[Ord. No. 4-11-46, § 1]
No person shall drive a taxicab for hire upon the streets of
the Borough unless such person shall have first obtained and shall
have then in force a driver's license issued by the State of
New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles and a taxi driver's license
issued by the Borough pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
No taxi driver's license shall be issued to any person
unless such person:
(a)
Is the holder of a current motor vehicle driver's license issued
by the State of New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles.
(b)
Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(c)
Submits a certificate from a licensed practicing physician of this
state, certifying that the applicant has been examined within the
preceding thirty (30) days and that he has no infirmity of body or
mind which might render him unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab.
(d)
Is of good moral character.
[Ord. No. 27-89, § 4]
No taxicab driver's license shall be issued to any person
until he has filed a written application with the Borough Clerk, on
forms provided by the Borough and containing the following information:
(a)
The full name and address of the applicant.
(b)
The applicant's age and place of birth.
(c)
The length of time he has resided in the county, and places of residence
in the county for the three (3) years last past.
(d)
Whether his state driver's license issued by the Division of
Motor Vehicles has ever been revoked or suspended, and for what reason.
(e)
Such other facts as the Council may require.
The application shall be accompanied by the annual license fee set forth in the Fee Schedule of the Borough of Morris Plains, Chapter 2, Section 2-46, which sum shall be refunded in the event that a license is refused. The application shall have attached to it the physicians certificate described in Section 21-15(c).
Upon the filing of the application, the Borough Clerk shall
refer the same to the Chief of Police for his investigation and recommendation,
and shall direct the applicant to the Police Department to be photographed
and fingerprinted. The Police Department shall return to the Borough
Clerk two (2) of said photographs, one (1) of which shall be attached
to the license, when issued, in such a manner that it cannot be removed
and another photograph substituted without detection. The other photograph
shall be filed with the application in the office of the Borough Clerk,
and the remaining photographs, together with the fingerprints of the
applicant, shall remain on file in police headquarters.
The Chief of Police shall make an investigation of the facts
disclosed in the application and of the good moral character and ability
of the applicant. Based upon his findings and taking into consideration
the best interests of the Borough, the Chief of Police shall recommend
to the Council his approval or disapproval of the application for
the license.
In the event that the Council shall determine that the license
should not be granted, notice of such rejection shall be promptly
given to the applicant.
(a)
The taxi driver's license shall be in such form as to contain
the photograph referred to in Section 21-17 and shall contain the
signature of the licensee.
(b)
Each licensed driver shall at all times have his license and photograph
openly and conspicuously exhibited in the taxicab he is driving.
(c)
Any licensee who willfully and maliciously defaces, damages or obliterates
any official entry made upon his license shall be subject to the penalty
of revocation of said license.
[Ord. No. 4-11-46, § 4]
(a)
With the issuance of each taxi driver's license, the Borough
Clerk shall furnish the licensee with a button bearing a number.
(b)
Such botton shall be worn by the license on the outside of his hat
or clothing at all times while operating the taxicab. Such button
shall not be used by any person other than the person to whom it was
issued.
(c)
Upon suspension or revocation of a taxi driver's license, the
driver shall surrender the button to the Chief of Police. In the case
of suspension, the Chief of Police shall return the button at the
expiration of the period for which the driver was suspended.
