[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Neptune City 10-28-1974 by Ord.
No. 74-6. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person who drives a taxicab within this borough.
Of a taxicab, shall consist of transporting in such taxicab
one or more persons for hire. Accepting a passenger to be transported
for hire from a point of departure within the borough to a destination
within or without the borough shall be deemed to be "operation" of
a taxicab within the borough. The operation of a taxicab in any of
the above-described manners by one other than the owner shall be deemed
operation by the owner thereof, as well as by the person actually
driving the same. The transportation of any person other than the
owner or driver in any motor vehicle bearing a sign therein or thereon
using the words "taxi," "taxicab," "cab" or "hack" shall be prima
facie evidence of operation.
Any person, corporation or association in whose name title
to any taxicab is registered with the New Jersey Department of Motor
Vehicles, or who appears in such records to be the conditional vendee
or lessee thereof.
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 be operated or run, or which is operated
or run, over any of the streets within the Borough of Neptune City
and which accepts passengers for transportation from points or places
to points or places within or without the said borough.
A section of a public street or public place set apart for
the exclusive use of a limited number of taxicabs, when such section
is distinctly marked as such by a metal sign attached to a stanchion
on the curb or other conspicuous place or by clearly visible marks
upon the surface of the street or public place.
No person shall hire out, keep or use for hire or pay, or cause
to be kept or used for hire or pay, any taxicab whose point of origin,
base of operation or office is located in the Borough of Neptune City,
unless both the taxicab and the driver thereof are licensed pursuant
to this chapter.
There are hereby established two classes of taxicab licenses
in the Borough of Neptune City as follows:
A.
Taxicab driver's license. This license shall entitle the person
named therein to operate within this borough any taxicab duly licensed
hereunder.
B.
Taxicab owner's license. This license shall entitle the taxicab
therein described to be operated in this borough by a driver duly
licensed hereunder.
A.
The number of licenses to be issued shall be as follows:
(1)
Taxicab drivers' licenses. The number of taxicab drivers'
licenses under this chapter to be issued and outstanding in any one
year shall be unlimited.
(2)
Taxicab owners' licenses. The number of taxicab owners'
licenses under this chapter to be issued and outstanding in any one
year shall not exceed six No person shall hold or control more than
two taxicab owners' licenses at any one time.
B.
Every owner receiving a taxicab owner's license under this chapter
shall operate said licensed taxicab continuously throughout the year
for which said license is granted.
Any license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall
expire at 12:00 midnight of the 31st day of December of the year in
which it was issued, and shall not be transferable.
A.
Application form. Each applicant for the issuance or renewal of a
license of either class shall supply in full the information requested
on application forms adopted by the Mayor and Council and obtained
from the Borough Clerk, and shall verify the correctness thereof by
his oath or affirmation. He shall file the completed application with
the Borough Clerk, together with the full amount of the proper fee
hereinafter fixed.
B.
Applications for taxicab owners' licenses.
(1)
Applications for taxicab owners' licenses shall be filed with
the Borough Clerk at any time, but no taxicab shall be operated in
the Borough of Neptune City until properly licensed for each particular
year.
(2)
No vehicle covered by the terms of this chapter shall be licensed
until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and examined
by an officer designated by the Mayor and Council and found to be
in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers.
(3)
Each applicant for a taxicab owner's license shall, together
with his application, submit the insurance policy or certificate in
lieu thereof, as required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-3, covering the taxicab
sought to be licensed.
C.
Applications for taxicab drivers' licenses.
(1)
Applications for taxicab drivers' licenses may be made at any
time, but no one shall drive or operate a taxicab in the Borough of
Neptune City until a proper license for each particular year has been
issued.
(2)
Each applicant for a taxicab driver's license shall conform
to the following regulations:
(a)
He shall be of the age of 21 years or over to allow for more
maturity and more driving experience.
(b)
He shall present the certificate of a reputable physician showing
that he has been examined within 60 days and that he is of sound physique
with good eyesight and not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble
or other infirmity of body or mind which might render him unfit for
the safe operation of a taxicab.
(c)
He shall not have been convicted of a crime and shall not have
violated any provision of this chapter.
(d)
He shall not be addicted to the use of narcotics or intoxicating
liquors.
(e)
He shall produce affidavits of his good character from at least
two reputable citizens who have known him personally, and shall produce
a further affidavit from his last employer, unless in the estimation
of the Mayor and Council sufficient reason is given for its omission.
(f)
He shall fill out upon an application form provided by the Borough
Clerk his full name, residence, places of residence for the preceding
five years, age, height, color of eyes and hair, place of birth, previous
employment, whether married or single, whether he has ever been convicted
of a crime or violation of this chapter and whether his license has
ever been revoked, and for what cause, which statement shall be signed
and sworn to by the applicant and filed with the Borough Clerk as
permanent record. He shall also furnish four copies of photographs,
size two by two inches, front view.
(g)
He must be fingerprinted, and said prints must be placed on
file in police headquarters.
A.
Upon notification by the Borough Clerk of satisfactory fulfillment
of the foregoing requirements and regulations, the Mayor and Council
shall either grant or deny the application, unless it decides to hold
the same over for further investigation.
B.
Each applicant granted a license under this chapter shall be issued
a license card in evidence thereof in a form approved by the Mayor
and Council and signed by the Borough Clerk in behalf of said Council.
A.
The annual fee for each taxicab owner's license hereafter issued
or any renewal thereof shall be $75 for each year or portion of a
year for which the license is issued or renewed.
B.
The annual fee for each taxicab driver's license hereafter issued
or any renewal thereof shall be $25 for each year or portion of a
year for which the license is issued or renewed.
C.
No fees shall be prorated nor any part thereof refunded for any reason
except that upon the denial of an application for the issuance or
renewal of a license by the Mayor and Council, 90% of the fee deposited
shall be returned to the applicant and 10% shall be retained by the
borough as compensation for investigation of the application.
A.
The license card issued to a taxicab driver upon granting of his license shall have affixed to it one of the four photographs required to be filed with the license application, as provided in § 119-6C(2)(f).
B.
Such license card shall at all times be prominently displayed and
adequately protected in the interior of any taxicab operated by the
licensee so that the face thereof shall be at all times in full view
of and plainly legible to any passenger seated on the rear seat of
such taxicab. The said license card shall at all times be and remain
the property of the borough and on direction of the Mayor and Council
shall at once be surrendered to the Borough Clerk.
C.
No taxicab driver's license card other than that of the licensee
actually operating the cab at the time shall be displayed therein.
No taxicab shall hereafter be operated in this borough unless
and until there is prominently displayed in the interior thereof,
within the full view and access of any passengers therein, a complete
list of fares, charges or tariff rates charged for transportation
of passengers, which fares, charges or tariff rates so displayed,
and no others, shall be those to be charged any passenger so transported.
A.
Every licensed taxicab shall have affixed or painted on both sides
thereof the words "taxi" or "cab" in letters at least six inches high,
or the name of the operating owner, containing the words "taxi" or
"cab" or "taxicab."
B.
Every licensed taxicab shall have affixed or painted on each side
thereof in letters at least one inch high the name of the owner thereof,
followed or preceded by the word "owner."
C.
Every licensed taxicab shall have a decal, provided by the Borough
Clerk, affixed to the lower right-hand corner of the rear window in
full view.
The rate of fare to be charged within the borough limits shall
not exceed $0.75 for one passenger for a trip from one place to another
within the borough. Two or more passengers going to the same destination
from the same place of origin (both within the borough) shall be charged
$0.50 for each passenger. If several passengers are proceeding to
several different destinations within the borough, the charge for
each passenger shall be $0.75 to each different destination.
A.
No person shall park any taxicab on any of the streets of the Borough
of Neptune City at any time, except at such place or places as the
Mayor and Council may from time to time designate as municipal taxicab
stands, and said taxicab stands shall provide twenty-four-hour service.
B.
No taxicab shall be parked and left unattended.
C.
No taxicab shall be operated from a residence or other building located
in a residential zone, and when a taxicab is parked at the owner's
or operator's place of residence, it shall be out of service
and shall have a sign so stating conspicuously displayed on the vehicle.
Immediately after the termination of any hiring or employment,
every driver of a taxicab must carefully search such taxicab for any
property lost or left therein, and any such property discovered must
be reported in writing to the Police Department, with brief particulars
and a description of such property, within 24 hours after the finding
thereof, unless sooner claimed or delivered to the owner.
A.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Neptune City may, in its
discretion, refuse to issue or renew or may, after notice and hearing,
revoke or suspend any license issued hereunder if the applicant or
licensee:
(1)
Has been convicted of a crime in this or any other jurisdiction.
(2)
Has been convicted of being a disorderly person.
(3)
Has been found guilty of a violation of Title 39. Motor Vehicles
and Traffic Regulations, of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated.
(4)
Violates any provision of this chapter or any ordinance of the Borough
of Neptune City.
(5)
Has any unsatisfied judgment of record against him arising out of
an automobile accident.
(6)
Is an alien citizen of any nation between which and the United States
of America a state of war exists.
(7)
Failed or fails to render reasonably prompt, safe and adequate taxicab
service.
(8)
Has in any degree contributed to any injury to any person or damage
to property arising out of negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
(9)
Has any communicable or contagious disease, or has developed any
physical or mental condition which interferes with his ability to
operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner.
(10)
Has not complied fully with all requirements of this chapter.
B.
Any taxicab owner's license may be denied, revoked or suspended,
or not renewed, for any of the following reasons:
