[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Egg Harbor 11-14-1974
as Ch. 74 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 259.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, all applicants for
the privilege of operating a taxicab on the streets of Egg Harbor City shall
comply with the provisions of this chapter.
A.
No taxicabs shall be operated on the streets of Egg Harbor
City unless the owner thereof shall first obtain the consent of the Common
Council of the City of Egg Harbor City. All applications for such consent
shall be made in writing and signed by the owner or owners of the taxicab.
B.
All such applications shall be filed with the City Clerk
of the City of Egg Harbor City and shall contain the full name and address
of the owner and the seating capacity, serial number and registration number
of the particular taxicab intended to be licensed.
C.
No person shall operate a taxicab within the city limits
of the City of Egg Harbor City unless that person is a licensed driver of
the State of New Jersey. Every taxicab operator in the City of Egg Harbor
City shall:
(1)
Be fingerprinted and photographed by the Police Department
of the City of Egg Harbor City.
(2)
Not be addicted to the use of narcotics or intoxicating
liquors as to affect the proper operation of the taxicab.
(3)
Conduct himself or herself in a decent and proper manner
in the operation of the taxicab.
D.
No person shall operate a taxicab within the city limits
of the City of Egg Harbor City unless that person shall have obtained an identification
card from the Chief of the Egg Harbor City Police Department, which identification
card shall contain:
E.
The above identification card shall be prominently displayed
in the taxicab being operated and shall be visible to all passengers. It shall
be immediately produced upon request of any law enforcement officer. Failure
to produce or display said identification card shall be cause to revoke that
person's consent to operate a taxicab.
F.
Consent to operate a taxicab in the City of Egg Harbor City may be revoked at any time by the Common Council of the City of Egg Harbor City upon satisfactory evidence presented to it that the operator and/or owner of the taxicab is violating Subsection C(2) and/or C(3) above or is using the taxicab in question for any illegal or unlawful purpose. Such evidence shall be presented to the Common Council at a hearing specially convened by the Common Council and attended by a quorum of the members thereof. The taxicab owner shall be given five days' written notice of said hearing and may present such evidence at the hearing as to show why consent to operate the taxicab should not be revoked.
No consent given by the Common Council shall become effective until
the owner of the taxicab shall have filed with the City Clerk an insurance
policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the laws of New
Jersey, conditioned for the payment of a sum of not less than $100,000, exclusive
of interest and costs, on account of injury to or the death of one person
in any one accident; and a sum not less than $300,000, exclusive of interest
and costs, on account of injury to or the death of more than one person in
any one accident; and a sum of not less than $5,000, exclusive of interest
and costs for damage to property in any one accident. The insurance policy
shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person
on account of the ownership, maintenance or use of the taxicab or any fault
in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering
loss, damage or injury as aforesaid.
The owner of the taxicab shall execute and deliver to the City Clerk,
together with said policy, a power of attorney appointing the Treasurer of
the City of Egg Harbor City his or her true and lawful attorney for the purpose
of acknowledging service of any process out of a court of competent jurisdiction
to be served against the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under
the insurance policy.
The City Clerk shall, upon receipt of the insurance policy and power
of attorney, issue a certificate, in duplicate, showing that the owner of
the taxicab has complied with this chapter.
At the time of filing an application to operate a taxicab in Egg Harbor
City, the applicant shall pay a license fee of $50 for one year, which will
cover the period from June 1 of the current year to and including May 31 of
the following year. This license fee shall apply to all taxicabs now operating
with the consent of the Common Council, but shall not be effective until June
1, 1974. This chapter shall not relieve the operator of a taxicab in the City
of Egg Harbor City from complying with the provisions of any applicable statute
of the State of New Jersey.
Each and every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding $1,000,
a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the
Judge before whom said conviction shall be had. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and each person
continuing or allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation may be
punished as provided above for each separate offense.
