[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Pleasantville
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Ch. 139 of the 1982 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An autobus as defined in N.J.S.A. 48:4-1, as amended, and in N.J.S.A.
48:16-23.
No motorbus shall be operated or run while carrying passengers for hire,
wholly or partly along any street in the city, whether such operation is over
a route wholly or partly within the territorial limits of the city until the
person owning the motorbus or possessing the right to use the same shall obtain
the consent of the Council for such operation, in accordance with the provisions
of this article. The Council may approve and grant consent, subject to such
terms and conditions as convenience and safety of the inhabitants of the city
shall demand.
A.Â
Every person applying for a consent to operate a motorbus
shall make written application, under oath, for such consent addressed to
the Council and file same with the City Clerk. Such application shall state,
among other things, the route and hours of service wherein and during which
it is proposed to operate such motorbus, the terminal point of the route,
the streets to be traveled in reaching the terminal point and the description
and passenger-carrying capacity of the motorbus. The application shall furnish
such other information as the Council may request.
B.Â
At the direction of the Council, the City Clerk shall
refer said application to the Chief of Police for his investigation, recommendation
and report to the Council.
No municipal consent to operate a motorbus shall be effective and no
such operation shall be permitted until the owner of such motorbus shall furnish
and keep in force the insurance and the power of attorney as provided for
and required by N.J.S.A. 48:16-24 and N.J.S.A. 48:4-36 to 48:4-39.
Subject to law, any consent for the operation of a motorbus may be revoked
by the Council after notice and hearing whenever it shall appear that the
holder thereof has failed to comply with or has violated any law or regulation
of this state; or any regulation, term or condition imposed by the Council
when the consent was granted; or the provisions of this article and the rules
and regulations made pursuant thereto.
No person shall drive any motorbus operating under a consent issued
by the city unless he is:
The Chief of Police, subject to approval of the Council, by resolution,
shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as he may
deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Such authority
of the Chief, however, shall not include the power to change or regulate terminals
or starting or stopping points for the purpose of improving the efficiency
of handling the traffic or otherwise as may be for the best interests of the
traveling public, such power being hereby reserved to the Council.
Subject to the supervision and direction of the Chief of Police, the
Police Department shall have general supervision of motorbuses operated in
the City. It shall enforce compliance with the provisions of this article
and the regulations made thereunder, as well as the state laws and state rules
and regulations applicable to motorbuses. Members of the Police Department
shall have free access to any motorbus for the purpose of making inspections.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for term not exceeding 90
days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day
such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Art. II of Ch. 150 of the 1982 Code]
It shall be unlawful for the buses, commercial buses, buses for hire
and charter buses to park at any time upon the public streets and highways
of the City of Pleasantville.[1]
Any person, individual, corporation, entity, agent, servant and/or employee
of any corporation or entity violating any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject toa fine of not less than $100
nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or
a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
