New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Chapter 75 - SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RULES OF OPERATION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19:75-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
"Approved facility" means a bus activity center, bus
					 maintenance facility or bus parking facility approved by the Authority.
"Authority" means the South Jersey Transportation
					 Authority.
"Bus" or "buses" means and includes all autobuses, of
					 whatever size or configuration, under the jurisdiction of the Motor Vehicle
					 Commission; all autobuses, of whatever size or configuration, that are subject
					 to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, 49 CFR Part 571, operated on
					 public highways or in public places in this State; and all autobuses operated
					 on public highways or in public places in this State under the authority of the
					 Interstate Commerce Commission, or its successor agency, the Federal Highway
					 Administration. The term "bus" or "buses" shall not include:
1. Any and all autobuses of NJ Transit and its contract
					 carriers, which are under the inspection jurisdiction of the Motor Vehicle
					 Commission; and
2. School buses, as defined pursuant to
					 39:1-1.
"Bus activity center" or "activity center" means a facility
					 approved by the Authority at which location bus passengers are loaded or
					 discharged.
"Bus maintenance facility" means a facility approved by the
					 Authority to maintain buses.
"Bus Management Program" means rules set forth in this
					 chapter and policies and procedures adopted by the Authority pursuant to this
					 chapter, including, but not limited to, bus itinerary, bus intercept, bus
					 parking, bus maintenance, site capacities, traffic management,
					 computerized/electronic permit or medallion validation, routes of travel,
					 discharge and loading of passengers, bus operations and activities,
					 enforcement, and maintenance of a manifest.
"Bus parking facility" means a facility approved by the
					 Authority on which buses subject to this chapter shall be parked during the
					 period between discharge and loading of passengers at an activity
					 center.
"Bus safety inspection" means an inspection intended to
					 insure bus safety in accordance with New Jersey Department of Transportation
					 (NJDOT) regulations.
"Casino" means a casino hotel facility that has been
					 approved by the Casino Control Commission for the conduct of casino gaming in
					 accordance with the provisions of the Casino Control Act (5:12-1 et seq.).
"Certificate" means a document evidencing the approval by
					 the Authority of an approved facility.
"Chapter" means N.J.A.C. 19:75.
"Impact statement" means a statement as provided in
					 19:75-3.3 which is included within
					 an application for approved facility.
"Intercept" means any procedures approved by the Authority
					 for either holding or staging buses at Authority-approved locations for the
					 purpose of regulating movement of bus traffic to activity centers.
"Manifest" means a record of daily bus activity in a format
					 approved by the Authority which is prepared on behalf of an approved facility
					 pursuant to
					 19:75-4.5.
"Medallion" means an annual or daily permit for unlimited
					 bus entry into Atlantic City as set forth in
					 19:75-3.1 2.
"Motorbus charter service" means subscription, tour and
					 other special motorbus services.
"Motorbus regular route service" means the operation of any
					 motorbus or motorbuses on streets, public highways or other facilities, over a
					 fixed route and between fixed termini on a regular schedule for the purpose of
					 carrying passengers, for hire or otherwise, within South Jersey or between
					 points within South Jersey and points without South Jersey.
"NJDOT" means New Jersey Department of
					 Transportation.
"Permit" means a single trip permit for a bus to enter
					 Atlantic City as set forth in N.J.A.C. 19:72-3.1 2.
"South Jersey Transportation Authority Service Area" means
					 the area encompassing the counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,
					 Gloucester and Salem.
"Variance" means an approval by the Authority which waives,
					 or modifies a requirement of any provision of this chapter or any condition of
					 a certificate for an approved facility if the Authority determines that the
					 imposition of the requirement or procedure is impractical or burdensome, and
					 that the grant of a variance from the requirement is consistent with the public
					 interest and the purposes of this chapter.