[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
No taxicab, autocab, limousine or livery service shall be operated
on the streets of the Township except by a driver who shall have first
obtained a requisite driver's license for that purpose from the
Township Clerk.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
A. Each application for a driver's license required by §
382-7 shall be submitted to the Township Clerk on forms provided by the Township.
B. Each application shall be accompanied by:
(1) An application fee of $5.
(2) Affidavits of two reputable persons who have known the applicant
and have observed his character for more than a year.
(3) Two identification photographs, size one inch by one inch, of the
head and shoulders of the applicant.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
Applicants for all driver's licenses shall be:
A. Not less than 21 years of age.
B. Of sound physique, with good eyesight and not subject to epilepsy,
vertigo, heart trouble or any other disease or deformity of body or
mind which might render him unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab.
D. Able to read and write the English language.
E. Clean in dress and person.
F. Not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, habit-forming narcotics
or other drugs.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49; 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-46]
Each operator or driver of the autocab for which the owner thereof
is seeking the consent to operate in the municipality shall submit
to the performance of a criminal history record background check.
The cost for the criminal history record background check, including
all costs of administering and processing the check, shall be borne
by the operator or driver of the autocab.
A. A person shall be disqualified from operating or driving an autocab
if a criminal history record background check required pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 reveals a record of conviction of any of the following
crimes:
(1) In
New Jersey or elsewhere any crime as follows: aggravated assault,
arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery,
aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault or endangering the welfare
of a child pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, whether or not armed with
or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in Subsection r
of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1, a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
2C:39-3, 2C:39-4, or 2C:39-9, or other than a disorderly persons or
petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful use, possession
or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.A.
2C:35-2.
(2) In any other state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection
A(1) of this section.
B. If a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes enumerated in Subsection
A(1) and
(2) of this section 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 an autocab.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
Every licensed driver shall, while engaged in his or her employment:
A. Have his or her driver's license in his or her possession.
B. Conspicuously display, on the outside of his or her coat, the badge referred to in §
382-11.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
Each driver's license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this article shall expire on December 31 next after the date of
issuance.
[Added 6-24-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-19; amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-46]
A. Each application for a driver's license renewal shall be submitted
to the Township Clerk on forms provided by the Township.
B. Applications for renewal of driver's licenses are subject to the provisions of §
382-10.
[Amended 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90-49]
The fee for each taxicab, autocab, limousine or livery service
driver's license or renewal thereof shall be $5.