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If the Township Council finds that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform such public transportation in accordance with the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated by the Township Council, then the Township Clerk shall issue a license stating the name and address of the applicant, the date of issuance and the year, type and model of the vehicles; otherwise, the application shall be denied.
No taxicab license shall be assigned, mortgaged, pledged or otherwise transferred to secure a debt, loan, advance or other financing transaction.
The following regulations shall hereafter apply to all taxicabs licensed hereafter in this municipality:
The owner of each taxicab shall forthwith file with the Township Clerk and the Chief of Police a typewritten or printed, signed schedule showing the dates, hours, locations and telephone numbers in this Township at which the said taxicab will be on a recognized taxicab stand, with qualified operator, ready to serve the public, subject to times when actually on call, i.e., making a service.
Hereafter, each time a taxicab license is applied for, the applicant shall file with his or her application, and as part thereof, a new schedule as aforesaid. When a new license is granted or a license is renewed, the licensee shall forthwith furnish the Chief of Police with a copy of the current schedule of said taxicab.
Each licensed taxicab shall at all times, as set forth in its schedule, be at its designated stand, with qualified operator, ready to serve the public, subject to times actually in call, i.e., making a service.
If during the licensed period any owner of such a licensed taxicab shall find that it is impossible or impractical to comply with the schedule such owner has filed, such owner shall immediately file a written notice with the Township Clerk and the Chief of Police, stating when the taxicab went out of public service and the reason therefor, such as damaged by accident, necessary repairs, inability to get competent driver, illness of driver or whatsoever may be the reason for non-operation of the taxicab. When a taxicab is returned to public service, written notice thereof shall be immediately filed by the owner with said Township Clerk and Chief of Police. The Township Council shall review the number and extent of the periods when each taxicab has been out of public service during previous licensing period, when giving consideration on question or renewal or transfer.
No person shall operate a taxicab for hire upon the streets of the municipality, and no person, firm or corporation who owns or controls a taxicab shall permit it to be driven, and no taxicab licensed by the municipality shall be so driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of said taxicab shall have first obtained and shall have then in force a taxicab driver’s permit under the provisions of this article.
Every person applying for a permit to drive a taxicab must furnish satisfactory evidence that he or she holds a current driver’s license under the New Jersey State Motor Vehicle Law, and shall continue to hold same as long as he or she operators said taxicab.