From and after the effective date of this chapter, all applicants for
the privilege of operating a taxicab on the streets of Egg Harbor City shall
comply with the provisions of this chapter.
No consent given by the Common Council shall become effective until
the owner of the taxicab shall have filed with the City Clerk an insurance
policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the laws of New
Jersey, conditioned for the payment of a sum of not less than $100,000, exclusive
of interest and costs, on account of injury to or the death of one person
in any one accident; and a sum not less than $300,000, exclusive of interest
and costs, on account of injury to or the death of more than one person in
any one accident; and a sum of not less than $5,000, exclusive of interest
and costs for damage to property in any one accident. The insurance policy
shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person
on account of the ownership, maintenance or use of the taxicab or any fault
in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering
loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
The owner of the taxicab shall execute and deliver to the City Clerk,
together with said policy, a power of attorney appointing the Treasurer of
the City of Egg Harbor City his or her 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.
The City Clerk shall, upon receipt of the insurance policy and power
of attorney, issue a certificate, in duplicate, showing that the owner of
the taxicab has complied with this chapter.
At the time of filing an application to operate a taxicab in Egg Harbor
City, the applicant shall pay a license fee of $50 for one year, which will
cover the period from June 1 of the current year to and including May 31 of
the following year. This license fee shall apply to all taxicabs now operating
with the consent of the Common Council, but shall not be effective until June
1, 1974. This chapter shall not relieve the operator of a taxicab in the City
of Egg Harbor City from complying with the provisions of any applicable statute
of the State of New Jersey.
Each and every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding $1,000,
a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the
Judge before whom said conviction shall be had. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and each person
continuing or allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation may be
punished as provided above for each separate offense.