[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Norwood 6-5-2002 by Ord. No. 02:10; amended in its entirety 2-11-2004 by Ord. No.
04:02. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Norwood.
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 of
not more than 14 passengers, not including the driver, provided that
such a vehicle shall not have a seating capacity in excess of four
passengers, not including the driver, beyond the maximum passenger
seating capacity of the vehicle, not including the driver, at the
time of manufacture. Nothing in this definition contained shall be
construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses or 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 that 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.
Any individual, copartnership, association, corporation,
limited liability company or joint-stock company, their lessees, trustees
or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever.
The location of the main place of business of the limousine
service in the Borough where limousine service is conducted, where
limousines are dispatched or where limousine drivers report for duty.
Any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public
place.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a limousine
or livery service having its principal place of business in the Borough
to operate a limousine wholly or partly along any street in the Borough
unless the owner of the limousine has obtained a license from the
Borough Clerk.
A.
Applications for limousine licenses shall be made
in writing, upon forms to be furnished by the Borough Clerk, signed
by the applicant, and filed with the Borough Clerk. Applications shall
contain or be accompanied by the following information:
(1)
If the applicant is an individual, the name, age and
residence of the applicant; if a partnership or limited liability
company, the names, ages, and residences of all the partners or members,
together with the business name and address of the partnership or
company; and if a corporation, the names, ages and residences of the
president and secretary and the period of residence in the state,
county and municipality, together with the business name and address
of the corporation.
(2)
A copy of an insurance policy complying with N.J.S.A.
48:16-14.
(3)
The name of the applicant's insurance company, the
number and the date of expiration of the policy required by N.J.S.A.
48:16-14 and a description of every limousine insured thereunder and
the registration number of each.
B.
Applications made by corporations shall be signed
in the name of the corporation by the president and attested by the
secretary. A certified copy of a corporate resolution authorizing
the application shall be attached.
C.
Applications shall be duly verified by the applicant
before a notary public or some other person duly authorized to administer
oaths.
D.
Each application shall be accompanied by the full
amount of the required license fee. All licenses are issued subject
to collection of any check received in payment.
A.
The annual fee for a license for each limousine or
livery service is $50 plus $10 for each limousine or livery vehicle
that is covered under the required insurance policy. Each application
must be accompanied by the full amount of the license fee.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10:13]
B.
All limousine licenses shall be for a term of one
year.
A.
The Clerk, upon the approval of an application for
a limousine license, shall issue a license to operate, in duplicate,
showing that the owner of the limousine has complied with the terms
and provisions of this chapter and N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 et seq.
B.
The license shall recite the name of the insurance
company, the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description
of every limousine insured thereunder and the registration number
of the same.
C.
The duplicate license shall be filed with the Division
of Motor Vehicles before any such car is registered as a limousine.
D.
The original license shall be retained within the
limousine in compliance with N.J.S.A. 48:16-17.
Any limousine license issued pursuant to this
chapter may be revoked by the Mayor and Council, after notice to the
licensee and a hearing, if it shall appear that the licensee has failed
to keep in full force and effect the insurance policy, required by
this chapter and the applicable state laws, or has failed to comply
with the terms and conditions of any license, this chapter, or the
applicable state laws.
Any person, firm or corporation required by
this chapter to register as a limousine service who violates its terms
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for
a period of 90 days, or both.
