Borough of Fanwood, NJ
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2021-08-16
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 280 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article I General Provisions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Borough Vehicles
- Ch 9 Claims Approval and Payment
- Ch 12 Construction Code Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 22 Emergency Management
- Ch 25 Environmental Commission
- Ch 29 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 34 Fire Department and Rescue Squad
- Ch 41 Health, Board of
- Ch 54 Map, Official
- Ch 61 Officers and Employees
- Ch 64 Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund
- Ch 67 Police Department
- Ch 71 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 77 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 80 Regional Sewerage Authority
- Ch 83 Retirement
- Ch 86 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 87 Fees
- Ch 89 Seal
- Ch 92 Shade Trees
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Affordable Housing
- Ch 108 Alarm Devices
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 114 Amusements, Automatic
- Ch 118 Animals
- Ch 119 Commercial Pet Shops, Operation of
- Ch 125 Bicycles
- Ch 130 Boardinghouses, Child Care Centers and Nursing or Convalescent Homes or Homes for the Aged
- Ch 134 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 137 Buildings, Unfit and Abandoned
- Ch 141 Business, Trade or Occupation Licensing
- Ch 142 Businesses, Certification of New and Existing
- Ch 146 Donation Bins
- Ch 148 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 156 Fire Prevention
- Ch 160 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 164 Hazardous Materials and Substances
- Ch 168 Historic Preservation
- Ch 174 Indecent Exposure
- Ch 177 Insurance
- Ch 184 Land Use
- Ch 187 Library
- Ch 190 Littering
- Ch 197 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 Newsracks
- Ch 204 Noise
- Ch 209 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 212 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 214 Pipelines
- Ch 217 Political Fund-Raising on Borough Property
- Ch 220 Pool Parlors and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 224 Property Maintenance
- Ch 232 Recreational Vehicles and Camp or House Cars
- Ch 235 Recycling
- Ch 242 Sanitary Sewers
- Ch 247 Skateboards, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 250 Land Disturbance
- Ch 252 Solid Waste
- Ch 253 Storage Containers
- Ch 255 Stormwater Control for Major Developments
- Ch 256 Stormwater Control for Non-Major Developments
- Ch 257 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 258 Storm Drains
- Ch 259 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 264 Swimming Pools
- Ch 268 Taxation
- Ch 270 Taxicabs
- Ch 280 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 280 Art I General Provisions
- § 280-1 Title.
- § 280-2 Definitions.
- § 280-3 Repealer.
- § 280-4 Severability.
- § 280-5 Violations and penalties.
- § 280-6 Enforcement.
- § 280-7 Power to close streets temporarily.
- § 280-8 Compliance with provisions.
- Ch 284 Vehicles, Storage of
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 295 General Provision, Board of Health
- Ch 300 Animals
- Ch 305 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 308 Electronic Smoking Devices
- Ch 311 Fees
- Ch 314 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 320 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 354 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 360 Sewage Disposal; Scavengers
- Appendix
- Ch A380 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A385 Construction Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks and Sewers
- Ch A395 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
This chapter shall be known and cited as "Chapter 280, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the Borough of Fanwood," and as the "Traffic Ordinance of the Borough of Fanwood."
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this
chapter, the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1
of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed
to apply.
All former traffic ordinances of the Borough
of Fanwood are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not
affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for
any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed
prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
If any part or parts of this chapter for any
reason are held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this chapter.
[Amended 9-14-2004 by Ord. No. 04-14R; 8-10-2010 by Ord. No.
10-11R]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
by New Jersey statute or the Borough Code, every person convicted
of a violation of a provision of this chapter or any supplement thereto,
including but not limited to the parking regulations, shall be liable
to a penalty of not less than $35 and not more than $75 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
The members of the Fanwood Police Department
shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and other applicable
provisions as prescribed by law.
[Amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
The Mayor shall have the authority to close
any street, off-street parking lot, or portions thereof, to motor
vehicles, bicycles and/or pedestrian traffic on any day or days or
during specified hours on any day or days whenever he/she finds that
such closing is necessary for the preservation of the public safety,
health or welfare. The order closing any street, off-street parking
lot or portions thereof shall provide for the posting of proper warning
signs of such closing during the time of such closing and shall also
provide for the posting of proper detour signs to guide the traffic
safely around such closed street, off-street parking lot or portions
thereof so as to preserve the public safety, health and welfare of
the peripheral areas affected by such closing.
No person shall do any act forbidden by or fail
to perform or comply with any act required in this chapter or other
applicable provisions as prescribed by law.
