[HISTORY: 1984 Code §§ 150-1—150-8 as
amended through December 31, 2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Means a limousine. (N.J.S.A. 48:16-13)
Means and includes any automobile or motor car used in the
business of carrying passengers for hire to provide 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 of no more than 14 passengers, not including the driver,
provided, that such a vehicle is certified by the manufacturer of
the original vehicle and the second-stage manufacturer, if applicable,
to conform to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant
to 49 CFR Part 571 (49 CFR 571.1 et seq.) and 49 CFR Part 567 (49
CFR 567.1 et seq.). In addition, a "Vehicle Emission Control Information"
label, which contains the name and trademark of the manufacturer and
an unconditional statement of compliance with the emission requirements
of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall be present on the vehicle.
Nothing in this Article contained shall be construed to include taxicabs,
hotel buses, buses employed solely in transporting school children
or teachers, vehicles owned and operated directly or indirectly by
businesses engaged in the practice of mortuary science when those
vehicles are used exclusively for providing transportation related
to the provision of funeral services, 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. (N.J.S.A. 48:16-13)
Includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by
limousines.
Includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation
or joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
The Police Department of the city.
Includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other
public place.
Any automobile or motorcar, commonly called a taxi, engaged
in the business of carrying passengers for hire, which is held out,
announced or advertised to operate or run as a taxicab, which is operated
or run over any of the streets or public highways of the city, and
particularly accepts and discharges such persons as may offer themselves
for transportation from points or places within or without the city.
A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for
hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated either for distance traveled
or for waiting time, or both, and upon which such charges shall be
indicated by means of figures.
No person shall keep, hire or use for hire or pay or cause to
be kept or used for hire or pay any motor vehicle or limousine utilizing
the City of South Amboy as a place of business or place of garaging
as expressed in N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 et seq. without having first obtained
a license for that purpose from the City Clerk for such limousine
or livery, which license shall be known as a "limousine license."
Such license shall be for a term of one year and shall be renewable
annually and shall be nontransferable.
A.Â
The fee for the issuance of such license shall be $60 for each limousine
or automobile license. Each such vehicle used as a limousine shall
be licensed separately.
[Ord. No. 12-1998]
B.Â
The City Clerk shall issue such license after the satisfactory compliance
by the applicant with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 through
16-22, the payment of the aforesaid fee, the submission of a current
certificate of insurance, a power of attorney appointing the Chief
Financial Officer of the city his true and lawful attorney for the
purpose of acknowledging service of any process out of a court of
competent jurisdiction and a signed statement from the City Zoning
Officer certifying that the limousine service is not operating in
a residential zone.
There shall be a separate license issued for each limousine
to be licensed. The license shall be in writing, numbered, in triplicate,
signed by the City Clerk on a form provided by the municipality, and
shall contain the following information:
A.Â
The name, business address and business telephone number of the owner.
B.Â
The number of the license and the make, model, year, serial number
and license plate of each vehicle.
C.Â
The name of the company supplying insurance coverage; the policy
number and a date of expiration.
D.Â
The name, address and telephone number of the insurance agent.
Licenses for limousines and liveries or any renewal thereof
shall be issued by the City Clerk after the approval of the City Council
is received.
One copy of the limousine license when issued shall be retained
by the City Clerk. The applicant shall receive an original and one
copy. The original shall be kept in the limousine at all times. One
copy shall be filed with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
A.Â
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or other organization found
to be in violation of any of the provisions of this Article shall,
upon conviction thereof in Municipal Court, in addition to the penalties
provided by N.J.S.A. 48:16-22, pay a fine of not less than $50 and
no more than $100 for the first offense and for each subsequent offense
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine not to exceed $500. Upon failure
to pay such fine, such person shall be liable to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 30 days.
B.Â
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or other organization found
to be operating without the requisite insurance shall, in addition
to the fines listed above, be subject to a revocation of license.
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The City Council has determined not to issue any taxicab licenses
or autobus licenses as they are defined in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 et seq.
