[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Sandyston as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, except as these terms are otherwise defined by
N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 or its successor statute:
The owner of a limousine or limousine service that has submitted
an application for a license from the Township of Sandyston under
this article.
Commercial office space at which the actual business of a
limousine service is conducted in compliance with local zoning and
use regulations. A business address may or may not be the principal
place of business.
The calendar year from January 1 through December 31.
Includes 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 in
no event beyond the maximum passenger seating capacity of the vehicle,
not including the driver, at the time of manufacture. Nothing contained
in this article shall be construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses,
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 which 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.
The business of carrying passengers for hire by limousines.
In reference to a municipality, the location of the main
place of business of the limousine service in the municipality where
limousine service is conducted, where limousines are dispatched and/or
where limousine drivers report for duty.
A.
Principal place of business in Sandyston. Whenever the owner of a
limousine has his/her principal place of business located within the
Township of Sandyston, said owner shall annually file for a license
for each such owned limousine, to be issued by the Township in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 48:16-17. The Township of Sandyston shall issue such
license upon the owner's satisfaction of all of the requirements set
forth in this article.
B.
Foreign limousine registration with business address in Sandyston.
Whenever the owner of a limousine maintains a business address in
the Township of Sandyston, owns a limousine that is registered in
another state or in the District of Columbia, satisfies all of the
requirements set forth in this article and desires to obtain a license
for each such limousine from the Township of Sandyston; said owner
shall annually file for a license for each such owned limousine, to
be issued by the Township in accordance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-22.4.a.
The Township of Sandyston shall issue such license upon the owner's
satisfaction of all of the requirements set forth in this article.
C.
Intramunicipal service. Whenever a limousine service provides intramunicipal
service on a point-to-point basis within the Township of Sandyston,
the owner of the limousine or limousine service shall annually file
for a license for each limousine providing said service, to be issued
by the Township as permitted by N.J.S.A. 48:16-18.1. The Township
of Sandyston shall issue such license upon the owner's satisfaction
of all of the requirements set forth in this article.
B.
Insurance. The applicant shall submit proof of insurance for liability
to the Municipal Clerk in accordance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-14, issued
by an insurer licensed to do business in New Jersey, having a minimal
coverage of $1,500,000, or such other minimum amount set forth in
N.J.S.A. 48:16-14, if different. Said proof shall be in the form of
an insurance certificate issued by an insurance company licensed to
do business in the State of New Jersey.
C.
Verification fee. The applicant shall annually pay to the Township
of Sandyston a nonrefundable, nontransferable fee for verification
of the accuracy of its license application information as follows:
(1)
Whenever the applicant represents that his/her principal place of
business is located within the Township of Sandyston, the Township
shall conduct its own investigation to confirm whether such a principal
place of business exists within the Township of Sandyston. The verification
fee for this investigation shall be $100 for each such limousine and
each such business address each license year.
(2)
Whenever the applicant represents that he/she maintains a business
address in the Township of Sandyston and owns a limousine that is
registered in another state or the District of Columbia, the Township
shall conduct its own investigation to confirm both the Sandyston
business address and the validity of the foreign registration of each
limousine. The verification fee shall be $100 for each such limousine
and each such business address each license year.
(3)
Whenever the applicant seeks an intramunicipal license for the Township
of Sandyston and represents that his/her principal place of business
is located in another New Jersey municipality, there shall be no verification
fee required, provided that the applicant presents a valid license
for each such limousine from the New Jersey municipality in which
the applicant's principal place of business is located.
The duration of each license issued by the Township of Sandyston
shall be for that portion of the license year remaining from the date
of issuance of said license.
Violation of any provision of this article shall, upon conviction,
result in a penalty consisting of a fine up to a maximum of $1,250;
or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a period of community
service for not more than 90 days, or any combination thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the
provisions of this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
