As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
set forth:
CRUISING
The driving of an empty taxicab to and fro along a public street
at a slow rate of speed for the obvious purpose of soliciting passengers.
TAXICAB
Any automobile or motor vehicle commonly called "taxi," "autocab,"
"limousine" or by whatever other name or designation they may be known, engaged
in the business of carrying passengers for hire, which is held out, announced
or advertised to operate or run over the public streets or highways in the
Township, and particularly accepts and discharges persons who may offer themselves
for transportation from points or places within the Township to points or
places within or without the Township, or which is hired by charter or for
a particular contract, or by the day or hour, or other fixed period, or to
transport passengers to a specified place or places, or which charges a fare
or price agreed upon in advance between the operator and the passenger. Nothing
in this definition or chapter shall apply to omnibuses or to school buses.
The annual fees for the licenses herein required shall be as set forth in Chapter
80, Fees.
Any license may be revoked or suspended at any time for cause by action of the Township Council after notice and a hearing as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, of this Code.
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I.