The Township Committee may, by resolution, make such general rules and regulations and such special rulings and findings as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the operation of taxicabs in the Township and enforcement of this chapter, in addition thereto and not inconsistent therewith, and may alter, amend, repeal and publish the same from time to time. The Township Committee, in implementing this chapter by resolution or regulation where and when required, shall at all times consider the purpose and intent of this chapter, the character of the various districts of the Township and the needs of the public, with particular consideration to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
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The Township Committee shall also have the right, pursuant hereto, to adopt resolutions establishing rates within the Township limits.
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All taxicabs must be equipped with and utilize a meter, utilizing the rates posted on and in the taxicab.
All taxicabs shall have prominently displayed in the interior and exterior of the vehicle in full view of any passengers a complete list of fares, charges or tariff rates charged on transportation of passengers, which fares, charges or tariff rates so displayed and no other shall be those to be charged any passenger so transported.
The owner of each taxicab so licensed shall keep or require to be kept a written record of each trip made by said taxicab showing the number of daily trips. Such records shall not be destroyed for one year from the date of the trip and shall be kept in readily accessible form and shall be accessible at all reasonable hours for inspection by the Township Committee or its accredited representative or by local, state, federal or military law enforcement agencies.
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Each applicant granted a taxicab driver's license shall be issued a license card in a form executed by the Police Department. Such license card shall at all times be carried by the driver while operating a taxicab.
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In addition, the owner of the taxicab shall furnish a card with the name of the driver which shall at all times be prominently displayed and adequately posted in the interior of any taxicab operated by the licensee so that the face thereof shall be at all times in full view and plainly legible to any passenger seated on the rear seat of such taxicab. There shall be affixed to such card in full view of such passengers the photograph described in § 445-9 and the name and address of the taxicab owner.
Every taxicab, so licensed, shall have conspicuously located on the exterior thereof the following:
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The words "taxi," "cab" or "taxicab," which shall be illuminated during darkness and shall be contained in a dome light or other similar device, the size, colors, wording, location on the cab and other particulars of which may be subject to approval by the Township Administrator.
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Appropriate wording, the size and location on the cab of which may be subject to approval of the Township Administrator, designating the number of the cab which corresponds with the taxicab owner's license number and a statement that the vehicle is licensed under this chapter.
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Posting on the exterior front doors of the meter rates.
Every owner licensee shall cause each licensed taxicab to be available for operation and be operated at least 20 hours each day, and the Township Committee may, by resolution, designate specific hours of operation.
No taxicab shall park or idle on any of the streets of the Township at any time except at such place or places as the Township Committee may from time to time designate as municipal taxi stands.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for an unlicensed driver or unlicensed taxicab to transport a passenger or passengers from a place located within the Township to another place inside of or outside of the Township.
Owners and drivers of taxicabs licensed in other jurisdictions may discharge a passenger transported from a point outside of the Township to a point within the Township, and the pickup and discharge point of the passenger shall be given by the owner or driver when requested by the Township Police or other Township official. Such taxicabs shall not come into or park in this Township for the purpose of soliciting or picking up passengers, nor shall they, in periods of darkness when in this Township, permit any advertising lights on the taxicab to remain lighted.
All taxicabs shall be inspected and approved by the Police Department prior to being approved as licensed taxicabs, and shall only be licensed if determined to be clean and in safe condition with properly functioning meter and equipment, meeting the standards in § 445-13A. Taxicabs shall be reinspected and reapproved yearly prior to January 31 of each year. In addition, the Police Department may reinspect at any reasonable time upon its request.