[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1, as amended and supplemented:
"taxicab," "person" and "street."
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 to 48:16-12 both
inclusive, as amended and supplemented, shall be complied with in
the licensing and regulating of taxicabs in this section.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
Owners' and operators' licenses issued under the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
(1)
The total number of licenses issued shall not exceed two (2) in any
calendar year, unless authorized by resolution of the Township Committee
after consultation and recommendation of the Main Street New Egypt
Board of Directors.
(2)
All licensed operators are strictly prohibited from street parking,
other than momentary stops for passengers.
(3)
Prior to the annual issuance of licenses, the Township Committee
shall consider comments and recommendations of the Main Street New
Egypt Board of Directors.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
Neither an owner's nor an operator's license shall be granted
to any person unless the application for such license has been submitted
to the Township Committee. An applicant for an owner's license
shall be thoroughly investigated by the Public Safety Director or
the Chief Law Enforcement Officer and shall be fingerprinted and photographed.
An applicant for an operator's license shall be investigated
for any criminal or motor vehicle violations by the Public Safety
Director or Chief Law Enforcement Officer and shall be fingerprinted
and photographed. A complete report of said investigation shall be
submitted to the Township Committee for its action thereon.
(1)
If, as a result of such investigation by the Public Safety Director
or the Chief Law Enforcement Officer, the applicant's character
or, in the case of an applicant for an operator's license, the
applicant's driving record is found to be unsatisfactory, the
Public Safety Director or Chief Law Enforcement Officer, shall endorse
on such application his disapproval and his reasons therefor.
(2)
If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant is found to
be satisfactory, the Public Safety Director or Chief Law Enforcement
Officer shall endorse his approval.
B.
In the event of denial, the Township Committee shall instruct the
Township Clerk to notify the applicant, by certified mail, setting
forth the reasons for denial. Within five (5) days thereafter, the
applicant may file with the Township Committee a written request for
a hearing on said application, together with written exceptions to
the findings of fact upon which the Public Safety Director or Chief
Law Enforcement Officer based his investigative report. Upon the filing
of such a request, the Township Committee shall fix the time and place
for a hearing and shall notify the applicant thereof, which hearing
shall be held within ten (10) days after the request is filed. Within
ten (10) days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Township Committee
shall make its final decision whether to issue the license or sustain
the denial of said application.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
Owners' and operators' licenses shall be numbered consecutively
in their own respective classifications and shall expire on December
31 of the year of issuance. Licenses not suspended or revoked may
be renewed annually, subject to all of the same conditions, provisions
and charges as required for the original license. Every license shall
contain the following.
B.
Every owner's license shall also include the character and description
of the vehicle.
C.
The Township Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses granted,
which register shall contain the details required by this section.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
License fees, to cover the administrative costs associated with
processing the application, are nonrefundable. The annual license
fee is one hundred fifty ($150), which shall be paid to the Clerk,
who shall deliver the same to the Chief Financial Officer. An additional
twenty-five dollar ($25) fee will be charged for each additional vehicle
owned and/or operated by the licensee. If any additional vehicles
are added to the fleet subsequent to the initial license issuance,
an additional twenty-five dollar ($25) fee will be assessed for the
added vehicle. It shall be the responsibility of the licensee to advise
the Clerk of any vehicle added to the fleet prior to operating said
additional vehicle within the Township.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
No license shall be issued by the Township Clerk unless the
applicant has filed an insurance policy with the Clerk in accordance
with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 48:16-3.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
The owner of the taxicab shall execute and deliver to the Township
Clerk a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint
the Chief Financial Officer of the municipality as 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
or bond filed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 and 48:16-4.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
The Township Clerk, upon the filing of the required insurance policy
or bond, shall issue a certificate, in duplicate, showing that the
owner of the taxicab has complied with the terms and provisions of
this chapter.
B.
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 thereunder and the registration number of the
same.
C.
The duplicate certificate shall be filed with the Department of Motor
Vehicles before any such car is licensed as a taxicab.
D.
The original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within
the taxicab.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
Every operator, whether an owner or otherwise, shall be supplied
a badge containing the number of the license, which he shall wear
in a conspicuous place upon his person while operating such taxicab.
The badge shall be issued to each operator upon payment of a fifteen
dollar ($15) fee and shall expire on December 31 of the year of issuance
regardless of the date of issuance.
B.
Every owner and operator shall display the owner's license in
a conspicuous place in the taxicab licensed.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
No owner or operator of any taxicab, while waiting for employment
at any place other than the garage or residence of the owner thereof,
shall refuse conveyance to any person without just cause.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
No operator shall permit any person or persons other than the
person or persons first employing the taxicab to occupy or ride in
said taxicab unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab
shall consent to the acceptance of such additional passenger or passengers.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
Every owner's or operator's license granted hereunder may be suspended or revoked by the Township Committee, after notice and hearing, for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the statutory provisions incorporated in Section 63-2 hereof or for other good and sufficient cause. During said suspension and after revocation, the license shall be inoperative and of no effect, and the license shall be surrendered to the township forthwith, along with the badge supplied by the Township pursuant to Section 63-10 hereof.
[Ord. #2009-14, § 1]
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment
for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days or by community service
of not more than ninety (90) days, or any combination of fine, imprisonment
and community service as determined by the Municipal Court Judge.
The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting
the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above
for each separate offense.
B.
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be subject to
abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by
a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 2016-08]
A.
General. The purpose of this section is to regulate and control the
operation of limousines, within the Township of Plumsted, pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 48:16-13.1 to N.J.S.A. 48:22.5.
B.
Licensing fees.
(1)
The fee for issuance of a license to operate is payable upon the
filing of an application with the Township Clerk. The fee shall be
twenty-five dollars ($25), in accordance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-17, regardless
of the number of limousines for which the license to operate is issued.
(2)
The Clerk, upon filing of the required insurance policy and the annual
license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for the limousine which is
covered under the required insurance policy, shall issue a license
in compliance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-17. Said license shall be paid for
the year ending on the 31st day of December.
(3)
The original license, or a copy thereof, shall be retained within
the limousine, along with the insurance information required by N.J.S.A.
48:16-17, and be available for inspection by any law enforcement officer.
