City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 758 Taxicabs
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Article I Licensing Drivers
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Affirmative Action
- Ch 19 Ambulance Services
- Ch 26 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils
- Ch 33 Contracts
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 44 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Empowerment Zone Corporation
- Ch 59 Fire Department
- Ch 63 Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors
- Ch 74 Living Wage
- Ch 80 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Insurance Fund
- Ch 89 Municipal Property
- Ch 97 Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 103 Personnel Policies
- Ch 110 Police Department
- Ch 118 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 120 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 122 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 128 Seal, Official
- Ch 136 Training Requirements
- Ch 141 Urban Enterprise Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 160 Adopt a Park Program
- Ch 164 Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program
- Ch 169 Advertising Materials
- Ch 177 Alarm Systems
- Ch 181 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 188 Animals
- Ch 193 Arcades and Amusement Devices
- Ch 198 Asbestos Removal
- Ch 204 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 209 Autocabs
- Ch 217 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- Ch 225 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 232 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 240 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 246 Cannabis
- Ch 248 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds
- Ch 253 Cemeteries
- Ch 264 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 277 Criminal History Background Check
- Ch 282 Curfew
- Ch 283 Anti-Bullying
- Ch 286 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 291 Development Plans
- Ch 303 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 309 Dumpsters
- Ch 314 Elevators
- Ch 320 Emergencies
- Ch 323 Employee Residency Reports
- Ch 325 Entertainers, Models and Dancers
- Ch 329 Entertainment, Places of Public
- Ch 340 Fees and Costs
- Ch 348 Filming
- Ch 352 Firearms
- Ch 357 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 363 Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation
- Ch 369 Fireworks
- Ch 374 Flags
- Ch 378 Flea Markets
- Ch 383 Florists
- Ch 390 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 394 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 400 Food Service Entities
- Ch 410 Games of Chance
- Ch 416 Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations
- Ch 420 Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of
- Ch 428 Graffiti
- Ch 434 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 439 Health Clubs
- Ch 445 Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 450 Housing Standards
- Ch 456 Ice Dealers and Vending Machines
- Ch 461 Improvement Districts
- Ch 467 Junkyards
- Ch 478 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 485 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 492 Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of
- Ch 496 Massage Parlors
- Ch 500 Mercantile Businesses
- Ch 507 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 508 Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 512 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 518 Noise
- Ch 523 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 534 Parades
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Parking Lots, Commercial
- Ch 550 Parking Permit Program, Residential
- Ch 556 Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street
- Ch 562 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 567 Pay Telephones, Outdoor
- Ch 573 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 578 Peddlers and Vending Units
- Ch 582 Pedicabs
- Ch 587 Photographers, Street
- Ch 594 Picketing
- Ch 600 Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits
- Ch 601 Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 608 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 615 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 620 Property Maintenance
- Ch 627 Public Utilities
- Ch 635 Real Estate Transactions
- Ch 644 Rental Property
- Ch 650 Rent Control
- Ch 656 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 661 Sales, Special
- Ch 667 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 675 Sewers
- Ch 679 (Reserved)
- Ch 684 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 688 Signs
- Ch 700 Snow, Ice and Debris Removal
- Ch 705 Soft Drinks, Wholesale
- Ch 711 Solid Waste
- Ch 716 Special Events
- Ch 722 Storage Facilities
- Ch 725 Stormwater Control and Management
- Ch 729 Street Closings
- Ch 735 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 739 Sustainability Requirements
- Ch 742 Swimming Pools
- Ch 747 Tattooing and Tattooists
- Ch 753 Taxation
- Ch 758 Taxicabs
- Ch 758 Art I Licensing Drivers
- § 758-1 Definitions.
- § 758-2 Applicability.
- § 758-3 Requirements for licenses.
- § 758-4 Cab owner and vehicle to be licensed.
- § 758-5 Ownership of taxicabs operated by licensee limited.
- § 758-6 Availability of license for display.
- § 758-7 Defacing of license.
- § 758-8 Change of address.
- § 758-9 Report of loss of license.
- Ch 766 Theaters
- Ch 771 Tires, Used
- Ch 776 Tobacco
- Ch 780 Toilet Facilities, Portable
- Ch 785 Towing Services
- Ch 791 Transient Merchants
- Ch 796 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 803 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 808 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 815 Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of
- Ch 822 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 827 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 840 Water
- Ch 847 Weapons-Free Zones
- Ch 852 Weights and Measures
- Ch 870 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A900 Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements
- Ch A910 Historic Districts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 11-24-1982 by Ord. No. MC-1910]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any automobile or motorcar, commonly called "taxi,"
"autocab," "omnibus" or by whatever name or designation it may now
or hereafter be known or designated, engaging in the business of carrying
passengers for hire, which is held out, announced or advertised to
operate or run or which is operated or run over any of the streets
of the City, and particularly accepts and discharges such persons
as may offer themselves for transportation from points or places within
the City upon the terms, provisions or conditions prescribed in this
chapter, or which is hired by charter or for a particular contract
or by the day or hour or other fixed period 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
contained in this section shall be construed to include any motor
vehicle, by whatever name or designation, used and employed solely
in transporting school children or teachers or autobuses which are
subject to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Public Utility
Commissioners of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
This article shall apply to any person who operates a taxicab
for hire.
In order to qualify for a taxicab driver's license, each
applicant therefor shall meet the following prerequisites:
A.
He/She shall furnish satisfactory evidence that he/she has received
and is the holder of a current and existing driver's license
issued by the State of New Jersey.
B.
He/She shall be of the age of 18 years or more.
C.
He/She shall not have been convicted of any crime involving moral
turpitude.
D.
He/She shall present the certificate of a reputable physician showing
that he/she has been examined within 60 days preceding the submission
of his/her application and that he/she is of sound physique with good
eyesight and not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or any
other infirmity of the body or mind which might render him/her unfit
for the safe operation of a taxicab. The Division of Inspections,
in its discretion, may, at any time after a driver's license
has been issued under this article, require the holder of the same
to submit to a physical examination and present a certificate of such
physician showing the nonexistence of the conditions above mentioned.
The certificate shall be required for renewal of a license on a yearly
basis.
[Amended 12-8-1983 by Ord. No. MC-1994]
E.
He/She shall be able to read and write the English language.
F.
He/She shall be clean in dress and person.
G.
He/She shall not be addicted to the use of narcotics or intoxicating
liquors.
H.
He/She shall not be a habitual violator of the motor vehicle laws
of New Jersey.
I.
He/She shall state in the application the name of the holder of the
taxicab license issued pursuant to this chapter by whom he/she will
be employed.
No taxicab driver shall operate a taxicab unless such vehicle and vehicle owner are also licensed pursuant to Article II of this chapter.
No licensed taxicab driver shall operate a taxicab owned by
a person other than the person named in the driver's application
and the taxicab license without first obtaining a transfer therefor
from the Division of Inspections, not to exceed three in any one year.
Each licensed taxicab driver shall, upon demand of the City
employee assigned by the Division of Inspections, exhibit his/her
license and photograph for inspection.
Any change of address of any taxicab licensee or taxicab driver
licensed under this chapter shall be reported, in writing, to the
Division of Inspections office within 72 hours of such change.
The loss of the taxicab license or taxicab driver's license
shall be reported, in writing, by the licensee to the Division of
Inspections office within 24 hours of such loss.
