§ 4-4.12. Qualifications for driver's license; application requirements.
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Every taxicab driver or limousine driver's license so issued shall be revoked upon the conviction of two moving violations within the last two years. In addition, no license shall be issued to a person convicted within the past five years of reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, refusal to take a breathylizer test or speeding in excess of 25 miles of the lawful speed limit.
b.Each applicant for a taxicab or limousine driver's license shall submit a certificate from a licensed physician of the State of New Jersey, at the applicant's expense, certifying that the applicant has been examined within the preceding 30 days and that he has no infirmity of body or mind which might render him unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab or limousine.
c.Each applicant for a taxicab or limousine driver's license shall obtain from the Police Department of the Township an affidavit from an appropriate officer of the Police Department to the effect that the applicant is of good moral character and that he has sufficient knowledge of the traffic regulations and geography of the Township.
d.Each applicant must furnish with the application for such driver's license a recent photograph of himself, three inches in length and four inches in height, in duplicate.
e.Each applicant must submit the names and addresses of two responsible property owners of the Township as references.
f.Every license so issued shall be revoked upon conviction of two violations of the State Motor Vehicles Statute.
g.All changes of residence on the part of the holder of any taxicab or limousine driver's license issued under this section shall be reported in writing to the Township Council through the Office of Licensing and Inspection and be directed to the Police Department of the Township.
h.No license shall be issued in the event that it is determined that the applications contain a materially false statement.
i.Failure to meet any of the qualification set forth in subsection shall result in a denial of the license.