the definition of
"taxicab" any motor-driven vehicle, other than stages, omnibuses and
vehicles commonly called "jitneys," which carries passengers for hire
or pay for which public patronage is solicited and the owner of which
holds himself out as a carrier of passengers.
The following types of licenses are hereby established for the
purposes of this chapter:
A. Taxicab owner's license. Each person engaged in the taxicab
business within the Borough shall obtain an individual license for
the operation of said business.
B. Taxicab driver's license. A license to drive shall be obtained
by every individual who shall drive a taxicab which, under the terms
of this chapter, is required to be licensed.
C. Limousine owner's license. Each person engaged in the limousine
business and utilizing the Borough as a principal place of business
as expressed in N.J.S.A. 48:16-18 shall obtain an individual license
for each limousine.
D. Limousine driver's license. A valid license to drive shall be
obtained by every individual who shall drive a limousine which, under
the terms of this chapter, is required to be licensed.
No driver of any licensed taxicab shall refuse or neglect to
carry in his taxicab any orderly person upon request unless the driver
is previously engaged.
The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to a taxicab
owner or taxicab operator duly licensed by another municipality while
such taxicab is being operated in the Borough solely for the purpose
of delivering to a destination or destinations within the Borough
a passenger or passengers picked up by the taxicab at a point or points
outside of the Borough.
Any person or persons, firms, corporations or other organizations
found to be in violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof
in Municipal Court, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any
combination thereof. Each violation of the requirements of this chapter
and each and every day the same is violated shall be deemed to be
a separate and distinct offense. In addition, every license granted
pursuant to this chapter may be revoked by the Borough Clerk upon
evidence of failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or
N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 et seq.