[Ord. 2001-12 § 28, 2001]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-23., as amended and supplemented: "autocab," "person," and "street."
[Ord. 2001-12 § 29, 2001]
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-23 to N.J.S.A. 48:16-28, both inclusive, as amended and supplemented, shall be complied with in the licensing and regulating of autocabs in this article.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 30, 2001]
A. 
Owners' Licenses. The Borough council of the Borough of Ship Bottom is hereby authorized to issue licenses to owners of autocabs or jitneys in the same manner and following the provisions of licenses for taxi owners as hereinabove set forth in Section 5.56.030(A) hereof.
B. 
Operators' Licenses. The Borough council of the Borough of Ship Bottom is hereby authorized to issue licenses to operators of autocabs and jitneys who are capable and of good moral character in the same manner in accordance with the same requirements as herein above set forth in Section 5.56.030(B) and who otherwise qualify according to the provisions of this article. Such license shall hereinafter be referred to as "operator's license."
[Ord. 2001-12 § 33, 2001]
License fees, to cover administrative costs associated with processing the application, in the following amount shall be paid to the clerk, who shall deliver the same to the treasurer:
A. 
For each autocab: $50.
B. 
For each operator of a licensed vehicle, whether or not the owner thereof: $25.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 34, 2001]
A. 
No license shall be issued by the Borough clerk unless the applicant has filed an insurance policy and other documents in accordance with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 48:16-24.
B. 
The issuance of a jitney license by the Borough shall be deemed to constitute an agreement by and between the applicant and the Borough that the applicant agrees to indemnify and hold the Borough harmless from any and all claims from damages arising from personal injury and/or property damage made by third parties as a result of or incidental to the issuance of said license and driving or operation of a jitney.
C. 
No jitney owner's or operator's license shall be issued until the applicant therefore shall have executed and delivered a signed and dated agreement which holds the Borough harmless, and by which the applicant agrees to completely indemnify the Borough from all costs and expenses incurred for any claim arising out of the applicant's ownership or operation of a limousine in the Borough.
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 jitney or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 35, 2001]
A. 
The municipal clerk shall issue certificates of compliance for autocabs and jitneys as in the same manner as certificates of compliance are issued pursuant to Section 5.56.090.
B. 
The certificate shall be filed and posted as required in that section.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 36, 2001]
A. 
Every operator, whether owner or otherwise, shall be supplied an operator's license, a badge containing the number of the license, which he or she shall wear in a conspicuous place upon his or her person while operating such autocab. The terms and provisions of Section 5.56.100 shall apply only to owners' and operators' licenses for autocabs and jitneys which have their principal place of business in the Borough of Ship Bottom.
B. 
Every owner and operator shall display the owner's license in a conspicuous place in the autocab licensed.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 37, 2001]
Every owner's or operator's license may be suspended or revoked by the Borough council, after notice and hearing, for the violation of any provision of this article or of the statutory provisions incorporated in Section 5.56.330 hereof or for other good and sufficient cause. During such suspension and after revocation, the license shall be inoperative and of no effect and the license shall be surrendered to the Borough forthwith, along with the badge supplied by the Borough pursuant to Section 5.56.350 hereof.
[Ord. 2001-12 § 38, 2001]
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 $1,000, or for imprisonment by a term not to exceed 90 days, or by community service of not more than 90 days, or any combination of fines, imprisonment and community service as determined and in the discretion of 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 article shall be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.