As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
TAXICAB
Includes any automobile or motor car, 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 of the Borough of Waldwick, and particularly
accepts and discharges such persons as may offer themselves for transportation
from points or places to points or places within or without the Borough
of Waldwick.
Any taxicab company whose principal place of business is in
the Borough of Waldwick shall be required to obtain the consent of
the Mayor and Council in order to operate any taxicab along any street
in the Borough of Waldwick.
If such owner operates more than one (1) taxicab, he may file with the Clerk at the Borough Hall of Waldwick, in lieu of the policy required by section
70-3 of this Article, a bond or insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of New Jersey, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), which shall be a blanket insurance covering all cabs operated by such owner, which shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person or account of the ownership, maintenance and use of any such taxicab or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
The owner of the taxicab shall execute and deliver to the Clerk
of the Borough of Waldwick concurrently with the filing of an insurance
policy or insurance bond a power of attorney, whereby the owner shall
appoint the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Borough of Waldwick, his true
and lawful attorney for the purposes of acknowledging service of any
process out of a court of competent jurisdiction to be served against
the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under the insurance
policy or bond filed.
The Clerk of the Borough of Waldwick, upon receipt of the required
insurance policy or bond and payment of the fee required by this Article,
shall issue a certificate in duplicate showing that the owner of the
taxicab has complied with the terms and provisions of this Article.
The certificate shall recite the name of the insurance company, the
number and date of expiration of the policy or bond, a description
of the taxicab insured hereunder and the registration number of the
same. The duplicate certificate shall be filed with the Department
of Motor Vehicles before any such car is licensed as a taxicab. The
original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within
the taxicab.
Where a taxicab operates in more than one (1) municipality, the insurance policy or bond required by section
70-3 and
70-4 of this Article shall be filed with the Borough Clerk of the municipality in which the owner has his principal place of business.
A consent granted under this Article may be revoked by the Mayor
and Council after notice and hearing, whenever it shall appear that
the person to whom the consent was granted has failed to furnish or
keep in force the insurance policy or bond and power of attorney required
by this Article, or to comply with any terms or conditions imposed
by the Mayor and Council, or any law of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
LIMOUSINE
Means and includes any automobile or motor car, used in the
business of carrying passengers for hire, provides prearranged passenger
transportation at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter
basis that is not conducted on a regular route and with a seating
capacity in no event of more than 14 passengers, not including the
driver, provided, that such a vehicle shall not have a seating capacity
in excess of four passengers, not including the driver, beyond the
maximum passenger seating capacity of the vehicle, not including the
driver, at the time of manufacture. Nothing in this Article contained
shall be construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses, or buses employed
solely in transporting school children or teachers or autobuses, which
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation,
or interstate autobuses required by federal or State law or regulations
of the Department of Transportation to carry insurance against loss
from liability imposed by law on account of bodily injury or death.
PERSON
Means and includes any individual, copartnership, association,
corporation or joint stock company their lessees, trustees or receivers
appointed by any court whatsoever.
STREET
Means and includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway
or other public place.
Any autocab company whose principal place of business is in
the Borough of Waldwick shall be required to obtain the consent of
the Mayor and Council in order to operate any autocab along any street
in the Borough of Waldwick.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
A. No limousine shall be operated wholly or partly along any street
in the Borough of Waldwick until the owner of the limousine shall
have filed, with the Borough Clerk of Waldwick, an insurance policy
of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance
laws of the State of New Jersey, in the sum of one million five hundred
thousand dollars ($1,500,000) against loss by reason of the liability
imposed by law upon every limousine owner, for damages on account
of bodily injury or death suffered by any person as the result of
an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use
of the limousine upon any public street. Such operation shall be permitted
as long as the insurance policy shall remain in force to the full
and collectible amount of $1,500,000.
B. The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment
recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and
use of such limousine or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be
for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage, or injury
as aforesaid.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
The owner of the limousine shall execute and deliver to the
Division of Motor Vehicles concurrently with the filing of a policy,
referred to in 70:13, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the
owner shall appoint the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles
his true and lawful attorney for the purpose of acknowledging service
of any process out of a court of competent jurisdiction to be served
against the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under the insurance
policy filed.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
A. The Clerk of the Borough of Waldwick, upon the filing of the required
insurance policy and the payment of a fee which shall not exceed fifty
dollars ($50.), shall issue a in duplicate a license to operate showing
that the owner of the limousine has complied with the terms and provisions
of this Article.
B. The license shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number
and date of expiration of the policy, a description of every limousine
insured hereunder and the registration number of the same.
C. The duplicate license shall be filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles
before any such car is registered as a limousine.
D. The original license shall be retained within the limousine and shall
be available for inspection by any police officer in the State. In
lieu of the recital of insurance information required on the license
pursuant to this section, the owner of a limousine may affix to the
original license retained within the limousine a notarized letter
from an insurance company containing the same insurance coverage,
and which shall also be available for inspection by any police officer
in the State. A copy of the notarized letter shall constitute proof
to the Director of Motor Vehicles, that the applicant has complied
with the insurance provisions of this section.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
Where a limousine service operates in more than one (1) municipality,
the insurance policy required by Chapter 70-12 of this Article shall
be filed with the Clerk of the municipality in which the owner has
his principal place of business.
[Amended 6-11-02 by Ord. No. 12-02]
A. No person shall operate a limousine service in any street in this
State without a license to operate issued by a municipality in which
the owner has his principal place of business and without otherwise
complying with the provisions of this article.
B. A consent granted under this Article may be revoked by the Mayor
and Council after notice and hearing, whenever it shall appear that
the person to whom the consent was granted has failed to furnish or
keep in force the insurance policy and power of attorney required
by this Article, or to comply with any terms or conditions imposed
by the Mayor and Council or any law of the State of New Jersey.