No person shall operate a taxicab as defined in § 285-1 or permit the same to be operated for hire upon the streets of the Borough without first obtaining a taxi owner's license therefor as provided by this Part 1.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 24-10, entitled
"Application for license; contents," which immediately followed this
section, was deleted 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23.
[Amended 6-23-1981 by Ord. No. 81-14]
A.
No taxi owner's license shall be issued until there
has been submitted to the Borough Attorney and approved by him as
to both form and sufficiency and also approved by the Mayor and Council,
and filed with the Borough Clerk, an insurance policy which shall:
(1)
Have the premium prepaid thereon.
(2)
Be written by a company duly licensed to transact
business under the insurance laws of the state of New Jersey.
(3)
Be in the sum of $500,000 against loss from liability,
imposed by law, upon said owner for damages on account of bodily injury
to or death suffered by one person, and be in the sum of $1,000,000
against loss from liability, imposed by law, upon said owner for damages
on account of bodily injury to or death suffered by more than one
person, as a result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership,
maintenance or use of the vehicle so licensed by the Borough, and
be in the sum of $50,000 against loss from liability, imposed by law,
upon said owner for property damage suffered by any person or persons
as the result of an accident occurring by reason of ownership, maintenance
or use of the vehicle so licensed.
(4)
Provide for the payment of any final judgment received
by any person or persons on account of the ownership, maintenance
and use of said vehicle or any fault in respect thereto.
(5)
Be for the benefit of any person suffering loss, damage
or injury as aforesaid.
(6)
Recite on its face that it is issued in pursuance
of this Part 1.
B.
The taxi owner's license shall continue effective
and operative only so long as the insurance policy specified in this
section shall remain in force and effect and so long as the full amounts
payable thereunder shall remain collectible.
No taxi owner's license shall be issued until there has been executed and delivered to the Borough Clerk, concurrently with the filing of the policy of insurance referred to in § 285-10, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner of the vehicle to be licensed shall nominate, constitute and appoint the Borough Chief Financial Officer as his 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 filed.
[Amended 6-23-1981 by Ord. No. 81-14]
A.
No taxi owner's license shall be issued by the Borough
Clerk until there has been paid to the Borough Clerk the license fee
hereby fixed in the sum of $25 per year for each vehicle to be licensed;
provided, however, that if an application for a taxi owner's license
is made after the first day of January and before July 1 in any year,
the fee to be paid therefor shall be $12.50.
B.
Each taxi owner shall also be required to pay an annual
fleet charge of $100 prior to the issuance of his taxi owner's license.
[Amended 6-23-1981 by Ord. No. 81-14]
No taxi owner's license shall be issued until
the vehicle proposed to be licensed has been inspected by the Chief
of Police or his designee and approved by him, in writing. Such approval
shall be given if the vehicle is of good appearance and well-painted,
is in a clean and sanitary condition and is in a safe condition for
the transportation of passengers. The Mayor and Council reserve the
right to have any vehicle inspected by the Chief of Police or his
designee at any time to determine whether the vehicle has become unfit,
unsafe, unsanitary or unsuited for public patronage.
