A.
Licenses required. No taxicab shall be operated along any street
in Hanover Township until the owner thereof obtains a taxicab owner's
license with respect to such vehicle and unless the driver possesses
a valid taxicab driver's license.
B.
Revocation of licenses. A taxicab owner's license and a taxicab driver's
license may each be revoked by the Township of Hanover if, after notice
and hearing, it appears to the Township Committee that the person
to whom the applicable license was granted has failed to comply with
any terms or conditions of the license, any provision of the Hanover
Township Code, or any law.
C.
Violation. Any person who operates a taxicab in Hanover Township
without first obtaining a taxicab license is guilty of a petty disorderly
persons offense.
A.
Insurance coverage.
(1)
The owner of the taxicab for which a license to operate is requested
shall file with the Township Clerk an insurance policy that meets
the following requirements:
(a)
It shall be issued by an admitted insurance company duly licensed
to transact business under the insurance laws of this state or a company
registered to do business in this state;
(b)
The policy shall provide for not less than $35,000 of motor
vehicle liability insurance coverage, or the amount of motor vehicle
liability insurance coverage required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6B-1,
whichever is greater, to satisfy all claims for damages by reason
of bodily injury to, or the death of, any person or persons resulting
from or on account of an accident, by reason of the ownership, operation,
maintenance, or use of such taxicab upon any public street;
(c)
The policy shall provide for not less than $35,000 of motor
vehicle liability insurance coverage, or the amount of motor vehicle
liability insurance coverage required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:6B-1,
whichever is greater, to satisfy any claim for damages to property
of any person or persons resulting from or on account of an accident,
by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of such
taxicab upon any public street; and
(d)
The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final
judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance,
or use of the taxicab or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be
for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as
aforesaid.
(2)
In the event the applicant for a taxicab owner's license operates in more than one municipality, the insurance policy required by this § 250-13 shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the applicant has his principal place of business. Such municipal clerk shall issue a certificate to the Township of Hanover certifying that the applicant has complied with all the provisions of this section.
B.
Blanket bond or insurance policy. If the applicant for a taxicab owner's license owns and operates more than one taxicab, in lieu of the policy required by § 250-13A hereinabove such applicant may file with the Township Clerk a bond or insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of New Jersey in the amount of $50,000, covering all taxicabs operated by such owner and providing for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of any such taxicabs or any fault in respect thereto, for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
C.
Power of attorney. Each applicant for a taxicab owner's license shall
execute and deliver to the Township Clerk a power of attorney appointing
the Chief Fiscal Officer of Hanover Township as his true and lawful
attorney for the purpose of acknowledging service of any process out
of a court of competent jurisdiction served against the taxicab owner
by virtue of the indemnity granted under the required insurance policy
or bond filed with the Township.
D.
Motor vehicle check. Each applicant for a taxicab owner's license
shall sign a form of authorization permitting the Hanover Township
Police Department to do a driver's license and motor vehicle check.
Upon the issuance of a taxicab owner's license by the Township Committee, the Township Clerk shall issue a certificate of compliance in duplicate showing that the owner of the taxicab has complied with the terms and provisions of this Article III and has been duly issued a taxicab owner's license. The certificate of compliance shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number and date of the expiration of the policy or bond, a description of the taxicab insured thereunder, and the vehicle registration number of the same. The duplicate certificate of compliance shall be filed with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission before any such car is registered as a taxicab. The original certificate of compliance shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the taxicab.
A.
Taxicab owner's license. Each taxicab for which a taxicab owner's
license has been issued shall display the license number issued to
that vehicle on the exterior of the taxicab. The number shall be three
inches in height and shall be located in the center of the rear-quarter
panels on the driver and passenger sides, and on the rear center line
of the trunk of the vehicle. Each taxicab covered by a taxicab owner's
license shall display on each rear door of the taxicab the name of
Hanover Township as the issuing authority of the license, in letters
three inches in height.
B.
Taxicab driver's license. Each driver of a taxicab in Hanover Township
shall display his/her taxicab driver's license in the interior of
the vehicle in close proximity to the certificate of compliance issued
to the holder of the taxicab owner's license and easily visible to
passengers of the taxicab.
A.
Satisfactory criminal record check is required. Each person who applies
for a taxicab driver's license shall satisfactorily pass a criminal
history record background check, the costs of which shall be borne
by the operator or driver. Application for such criminal history record
background check shall be made to the Police Department of Hanover
Township. A person shall be disqualified from receiving a taxicab
driver's license if such criminal history record background check
reveals a record of conviction of any of the following crimes:
(1)
In New Jersey or elsewhere any crime as follows: aggravated assault,
arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery,
aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault or endangering the welfare
of a child pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, whether or not armed with
or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in Subsection r
of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
2C:39-3, 2C:39-4, or 2C:39-9, or other than a disorderly persons or
petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful use, possession
or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.A.
2C:35-2.
(2)
In any other state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection A(1) of this section.
B.
Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A hereinabove, if a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection A(1) and (2) can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:168A-8 or, if the criminal offense occurred outside New Jersey, an equivalent certificate from the jurisdiction where the criminal offense occurred, the criminal offense shall not disqualify the applicant from operating or driving a taxicab.
