As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TAXICAB
As distinguished from hack, cab, livery, or limousine, a
motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire
which is operated or run over any of the streets of the Township of
Morris and particularly accepts and discharges such persons as may
offer themselves for transportation from points or places within the
Township of Morris and which does not have a regular run and which
does not have to be engaged by appointment and which is publicly offered
on the streets of the Township.
[Added 3-10-1971 by Ord. No. 7-71]
The Township Committee of the Township of Morris is hereby authorized
to grant licenses, under the Seal of the Township, to such persons
as it shall determine to be proper and duly qualified, according to
the provisions of this chapter, to keep and use for hire hacks, cabs,
taxis and liveries for the transportation of passengers within the
Township of Morris, and also to hackmen or drivers of licensed vehicles
other than the owners thereof.
All licenses granted under the provisions of this chapter shall
expire on the first day of January next after the same shall be granted
and shall respectively state the purpose for which the same shall
be granted, the number of the license and the name of the person licensed.
[Amended 1-23-1980 by Ord. No. 3-80]
There shall be a fee charged for each license as aforesaid on
the issuance of the license, as follows:
A. For a hack license: $50 per year.
B. For each hackman or driver of a licensed vehicle other than the owner
thereof: $25 per year.
Every license granted under the provisions of this chapter may
be suspended or revoked by the Township Committee of the Township
of Morris on satisfactory cause to it for so doing, and during such
suspension or after such license shall be revoked, such license shall
be inoperative and of no effect.
The Township Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses granted
under this chapter, showing the number and date of each license and
the name of the person licensed.
No person shall hire out, keep or use for hire or wages, or
cause to be kept or used for hire or wages, any hack, cab, taxi or
livery for the transportation of passengers from any point within
the Township of Morris, without first being licensed as hereinbefore
provided.
No vehicle licensed under the terms of this chapter shall be
driven or used within the limits of the Township of Morris except
by the owner thereof or by a duly licensed driver as provided herein.
It is hereby established by the Township of Morris that there
shall be a limit of 25 hacks, cabs, taxis or liveries operating and
licensed in the Township of Morris.
No owner or driver of any hack or cab shall refuse or neglect
to convey any person or persons to any place or places within the
Township limits without just cause, and no owner or driver, as aforesaid,
shall ask, demand or extort any larger sum than he or they may be
entitled to receive under the terms of this chapter. Any vehicle shall
be kept in good repair and safe condition at all times.
The Township Committee is hereby authorized to designate such
places within the Township of Morris as public stands for hacks or
cabs as it may deem expedient and proper and to make such regulations
as may be necessary to preserve order and promote public convenience.
Any person found guilty of violating the terms of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in §
1-3, General penalty, of this Code, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.