§ 165-2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings given herein:

DRIVER'S LICENSE

A license required by all operators of a vehicle for hire doing business within the Township.

LIMOUSINE

Any vehicle which has been issued a livery license plate by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and is used exclusively to carry passengers for hire on an hourly or daily basis pursuant to a written contract, does not have an established route and is constructed and designed as to comfortably seat not more than 14 passengers as established in N.J.S.A. 48:16-13, Article 2, excluding the operator of the vehicle.

LIMOUSINE OR LIVERY SERVICE

Includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by limousines.

OWNER'S LICENSE

A license required by all owners or lessees of a vehicle for hire doing business within the Township.

TAXICAB and TAXI

Any full-size, four-door sedan, station wagon, sports utility vehicle or van, with a carrying capacity of not less than four passengers, not including the driver, used in the business of carrying passengers for hire, and particularly accepts and discharges such persons from points and places to points or places within or outside the Township.

TAXICAB STAND

A section of a public street or public place set apart for the exclusive use of a limited number of taxicabs when the section is distinctly marked as such.

TAXIMETER

A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, either for the distance traveled or for waiting time, or for both, and upon which such charges shall be plainly indicated by means of figures, based upon rates established pursuant to § 165-10.

VEHICLE FOR HIRE

A limousine or taxicab as defined herein.

Amended 12-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-15