[Added 6-20-2005 by Ord.
No. 2005-2819 (Ch. 243, Art. VI, of the 1996 Township
Code)]
No person or entity shall operate a limousine business or limousine
service with its principal place of business within the Township without
applying for and obtaining a license for that business or service,
and complying with the terms of N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 et seq. No person
or entity shall operate such a business/service without a current
license in place.
Any person or entity proposing to operate a limousine business
or service with its principal place of business within the Township
shall annually apply to the Township Clerk for a limousine license.
That application and submission shall include but not be limited to
the following requirements and information:
A.
A complete listing, including make, license number and VIN number,
of all vehicles to be used in the limousine business/service, including
proof of ownership and registration. If the vehicle is leased, a true
copy of the lease must be supplied.
B.
An original policy of insurance providing insurance coverage for
all said vehicles and the limousine business/service, in the form
and amount required under N.J.S.A. 48:16-4 and 48:16-22.
C.
A complete and detailed description of the place and location where
the limousine business/service shall be operated, the number of employees
working on-site, the approximate number of drivers operating vehicles
from the site daily and the approximate hours of their arrival and
departure, the location of where vehicles are serviced and maintained,
and the location where vehicles are parked daily and overnight; include
also any and all supporting evidence or proof that the operation of
a limousine business/service at this location is a legal permitted
use at this location and there is appropriate and available space
for the parking of the vehicles required for the business/service.
D.
The names, residence and business addresses of the owners/principal
operators of the business/service, a certification by the owner/applicant
and the officers and principal operator of the applicant as to whether
each has ever been convicted of any crime or violation of any federal
or state law, and/or convicted of any moving traffic violations in
the preceding 10 years (including the offense and the penalty assessed),
and a consent to the Police Department to conduct a criminal history/driver's
license check of each owner/principal operator. The applicant shall
supply proofs or forms of identity as determined appropriate by the
Township Clerk or Police Department as to each owner/principal operator
of the business/service.
E.
Payment of the license fee in the maximum amount permitted as per
N.J.S.A. 48:16-17 for each limousine to be licensed. In the event
the license is denied, the Township may retain the fees, or a portion
thereof, as a nonrefundable application fee.[1]
F.
A copy of the power of attorney wherein the owner appoints the Director
of the Division of Motor Vehicles as his true and lawful attorney
for the purpose of receiving and acknowledging service of process.
G.
Proof of incorporation and/or partnership, by a copy of the certificate
and proof of good standing.
H.
Any other information or documentation deemed appropriate or necessary
by the Township Clerk and/or Police Department to review the application.
The Township Clerk will review the application, in consultation
with the Police Department and such other offices as appropriate,
and, upon a determination that the limousine business/service is at
a permitted location and is qualified, may issue a license showing
that the owner of the limousine has complied with the terms hereof,
reciting the name of the insurance company, the number and dates of
the policy, and the description and registration number of the licensed
limousine.
Every license issued pursuant to this article shall expire at
12:00 midnight of the 31st of January of the year next succeeding
in which it was issued, unless sooner surrendered, suspended or revoked.
Application for renewals of licenses should be filed by December 31
of the year of issuance.
