[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
(now City Council) of the City of Brigantine 11-20-1985 by Ord. No.
31-1985; amended in its entirety 8-3-1994 by Ord. No. 20-1994. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The City of Brigantine.
Any person issued a taxicab driver's license pursuant to
this chapter who operates a taxicab.
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 of
more than 14 passengers in no event, 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 chapter contained 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.
(Note: This definition is from N.J.S.A. 48:16-13.)
[Added 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
Includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by
limousines. (Note: This definition is from N.J.S.A. 48:16-13.)
[Added 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
Transporting in a taxicab one or more persons for hire along
any of the streets in this City, accepting a passenger to be transported
for hire within the City limits or from a point within the City limits
to a point outside of the City limits. The "operation of a taxicab,"
as above described, by one other than the owner of said cab shall
be deemed operation by the owner thereof as well as by the person
actually driving said cab.
Any person who is the named titled holder of any taxicab
registered with the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles or who is
listed in an application for licensure as the owner of a taxicab in
the City of Brigantine.
Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, association,
corporation, joint venture, lessee, trustee, assigns or receivers,
or any other such entity.
Includes any street, avenue, park, highway or any other public
roadway, whether or not the same is improved.
Any motor vehicle or similar device commonly called a taxi
or cab which is duly licensed by the City of Brigantine and engaged
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 within the City of Brigantine and which
accepts passengers for transportation from points or places within
or without said City.
There are hereby established two types of taxicab
licenses to be known as "taxicab owner's license" and "taxicab driver's
license," which are described as follows:
A.
Taxicab owner's license. A taxicab owner's license
shall be issued to any person who can prove ownership of a vehicle
which is intended to be used as a taxicab and whose application for
a taxicab owner's license shall be approved pursuant to this chapter.
A taxicab owner's license shall entitle the individual licensed motor
vehicle equipped as a taxicab to pick up passengers within the City
limits and to otherwise be lawfully operated within the City by any
individual with a duly authorized taxicab driver's license until either
of said licenses either expires or is surrendered, suspended or revoked.
A taxicab owner's license shall be transferable to a successor owner
by any person who holds said licenses. A separate owner's license
is required for each vehicle. The City Council of the City of Brigantine
may limit the total number of taxicab owner's licenses to be issued
within the City of Brigantine. No such owner's license may be subleased,
rented or otherwise used by anyone other than the designated owner.
Only the actual owner of the vehicle which is to be used as a taxicab
within the City of Brigantine may be the holder of the taxicab owner's
license regarding said taxicab.
[Amended 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
B.
Taxicab driver's license. A taxicab driver's license
shall entitle the person named therein to operate within this City
any taxicab which has been duly licensed hereunder and meets the requirements
of this chapter and the provisions of New Jersey State Statute and
the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles until either of said licenses
expires or is surrendered, suspended or revoked. Taxicab driver's
licenses shall not be transferable. There shall be no limit to the
number of taxicab driver's licenses issued within the City of Brigantine.
A.
All applications for taxicab owner's licenses shall
be in writing, in a form established by the City Manager or his designee
and shall contain at least the full name and address, date of birth,
social security number and a photocopy of the driver's license of
the owner, the serial number, type, color, year and make of the taxicab
to be operated pursuant to said taxicab owner's license, the state
vehicle registration card, proof of existence of insurance coverage
and the number of doors on said vehicle. If the person applying for
said taxicab owner's license is a partnership, all partners shall
be listed thereon, or, if a corporation, all stockholders holding
10% or more of stock in said corporation shall be listed thereon,
or, if a joint venture, all participants shall be listed thereon.
All applications shall be filed with the City Manager or his designee
who shall, prior to submitting the application to the City Council
for approval, receive proof from the applicant that the applicant
is at least 18 years of age and a citizen of the United States of
America or a lawful resident of the United States. If the applicant
is a corporation, such corporation must be organized and existing
under the laws of the State of New Jersey and must present proof thereof
or, if organized and existing under the laws of another state, be
officially authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and
must supply the name and address of a New Jersey registered agent
for said corporation. All applications for a taxicab owner's license
shall contain a phone number where the applicant can be reached on
a twenty-four-hour emergency basis. It is the burden of the applicant
to continually inform the City of Brigantine as to any changes in
said emergency telephone number.
B.
Each applicant for a taxi driver's license shall,
on a form provided by the City Manager as designated, provide proof
that said individual is at least 18 years of age and a citizen of
the United States or lawfully a resident of the United States. Each
such applicant shall submit a certificate from a licensed doctor in
the State of New Jersey, at the applicant's expense, certifying that
the applicant has no physical or mental impairment or deficiency which
might render the applicant unable to safely operate a taxicab. Said
physician certificate shall be presented at the time of the initial
application and at each renewal thereafter and shall include but not
be limited to a certification that the applicant for a taxicab driver's
license has the visual acuity to safely operate a motor vehicle. Any
applicant for a taxicab driver's license shall consent to an abstract
for said individual being obtained by the Police Department of the
City of Brigantine as part of the application review process. The
City Manager or his designee reserves the right to give a written
test to any applicant, which said test is for the purpose of determining
that said individuals are fluent in the English language so as to
enable them to communicate with the passengers and to prove they have
an adequate knowledge of all City streets and of City and state traffic
regulations. There must be furnished with any such application three
passport photographs not less than 60 days old which will be attached
to the City-issued identification card as further set forth in this
chapter. No person shall drive any taxicab in the City until the license
to drive the same, as herein provided, is issued to such driver. Further,
no owner of a taxicab owner's license shall let any individual operate
a taxicab unless said individual has received a taxicab driver's license.
It is the responsibility of the applicant for the taxicab driver's
license to submit any changes in information contained on the initial
registration to the City Manager's designee within 10 days of the
date of said change. All applicants for a taxi driver's license must
show proof of the intention of a taxi owner licensee to hire said
individual at the time of licensure.
C.
Filing; background investigations; renewal applications.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
(1)
All
applications as stated herein shall be filed with the City of Brigantine,
which shall assign the responsible entity within the City of Brigantine
as the agent of the governing body and City Manager for the receipt
of such applications.
(2)
All applicants for a taxicab owner's license and a taxicab driver's license, and any other person requiring a background check for issuance of taxi or limousine license, shall submit to such background investigations as are designated by this Subsection C, including but not limited to the form of public background investigation established by the New Jersey State Police known as the "live scan" non-criminal-justice fingerprint, background and identification process. Applicants shall pay the fee of the vendor, known at the time of the adoption of this Code as Morpho Trak (Sagem Morpho), or its successor as so designated, for provision of the service. Such fee shall be in addition to the fee or fees specified in the fee schedule of the City of Brigantine.[1]
(3)
Annual applications for renewal of licenses shall be on file and completed not later than 15 days prior to the commencement of the calendar year. (Temporary note: In the year of adoption of these changes, a later date may be specified due to the availability of the vendor services, giving all parties additional time without penalty to obtain the vendor service now required.) At the commencement of the first full annual year in which this Subsection C is effective, the City of Brigantine shall charge a penalty for late renewal applications in the amount of 25% of the license fee for processing a renewal application after the designated date.
D.
Limousine
licenses as required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-17 shall be issued in a form
determined by the Mercantile Official of the City of Brigantine and
pursuant to the requirements of such statute.
[Added 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
A.
Each applicant for a taxicab owner's license shall
be accompanied by proof of the issuance of a policy of insurance,
with the premium prepaid thereon, written by an insurance company
duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of the
State of New Jersey, which shall be submitted to the City Manager
or his designee. The proof of insurance shall name the City of Brigantine
as an additional insured, with the provision that notice is to be
given to the City in the event of cancellation of the policy for any
reason at least 30 days in advance. Such insurance policy must be
in the amount of at least $100,000 per each occurrence.
B.
Such policy shall provide coverage for every driver
of each vehicle listed in the policy as well as said vehicles. Issuance
of the taxicab owner's license by the City of Brigantine shall constitute
an agreement binding between the applicant and the City that the applicant
agrees to indemnify and hold the City harmless from any and all claims
or damages arising out of personal injury and/or property damage made
by third parties as a result of or incidental to the issuance of said
license and the operation of any such taxicab. An owner's license
may be deemed to have been surrendered on receipt of notice of cancellation
of the insurance policy and shall be deemed surrendered if the policy
is not renewed or replaced with regard to a particular vehicle within
30 days thereof.
C.
Insurance
requirements for limousines shall be satisfied as required by N.J.S.A.
39:5G-1 and N.J.S.A. 48:16-16 by provision of proof of same to the
designated officer prior to issuance of any mercantile license for
limousines.
[Added 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
It shall be the responsibility of the holder
of any taxicab owner's license and the holder of any taxicab driver's
license to inspect each taxicab at the end of every eight-hour shift.
At that time, if any articles are found in said vehicle, a report
must be made within 24 hours to the Police Chief of the City of Brigantine
or his designee that said articles have been lost or otherwise left
in said taxicab, and any holder of a taxicab owner's license or a
taxicab driver's license shall cooperate with and assist the Police
Department of the City of Brigantine in all efforts to determine the
true owner of said articles and to return the same to the rightful
owner.
[Amended 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
The City Council of the City of Brigantine may,
in its discretion, refuse to issue or renew or may, after notice and
hearing to license holder or applicant for a renewal, revoke or suspend
any license issued under the provisions of this chapter if any of
the following occur:
A.
Any applicant has violated any sections of this chapter.
B.
Any applicant has been convicted of any crime, disorderly
persons offense or petty disorderly persons offense in this or any
other state.
C.
Any applicant has been convicted of a violation of
Title 39, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations, of the statutes
of the State of New Jersey.
D.
Any applicant has any judgment unsatisfied of record
arising out of any automobile accident whether the same involved a
taxicab or otherwise.
E.
Any applicant submits any document which is false
or contains misleading information, including any documents submitted
as part of an application for an owner's license or as part of an
application for a driver's license pursuant to this section or any
renewal thereof.
F.
Any applicant has otherwise not complied with the
licensure requirements of this chapter.
G.
Any applicant has, in any degree, contributed to any
injury to a person or damaged property arising out of the negligent
operation of any taxicab licensed to said individual pursuant to this
chapter.
A.
No taxicab shall be operated in the City unless and
until there is prominently displayed in the interior thereof, within
full view of any passengers therein, a complete list of fares, charges
or tariff rates charged for the transportation of passengers, which
fares, charges or tariff rates so displayed shall be those to be charged
to any passengers so transported, and no other fares, rates or tariffs
shall be charged. Each taxicab owner shall file a list of fares to
be charged with the City Clerk, and no other fares, rates or tariffs
shall be charged unless so filed.
B.
No taxicab at any time shall carry more than five
passengers at any time within the City of Brigantine. All proof of
insurance as required by this chapter shall include proof that any
motor vehicle used as a taxicab in the City of Brigantine is authorized
to transport up to five passengers.
C.
Every driver of a taxicab in the City of Brigantine
shall have the right to demand payment of legal fare in advance and
may refuse employment unless so prepaid. No driver of such vehicle
shall otherwise refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or
persons, upon request, anywhere in the City unless previously engaged
or unable to do so. No driver of any such taxicab shall carry any
other person than the first passenger employing him, without the consent
of said first passenger. Every holder of an owner's license shall
require the driver of each taxicab to keep a trip sheet or trip log.
The said trip sheet or trip log shall identify the taxicab number,
owner's license under which said taxicab is being operated and the
license plate number of said taxicab and shall include the time and
place when and where a passenger was accepted as well as the time
and place of discharge. Said records must be kept for at least a one-year
period and shall be open at all times for inspection by any duly authorized
law enforcement officer.
A.
There shall be affixed in every taxicab, in such a
manner that the same shall be conveniently read by any person in the
taxicab, a card supplied by the City at the time of licensing, at
least three inches in height by at least five inches in length, containing
the name of the owner, the license number of the vehicle and the year
of issuance.
B.
Every taxicab so licensed shall have on the outside
of the taxicab, on both sides thereof, the word "taxi," "cab" or "taxicab"
in letters at least four inches in height, as well as a name under
which the owner is operating the said vehicle.
C.
Each driver of a taxicab shall have displayed, in
a prominent place in the interior of the taxicab, the individual taxicab
driver's license, with a photo of the driver affixed thereto so that
the driver is clearly identifiable by the photo identification.
D.
The holder of any taxicab owner's license shall apply
for renewal on January first of each year. If said license renewal
is approved, then the City of Brigantine will issue a medallion or
insignia which must be placed for external identification on the taxicab
for which the taxicab owner's license has been issued or renewed.
Drivers of taxicabs shall not receive or discharge
passengers in the roadways, but shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk
as near as possible or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme
right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers,
except upon one-way streets, where passengers may be received or discharged
on either the right- or left-hand sidewalk or side of the roadway.
[Amended 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 28-2011]
Each taxicab operating within the City of Brigantine
shall be inspected as set forth herein by the City Manager or his
designee. Said inspection shall insure that each taxicab has a valid,
current New Jersey inspection sticker, a current New Jersey registration
and current insurance policy which is in effect. The exterior and
interior of the taxicab must also be in a clean and neat condition,
and the trunk must be capable of securing a passenger’s baggage.
Further, all exterior and interior modes of identification and other
numbering and lettering required by this chapter must be visible and
in place. The inspection of the taxicab shall occur at the time of
application for a taxicab owner’s license and at each renewal
thereof. In addition, all taxicabs must be free of visible dents,
rust and other defects.
A.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license shall dispatch
a taxicab for hire that is not currently licensed or that otherwise
does not comply with this chapter.
B.
No person who does not hold a valid taxicab owner's
license shall advertise or otherwise indicate that he is doing business
as a taxi company within the City of Brigantine.
C.
No owner shall dispatch a taxicab unless the driver
thereof has a current taxicab driver's license issued by the City
of Brigantine and a valid unrevoked driver's license issued by the
State of New Jersey.
D.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license, while performing
his duties and responsibilities as a taxicab owner, shall commit or
attempt to commit, alone or in concert with others, any act of fraud,
misrepresentation, larceny or other criminal violation or otherwise
perform any willful act which is against the best interest of the
public, even though not specifically prescribed in this chapter.
E.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license shall knowingly
use or permit another to use his taxicab, garage or office of record
for any unlawful purpose.
F.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license or taxicab
driver's license shall knowingly conceal any evidence of crime connected
with any taxicab, garage or office of record.
G.
Any holder of a taxicab owner's license or taxicab
driver's license issued by the City of Brigantine shall immediately
report to the police any attempt to use any taxicab to commit a crime
or escape from a scene of a crime.
H.
Any person holding a taxicab owner's license in the
City of Brigantine shall comply with all provisions of this chapter
as well as all other laws, rules or regulations governing taxicab
owners.
I.
Any person holding a taxicab owner's license or taxicab
driver's license shall inspect the interior of each taxicab immediately
after the termination of a shift to ensure that the interior and exterior
are in a clean and neat condition.
J.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license or taxicab
driver's license issued by the City of Brigantine shall induce any
person to employ him by knowingly misinforming or misleading any such
person as to the time and place of the arrival or departure of any
taxicab.
K.
Each holder of a taxicab owner's license and taxicab
driver's license issued by the City of Brigantine shall bear the responsibility
that all passengers are carried in a safe and responsible manner and
shall use the most reasonable and direct route from point of origin
to point of destination.
L.
No holder of a taxicab owner's license or taxicab
driver's license issued by the City of Brigantine shall allow the
operation of any taxicab unless the same has been equipped to adequately
provide for the safety of children under the age of five years who
are passengers in any such taxicab. When applying for a taxicab owner's
license, each applicant shall provide evidence that he is adequately
equipped to provide for said child safety by showing proof of possession
of at least one federally approved child safety seat for each taxicab
owner's license to be issued. No driver shall operate a taxicab in
which a child five years of age or younger is a passenger unless any
child 18 months of age or younger is in a car seat, regardless of
whether such child is in the front or rear of the vehicle, and any
child over 18 months of age and less than five years is in a car seat
or is in a lap and shoulder harness in the rear of the vehicle.
M.
No applicant for a taxicab driver's or taxicab owner's
license shall submit any documentation with said application which
is fraudulent, misleading or untrue nor shall any such applicant complete
the application in a manner which is fraudulent, misleading or untrue.
[Added 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
N.
Only taxicab
vehicles, marked and inspected as such pursuant to this Code, may
be utilized in the provision of taxicab service. It shall be a specific
violation of this chapter to substitute any other vehicle, whether
licensed as a limousine or not, in the provision of taxicab service.
[Added 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
C.
There shall be an administrative fee as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule, for the issuance of a taxicab owner's license for a vehicle replacing that originally licensed. In addition, the actual cost of replacement of any medallion or insignia issued by the City of Brigantine shall be charged.
A.
Every person or persons, firm or corporation found
guilty in a municipal court of competent jurisdiction of violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to pay a fine
of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for a period
not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each succeeding day of violation may
be construed as a new violation.
B.
One violation of this chapter in a period of one year
may entitle the City Council of the City of Brigantine to hold a hearing
to determine whether any taxicab owner's license should be suspended,
revoked or forfeited.
[Amended 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
exempt any person, firm or corporation owning or operating a taxicab
from complying with the laws relating to the ownership, regulation
and operation of automobiles in the State of New Jersey.
No application for a taxicab owner's license
or a taxicab driver's license shall be submitted to the City Council
for approval until such time as the applicant has completed all application
materials and has executed a form of consent and release so as to
permit the Chief of Police or any designated member of the City of
Brigantine Police Department to conduct such investigation of criminal
and driving records as may be required in order to determine that
the applicant substantially complies with the meaning, intent and
purpose of this chapter.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
In the event that a taxicab is being operated
by a person who does not have a taxicab driver's license as required
by this chapter, both the driver and the owner of the taxicab shall
be subject to the penalty provisions as set forth in this chapter.
In the event that any vehicle is operated as if it is a taxicab or
is used in violation of the terms and conditions of this chapter,
both the driver and the owner of the vehicle shall be subject to the
penalty provisions as set forth in this chapter. If any driver of
a taxicab is convicted of driving while intoxicated while driving
a taxicab, in addition to the penalties as set forth in this chapter,
the individual so charged shall lose his right to obtain a taxicab
driver's license in the City of Brigantine for a period of 10 years,
and the taxicab owner's license for said vehicle shall be revoked
and/or suspended by the City Council of the City of Brigantine.
[Amended 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998; 3-20-2019 by Ord. No.
4-2019]
The City of Brigantine will issue no more than six taxicab owner's
licenses pursuant to this chapter. No more than 50% of said owner's
licenses may be owned and operated by any one person. For the purpose
of this section, an applicant will be considered the same person as
a holder of an existing owner's license if said applicant is
the same person, or the applicant is a corporation or other business
entity that has, as an officer, agent stockholder, director or partner,
a person who already holds a valid and existing taxicab owner's
license, or the applicant is a corporation or other business entity
that has any of the same officers, agents, stockholders, directors
or partners as a corporation or other business entity that has been
issued a valid existing taxicab owner's license.
[Amended 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
A.
Where any surrendered, revoked or suspended taxicab
owner's licenses is offered for resale by the City, the applicant
shall pay the taxicab owner's license fee then in effect. No deduction
shall be given for any portion of any year which may have expired
at the time of the application for said taxicab owner's license. The
City Council of the City of Brigantine shall either approve or deny
all sales, transfers and renewals of taxicab owner's licenses. Whenever
a license is surrendered or revoked so that the City Council of the
City of Brigantine comes into possession of the same, the City Council
shall have the option of retiring said license so that the same may
not be used in the future or holding an auction for said license and
awarding the same to the highest bidder after the receipt of sealed
bids at a regularly scheduled and announced bid opening. The minimum
bid for such license shall be established by the City Council but
in no event shall be less then the than existing taxicab owner's fee.
B.
If any taxicab owner's license is inactive for a period
of 60 days after its issuance, it shall be deemed to have been surrendered
to the City Council. An inactive license is one which is issued but
for which no cab is operating within the City of Brigantine or for
which no vehicle is licensed or for which no vehicle is insured or
for which no vehicle otherwise complies with this chapter for a period
of 60 days.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 10-2010]
Any motor vehicle operating in the City of Brigantine
which has a livery tag must contain within said vehicle at all times
a trip sheet or trip log indicating the time and place where passengers
have been picked up and dropped off. Any such livery vehicle may only
transport passengers which have previously made arrangements, which
are prearranged as opposed to immediate hire (as if for taxi service),
from a designated place to another designated place for a prearranged
set fee. Any livery vehicle providing services in violation of this
section or otherwise operating in the ordinary course of business
as a taxicab shall be in violation of this chapter.
Each holder of a taxicab owner's license must
have all the taxicabs owned and operated by said person one uniform
color. All the taxicabs owned by any person and operated in the City
of Brigantine must be the same color as all other cabs owned by said
person and operated in the City of Brigantine.
[Amended 7-3-1996 by Ord. No. 15-1996]
Each person or entity that operates taxicabs
in the City of Brigantine may not have its dispatching operations
located at or otherwise operate out of a residential property. Any
dispatching operations located in the City of Brigantine must be in
a permissible commercial district within the City of Brigantine. Any
and all taxicabs which are operated in the City of Brigantine and
which shall be parked in the City of Brigantine must be parked in
an adequate off-street parking area located within a permissible commercial
zone within the City of Brigantine. Nothing in this chapter shall
prohibit a taxicab validly licensed in the City of Brigantine from
being dispatched within the City of Brigantine but being parked and/or
stored in another municipality.
Any vehicle operating under the designation
"medical livery" within the City of Brigantine may only transport
patients who have any type of illness or disease, and then may only
transport said patients from one medical facility to another or from
said individual's place of residence to a medical facility, and may
in no way act as a taxicab or delivery service.
[Added 7-3-1996 by Ord. No. 15-1996]
No taxicab of any nature, whether licensed by
the City of Brigantine or otherwise, shall be parked on or in any
street, boulevard, avenue, road, highway, cul-de-sac, alley or other
area of public travel within the City of Brigantine except for the
purpose of picking up or dropping off passengers. This section is
specifically intended to prevent the parking of taxicabs in the City
of Brigantine in any district, whether it be residential or commercial,
except for the stated purpose of picking up or dropping off passengers.
[Added 12-21-2005 by Ord. No. 30-2005]
Temporary licenses for taxicabs shall be issued
during the New Year's holiday under the following conditions:
A.
Said temporary taxicab licenses shall only be issued to taxicab companies located in the City of Brigantine and actively conducting business within the City of Brigantine in compliance with the City of Brigantine Code § 270-1 et seq.
B.
There shall be no more than three such temporary licenses
issued to each such taxicab business which is licensed and actively
conducting business within the City of Brigantine.
C.
Said temporary licenses shall be valid ONLY from 12:00
noon on December 31 of the year said licenses were issued until 12:00
noon of the following day.
[Amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 31-2006]
D.
Any taxicab company seeking to receive a temporary
license for the time period as set forth above must make an application
to the Brigantine Police Department in a form designed by said Police
Department and approved by the City Manager of the City of Brigantine
no later than December 15 of the year for which said licenses are
applied.
E.
There shall be an administrative cost for the issuance
of said licenses and the processing of said applications of $25 per
each temporary license sought.
F.
In order to be eligible to receive a temporary license for a taxicab, proof must be presented satisfactory to the Brigantine Police Department that such taxicab vehicle is covered under the insurance policy maintained by said taxicab company pursuant to § 270-4 of the Code of the City of Brigantine.
G.
Prior to the Police Department issuing any temporary license for a taxicab, said taxicab must complete and pass the inspection required by § 270-10 of the Code of the City of Brigantine.
H.
Said taxicabs operated pursuant to a temporary license
for the New Year's holiday shall only be operated by individuals who
hold a valid, current taxicab driver's license issued by the City
of Brigantine.
I.
All requirements contained in the Code of the City of Brigantine, as set forth in § 270-1 et seq., shall be applicable to all drivers and taxicab vehicles operated pursuant to any temporary license issued by the City of Brigantine.
J.
Any taxicab company operating a taxicab pursuant to a temporary license other than on the dates and times as set forth above shall be subject to the penalty requirements of § 270-13 of the Code of the City of Brigantine, and said taxicab company shall further forfeit the right to ever receive a temporary license in the future.
K.
To the extent that an actual physical temporary license
is issued, the same must be returned to the Brigantine Police Department
no later than January 3.
