As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The driving of an empty taxicab, as defined herein, along
a public street or public place for the purpose of soliciting passengers.
Includes a copartnership, association or corporation, and
the singular or plural, the masculine or feminine.
A section of a public street or of a public place set apart
under the terms of this chapter for the exclusive use of a taxicab
or a limited number of taxicabs, as defined herein.
Any motor vehicle commonly called "taxi," "autocar," "public
hack," "omnibus" or by whatever name or designation any such vehicle
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
or highways of the Borough of Park Ridge in the County of Bergen,
and particularly into which are accepted and discharged such persons
as may offer themselves for transportation from points or places to
points or places within and without the Borough of Park Ridge upon
the terms, provisions or conditions prescribed in this chapter, or
by the day or by the hour or other fixed period, or by means of a
fare established in this chapter; provided, however, that nothing
in this section contained shall be construed to include any motor
vehicle, by whatever name or designation, used in transporting school
children or school teachers, or any autobus, jitneys or other vehicles
which are hired by charter or pursuant to a particular contract for
such public conveyances as are by law subject to state or federal
regulations exclusively.
A.Â
There are hereby established two classes of taxicab
licenses, to be known as "taxicab driver's license" and "taxicab owner's
license," respectively.
(1)Â
A taxicab driver's license shall entitle the person
mentioned therein to operate within the Borough of Park Ridge any
taxicab duly licensed hereunder until said license either expires
or is surrendered, suspended or revoked, and shall not be transferable.
(2)Â
A taxicab owner's license shall entitle the taxicab
therein described to be operated in the Borough of Park Ridge by a
driver duly licensed hereunder until the said license either expires
or is surrendered, suspended or revoked, and shall not be transferable,
except as hereinafter set forth.
B.Â
No more than 12 taxicab owners' licenses shall be
issued and in force at any one time in the Borough of Park Ridge.
No vehicle for the conveyance of passengers
other than duly licensed taxicabs for the use of which a fare is charged,
except any vehicle used and employed in transporting schoolchildren
or school teachers and except any vehicle which is subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal regulations, shall
stand on or along any public street or public place within said Borough,
waiting for prospective passengers therefor.
