The Mayor with the consent of Council and/or Council is hereby
authorized to establish bus or coach stops on such public streets,
in such places, and in such number as shall be determined to be of
the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. In no event shall
any such stop be made except where authorized, in writing, by the
Mayor with the consent of Council and/or by Council, or except in
obedience to a traffic officer or to a traffic control signal, sign
or marking, or to avoid an accident. Every such bus or coach stop
shall be designated by an appropriate sign.
A.
Council may grant stands to the operators of taxicabs at specified
locations on streets in the Borough where they are determined to be
of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public.
[Added 7-7-1975 by Ord. No. 842]
B.
All permits for existing taxicab stands opposite a safety zone or
bus stop, or within 40 feet of a point on a curb immediately opposite
either end of a safety zone or bus stop, are hereby revoked, and no
new taxicab stand shall be granted at such a location.
C.
Taxicabs, except when stopped by a traffic officer or a traffic control
signal, to avoid an accident, or to receive or discharge passengers,
are prohibited from standing or parking on a street except at designated
stands.
No operator of a vehicle other than a bus, school bus or coach
shall stand or park in an officially designated bus, school bus or
coach stop. No operator of a vehicle other than a taxicab shall stand
or park in an officially designated taxicab stand. However, the operator
of a vehicle other than a bus, school bus, coach or taxicab may temporarily
stop in any such stop or stand for the purpose of, and while actually
engaged in, the loading or unloading of passengers.
