As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1, as amended and supplemented: "autocab," "person"
and "street."
The applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-1 to 48:16-12, both inclusive,
as amended and supplemented, shall be complied with in the licensing and regulating
of autocabs in this article.
License fees, to cover the administrative costs associated with processing
the application, are nonrefundable. The annual license fees for taxi owners
and taxi drivers shall be $80 and $17, respectively, which shall be paid to
the Clerk, who shall deliver the same to the Treasurer.
No license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk unless the applicant
has filed an insurance policy with the Clerk in accordance with the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 48:16-3.
The owner of the autocab shall execute and deliver to the Borough Clerk
a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint the Chief
Financial Officer of the municipality as his true and lawful attorney for
the purpose of acknowledging service of any process, out of a court of competent
jurisdiction, to be served against the insured by virtue of the indemnity
granted under the insurance policy or bond filed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:16-3
and 48:16-4.
No owner or operator of any autocab, 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.
No operator shall permit any person or persons other than the person
or persons first employing the autocab to occupy or ride in said autocab unless
the person or persons first employing the autocab shall consent to the acceptance
of such additional passenger or passengers.
Each passenger shall be entitled to have carried and conveyed upon any
licensed autocab, without charge, his ordinary traveling baggage, not exceeding,
in any case, 25 pounds of baggage.
Every owner's or operator's license granted hereunder may be suspended or revoked by the Borough Council, after notice and hearing, for the violation of any of the provisions of this article or of the statutory provisions incorporated in §
246-2 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 Borough forthwith, along with the badge supplied by the Borough pursuant to §
246-10 hereof.