As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-23, as amended and supplemented:
"autobus," "person" and "street."
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-23 to 48:16-28,
inclusive, as amended and supplemented, shall be complied with in
the licensing and regulating of autobuses in this article.
A.
Owners' licenses. The Township Council is hereby authorized
to issue licenses to owners of autobuses who are of good moral character
or who otherwise qualify according to the provisions of this article.
B.
Operators' licenses. The Township Council is hereby authorized
to issue licenses to operators of autobuses, whether or not they are
the owners, who are capable and of good moral character and who otherwise
qualify according to the provisions of this article. Such license
shall hereinafter be referred to as an "operator's license."
A.
Neither an owner's nor an operator's license shall be granted
to any person unless the application for such license has been submitted
to the Township Council. An applicant for an owner's license
shall be thoroughly investigated by the Chief of Police and shall
be fingerprinted and photographed. An applicant for an operator's
license shall be investigated for any criminal or motor vehicle violations
by the Chief of Police and shall be fingerprinted and photographed.
A complete report of said investigation shall be submitted in a timely
fashion to the Township Council for its action thereon.
(1)
If, as a result of such investigation by the Chief of Police, the
applicant's character or, in the case of an applicant for an
operator's license, the applicant's driving record is found
to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application
his or her disapproval and his or her reasons therefor.
(2)
If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant is found to
be satisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse his or her approval.
B.
In the event of denial, the Township Council shall instruct the Township
Clerk to notify the applicant, by certified mail, setting forth the
reasons for denial. Within five days thereafter, the applicant may
file with the Township Council a written request for a hearing on
said application, together with written exceptions to the findings
of fact upon which the Chief of Police based his or her investigative
report. Upon the filing of such a request, the Township Council shall
fix the time and place for a hearing and shall notify the applicant
thereof, which hearing shall be held within 10 days after the request
is filed. Within 10 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the
Township Council shall make its final decision whether to issue the
license or sustain the denial of said application.
A.
Owners' and operators' licenses shall be numbered consecutively
in their own respective classifications and shall expire on December
31 of the year of issuance. Licenses not suspended or revoked may
be renewed annually, subject to the completion of a renewal application
and the payment of the license fee. Every license shall contain the
following:
B.
Every owner's license shall also include the character and description
of the vehicle.
C.
The Township Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses granted,
which register shall contain the details required by this section.
License fees, to cover the administrative costs associated with
processing the application, in the following amounts shall be paid
to the Clerk, who shall deliver the same to the Treasurer.
No license shall be issued by the Township Clerk unless the
applicant has filed an insurance policy with the Clerk in accordance
with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 48:16-24.
The owner of the autobus shall execute and deliver to the Township
Clerk a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint
the Chief Financial Officer of the municipality as his or her true
and lawful attorney for the purpose of acknowledging service of any
process, out of a court of competent jurisdiction, to be served against
the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under this insurance
policy or bond filed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-24.
A.
The Township Clerk, upon the filing of the required insurance policy
or bond, shall issue a certificate, in duplicate, showing that the
owner of the autobus has complied with the terms and provisions of
this article.
B.
The certificate shall recite the name of the insurance company, the
number and date of expiration of the policy or bond, a description
of the autobus insured thereunder and the registration number of the
same.
C.
The duplicate certificate shall be filed with the Department of Motor
Vehicles before any such car is licensed as an autobus.
D.
The original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within
the autobus.
A.
Every operator, whether owner or otherwise, shall be supplied a badge
containing the number of the license, which he or she shall wear in
a conspicuous place upon his or her person while operating such autobus.
B.
Every owner and operator shall display the owner's license in
a conspicuous place in the autobus licensed.
