As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
TAXICAB
Includes any automobile or motorcar engaged in the business
of carrying passengers for hire upon the streets of the township to
points or places within or without the township, whether hired or
engaged from a garage or from any taxi stand or other place in the
township.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-1
et seq. of the Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented, shall
be complied with in the licensing and regulating of taxicabs under
this chapter. No license shall be issued under this chapter until
the insurance required under N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 or 48:16-4 has been
obtained and produced in accordance with said statutory sections.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
Any person wishing to operate a taxicab or own
a taxicab for the purpose of operating the taxicab or to permit another
person to operate said taxicab must obtain a license in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 et seq. and the provisions
of this chapter.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
No license shall be issued under this chapter
unless the application for such license has been submitted to the
Township Committee. Any applicant shall be investigated by the Chief
of Police and fingerprinted and photographed. A complete report of
said investigation shall be submitted to the Township Committee for
its review and consideration.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36; 2-11-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
License fees in the following amounts shall
be paid to the Clerk, who shall deliver the same to the Chief Financial
Officer:
A. For each owner's license for a taxicab: an annual
fee of $150.
B. For each operator of a licensed taxicab, whether or
not the owner thereof: $20.
C. For each
additional car: $25.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
No owner's license shall be issued unless the
taxicab shall be in such a condition, mechanical and otherwise, as
to render it fit, safe and appropriate for the comfortable and decent
transportation of passengers. Failure to maintain a taxicab in a fit,
safe and appropriate mechanical and interior condition shall be a
violation of this chapter.
No owner or operator of any taxicab, while waiting
for employment at any place other than the garage or residence of
the owner thereof, shall refuse conveyance to any person without just
cause.
The Township Committee may, by resolution, designate
public stands for taxicabs licensed under this chapter. The Chief
of Police or such other police officer as may be designated for that
purpose shall regulate and preserve order at such public stands. Any
owner or operator who shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey the directions
of such police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
No operator shall permit any person or persons
other than the person or persons first employing the taxicab to occupy
or ride in said taxicab unless the person or persons first employing
the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of such additional passenger
or passengers.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
Each passenger shall be entitled to have carried
and conveyed upon any licensed taxicab, without charge, his or her
ordinary traveling baggage.
Every owner's or operator's license granted hereunder may be suspended or revoked by the Township Committee, after notice and hearing, for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the statutory provisions incorporated in §
305-2 hereof, or for other good and sufficient cause. During said suspension and after revocation, the license shall be inoperative and of no effect and the license shall be surrendered to the township forthwith, along with the badge supplied by the township pursuant to §
305-8 hereof.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
Any person violating or failing to comply with
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.),
by imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days and/or by
a period of community service not to exceed ninety (90) days, in the
discretion of the 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.