[R.O. 1957, 6:17-1, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
As used herein:
(a) Cartman means any person who owns, maintains, operates or drives
a vehicle for hire used for the collection, transportation and disposal
of refuse, and includes all his assistants and helpers.
(b) Expressman, or Truckman means any person who owns, maintains, operates
or drives a vehicle for hire used for the collection and transportation
of goods, wares, merchandise including baggage and luggage.
(c) Refuse means all discarded articles or materials except sewage waste
and junk, and including ashes and rubbish.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-2, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
(a) No truck, cart or other vehicle shall be owned, maintained, operated
or driven for the collection and transportation for hire of refuse,
goods, wares, merchandise including baggage and luggage unless the
vehicle, its driver, and all assistants or helpers are licensed by
the City.
(b) A separate license shall be required for each vehicle, each driver
and each individual assistant or helper.
(c) Nothing in this article shall apply to vehicles licensed under Article
6 of this chapter, applicable to the junk dealer.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-3, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
(a) An application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and filed
with the License Bureau.
(b) The application shall state:
(1)
The name, age and residence of the applicant;
(2)
If the applicant is a driver, the applicant's New Jersey driver's
license number and expiration date of such license;
(3)
The purpose of the license sought; and,
(4)
If for a vehicle's license, a description of the vehicle to
be licensed, including the serial number, type, color, year, make
and the New Jersey license number and expiration date.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-4, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
(a) Before a license is granted, every applicant shall be fingerprinted
by the Police Division and his record checked through such law enforcement
agencies as shall be determined by the Director of Public Affairs
and Safety.
(b) In the event the fingerprint check shall cause an inordinate delay,
the Mayor, on the advice of the Director, may issue a temporary license
to the applicant whose initial references indicate the applicant is
qualified.
(c) The temporary license shall be effective for thirty (30) days and
may be renewed from time to time pending receipt of the final fingerprint
check or other verifications.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-6, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
(a) The License Bureau shall issue the license.
(b) The license shall state the:
(1)
Name and business address of the licensee or owner of the licensed
vehicle;
(2)
Number of the license; and,
(3)
Expiration date of the license.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-7, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
The license shall be issued for the period from June 1 to the
last day of May of the following year.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-6, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
(a) The license shall be carried upon the person of the licensee at all
times when the licensee is engaged in the licensed business.
(b) In the case of a licensed vehicle, the license shall be carried in
or upon the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is engaged in the
licensed business.
(c) The License Bureau shall issue and each driver of a licensed vehicle,
including the owner, shall wear, in a conspicuous place on his person,
a badge bearing the license number, the owner's badge to bear the
same number as the licensed vehicle.
(d) The licensed vehicle may carry any number of licensed assistants.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-6, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
In addition to the display of the license certificate, every
vehicle of a licensed cartman, truckman or expressman shall display
on each side of its exterior, in a conspicuous place, a metal plate,
to be furnished by the License Bureau bearing the words, "City of
Plainfield, Licensed Truckman or Expressman, or Licensed Cartman,
No.______ Expires _______________________________ 20________", as
the case may be, with the appropriate number and date inserted.
The Mayor or his designee shall prescribe and promulgate reasonable
regulations, not inconsistent with this article, for the conduct of
licensees under this article, provided the same are not in conflict
with the regulations of the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
or the Department of Environmental Protection.
[R.O. 1957, 6:17-11, as amended Aug. 1, 1966]
No person shall dump any refuse within the City except with
the written consent to dump at those places designated by the Director
of Public Works or his designee.