§ 4-4.7. Application for owner's license.  


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  • a. 

    Taxicab and limousine owners licenses shall be issued only to the following who have satisfied all the requirements of this section and have submitted an application containing the following information:

    1. 

    Name, business address, home address, business telephone number, residence telephone number, and age, of an individual owner or of all partners, and if a corporation, the State of Incorporation, name, business address, business telephone, officers, directors, manager, and stockholders, owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation.

    2. 

    For each vehicle to be licensed, the name, address and telephone number of the insurance agent and the insurance company that will provide the required insurance coverage.

    3. 

    For each vehicle to be licensed, the name of the manufacturer, body type, year, serial number, color, bill of sale number, State registration number, and license number, if any.

    4. 

    For each individual owner or partner, and in cases where a corporation is the applicant, its president, manager, and each stockholder holding 10% or more of the capital stock of such corporation, a statement whether or not such persons have been convicted of a crime and, if so, the nature of the offense, where convicted and the date of each such conviction.

    5. 

    Each application shall be accompanied by a certificate of insurance from a company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey, showing evidence of insurance for each vehicle to be licensed in the amount and type coverage required by this section. It shall refer to the vehicle to be insured by make, year and serial number.

    6. 

    The names and addresses of two responsible property owners of the Township as references.

    b. 

    All applications for taxicab owner's licenses shall be filed with the Office of Licensing and Inspection, who shall submit the applications to the Township Council for their consideration. The Township Council shall take action on the applications submitted by the Office of Licensing and Inspection within 30 days of their receipt of the applications from the Office of Licensing and Inspection. Township Council may take up to an additional 30 days provided such additional time does not result in a license expiring in advance of the consideration of the new license.

    c. 

    All applications for limousine owner's licenses shall be filed with the Office of Licensing and Inspection. The applications shall be in a form set forth above in paragraph a. The Office of Licensing and Inspection shall issue such license after the applicant has satisfactorily completed the application and has also satisfactorily complied with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-13 to 48:16-22. The certificate for license shall recite the name of the insurance company, the policy number, and date of expiration of the policy or bond, a description of every autocab, limousine, or delivery service insured thereunder and the registration number of same. The duplicate certificate shall be filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles before any such car is registered as an autocab, limousine, or delivery service. The original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the autocab, limousine, or delivery service.

Ord. No. 8-10-70; Ord. No. 0-2-73; Ord. No. 0-1-74; Ord. No. 0-32-74; 1967 Code § 71-7; Ord. No. 0.17.89 § 2; Ord. No. 0.7.90 § 3