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 N.J.S.A. 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 (N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.A.C. 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 N.J.A.C. 19:75-4.5.
"Medallion" means an annual or daily permit for unlimited bus entry into Atlantic City as set forth in N.J.A.C. 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.
N.J. Admin. Code § 19:75-1.1