[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bergenfield
12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 1046 as Sec. 6-14 of the Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No autobus shall be operated in any of the public streets or places
of the Borough unless the owner or person operating such autobus shall have
procured a license in the manner herein provided and shall obtain a fee therefor.
In addition to the provisions provided for in Chapter 198, Licensing, the following shall apply:
A.
The number of buses which the applicant intends to operate
within or through the Borough and a schedule of rates of fare.
B.
The streets, avenues and public places upon which buses
will be operated; an agreement to comply with the requirements contained in
this section or any supplement or amendment thereof.
The application shall be accompanied by a license fee of $50 for each
bus which the applicant intends to operate, together with an agreement upon
the part of the applicant to furnish a liability insurance company bond conditioned
for the benefit and security of the person injured, and, upon request of the
Mayor and Council, conditioned also for the payment of any final judgment
secured by any person or passengers injured through the negligent operation
of the bus by the owner, his agents and servants, which bond shall be filed
with the Borough Clerk.
The Borough Council shall at its next meeting after the presentation
of the application or at the next meeting thereafter consider and pass upon
such application, and, if in its judgment it is proper for the good government,
order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of
the public health and safety of the Borough and its inhabitants, refuse such
application, or may grant the same with or without modifications as to the
number of buses to be operated within or through the Borough and the route
or routes to be traveled. Upon the granting of any such application, either
with or without modifications as aforesaid, a license shall be issued to the
applicant signed by the Borough Clerk.
A permit applies only to the particular motor bus for which it is issued.
No motor bus shall be substituted for any other motor bus or operated under
a permit issued for any other motor bus, except by consent of the Mayor and
Council.
A.
Every person operating an autobus within or through the
Borough shall operate the same over a route set forth in his application and
over no other route except pursuant to permission of the Borough Council evidenced
by a resolution duly adopted by the Council, provided that, in case any portion
of any route shall be temporarily obstructed or closed to traffic, then, in
such case, upon application to and granting of permission by the Mayor and
Council, the autobus may be operated upon such other street or public places
as to make a detour to the nearest open portion of the route.
B.
Every person operating an autobus within or through the
Borough shall, with the application herein provided for, file with the Borough
Clerk a statement of the entire route both within and without the Borough
to be traveled by the bus and a schedule showing the time when the bus will
leave its respective terminal or each route therein; a copy of the time schedule
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each autobus. The time schedule
may be changed upon ten days' notice in writing, which notice shall be accompanied
by the proposed new schedule, and shall be filed with the Borough Clerk at
least 10 days before such proposed change shall take effect and also within
the same time be published in a newspaper circulating within the Borough.
The following shall apply:
A.
There shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each
autobus the license issued to operate the bus and a statement of the rates
of fare between the various points upon the routes of the bus.
B.
No autobus shall stop within 50 feet of any corner of
the Borough for the purpose of taking on or letting off passengers.
C.
Every autobus operated within or through the Borough
shall have one or more lights on the inside thereof which shall be kept lighted
at all times from one hour after sunset until one hour before dawn.
D.
Every autobus operated within or through the Borough
shall carry on the inside thereof, in a rack or other place where it can be
readily procured by the passengers, an ax and saw and two fire extinguishers
for use in case of emergency.
E.
No driver of an autobus shall talk to or carry on a conversation
with the passengers or any other person except to answer necessary questions.
F.
Every autobus shall be operated carefully and within
the speed limits provided for by law, and shall use chains or other similar
devices to prevent skidding when necessary because of ice, snow or slippery
condition of the streets.
