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ORDINANCES, SECOND READING (NONE AT THIS TIME)

ORDINANCES – FIRST READING

11-10

TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, SO AS TO DELETE CHAPTER 97, ENTITLED “TAXICABS,” IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW CHAPTER 97, ENTITLED “TAXICABS, LIMOUSINES AND JITNEYS”

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 11-10 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL, NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 27, 2010 BY: RIVERE MOTION SECONDED BY: MARTIN YES: MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, RIVERE & KAFTON ABSTENTIONS: BRESSI

BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Township Council of the Township of

Jackson, County of Ocean, and State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to delete Chapter 97, entitled “Taxicabs,” in its entirety, and replace it with a new Chapter 97, entitled “Taxicabs, Limousines and Jitneys,” which shall read as follows:

Taxicabs

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in N.J.S.A. 48:16-1, as amended and supplemented: "autocab," "person" and "street."

No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the taxicab business, nor shall they operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by it to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of this municipality, without first having obtained a taxicab license from the municipality.

No license shall be issued or renewed unless the holder thereof has paid an annual license fee of $25 for the right to engage in the taxicab business. Said license shall be for the year ending on the 30th day of June and shall be in