As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CRUISING
Driving an empty taxicab along a public street at a slow
rate of speed for the obvious purpose of soliciting passengers.
OPERATION OF A TAXICAB
Transporting in a taxicab one or more persons for hire, or
accepting a passenger to be transported for hire from a point of departure
within the City to a destination within or without the City shall
be considered operation of a taxicab within the City. The operation
of a taxicab by one other than the owner shall be deemed operation
by the owner as well as by the person actually driving the taxi. The
transportation of any person other than the owner or driver in any
motor vehicle bearing a sign using the words "taxi," "taxicab," "cab"
or "hack" shall be prima facie evidence of operation.
OWNER
Any person or legal entity in whose name title to any taxicab
is registered with the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles, or who
appears in the Division's records to be a conditional vendee or lessee
or has any other proprietary interest in a taxicab.
[Amended 3-6-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-6]
TAXICAB or TAXI
A motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire which
does not operate over a fixed route and is not hired by the day or
hour.
TAXI STAND
A designated, and marked, location within the City where
a taxicab may legally park.
[Amended 3-6-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-6]
A. Driver's license. The holder of a Bridgeton taxicab driver's license
shall be entitled to operate within the City any taxicab whose owner
has been licensed under this chapter.
B. Owner's license. The holder of a taxicab owner's license shall be
entitled to operate a taxicab owned by him within the City, provided
that the person driving the cab holds a valid Bridgeton taxicab driver's
license.
C. Neither owner's nor driver's licenses shall be transferred from one
person or entity to another.
D. Taxicab license. Taxicab licenses are the property of the City of
Bridgeton. They shall not be sold or otherwise transferred.
[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 11-23; 3-6-2018 by Ord. No. 18-6]
A. The maximum number of taxicabs that will be permitted in the City
of Bridgeton shall be 21.
B. No taxicab owner may have more than seven taxicabs operating in the
City of Bridgeton.
C. Taxicab license auction. Upon the reversion of any taxicab license,
the City shall hold an auction:
(1)
A taxicab license shall be available to the highest bidder at
an auction for the available license(s) conducted by the Municipal
Clerk upon authorization of the auction by resolution of the City
Council.
(2)
The minimum bid price shall be $250.
(3)
The auction shall be advertised by the Municipal Clerk as a
public notice for two consecutive weeks prior to the auction date.
(4)
The successful bidder must comply with the requirements of §
321-4 within 30 calendar days of acquiring an owner's license and submit an application for an owner's license. Should the applicant be denied an owner's license, the bid price will be refunded minus a processing fee of $100. The application fee for the owner's license is non-refundable.
D. All drivers shall disclose which taxi owner the driver intends to
operate under and shall have an ongoing obligation to update this
information with the City Clerk's office upon any change in this status.
If the driver is no longer intending to drive for a taxi owner in
the City of Bridgeton, the driver shall have the obligation to report
same to the City Clerk in writing.
The Business Administrator may establish, with the approval
of the Mayor, regulations relating to the operating of taxicabs and
the conduct of licensees. A copy of the rules and regulations shall
be furnished to each licensee.
If the applicant purposely misstates the facts on the application, in addition to the ability of the Council to deny the application or suspend or revoke the license, if previously applied for or granted, the applicant shall be deemed to have violated this chapter and be subject to the maximum penalties as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any misstatement on the application is purposeful.