[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood 6-5-2002 by Ord. No. 02:10; amended in its entirety 2-11-2004 by Ord. No. 04:02. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxicabs — See Ch. 211.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 222.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Norwood.
LIMOUSINE
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 of not 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 contained shall be construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses or buses employed solely in transporting school children or teachers, vehicles owned and operated directly or indirectly by businesses engaged in the practice of mortuary science when those vehicles are used exclusively for providing transportation related to the provision of funeral services, autobuses that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or interstate autobuses required by federal or state law or regulations of the Department of Transportation to carry insurance against loss from liability imposed by law on account of bodily injury or death.
LIMOUSINE OR LIVERY SERVICE
The business of carrying passengers for hire by limousines.
PERSON
Any individual, copartnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever.
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
The location of the main place of business of the limousine service in the Borough where limousine service is conducted, where limousines are dispatched or where limousine drivers report for duty.
STREET
Any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a limousine or livery service having its principal place of business in the Borough to operate a limousine wholly or partly along any street in the Borough unless the owner of the limousine has obtained a license from the Borough Clerk.
A. 
Applications for limousine licenses shall be made in writing, upon forms to be furnished by the Borough Clerk, signed by the applicant, and filed with the Borough Clerk. Applications shall contain or be accompanied by the following information:
(1) 
If the applicant is an individual, the name, age and residence of the applicant; if a partnership or limited liability company, the names, ages, and residences of all the partners or members, together with the business name and address of the partnership or company; and if a corporation, the names, ages and residences of the president and secretary and the period of residence in the state, county and municipality, together with the business name and address of the corporation.
(2) 
A copy of an insurance policy complying with N.J.S.A. 48:16-14.
(3) 
The name of the applicant's insurance company, the number and the date of expiration of the policy required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-14 and a description of every limousine insured thereunder and the registration number of each.
B. 
Applications made by corporations shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the president and attested by the secretary. A certified copy of a corporate resolution authorizing the application shall be attached.
C. 
Applications shall be duly verified by the applicant before a notary public or some other person duly authorized to administer oaths.
D. 
Each application shall be accompanied by the full amount of the required license fee. All licenses are issued subject to collection of any check received in payment.
A. 
The annual fee for a license for each limousine or livery service is $50 plus $10 for each limousine or livery vehicle that is covered under the required insurance policy. Each application must be accompanied by the full amount of the license fee.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10:13]
B. 
All limousine licenses shall be for a term of one year.
A. 
The Clerk, upon the approval of an application for a limousine license, shall issue a license to operate, in duplicate, showing that the owner of the limousine has complied with the terms and provisions of this chapter and N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 et seq.
B. 
The license shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description of every limousine insured thereunder and the registration number of the same.
C. 
The duplicate license shall be filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles before any such car is registered as a limousine.
D. 
The original license shall be retained within the limousine in compliance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-17.
E. 
The insurance provisions of this section may be waived only in compliance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-19 to 20.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 48:16-19 and 48:16-20 were repealed by L.1999, c. 356, § 21, effective 4-13-2000.
Any limousine license issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked by the Mayor and Council, after notice to the licensee and a hearing, if it shall appear that the licensee has failed to keep in full force and effect the insurance policy, required by this chapter and the applicable state laws, or has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of any license, this chapter, or the applicable state laws.
Any person, firm or corporation required by this chapter to register as a limousine service who violates its terms shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for a period of 90 days, or both.