As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any automobile or motor car used in the business of carrying
passengers for hire to provide prearranged passenger transportation
at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that
is not conducted on a regular route and with a seating capacity of
no more than 14 passengers, not including the driver, and meeting
the standards established by N.J.S.A. 48-16.13.
Any person certified by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
as qualified for employment as a "limousine driver" in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 48:16-22.3a.
The business of carrying passengers for hire by limousine(s).
A license issued by the Township of Hanover to a limousine service that meets the terms and conditions of this Chapter 250 and applicable New Jersey statutes for the operation of a limousine service.
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation or
joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
The location of the office of a limousine service in the
municipality where the limousine service is conducted, where two-way
driver communications are available and/or initiated, where calls
or electronic requests for limousine transportation are received,
from which limousines are dispatched, where limousine drivers report
for duty, and/or where the books and records of the limousine service
are kept and maintained.
Any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public
place.
Any automobile or motor car, commonly called a taxi or autocab
(as defined in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1), 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
or public highways of this state, and particularly accepts and discharges
such persons as may offer themselves for transportation from points
or places to points or places within or without the state.
Any person who shall drive or operate a taxicab.
A license required to be issued by the Hanover Township Committee
to any person who operates a taxicab on the streets of Hanover Township.
Upon the Township Clerk's satisfaction that all required information has been provided by the applicant for a license required under this Chapter 250, such application shall be presented to the Township Committee for approval or denial. In the event of denial, the Committee shall adopt a resolution setting forth the reasons for such action and the applicant shall be given an opportunity to be heard prior to adoption of such a resolution.
All taxicabs and limousines licensed or regulated under this Chapter 250 shall be garaged and shall not be parked or stored on any street or in any residential driveway in the Township of Hanover.
A.Â
Expiration. All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire
on December 31 of each year.
B.Â
Renewal. Any license issued under this Chapter 250 may be renewed each year upon application to the Township Clerk provided that the applicant provides satisfactory updated application information and pays the fees established in Chapter 125, entitled "Fees," of the Code of the Township of Hanover. Any person who fails to renew a license granted hereunder by December 31 of any year, but who submits a satisfactory renewal application prior to January 31 of the following year, may be issued a renewal license upon the payment of a late penalty as provided in Chapter 125, entitled "Fees," of the Code of the Township of Hanover. If no renewal application is filed by an existing license holder by January 31, the affected license shall be deemed to have expired as of December 31.
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Any license issued under and pursuant to this Chapter 250 is subject to revocation for any of the following:
(1)Â
Submission of false data in an application;
(2)Â
Failure to pay the licensing fee;
(3)Â
Repeated violations of the traffic laws;
(4)Â
Violation of any statutory requirements for taxicab and limousine
operations, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 et seq.;
(5)Â
Operation of a vehicle which is unsafe or in any other respect is
in violation of the traffic laws; or
(6)Â
Other conduct of a serious nature warranting revocation of such license.
B.Â
No license may be revoked prior to the licensee being provided with
notice and an opportunity to be heard by the Township Committee, and
a vote by the Township Committee to revoke such license.
This Chapter 250 shall not be construed to limit or restrict the obligations of taxicab or limousine services and/or drivers to comply with all other requirements of the law.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Township Clerk with the
assistance of the Police and Building Departments.
Any person, owner or operator who is found guilty of violating any provision of this Chapter 250 shall, in addition to any other penalties applicable under state statute, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or 90 days in jail, or both.
