[Adopted 7-9-1928 by Ord. No. 9-1928]
[Amended 4-22-2026 by Ord. No. 17-2026]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTOBUS
Includes one or more automobiles or one or more other vehicles, propelled by motor power, with a seating capacity of more than 14 passengers, and engaged in carrying passengers for hire and pay to, from and within the City of Atlantic City.
PERSON
Includes persons, firms, associations, copartnerships and corporations, and the employees, agents and servants of such persons, firms, associations, copartnerships and the officers, employees, agents and servants of such corporations.
[Amended 4-22-2026 by Ord. No. 17-2026]
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to include taxicabs, or buses employed solely in transporting school children and school teachers to and from public schools in said City, or such omnibuses, stage coaches or other vehicles commonly called "jitneys" as operate solely within the limits of said City, or autobuses operated wholly within the City limits of said City.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or operate any autobus, as herein defined, in the City of Atlantic City, unless such person shall first procure, provide and maintain a terminal, on private lands, on which terminal only such person shall park, accept and discharge any person or persons who may offer themselves for transportation in such autobuses.
It shall be unlawful for any autobus as herein defined to operate on or across Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, or to operate on any of such streets, avenues, boulevards, public places or portions thereof, lying between Atlantic Avenue and the Boardwalk, and between Vermont Avenue and Jackson Avenue, in said City.
This article is hereby declared to be necessary in the interest of the public safety and health of the community, to relieve congestion of traffic on Atlantic Avenue, in the City of Atlantic City, and on streets lying between Atlantic Avenue and the Boardwalk, and between Vermont Avenue and Jackson Avenue, in said City, to lessen fire hazard occasioned by the obstruction due to autobuses on said avenues and said streets, and to provide for certain necessary police regulation of said autobuses.
[Amended 2-1-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989; 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104-2008]
Any person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine not exceeding $2,000 for each and every offense thereafter or be imprisoned in the City or county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both.