Each application for a limousine owner's license
shall be accompanied by a policy of insurance, with the premium prepaid
thereon, written by an insurance company duly licensed to transact
business under the insurance laws of the state, which has been submitted
to the Borough Clerk and approved by the Borough Attorney as to form
and sufficiency, in an amount as required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-14.
Each application for a limousine owner's license shall be accompanied by a duly executed and acknowledged power of attorney wherein and whereby the applicant shall appoint the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Borough as his true and lawful attorney for the purpose of acknowledging service of any process of a court of competent jurisdiction to be served against the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under the insurance policy filed in accordance with §
254-4 above.
The processing of limousine owner or driver
license applications shall be charged to the Chief of Police. The
applicant shall be fingerprinted by the Police Department and shall
file with his application two recent photographs of himself, of the
size that could be attached to his license. One of the photographs
shall be filed with the application in the Police Department Bureau
of Criminal Identification. Said applicant will be investigated as
to his character and reputation and if said applicant is denied a
license, he will forfeit the fee for the application. The Chief of
Police shall prepare an application form requesting submittal of the
information required under this chapter for the issuance of a limousine
license. The Mayor and Council shall approve by resolution the application
form.
The Borough Council may by resolution make such
general rules and regulations and such special rulings and findings
as may be necessary for the proper regulation and control of the operation
of limousines in the Borough of Oradell and enforcement of this chapter,
in addition thereto and not inconsistent therewith, the Borough Council
may alter, amend, repeal and publish same.
No licensee under this chapter shall operate
or cause to be operated any vehicle which is not at all times clean
and in good repair.
A. "In need of repair" shall include but is not limited
to the following:
(1) That the glass (windows and/or windshield) is cracked,
chipped or scratched, or that the glass in the mirrors is cracked.
(2) That the horn does not function properly so as to
produce a sound audible for 200 feet.
(3) That the emergency brake does not hold the vehicle
when parked on a grade.
(4) That the foot brake does not hold the vehicle when
parked on a grade and that it does not have sufficient reverse pedal.
(5) That the headlights, taillights, stop lights and directional
lights do not turn on and off when operated by the controls in the
vehicle, or are otherwise broken or defective.
(6) That the windshield wipers do not rotate back and
forth with sufficient pressure when turned on and do not stop when
turned off by the controls in the vehicle.
(7) That the tires have damage, ply separation, breaks
or cuts and do not have at least 2/32 of an inch tire tread.
(8) That the defroster does not function properly so as
to produce a temperature in excess of 50° F.
B. The owner and operator of each limousine operating
in the Borough of Oradell shall present the limousine to the Chief
of Police or other designated police officer so that it may be inspected
to determine whether it complies with the provisions of this chapter.
Immediately after the termination of any hiring
or employment, every driver of a limousine must carefully search such
limousine for any property lost or left therein, and any such property
discovered must be reported in writing to the Police Department with
brief particulars and descriptions of such property, within 24 hours
after the findings thereof, unless sooner claimed or delivered to
the owner.
No owner or driver of any such limousine shall
induce any person to employ him by knowingly misinforming or misleading
any such person, either as to time or place of the arrival or departure
of any train, or other regularly scheduled mode of transportation,
or as to the location of any hotel, public place or private residence
within the Borough, nor shall any such owner or driver deceive any
person or make false representation to him, or convey any passenger
to any other place or over any street other than that to which the
passenger may have instructed the driver to go.
The owner of each limousine so licensed shall
keep or cause to be kept a written daily record of each trip made
by said limousine showing the date, time and place the cab was engaged,
the place and time of discharge of the passengers, the number of passengers
carried, the fare received, distance carried, a statement of receipts
and expenditures, and the limousine driver's license number of the
person driving the cab on the trip. Such records shall be subject
to inspection by the Police Department of the Borough of Oradell,
or the Borough Council at their discretion. There shall also be reported
to the Chief of Police the happening of an accident involving such
limousine or the loss of property left in the limousine by a passenger
within 24 hours after such event.
The conviction of a licensee for a violation
hereunder shall not prevent the Borough from taking action to suspend
or revoke the license of the person so convicted as herein provided.