As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of Ventnor City.
DRIVER
Any person who operates a taxicab.
OPERATION OF A TAXICAB
Transporting, or accepting for transport, one or more passengers
for hire by a taxicab from one point within City limits to another
point within or from a point within City limits to a point outside
of the City limits. The operation of a taxicab by a driver other than
the owner of said cab shall be deemed to be operation by the owner
as well as by the person actually driving said cab.
OWNER
An individual who is the named titled holder of a taxicab
registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and is listed
as the owner of the taxicab in the Ventnor City application for taxicab
owner license. Owner and holder are one and the same.
STREET
Includes any Ventnor City street, avenue, park, highway or
public roadway, whether or not same is paved or unimproved.
TAXICAB
A motor vehicle commonly called a "taxi" or "cab" which is
used, offered or advertised for use for the common carriage and conveyance
of passengers for hire from any place within the City to any other
place within or outside of Ventnor City.
Taxicab owner license. A Ventnor City mercantile
license issued to the individual named as titled owner of a vehicle
registered with New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles whose application
for a license has been approved pursuant to this chapter. Said license
shall entitle the designated vehicle equipped as a taxicab to pick
up passengers within the City's limits and to otherwise lawfully operate
until said license is expired or suspended or forfeited. The City
may limit the total number of licenses to be issued. Each vehicle
must obtain a separate license, and at no time may a license be transferred,
rented out, sold, or subleased by the owner.
The City may refuse to issue a license to any
person who submits an application containing false or misleading information
or presents any fraudulent document. The City may suspend or revoke
any license operating in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Nothing stated herein or omitted from this chapter
shall be construed to exempt any person owning or operating a taxicab
from compliance with New Jersey statutes applicable to vehicle operation.
No application for a taxicab owner license or
renewal thereof shall be approved until the applicant has completed
and submitted all required documents and the Chief of Police or his
designee has completed the required investigation pursuant to this
chapter.
A maximum of 15 taxicab owner licenses will
be issued.
Taxicab dispatch operations may not be operated
from or located on residential property. A dispatch operation must
be licensed in a commercial district.
No taxicab shall be parked upon any street 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 Ventnor in any district, whether it be residential or commercial,
except for the stated purpose of picking up or dropping off passengers.