As used in this article the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
LIMOUSINE
Includes any automobile or motor car used in the business
of carrying passengers for hire to provide prearranged passenger transportation
at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that
is not conducted on a regular route and with a seating capacity in
no event of more than 14 passengers, not including the driver, provided
that such a vehicle shall not have a seating capacity in excess of
four passengers, not including the driver, beyond the maximum passenger
seating capacity of the vehicle, not including the driver, at the
time of manufacture. Nothing in this definition shall be construed
to include taxicab, hotel buses or buses regulated by the New Jersey
Department of Transportation.
[Added 12-27-2000 by Ord. No. 54-2000]
LIMOUSINE SERVICE
Includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by
limousine.
PERSON
Includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation
or joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed
by any court whatsoever.
STREET
Includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway, boulevard
or other public place.
There are hereby established two classes of
limousine licenses, to be known as "limousine owner's license" and
"limousine driver's license."
A. Limousine owner's license. A limousine owner's license
shall entitle the limousine therein described to be operated anywhere
within this Township by a driver duly licensed hereunder, until such
license either expires or is surrendered, suspended or revoked, and
shall not be transferable. There shall be no limit to the number of
limousine owner's licenses issued.
B. Limousine driver's license. A limousine driver's license
shall entitle the person named therein to operate within this Township
any limousine duly licensed hereunder, until the license either expires
or is surrendered, suspended or revoked, and shall not be transferable.
There shall be no limit to the number of limousine driver's licenses
issued.
No person shall hire out, keep or use for hire
or pay, or to be kept or used for hire or pay, any limousine within
the Township without first having obtained an owner's license for
that purpose, as provided by this chapter.
The owner of the limousine shall execute and deliver to the Division of Motor Vehicles, concurrently with the filing of a certificate of insurance pursuant to §
203-12A(1) a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles 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 filed.