As used in this Ordinance:
TAXI
Means any motor vehicle in the business of the transporting
passengers for payment within the City of Gloucester City.
No license shall be issued hereunder to:
A. An individual not a citizen or legal resident of the United States
or who has been convicted of a crime of the first, second or third
degree, or its equivalent, within 10 years of making application.
B. A partnership or limited liability company unless all of its members
are citizens or legal residents of the United States, and none of
whom has been convicted of a crime of the first, second or third degree
or its equivalent within 10 years of making application.
C. A corporation unless each of its officers, directors and stockholders
are citizens or legal of the United States and none of whom has been
convicted of a crime of the first, second or third degree or its equivalent
within 10 years of making application.
[Added 6-18-2015 by Ord.
No. O15-2015]
The maximum number of taxi licenses to be issued in any year
shall be 10.
No license shall be issued hereunder until the application has
filed with the City Clerk proof of motor vehicle insurance issued
by New Jersey licensed insurance company with the minimum limits of
at least $50,000 per person and $100,000 per incident on account of
bodily injury and a minimum limit of at least $25,000 for property
damage. Such insurance coverage must be maintained as a condition
of any license hereunder.
No license hereunder shall be transferred or assigned.
Every vehicle licensed hereunder shall have displayed on both
sides of the vehicle the word "taxi" or "cab" in letters at least
three inches high.
The Common Council, after notice and hearing, may revoke or
suspend any license issued hereunder if the licensee has been convicted
of a crime or unindictable offense involving violence or dishonesty
or a violation of N.J.S.A. 39 et seq. or has violated this ordinance,
or who has any unsatisfied judgment against the license arising out
of a motor vehicle accident, or which has provided false information
in the application or renewal, or who has failed to provide reasonably
prompt, safe, proper and adequate taxi service.
In the event that any applicant has been issued a license from
another municipality with similar requirements of the ordinance and
the City Clerk is satisfied that the conditions of this ordinance
have been properly addressed by the applicant's licensing in
another municipality then the City Clerk may issue a license to that
applicant.
A conviction for violation of the ordinance shall be punishable
by a jail term to be determined by the Court or by a fine not exceeding
$500, or both.