As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person issued a taxicab driver's license pursuant to
this chapter who operates a taxicab (operation of taxicab - transporting
in a taxicab one or more persons for hire along any of the streets
in this City, accepting a passenger to be transported for hire within
the City limits or from a point within the City limits to a point
outside of the City limits). The "operation of a taxicab," as above
described, by one other than the owner of said cab shall be deemed
operation by the owner thereof as well as by the person actually driving
said cab.
Any person who is the named titled holder of any taxicab
registered with the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles or who is
listed in an application for licensure as the owner of a taxicab in
the City of Margate.
Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, association,
corporation, joint venture, lessee, trustee, assigns or receiver,
or any other such entity.
Includes any street, avenue, park, highway, or any other
public roadway, whether or not the same is improved.
Every vehicle, except motorbuses, limousines and motor vehicles
commonly called "jitneys," operated by authority of any ordinance,
law or permit, which is used or to be used for the common carriage
and conveyance of persons for hire from any place within the City
of Margate to any other place.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "taximeter"
and "waiting time," which immediately followed this definition, were
repealed 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17.
A.
The licensing, inspection and control of taxicabs
and the owners thereof and the enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter shall be vested in the Commissioners of the City of Margate.
[Amended 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17]
B.
The Commissioners may promulgate reasonable rules
and regulations affecting the operations use of and inspection of
taxicabs, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. Said
rules and regulations shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall
only be effective upon approval by the City Commission.
C.
The City Commissioners shall hear all appeals taken
from any action or decision of the City Clerk and/or Police Chief.
Every person or persons, firm or corporation
found guilty in a municipal court of competent jurisdiction of violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to pay a fine
of not less than $50 nor more than $500 and/or be imprisoned for a
period not to exceed 30 days or as may otherwise be provided for in
the conviction of a petty disorderly offense in Title 2C of the Revised
New Jersey Statutes. Each succeeding day of violation may be construed
as a new violation. Two violations within the period of one year may
entitle the Board of Commissioners to require forfeiture of all taxicab
owners' licenses owned by a licensee.
