As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DRIVER
Any person who drives a taxi/autocab within this Borough.
OPERATION
Shall consist of transporting in such taxi/autocab of one
or more persons for hire. A taxi/autocab which is operated or run
over any street within the Borough to seek or accept passengers for
transportation from points or places to points or places within or
outside the Borough shall be deemed to be operation of a taxi/autocab
within the Borough. A taxi/autocab parked or idling on a Borough street
or accepting a passenger for hire from a point of departure within
the Borough shall be deemed to be operation. Operation of a taxi/autocab
by one other than the owner shall be deemed operation by the owner,
as well as operation by the person actually driving the taxi/autocab.
The transportation in or through the Borough of any person other than
the owner or driver of any motor vehicle bearing signs therein or
thereon using the word "taxi," "cab," "autocab," "car service," "hack,"
"dial a ride," "call a ride," "transport," "transport vehicle," "car
service" or "transportation" shall be prima facie evidence of operation.
OWNER
Any person, corporation, business entity or association in
whose name title to any taxi/autocab is registered with the New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Commission, or who appears in any governmental records
to be the conditional vendee or licensee thereof.
PERSON
Includes any individual, co-partnership, association, corporation
or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
TAXI/AUTOCAB
Includes any automobile commonly called taxi, engaged in
the business of carrying passengers for hire which is held out, announced
or advertised to operate or run, or which is operated or run over
any of the streets within the Borough and which accepts or discharges
passengers for transportation from points or places to points or places
within or outside the Borough. "Taxi/Autocab" shall not include a
limousine as defined by N.J.S.A. 48:16-3.