A. 
Licenses required. No taxicab shall be operated for hire 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. Taxicab licenses shall be issued for the term established in § 250-4A and may be renewed annually as provided in § 250-4B.
B. 
Termination of license. In the event a taxicab owner's license is terminated, the taxicab service shall terminate all operations within the Township of Hanover and the license shall become available for issuance to another applicant.
C. 
Violation. Any person who operates a taxicab in Hanover Township without first obtaining a taxicab license is guilty of a municipal ordinance violation.
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 applicant shall have filed with the Township Clerk an insurance policy acceptable to the Township as to form and sufficiency, with premium prepaid, as provided in Revised Statutes of New Jersey, Title 48, Chapter 16 (N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 et seq.), except that the amount of such policy shall be in the sum of at least $500,000 against loss from liability imposed by law upon the owner for damage on account of bodily injury or death suffered by one person as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of such vehicle; and in the sum of at least $500,000 against loss from liability imposed upon the owner for damage on account of bodily injury or death suffered by more than one person as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of such vehicle; and in the sum of at least $500,000 against loss from liability imposed by law upon owner for property damage suffered by any person as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of such vehicle. Such taxicab shall be licensed only so long as such insurance shall remain in full force and effect for the full amounts as herein provided.
(c) 
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 § 250-15 shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the applicant has its 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.
(3) 
Nothing in this § 250-15 shall prohibit the owner of a taxicab from obtaining any additional amount of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage from any company, whether licensed in or outside the State of New Jersey.
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 § 250-15A 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 $750,000, 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. 
The owner of the taxicab shall execute and deliver to the clerk of the municipality concurrently with the filing of a policy or bond referred to in N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 and 48:16-4, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint the chief fiscal officer of the municipality his 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 the insurance policy or bond filed.
D. 
The completed application including the following information:
(1) 
The business name;
(2) 
A copy of the New Jersey State Business Registration Certificate for the taxicab service, or if a partnership or sole proprietor, a copy of the business registration filed with the Morris County Clerk;
(3) 
The identity of the owner(s) of the entity and vehicle(s) including first and last name;
(4) 
The business address of the owner(s) of the entity and vehicle(s);
(5) 
The residential address of the owner(s) of the entity and vehicle(s);
(6) 
The home and mobile telephone number(s) of the owner(s) of the entity and vehicle(s);
(7) 
The e-mail address of the owner(s) of the entity and vehicle(s);
(8) 
Whether the owner(s) has/have ever been convicted of a crime, and if yes, the details behind the conviction;
(9) 
An identification of each vehicle to be operated as a taxicab and covered under the mandated insurance policy, including the make, model, year, vehicle identification number, number of doors, passenger capacity (including the driver);
(10) 
The vehicle title;
(11) 
The vehicle registration;
(12) 
The insurance policy information;
(13) 
A list of all offices, dispatching facilities and locations where vehicles are kept, whether in or outside of the Township of Hanover;
(14) 
For each location outside the Township of Hanover where a vehicle is kept, proof that such storage location is a valid/approved location for the storage of a taxicab under the zoning or other applicable local law or ordinance of the jurisdiction where the vehicle is stored;
E. 
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 motor vehicle check. A check of all vehicles used as a taxicab shall be performed annually to ensure that the vehicle is in operating condition. The check shall ensure that the vehicle is safe and sanitary.
F. 
Payment of fee. Upon filing an application for a taxicab owner's license, the applicant shall pay the fee established by Chapter 125, Fees, of the Code of the Township of Hanover.
A. 
Proof of a criminal record check completed by a biometric identification vendor 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. A person shall be disqualified from receiving a taxicab driver's license if such criminal history record background check reveals a conviction of any crimes listed in NJSA 48:16-3b(1).
(1) 
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.
B. 
The applicant shall also provide the Township with the following information:
(1) 
The identity of the driver, including first and last name;
(2) 
The name of the company to employ the driver;
(3) 
The business address of the driver;
(4) 
The residential address of the driver;
(5) 
The home and mobile telephone number(s) the driver;
(6) 
The e-mail address of the driver;
(7) 
Whether the owner(s) has/have ever been convicted of a crime, and if yes, the details behind the conviction.
C. 
Applicability of this § 250-16. The provisions of this § 250-16 shall not apply to an operator or driver of a taxicab who received a taxicab driver's license from Hanover Township prior to November 29, 2011.
D. 
Payment of fee. Upon filing an application for a taxicab driver's license, the applicant shall pay the fee established by Chapter 125, Fees, of the Code of the Township of Hanover.
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.
In the event any of the information required to be submitted for the issuance of a taxicab owner's or driver's license changes during the term of the license, the license holder shall immediately submit such updated or changed information for review by the Township Clerk. If the holder of a taxicab license fails to submit such information as required herein, the taxicab license shall be subject to termination by the Township Committee. If the updated application information fails to satisfy the requirements of this chapter or any of the applicable New Jersey statutes, the taxicab license shall be subject to termination by the Township Committee.
A. 
Denial of license. Any application submitted for a taxicab owner's or driver's license may be refused or denied by the Township Committee if it appears that any information required by this Chapter 250 is missing, incomplete, or fails to satisfy statutory standards or the standards of this Chapter 250, those of any other chapter of the Township of Hanover Code, and/or any other applicable laws.
B. 
Suspension or revocation. Any taxicab owner's or driver's license issued pursuant to this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Township Committee after notice and hearing for any of the following causes:
(1) 
It is determined that a driver operating a vehicle covered by the taxicab owner's or driver's license is not identified in the current application on file in the office of the Township Clerk;
(2) 
It is determined that a vehicle covered by the limousine service license is being kept at an unapproved and/or unknown location;
(3) 
It is determined that vehicles are being operated by the taxicab service without coverage under the filed insurance policy or appropriate registration;
(4) 
It is determined that a vehicle operated by the taxicab service is in an unsafe and/or unsanitary condition;
(5) 
It is determined that the license holder has failed or fails to render reasonably prompt, cleanly, safe and adequate service; or
(6) 
It is determined that the license holder has failed to comply with any law of the State of New Jersey or ordinance of the Township of Hanover or applicable rule or regulation regarding the ownership and operation of taxicabs.