City of Paterson, NJ
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2022-12-13
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 449 Taxicabs, Autocabs and Rented Motor Vehicles
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Part 1 Taxicabs
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Article VII Taxi Stands
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Constables
- Ch 23 Contracts
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 31 Emergency Medical Technician Certification
- Ch 35 Enterprise Zone
- Ch 37 Environmental Commission
- Ch 39 Fire Division
- Ch 41 Flood Control Commission
- Ch 43 Grass Roots Cultural Arts Commission
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 49 Housing Authority
- Ch 53 Insurance Fund Commission
- Ch 59 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Parking Authority
- Ch 75 Pensions
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies
- Ch 81 Police Division
- Ch 85 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 89 Salaries, Payment of
- Ch 90 Service Charges
- Ch 92 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 93 Tenant Advisory Board
- Ch 95 Water Commission
- General Legislation
- Ch 102 Advertising
- Ch 105 Air Pollution
- Ch 109 Alarm Systems
- Ch 113 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 117 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 121 Animals
- Ch 125 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 129 Bazaars
- Ch 133 Billiard and Pool Rooms, Public
- Ch 134 Bins for Donated Items
- Ch 137 Block Parties
- Ch 141 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 143 Boating and Bathing
- Ch 145 Boat Rentals
- Ch 149 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 153 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 157 Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 161 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 165 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 172 Cannabis Licensing and Operating
- Ch 175 Certificates of Re-Rental Approval and Compliance
- Ch 179 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 181 Commercial Hours of Operation
- Ch 183 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 187 Conversions, Illegal
- Ch 191 Dance Halls and Dancing Academies
- Ch 195 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 203 Entertainment and Shows
- Ch 209 Facilities, Municipal
- Ch 212 Filming
- Ch 215 Fire Safety
- Ch 219 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 223 Florists, Retail
- Ch 227 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 231 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 235 Food Handler's Certificate
- Ch 239 Food, Preparation and Sale of
- Ch 243 Food Vending Vehicles
- Ch 249 Garage Sales and Flea Markets
- Ch 255 Graffiti
- Ch 257 Green Team
- Ch 259 Handicapped Parking Policy
- Ch 263 Health Services
- Ch 267 Heating
- Ch 271 Housing-Property Maintenance
- Ch 275 Housing Standards
- Ch 279 Ice, Sale of
- Ch 283 Insurance
- Ch 287 Junk Dealers, Motor Vehicle
- Ch 291 Junkyards
- Ch 297 Land Subdivision
- Ch 301 Laundries, Coin-Operated
- Ch 305 Library
- Ch 309 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 313 Littering
- Ch 315 Loitering
- Ch 319 Lots, Vacant
- Ch 322 Mercantile Establishments
- Ch 325 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 331 Motion-Picture Theaters
- Ch 332 Municipal Identification Card
- Ch 337 Noise
- Ch 341 Nuisances
- Ch 345 Obscene Materials
- Ch 349 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 351 Paint, Lead-Based
- Ch 355 Parades and Processions
- Ch 359 Parking Lots, Open-Air
- Ch 363 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 367 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 371 Property Registration
- Ch 373 Public Construction Contracts
- Ch 377 Records, Availability of
- Ch 381 Rent Leveling
- Ch 385 Rodent Control
- Ch 389 Roller-Skating Rinks
- Ch 395 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 399 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 403 Security Gates
- Ch 407 Sewers
- Ch 411 Sex Offenders
- Ch 412 Sick Leave for Private Employees
- Ch 414 Signs
- Ch 417 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 421 Smoking
- Ch 427 Solid Waste
- Ch 429 Speed Humps
- Ch 431 Spitting
- Ch 433 Stormwater Control
- Ch 435 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 438 Swimming Pools
- Ch 441 Tattooing
- Ch 445 Taxation
- Ch 448 All-Terrain Vehicle, Dirt Bike and Snowmobile Regulation
- Ch 449 Taxicabs, Autocabs and Rented Motor Vehicles
- Ch 449 Pt 1 Art VII Taxi Stands
- § 449-50 Designation of taxi stands.
- § 449-51 Regulation of taxicabs at taxi stands.
- Ch 451 Telephones, Mobile
- Ch 452 Telephones, Public
- Ch 453 Towing
- Ch 455 Traffic Signalization System
- Ch 460 Utilities, Underground
- Ch 463 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 466 Vehicles, Seizure of
- Ch 473 Water
- Ch 474 Newsracks
- Ch 477 Wireless Communication Facilities
- Ch 483 Zoning and Land Development
- Appendix
- Ch A495 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A505 Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Rules and Regulations
- Ch A513 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
A.Â
The City Council is hereby authorized to locate and
designate as taxi stands the space alongside the curb adjacent to
property used as public parks, public buildings, railroad stations,
hotels, restaurants and theaters.
B.Â
The City Council shall further designate the number
of cabs which shall be authorized to stand at the taxi stand at a
given time, and such number shall be displayed on a sign provided
by the City of Paterson, and such sign shall be attached to a post
or stanchion adjacent to the taxi stand.
C.Â
Any property owner may apply to the City Council requesting
that a taxi stand be established adjacent to his or her property.
Such application shall state the number of cabs desired to occupy
the stand at a given time.
D.Â
No taxi stand shall be permitted without the consent
of the owner of the property adjacent to the proposed taxi stand.
E.Â
Taxi stands are authorized solely at the discretion
of the City Council, and the City Council may revoke its consent at
any time.
A.Â
Only the designated number of taxicabs may remain
at a taxi stand at any given time and all cars must be in single file
and otherwise operate in accordance with all traffic rules and regulations.
B.Â
No driver standing at the head of the line at a taxi
stand shall refuse or neglect to carry any orderly person requesting
a cab who agrees to pay the proper fare. Passengers may, however,
select any cab he or she desires, whether it is at the head of the
line or not.
C.Â
As a cab leaves the line, those cabs behind it shall
move up. All drivers seeking a space at the taxi stand shall approach
only from the rear of the line and shall stop as near as possible
to the last cab already on line.
D.Â
No taxicab shall stand at the curb within 15 feet
of the entrance to any building adjacent to a taxi stand.
