The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
NO. 179.

AN ORDINANCE concerning Automobile
Buses commonly called %Jitneys, in the
City of Pleasantville, N. J.
Be it ordained by the Common Council of
the City of Pleasantville:
ID That the words Auto Bus, per
son" and street" as used in this ordinance
shall have the meaning severally ascribed to
each in an Act of the Legislature of the
State of New Jersey entitled A Act Con
corning Automobiles commonly called Jit-
neys and their Operation in Cities approved
March II, 1916.
(2) The words "auto for hire or auto
mobile for hire" or "auto bus for hire shall
mean and include any motor vehicle adyer-
tised or held out for carrying passengers for
hire which is or are operated over and upon
any of the public streets of the City of
Pleasantville, excepting motor hearses. taxi
cabs and automobiles operating from stands,
garages and other fixed locations upon tele-
phone call offering and a~ffording regular
permanent service to the inhabitants of the
City of Pleasantville, between the hours of
six O'Clock in the forenoon and twelve o.
clock midnight throughout every day of the
80 That it shall be Unlawful to operate
any auto bus within the limits of this City
unless and until the consent of the City of
Pleasantville is obtained therefor which con-
sent shall be evidenced by a license issued
by the City Of Pleasantville upon the terms
and conditions herein mentioned and not
otherwise.
(4) That consent to operate an auto bus
within the limits of the City of Pleasantville
and a license evidencing such consent will be
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tions only =
(a) That the owner of such auto bus
shall embody the terms and conditions men
toned in subdivisions b. c. d, e, f, g, h, /,
], k, | and m of this section in his application
for municipal consent and shall in consider
alton of the granting of such consent and
terms and conditions and every one of them.
OBJ The owner of such auto bus shall
designate a route to be regularly covered by
him which route must include operation over
and along Shore Road from the Northerly
limit of said City to the Southerly limit
thereof and return and may include in addi-
street or streets provided that il such bus
leave the Shore Road before completing any
circuit it shall return to the Shore Road at
the same point at which it left it or at the
next intersecting street, and proceed in the
same direction as that in which it was trav-
cling before leaving it and complete said
Shore Road Circuit.
(c) Circuit or "Shore Road Circuit"
means one complete trip from any starting
point on the Shore Road over and along said
Shore Road to one of the City limits, thence
over and along said Shore Road to the other
City limit, thence over and along said Shore
Road to the beginning point.
cd If such auto bus enter upon any
street or streets paralleling or intersecting
the Shore Road within the City of Pleasant
Shore Road and shall operate one complete
Circuit over and along said Shore Road from
the point where such bus entered upon the
Shore Road to one of the limits of the City
on said Shore Road, thence to the other City
limit on said Shore Road and thence return
to the point where such bus entered upon
the Shore Road and if such auto bus after
| entering upon said Shore Road during the
course of such Circuit shall leave the same
for the purpose of discharging passengers or
otherwise he shall be further subject to the
conditions of clause 'b' herein above men
toned.
(e) Every auto bus operated with the
consent of the City Of Pleasantville within
the limits of said City shall be operated from
seven o'clock in the forenoon until seven
o'clock in the afternoon during every day OF
the year and at intervals not exceeding one
hour apart so that persons desiring auto bus
transportation shall be furnished the same
in either direction over and along said Shore
Road at intervals not exceeding one hour.
(f) Such auto bus shall not be stopped
for the purpose of waiting for, loading or
unloading of passengers except on the far
side of the intersecting street and beyond
the width Of the sidewalk of such intersect-
ing street and shall not stop or remain at
any point on or along any OF the streets
within the limits of said City for the purpose
of waiting for, loading or discharging pass
engers for a period longer than three min
utes except north of the north side OF Pleas
ant avenue on North Main street and south
of the south side of Verona avenue on South
Main street in said city.
i(g) No auto bus shall be stopped or
remain for any purpose on said street or
streets within twenty-five feet of any City
fire plug.
y (h) That the fare to be charged by the
the City of Pleasantville shall be stated in
the application and no greater fare than
that stated shall be requested or demanded
for transportation in said auto bus between
the hours of six o'clock a. m. and twelve
o'clock midnight.
] III In consideration Of the granting of
the consent and license to operate within the