[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Council)
of the Township of Gloucester 6-13-1922 by Ord. No. 32. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any automobile or motor bus, commonly called "jitneys,"
engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, which is
held out, announced or advertised to operate or run, or which is operated
or run, over any of the roads, streets or public places in the Township,
and indiscriminately accepts and discharges such persons as may offer
themselves for transportation either at the terminal or points along
the way or route on which it is used or operated or may be running.
A.
It shall not be lawful for any autobus or jitney to be operated upon
any street wholly or partly in the Township of Gloucester until the
owner thereof shall have obtained a license for that purpose from
the Township as hereinafter provided. Such license shall be issued
to the owner of said autobus or jitney for operation thereof only
by the said owner or his agent or servant duly accredited by such
owner for that purpose.
B.
Such license shall not be issued except upon compliance by the owner
of any autobus or jitney with the following conditions: There shall
be filed with the Township Clerk an application which shall contain
the name of the owner, his age, residence and business address, if
any, and a request for permission to operate the autobus for which
the application is made. It shall also contain a statement of the
character and estimated seating capacity of the autobus, state license
number and maker's number of its engine. It shall also definitely
state whether said autobus is to be operated by the owner personally
or by agents or servants duly accredited by such owner, or both.
C.
The Clerk shall issue said license when satisfied that the requirements
of this chapter have been complied with, which said license shall
bear the date of issue and shall be in force and effect until the
end of the calendar year during which it is issued.
[Amended 5-20-1970 by Ord. No. 392]
No license or other consent shall become effective and no such
operation shall be permitted until the owner of such autobus shall
have filed with the Clerk an insurance policy or a certificate thereof
of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance
laws of the State of New Jersey, in the sum of not less than $100,000
to satisfy all claims for damages by reason of bodily injury to or
the death of any one person resulting from an accident, and a sum
of not less than $300,000 to satisfy all claims for damages by reason
of the bodily injuries to or the death of all persons on account of
any such accident, by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance
or use of such autobus upon any public street; and conditioned for
the payment of a sum not less than $50,000 to satisfy any claim for
damages to property of any one person resulting from an accident,
and a sum not less than $50,000 to satisfy all claims for damages
to property of all persons on account of any such accident, by reason
of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of such autobus upon
any public street.
Said licensee may substitute one car for another or may transfer
his license to new owner, provided that he shall first satisfy the
said Clerk that the necessary changes are made in the said insurance
policy or certificate to cover either the substitution of autobus
or transfer of ownership.
Every autobus so licensed shall bear prominently displayed within
it, a placard issued and signed by the said Clerk, bearing the number
of said license, date of expiration and with the Seal of the Township
affixed thereto.
It shall be unlawful to drive any autobus when any passenger
is standing on the running board, fender mudguard or back thereof
or while any passenger is riding on said autobus outside the body
thereof or in such manner as to obstruct the driver's view or his
control of the vehicle, or to refuse to carry any persons who properly
apply for transportation. It shall be unlawful for any autobus driver
to take on or discharge passengers except on the right-hand side of
the road in the direction in which said vehicle is proceeding and
on the near side of intersecting streets. This clause shall not be
construed as permitting the stopping to take on or discharge passengers
in such a location as to interfere with the use of street crossings
by pedestrians or to interfere with the discharge or taking on of
passengers by any trolley car or other vehicle.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any autobus
when the streets are covered with rainwater, snow or ice unless the
rear wheels thereof be equipped with nonskid tires or with skid chains
or other safety devices for use in operating said vehicles.
B.
Every autobus operating on the streets of the Township shall be thoroughly
clean and ventilated at all times, and the interior of the same shall
be properly lighted and heated.
No fare shall be collected on said autobus, nor shall any passenger
be received or discharged by the driver thereof, while said autobus
is in motion. Each autobus shall have posted within it a placard stating
all fares for trips wholly within or originating or ending in said
Township.
It shall be unlawful to allow any autobus to be parked on any
street within the limits of the Township of Gloucester or to remain
standing on any streets except for the purpose of promptly receiving
and discharging passengers or in such cases where breakdown, accidents
or circumstances beyond the control of the driver of said autobus
necessitate the stopping of the vehicle for a longer time.
[Amended 5-20-1970 by Ord. No. 392]
The license fee for operating each autobus, as herein provided,
shall be $100, except where such license is issued on or after July
1, in which case 1/2 thereof shall be charged; said fee shall be payable
in advance to the said Clerk. Such fee is imposed for the purpose
of revenue.
[Amended 5-20-1970 by Ord. No. 392]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
If any section, clause or provision of this ordinance shall
be adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section,
clause or provision so adjudged to be invalid, and the rest of this
ordinance shall remain valid and effective.
This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 1922.
