[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-4]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
AUTOCAB
Includes any automobile or motor car with a carrying capacity
of not more than nine passengers, not including the driver, used in
the business of carrying passengers for hire but excludes taxicabs,
hotel buses and school buses.
CRUISING
The practice of driving about the streets of the Borough
with a taxicab so as to solicit passengers or to bring the presence
of the taxicab to the attention of prospective passengers. A taxicab
driving along the streets of this Borough for any purpose other than
while transporting a passenger, going to a definite 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 the terminus
to the driver's home by the most direct route, shall be prima facie
evidence of cruising.
DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxicab within this Borough.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section of this
chapter, unless otherwise stated in this chapter.
OPERATION OF A TAXICAB
Includes transporting in such taxicab one or more persons
for hire along any of the streets of the Borough. Accepting a passenger
to be transported for hire within this Borough or from a point within
this Borough to a point outside of the Borough limits or discharging
a passenger transported for hire from a point outside of the Borough
limits to a point within the Borough limits shall be deemed to be
"operation" of a taxicab within the meaning thereof. The operation
of a taxicab in any of the above described manner by one other than
the owner shall be deemed operation by the owner thereof as well as
by the person actually driving the same. The transportation of any
person other than the owner or driver in any motor vehicle bearing
sign therein or thereon using the words "taxi," taxicab," or "cab"
or "hack" shall be prima facie evidence of operation.
OWNER
Any person, entity, corporation or association in whose name
or title to any taxicab is registered with the New Jersey Department
of Motor Vehicles, or who appears in such records to be the conditional
vendee or lessee thereof.
[Amended 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
TAXICAB
Includes any automobile or motor car, commonly called "taxi,"
engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire which is held
out, announced or advertised to operate or run or which is operated
or run over any of the streets within the Borough and which 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.
[Amended by Ord. No. 275-71; Ord. No. 303-72; Ord. No. 9-79; Ord. No. 5-84; Ord. No. 8-84; Ord. No. 1990-4; Ord. No. 1993-1; Ord. No. 2000-36; 2-27-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-6; 2-27-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-16; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02; 11-22-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-23]
The fare that may be charged by the driver or owner of a taxicab
for a trip wholly within the limits of the Borough shall not exceed
the rates approved by the Borough Council by ordinance. A schedule
of the approved rates shall be displayed in the taxicab in a manner
so as to be easily read by all passengers. The rates to be charged
shall not exceed the following:
A. For two passengers or less in the area of the Borough either east
of Maple Avenue or west of Maple Avenue, the taxi fare shall be: $6.
B. Each additional passenger in excess of two shall be charged $1.
C. Transportation within the Borough, beginning on either side of Maple
Avenue and crossing Maple Avenue in order to complete the trip: $7.
D. Waiting time shall be charged at the hourly rate of: $28 per hour.
[Added by Ord. No. 1990-4]
A. Initial inspection. Before any vehicle is used as a taxicab within
the Borough, it shall be inspected by the Chief of Police or a police
officer designated by him to ascertain that it is in a safe, clean
and sanitary condition and contains all safety devices required by
law.
B. Reinspections. All taxicabs shall be reinspected annually, commencing
30 days prior to the deadline for renewal, but in no case any later
than seven days prior to such deadline. Any change of the vehicle
assigned to an owner's license shall also be subject to a reinspection
prior to such transfer. In addition, a police officer may inspect
a taxicab at any reasonable time to determine if it is clean, sanitary
and in a safe and properly operating condition.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-3; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No.
2015-02]
C. Failure to pass inspection. Any taxicab which fails to pass inspection
shall be immediately taken out of service and shall not be operated
again within the Borough until the defects which led to its rejection
are corrected. In the case of minor defects which do not constitute
an immediate danger to the health or safety of the public, the taxicab
may continue to operate for a period of one week, at the end of which
time it shall be reinspected. If the defect has not by then been corrected,
the vehicle shall immediately be taken out of service and shall remain
out of service until the defect is corrected.
D. Proof of state inspection. No vehicle covered by the terms of this
section shall be licensed until proof has been presented that the
vehicle has been inspected and approved as required under Title 39
of the Statutes of the State of New Jersey.
[Added by Ord. No. 1990-4; amended 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
The owner of each taxicab shall keep or cause to be kept a written
daily record of each trip made by the taxicab showing the date, time
and place the cab was engaged, the place and time of the discharge
of the passenger, the number of passengers carried, the fare received,
distance traveled and the driver's license number of the person driving
the cab on the trip. The records shall be kept in a place that is
convenient for a proper authorized representative of the Borough to
inspect the same, and the owner shall give his cooperation in expediting
any inspection. Further, as a condition of each license issued under
this chapter, the licensee shall promptly produce such other records
demanded by the Borough that may be reasonably necessary for the investigation
or enforcement of any provision of this chapter, including but not
limited to the ownership and usage of any license granted hereunder.
Failure to respond to any such request for information shall constitute
grounds for suspension or revocation of a license, as well as the
monetary penalties authorized by this chapter.
[Added by Ord. No. 2000-4]
The following is the fee schedule for the certificates issued by the Borough Clerk pursuant to §
633-2M, Certificate of compliance issued by Borough Clerk, of this chapter. All fees shall be payable to the Borough of Red Bank through the Borough Clerk's Office.
A. Taxicabs. The initial annual certificates issued by the Clerk to taxicabs shall be included in the annual licensing fee established in §
633-2N of this chapter. Any additional certificates thereafter requested shall be provided at a fee of $50 for each certificate issued for the balance of that year.
[Amended 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
B. Autocabs, limousine and livery services. The annual fee for each
certificate of compliance issued for an autocab, limousine and livery
service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-17 shall be $50 for each year or
portion of a year for which a certificate is issued.
[Amended 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
[Added by Ord. No. 1990-4; amended by Ord. No.
2000-6; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, as well as revocation or suspension of any license issued pursuant to this chapter.