As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
APPLICANT
A person, firm, company, association or corporation applying for
a license to operate five or more rolling chairs on the boardwalk and in the
Borough.
BOARDWALK
Elevated walk or promenade along the ocean front.
LICENSEE
The person or corporation in whose name the license is issued by
the Clerk of the Borough of Bradley Beach.
OPERATOR
The driver or person at the controls of a rolling chair.
OWNER
The person or corporation actually owning or leasing the rolling
chairs.
ROLLING CHAIR
A wheeled vehicle for the transportation of two or three persons
for hire.
ROLLING CHAIR STATION
Any building, space or place from which rolling chairs are rented
for riding on the boardwalk.
RUN
The interval consumed between the time a passenger hires a rolling
chair and the time the passenger leaves the rolling chair.
STREET
The public streets in the Borough of Bradley Beach.
No person shall operate, conduct or maintain a rolling chair without
first obtaining a license for so doing from the Clerk of the Borough of Bradley
Beach. Such license shall be effective for the period of April 1 of each year
to October 31 of the following year.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1999-05]
The annual license fee for each rolling chair shall be $30.
The Clerk of the Borough of Bradley Beach or other duly authorized agents
of the Borough of Bradley Beach shall keep a record of each license issued
for rolling chairs and shall in said record designate the person to whom such
license is issued, and the number of rolling chairs for which the license
has been issued.
Any license issued to any one person or persons under this chapter shall
not be transferable to any other person or persons.
All rolling chairs shall be properly maintained and neatly painted at
all times. Rolling chairs shall not remain on the boardwalk during the hours
of 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 10:00 a.m. In the event that the rolling chairs
are stored during the hours of nonoperation, the storage facility shall be
maintained in an orderly and neat fashion and shall comply with all applicable
zoning regulations.
If any licensee shall fail to fully and promptly comply with the provisions
of this chapter and with all other laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining
to the business of such licensee, or in the event of the failure to maintain
insurance in full force and effect without lapse, as required under this chapter,
then and in either or any of such events, the rolling chair license issued
to such licensee shall immediately cease, terminate and become null and void
and of no effect, and the licensee shall forthwith and without delay of any
kind surrender such license to the Clerk of the Borough of Bradley Beach for
cancellation and shall forthwith and immediately cease, terminate, discontinue
and end all operations and business conducted by licensee under said license.
All fees and costs shall be forfeited.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction in the Municipal Court of Bradley Beach, be punished for each offense
by a fine not to exceed $500 and/or imprisonment in the county jail for a
term not to exceed 90 days. Each time a chair shall be operated in violation
of the foregoing chapter or any part thereof, it shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.
The use of the word "person" shall, for the purpose of this chapter,
be deemed to include persons, firms, associations, copartnerships and corporations.
The Borough of Bradley Beach reserves the right to repeal or modify
this chapter at any time, and the Borough shall not be liable for the repeal
or modification of this chapter.