Editor's Note: For State Statute authorizing a municipality to adopt ordinances to license and regulate cartmen, see N.J.S. 40:52-1c.
[R.O. 1966 § 8:4-1]
As used in this chapter:
DIRECTOR
Shall mean the Director of the Department of Finance and/or his designee.
VEHICLE
Shall mean any horse-drawn or self-propelled or motorized vehicle, including but not by way of limitation, cart, wagon, dray, truck or other carriage or vehicle.
[R.O. 1966 § 8:4-2]
No person shall operate, hire out, keep or use for hire or wages or cause to be kept or used for hire or wages, any vehicle, as defined in Section 8:4-1, for the transportation of merchandise, goods or articles of any description, within the City, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Director.
[R.O. 1966; R.O. 1966 C.S. § 8:4-3; Ord. 6 PSF-D, 8-3-2016 § 3]
a. 
The fee for a cartman's license issued under this chapter shall be $50 per vehicle.
b. 
All licenses issued, and renewals thereof, under this chapter shall expire on March 31st after its date of issuance. The Division of Tax Abatements/Special Taxes shall establish administrative rules and/or regulations pertaining to scheduling for the issuance of a cartman's license.
c. 
The license fee shall be payable upon the presentation of the application and shall be returned less the sum of $10 in the event such license is not granted.
[R.O. 1966 § 8:4-4]
a. 
Every person licensed as a cartman with vehicle shall, upon the procurement of the license, obtain from the Director, a license plate for each such licensed vehicle. The plate shall be furnished by the City and shall indicate:
1. 
The number of the issued license; and
2. 
The time during which the license will be in force. The licensee shall cause the license plate to be securely affixed to and remain to one side of the vehicle licensed.
b. 
No person shall mutilate, disfigure, loan, sell or otherwise dispose of any license plate issued pursuant to paragraph a of this section.
[R.O. 1966 § 8:4-5]
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed pursuant to this chapter to operate, manage or control a vehicle, carrying ice or coal or dairy or food products or any other produce, requiring licenses or permits pursuant to any other chapter or Article of these Revised General Ordinances or other ordinances of the City unless such person shall have been issued such required licenses or permits.
CROSS REFERENCE: For specific license or permit requirements for vehicles selling or delivering ice, milk and milk products, and other food products, see Title 13 of these Revised General Ordinances.
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Editor's Note: For statutory provisions requiring special license plates to be affixed to vehicles carrying solid fuels, including coal, see N.J.S. 51:8-5.
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Editor's Note: Section 8:4-6, Moving on Sundays and Holiday Prohibited, has not been continued in the 2000 Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 8:4-8]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.