Licensed taxicabs, limousines and liveries may be inspected
and reinspected at any time for cleanliness, sanitary condition, and
mechanical safety for the transportation of passengers and general
safety and fitness for public patronage. Such inspections shall be
made and records thereof shall be kept by the Police Department.
The name, monogram, insignia or color scheme of a licensed taxicab
shall not be changed after the issuance of a license therefor so as
to be in conflict with the name, monogram, insignia or color scheme
used by any other licensee.
Any change of address of the owner of any taxicab, limousine
or livery or of any driver occurring after the issuance of a license
under this chapter shall be reported by said licensee to the Director
of Licensing, in writing, within three days after such change. The
Director of Licensing shall immediately report such change of address
to the Chief of Police.
A.
The City of East Orange will be divided into six zones. The fare
will be $7 if the pickup and dropoff is within the same zone, and
$1 additional to carry passengers between zones, with a maximum charge
of $12. There is no fee for children five years of age and under.
B.
When there are three or more passengers, a two-dollar fee will be
added to the fare.
C.
There will be a charge of $1 for all luggage beyond the first bag,
a flat fee for groceries of $2 and laundry for $2, only if driver
assists in handling these items.
D.
Flat rate to Newark Airport not to exceed $35; flat rate to Penn
Station, Newark, $20; to LaGuardia Airport, $100 (plus tolls); and
Kennedy Airport, $120 (plus tolls).
E.
Fares outside of the City of East Orange within a one- to three-mile
radius may not exceed $16. Rates outside this provision will be determined
between the passenger and driver prior to departure.
Every licensed taxicab driver shall record in writing the time
and place each passenger is accepted and the time and place of discharge
of the passenger. Such records shall be kept intact for one year from
the date thereof. Such records shall be kept open for inspection at
all times during the one-year period by a duly authorized representative
of the Police Department.
No driver of any licensed taxicab in soliciting employment shall
so operate a taxicab as to interfere with or impede unnecessarily
the movement of other vehicles or pedestrians. Employment may be solicited
by driving through any public street or place at a rate of speed that
will not interfere with or impede traffic. No passenger shall be solicited
unless within six feet of a taxicab.
No taxicab passenger shall be accepted or discharged on a public
street except at the curb.
The Director of Licensing along with the Director of Public
Works are hereby empowered to establish open stands in such places
upon the streets of the City of East Orange as they deem necessary
for the use of taxicabs operating in the City. Both Directors shall
create such open stands after taking into consideration the need for
such stands, convenience to the general public and with the recommendation
of the Police and Fire Departments of the City and approval of the
City Council by resolution. No licensed taxicab may park or stand
in any public street or public place in the City except in such place
or places as may be designated by ordinance, resolution or regulation
adopted in accordance with law. There shall be a metal sign attached
to a stanchion on the curb or other conspicuous place prescribed by
the Chief of Police or the Director of Public Works designating a
taxi parking space. Only such taxicabs as are for hire may remain
at designated taxicab stands while waiting for employment and shall
position their vehicles in a single line. After the first taxicab
in line leaves the stand, those behind shall move up. Any other taxicab
seeking parking space in such stand shall approach it only from the
rear thereof.
A.
No taxi in public or private use may park on public streets or in
public places in the City of East Orange unless the driver is waiting
to pick up or discharge passengers. No such taxi shall stand at the
curb within 15 feet of the entrance of any public building, and no
parking stand will be within 10 feet of any crosswalk. This provision
shall not apply to taxicabs parked at a taxi stand.
B.
The Director of Licensing shall prescribe the maximum number of taxicabs
occupying a stand at one time.
C.
Nothing in this section shall prevent any passenger from boarding
the taxicab of his/her choice at any stand.
D.
Taxicabs shall be permitted to stand, load and unload passengers
at locations identified by appropriate signage as "taxicab stands."
The locations and quantity of respective stands on each roadway is
as follows:
|
Street
|
Number of Stands
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Brick Church Plaza
|
12
| |
|
Central Avenue (in front of EOGH)
|
3
| |
|
City Hall Plaza (opposite to EO Train Station)[1]
|
5
| |
|
Dr. MLK Boulevard (west of South Harrison Street)
|
3
| |
|
Tremont Avenue (opposite VA hospital)
|
3
| |
|
Brookwood Street (north of South Orange Avenue)
|
3
| |
|
South Orange Avenue (east of Brookwood Street)
|
3
| |
|
Central Avenue (west of South Grove Street)
|
3
| |
|
Central Avenue (east of South Grove Street)
|
3
| |
|
Princeton Street (south of Central Avenue)
|
3
| |
|
Park Avenue (east of North Clinton Street)
|
2
| |
|
Total:
|
43
|
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Ord. No. 20-2023, adopted 9-11-2023,
the name of City Hall Plaza was changed to "Lt. Governor Sheila Y.
Oliver Court."
E.
All taxicabs are required to follow all laws pertaining to public
littering and health. Taxicabs are to relocate in the event that they
are impeding the sweeping of streets, plowing of snow or under any
circumstance that the City deems exigent. No taxicabs are to be parked
overnight in taxicab stands.
F.
Only vehicles licensed to operate within the City of East Orange
as taxicabs are permitted to stand in spaces marked for this use.
The driver of any licensed taxicab shall have the authority
to demand payment of legal fare in advance and may refuse employment
unless such fare is so prepaid, but no driver of a taxicab shall otherwise
refuse employment by an orderly person for transportation anywhere
in the City. No driver of a taxicab shall carry any person other than
the first passenger employing him or her without the consent of the
first passenger.
No owner or driver of any licensed taxicab, limousine or livery
shall induce any person to employ him or her by knowingly misinforming
or misleading such person. No driver shall convey any passenger to
any place or by any route other than the most direct route, unless
otherwise directed by said passenger.
No owner or driver of any licensed livery or limousine may solicit
patronage in any public street or public place in the City.
The driver of any licensed taxicab, limousine or livery, immediately
after the termination of any hiring or employment, shall carefully
search his or her taxicab or livery for any property lost or abandoned
therein. Such property, unless sooner claimed or delivered to the
owner, shall be reported in writing by the driver or by the owner
of the taxicab, limousine or livery to the Police Department, giving
particulars and a brief description of said property, within 24 hours
after the finding of the same. All such property not claimed within
said twenty-four-hour period shall be turned over by such driver or
owner of a taxicab, limousine or livery to the Property Clerk of the
Police Department.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the use of
a taxicab, limousine or livery for private purposes, provided that
there is no solicitation of patronage.
A.
No licensed driver shall commit an act or acts which would disqualify him or her for a driver's license under § 249-18 (drug or liquor addiction, habitual violation of the Motor Vehicle Act, conviction of an indictable offense or conviction of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude) or shall permit a taxicab or livery driven by him or her to be used for any illegal or immoral purpose.
B.
No owner of a licensed taxicab, limousine or livery shall permit
the use of such taxicab, limousine or livery for illegal or immoral
purposes.
