Borough of Paramus, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 285 Limousine Services and Taxicabs
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Part 1 Taxicabs
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Article I General Provisions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Access to All Advisory Board
- Ch 4 Administrative Assistant
- Ch 5 Administrator, Municipal
- Ch 6 Administrative Code
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Liaison/Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Ch 8 Aggregation Program for Energy and Natural Gas
- Ch 9 Emergency Medical Services, Division of
- Ch 10 Emergency Management Stipend Program
- Ch 13 Buildings and Traffic Maintenance, Department of
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Consultant for Site Plan Review
- Ch 21 Consumer Protection Committee
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25A Credit Card Payments for Municipal Fees
- Ch 26 Cultural Arts Council
- Ch 27 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27A Direct Deposit, Mandated
- Ch 28 Director, Management of Information Services
- Ch 30 Director of Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 31 Director of Human Resources
- Ch 32 Director of Planning
- Ch 32A Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Employees, Part-Time and Seasonal
- Ch 37 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Finance Department
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 49 Golf Course Manager/Superintendent
- Ch 51 Harassment Policy
- Ch 55 Health and Human Services, Department of
- Ch 57 Head Golf Professional
- Ch 59 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 65 Insurance
- Ch 69 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 77 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 81 Legal Department
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Life Safety Complex, Use of
- Ch 87 Municipal Clerk, Deputy
- Ch 89 Municipal Humane Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 91 Municipal Swimming Pool Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 95 Anti-Nepotism Policy
- Ch 99 Personnel Policies
- Ch 103 Police Department
- Ch 105 Public Advocates for Board of Adjustment and Planning Board
- Ch 106 Public Health Supervisor
- Ch 107 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 113 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 117 Rescue Squad
- Ch 121 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 125 School Security
- Ch 129 Shade Tree Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 133 Shopping Center Safety Review Committee
- Ch 140 Veterans Affairs Officer
- Ch 141 Office of Emergency Management
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 149 Adult Uses
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 158 Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary
- Ch 161 Amusement Businesses
- Ch 165 Amusement Devices and Arcades
- Ch 169 Animals
- Ch 173 Background Checks
- Ch 175 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 179 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 181 Building Construction and Alteration Permits
- Ch 183 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 187 Buildings, Truss-Type
- Ch 191 Businesses
- Ch 195 Cell Phones, Use in Motor Vehicles
- Ch 197 Certificates of Compliance and Continued Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 203 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 204 Contribution Disclosure
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- Ch 210 Affordable Housing — Inclusionary Zoning Requirements
- Ch 211 Demolition Permits
- Ch 212 Door Numbering Requirements
- Ch 213 Drainage and Environmental Protection
- Ch 217 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 219 Duplicate Bills and Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 221 Eminent Domain
- Ch 223 Environmental Impact Statements
- Ch 229 Fees, Land Use
- Ch 233 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 237 Fire Lanes
- Ch 241 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 249 Flea Markets, Auctions and Games of Chance
- Ch 253 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Ch 256 Garage Sales
- Ch 259 Golf and Country Clubs
- Ch 265 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 269 Home Buyers Protection
- Ch 277 Landscaping
- Ch 278 Firewood and Commercial Firewood Processors
- Ch 281 Library
- Ch 285 Limousine Services and Taxicabs
- Ch 285 Pt 1 Art I General Provisions
- § 285-1 Definitions.
- § 285-2 Residency requirements for taxi owners.
- § 285-3 Issuance of licenses; expiration.
- § 285-4 Records to be kept.
- § 285-5 Transfer of licenses.
- § 285-6 Substitution of vehicles.
- § 285-7 Revocation or suspension of license.
- § 285-8 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 289 Littering
- Ch 293 Massage Establishments
- Ch 295 Merchandise, Display of
- Ch 299 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 303 Motion Pictures and Television
- Ch 309 Noise
- Ch 311 Nudity on State-Owned Lands
- Ch 313 Nursing Homes and Commercial Recreational Facilities
- Ch 316 Official Street Map
- Ch 319 (Reserved)
- Ch 322 Rental Properties
- Ch 323 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 327 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 331 Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 335 Professional Services
- Ch 339 Property Maintenance
- Ch 340 Registration of Foreclosing Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 341 Public Records
- Ch 343 Public Utilities
- Ch 345 Restaurants and Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 346 Retail Theft
- Ch 351 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 355 Satellite Earth Stations
- Ch 359 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers
- Ch 363 Sewers
- Ch 365 Sex Offenders
- Ch 367 Signs
- Ch 371 Site Plan Review
- Ch 373 Smoking
- Ch 375 Soil Removal
- Ch 379 Solid Waste
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 391 Sunday Activities
- Ch 395 Swimming Pools
- Ch 397 Telecommunications Systems
- Ch 398 Temporary Storage Containers
- Ch 401 Towers and Towing
- Ch 403 Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System
- Ch 405 Trapping
- Ch 409 Trespassing
- Ch 412 Vaccinations
- Ch 415 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 419 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 423 Vending Machines
- Ch 426 Volunteer and Veteran Fee Exemptions
- Ch 429 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 435 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 436 Animals
- Ch 436A Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons
- Ch 437 Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics
- Ch 439 Food Service Managers
- Ch 443 Sanitation
- Ch 447 Tattooing
- Ch 449 Tobacco and Cigarettes
- Ch 450 Retail Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam
- Part IV: Board of Shade Tree and Park Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 453 Trees and Shrubbery
- Appendix
- Ch A457 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A460 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 6-23-1981 by Ord. No. 81-14]
As used in this Part 1, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any automobile, limousine or motor vehicle commonly
called "taxi," engaged in the business of carrying passengers for
hire which is held out, announced or advertised to operate or run
over the public streets or highways in the Borough and particularly
accepts and discharges passengers who may offer themselves for transportation
from points or places within the Borough to points or places within
or without the Borough, but not operated over a fixed route. Nothing
in this definition or Part 1 shall apply to omnibuses.
[Amended 11-4-1971 by Ord. No. 685]
No taxi owner's license shall be issued to any
person who has not been a resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, for
at least 90 days prior to the date of making application.
A.
The Borough Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses
granted and issued under the provisions of this Part 1, which shall
show:
B.
The Borough Clerk shall file and preserve all applications.
Upon those applications which may be approved, he shall endorse the
number of the license issued in pursuance thereof.
No taxi owner's license shall be sold, assigned,
mortgaged, pledged or otherwise transferred without the consent of
the Mayor and Council. No taxi driver's license shall be transferable.
The taxicab vehicle listed on the taxi owner's
license may be replaced by another vehicle only after the vehicle
sought to be substituted shall have been inspected and written approval
given by the Chief of Police that such vehicle complies with the provisions
of this Part 1. The Borough Clerk shall show the change of vehicle
on the license.
A.
In addition to the penalty prescribed in § 285-8, licenses issued under this Part 1 may be revoked or suspended as punishment by the Mayor and Council, upon its own motion or upon recommendation or complaint of the Chief of Police, after notice and hearing, upon the following grounds:
(1)
Violation of any of the provisions of this Part 1.
(4)
Discontinuance of the operation of the licensed taxicab
for more than 20 consecutive days without the order or consent of
the Mayor and Council.
(5)
If the licensed taxicab has become unfit, unsafe,
unsanitary or unsuited for public patronage.
(6)
For any cause that would have been the basis for denial
of the license in the first instance.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23; 3-14-2006 by Ord. No. 06-2]
