The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-23
ORDINANCE No. 179.

A.N OTDINANCL CUHCtTIIUg AULJIHUDII5
Buses commonly called Jitneys, in the
City of Pleasantville, n. J.
Be it ordained by the Common Council of
the City of Pleasantville
a. That the words Auto Bus, per
son" and street as used in this ordinance
shall have the meaning severally ascribed to
State of New Jersey entitled An Act Con-
corning Automobiles commonly called Jit-
neys and their Operation in Cities approved
~ The words auto for hire or ''auto-
mobile for hire" or auto bus for hire shall
mean and include any motor vehicle adver-
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
Pleasantyille, excepting motor hearses, taxi
cabs and automobiles operating from stands,
garages and other fixed locations upon tele-
phone call offering and affording 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
year.
go 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
given upon the following terms and condi-
lions only =
(a) That the owner of such auto bus
shall embody the terms and conditions men
toned in subdivisions b, c, d, e, f, e, h, i,
], k, | and m of this section in his application
for municipal consent and shall in consider
alton of the granting of such consent and
license agree to observe and perform said
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-
ton thereto any intersecting or parallel
street or streets provided that II 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
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
Vile such auto bus shall proceed to the
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 Pleasantyille 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 oil
unloading of passengers except on the fal
side of the interse Getting street and beyond
the width of the sidewalk of such intersect-
ing street and shall not stop or remain al
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
FAINT avenue on North Main street and south
of the south side of Verona avenue on South
Main street in said city.
go No auto bus shall be stopped OF
remain for any purpose on said street OF
streets within twenty-five feet of any City
(h) That the fare to be charged by the
owner of any auto bus within the limits OF
the City of P|leasantville 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.
ID In consideration of the granting OF
the consent and license to operate within the
City limits each applicant owner shall agree
that consent TO operate within the limits OF
the City of Pleasantville shall be separate
and independent of any other municipality
and shall have no reference or relation there
to and that such owner applicant Will ac-
count to the City monthly al the rate OF &C
Of his gross receipts calculated upon a basis
of not less than &c for each person carried
by him or in his auto bus within the limits
of said City whether any fare is or IS not
actually collected by the chauffeur or driver
of such bus within the limits of said CITY.
I'D The type of motor vehicle. the morse
power, the number Of the State license and
the seating capacity and the manufacturer
name and number; the name, age, residence
and business address II the applicant Is a
natural person if a corporation, It's name
place of Incorporation and place OF business
if a partnership or company the names OF
each of the persons comprising the company
or firm with the business address Of each.
The signature of the person making the APP
nlicati6n shall be verified before a Notary
Public or some other person authorized to
administer oaths. Evidence that the april
cant has filed with the fiscal oheer an IN
demnity bond or insurance policy OF a Com
pany duly authorized to transact business
under the Insurance Laws of the State OF
New Jersey in the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars $1,000 O0) against loss from the
liability imposed under the Act entitled An
Act Concerning Automobiles commonly called
Jitneys and their Operation in Cities ap-
proved March II, 1916, for the benefit Of any
person injured by or in any such auto bus
as provided in the Act last above mentioned.
(k) That the owner of such auto bus
constitute and appoint such fiscal officer as
his true and lawful agent for the purpose, of
acknowledging service of any process of a
Court of competent jurisdiction to be served
against insured by virtue Of the
granted under the insurance policy filed.
"a No fare shall be collected by any
owner, chauffeur or driver of any auto bus
but the fare for every person. or passenger
carried in such auto bus shall be placed by
the passenger in a device which registers
the number of fares which shall have passed
through it, and no owner, and no chauffeur,
driver or agent of such owner shall receive
any fare except through such registering de-
vice which device shall be approved by the
fiscal officer of the City and shall be pro-
cured and installed in every bus licensed by
the owner thereof.
(m) 1t shall be unlawful to carry or
transport in any such auto bus a greater
number of passengers or persons than the
manufacturer seating capacity of said auto
bus or more than one person on the front
seat excepting the chauffeur and every per-