[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Mount Arlington as Chapter VII of the 1982 Compilation. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
Required. No person shall drive, keep or use for hire any taxicab
for the transportation of passengers within the limits of the borough
without obtaining a license therefor.
B.
Fee. An applicant for a license hereunder shall pay to the borough
a fee for such license as follows:
[Amended 3-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-11]
Every applicant as owner shall be at least 18 years of age.
Every applicant for a driver's license shall be at least 18 years
of age and a holder of an auto driver's license of the State
of New Jersey. All applicants shall be of good moral character, and
the owner of a taxicab, when applying for license to drive, shall
submit the cab or its description to the Borough Council for its approval
before such license shall be granted, and the applicant for a driver's
license shall, if required, present himself to a physician selected
by the Borough Council for examination at applicant's cost as
to eyesight and physical disability which might render his operation
of a taxicab dangerous to the traveling public or the passengers in
the cab.
A.
The license granted under this chapter for the operation of a taxicab
shall state the name of the person to whom the license is granted,
the number of his license and the date of its expiration, which shall
be September 30 of each year following the date of issuance. For any
license issued after April 1 the fee shall be 1/2 the regular fee.
The license may be transferred from car to car on application made
and approved by the Borough Council.
B.
The Borough Clerk shall keep a register of licenses granted showing
the number and date of each license and the name of each person licensed.
A.
The Borough Council may suspend the license of any taxicab deemed
to be unsafe or unsanitary until such time as it is made safe and
sanitary to the satisfaction of the Council. It may also suspend the
license of any taxicab which does not give adequate all-year-round
service.
B.
Any license granted under this chapter may be suspended or revoked
by the Borough Council for any other good cause after a hearing on
due notice. During such suspension or after such revocation, the license
shall be inoperative and of no effect.
Every driver of a taxicab shall have the right to demand payment
of the legal fare in advance and may refuse employment unless it is
prepaid, but no driver shall otherwise refuse or neglect to convey
any orderly person.
Every applicant hereunder shall comply with the insurance laws
of the State of New Jersey affecting or regulating the insurance of
taxicabs before the license is issued.
Any owner having had one or more taxicabs licensed during the
previous year may license additional taxicabs at any time during the
year upon payment of the fee herein provided. Every applicant as owner
having no taxicab licensed during the previous license year shall
make application not later than October 1, and no application shall
be granted to commence operation before October 1 nor later than October
31 of the license year.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person of legal age
who is licensed by the State of New Jersey to drive motor vehicles
from driving a taxicab in an emergency.
