[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Mansfield 2-12-1975, as amended through Ord. No. 4-89 (Ch.
7 of the 1975 General Ordinances). Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this
chapter, the meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle I of
Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to
apply to such words and phrases used herein.
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter,
they shall mean either Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving
time as may be in current use in the Township.
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time
limit on parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe
other more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138,
any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.
A.
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall
be no parking upon streets or sections of streets where temporary
"EMERGENCY NO PARKING" signs are displayed. The Chief of Police or,
in his absence, the ranking police officer is authorized to declare
an emergency and to direct the posting of "EMERGENCY NO PARKING" signs
when weather conditions, accidents, fire, public celebrations, etc.,
dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which
interfere with the free flow of traffic. Notification that "EMERGENCY
NO PARKING" signs are being or will be posted shall be given to the
operator or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the
posting of the signs.
B.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation
of this section shall be deemed a nuisance and menace to the safe
and proper regulations of traffic, and any police officer may provide
for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable
costs of removal and storage which may result from such removal before
regaining possession of the vehicle.
C.
The effectiveness of this section is contingent upon
the signs being erected as required by law.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon
any of the streets or parts thereof described.
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Name of Street
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Sides
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Location
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Claremont Road
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East
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Entire length
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County Road #625
[Added 2-24-1999 by Ord. No. 99-06] |
Both
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From Stout's Lane to Pequest Road, 33 feet
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County Road #629
[Added 11-10-1999 by Ord. No. 99-26] |
Both
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From Route 57 to the Port Murray Railroad Bridge, 33 feet
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Hazen Road (westerly leg)
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Northwest
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From Route 629, Rockport Road, north a distance of 97 feet
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Hazen Road (westerly)
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Southeast
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From Route 629, Rockport Road, north a distance of 71 feet
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Kenley Way
[Added 6-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-11] |
East
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From Airport Road to northern terminus, including the entirety
of the cul-de-sac of Kenley Way
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Penwell Road
[Added 7-23-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-13] |
South
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From Penwell Road (Mansfield Township) to Penwell Road (Lebanon
Township) to end of pavement
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[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 329-6, Parking prohibited
during certain hours on certain streets, was repealed 4-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-04.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between
the hours specified in on any day (except Sundays and public holidays)
upon any of the following described streets or parts of streets.
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Name of Street
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Sides
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Location
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Allen Road
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Both
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From Route 57 to a point 100 feet north therefrom
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Allen Road
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Both
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From Rockport Road to a point 800 feet south therefrom
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Newburg Road
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Both
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From Route 57 to a point 100 feet south therefrom
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No person shall park a vehicle for longer than
the time limit shown at any time between the hours listed of any day
(except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the following described
streets or parts of streets.[1]
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Name of Street
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Side
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Limit
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Hours
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Location
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(Reserved)
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[Added 9-14-1994 by Ord. No. 12-94]
A.
Handicapped person parking established. In accordance
with the power conferred upon municipal governing bodies under N.J.S.A.
39:4-138, 39:4-197 and 39:4-198, the Township Committee of the Township
of Mansfield may by resolution, to be adopted from time to time as
the need arises, establish and fix the location of restricted parking
spaces for use by handicapped persons in front of schools, hospitals
and other public buildings and in shopping and business districts.
B.
Regulation. Each resolution that may be adopted from
time to time by the Township Committee establishing restricted parking,
as provided for in this section, shall specify the location, number,
width, length and markings of the restricted parking spaces so established.
Three certified copies of each resolution, as may be adopted, together
with three copies of any and all maps or exhibits expressly incorporated
by reference into the resolution shall be placed and kept on file
in the office of the Township Clerk, and a copy thereof shall be made
available to any person desiring to examine and review the same.
C.
Procedures on development applications to Planning Board. Whenever the Township Planning Board requires the placement of handicapped parking spaces for an application for development within their jurisdiction, such approval shall be conditioned upon the adoption of a favorable resolution of the Township Committee and the placement and erection of appropriate signs pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 by the developer at developer's expense. Developer shall submit a proposed form of resolution consistent with Subsection B above together with a resolution of approval by the Planning Board, as the case may be, maps identifying the location, number, width, length and markings of handicapped parking spaces so established to the Municipal Attorney at least 10 days prior to a regular public meeting of the Township Committee at which action is desired to be taken.
D.
Identification required. No person shall park a motor
vehicle in a restricted parking space reserved for use by handicapped
persons unless such person has been issued a special vehicle identification
card pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of P.L. 1949, c. 280
(N.J.S.A. 39:4-205) and Section 1 of P.L. 1977, c. 202 (N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5)
and unless there is properly displayed upon such parked vehicle a
certificate for which a special identification card has been issued
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206.
E.
Penalty. Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted
parking space without a special vehicle identification card shall
be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent
offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90 days' community service
on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate,
or any combination thereof.
[Amended 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17; 6-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-07]
[Amended 12-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-12]
Trucks over four tons' gross weight are hereby
excluded from the streets or parts of the following streets, except
for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.
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Name of Street
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Allen Road
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Brantwood Terrace
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Cherry Tree Bend Road
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Claremont Road
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Gulick Street
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Harrison Street
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Highland Avenue
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Hoffman Road
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Jackson Street
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Komar Road
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Pine Street
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Snyder Road
[Added 5-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03] |
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Washburn Road
[Added 5-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03] |
[Added 9-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-12]
Trucks over 10 tons' registered weight are hereby excluded from
the following described parts of streets except for the pickup and
delivery of materials on such parts of streets:
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Name of Street
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Portion of Street
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Clinton Avenue
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Entire street
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Hazen Road
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Entire street
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The following described streets or parts of
streets are designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
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Name of Street
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Direction
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Limits
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|---|---|---|
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Hazen Road (westerly leg)
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Southbound
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From Rockport Road to Hazen Road, easterly leg
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[Amended 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140,
the following described streets or parts of streets are hereby designated
as through streets. Stop signs shall be installed on the near right
side of each street intersecting the through street except where yield
signs are provided for in the designations.
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Name of Street
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Location
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|---|---|
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Airport Road
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Between Rockport Road and NJ Route 57
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Allen Road
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Between Route 57 and Rockport Road
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Blau Road
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Between Rockport Road and Watters Road
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Brookside Avenue
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From the intersection of Slope Drive/Meadow Lane to and including
the intersection of Ridgewood Terrace
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Clinton Avenue
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Between NJ Route 57 and Anderson Road (County Road 632)
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Highland Avenue
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Between Hazen Road to and including its intersection with Slope
Drive
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Jane Chapel Road
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Between the Mansfield Township-Liberty Township corporate line
and Mount Bethel Road
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Mount Bethel Road
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Between Rockport Road (County Road 629) and the Mansfield Township-Independence
Township corporate line
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Pequest Road
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Between the Mansfield Township-Liberty Township-White Township-Oxford
Township corporate line and Jane Chapel Road
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Slope Drive/Meadow Lane
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Between Highland Avenue and its easterly intersection with Brookside
Avenue
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Valley Road
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Between Jackson Valley Road-Mitchell Road and Jane Chapel Road
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Watters Road
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Between Thomas Road and NJ Route 57 (a yield sign shall be installed
on Hazen Road)
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Watters Road
[Added 7-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-11] |
Between Heiser Road and NJ Route 57 (a stop sign shall be installed
on Hazen Road)
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Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140,
the following described intersections are hereby designated as stop
intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
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Intersection
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Stop Sign On
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|---|---|
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Allen Road and Rockport Street
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Allen Road
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County Meadow Road and Sage Way
[Added 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97] |
Sage Way
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Hazen Road and Highland Avenue
[Added 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97] |
Highland Avenue
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Hazen Road and Watters Road
[Added 7-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-11] |
Hazen Road intersecting Watters Road
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Hillside Road and Highland Avenue
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Hillside Road
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Hillside Road and Slope Drive
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Hillside Road
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Jackson Valley Road and Jackson Valley Road-Mitchell Road
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Jackson Valley Road
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Jackson Valley Road-Mitchell Road and Valley Road
[Added 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97] |
Valley Road
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Meadow Lane and Claremont Road
[Added 8-14-1996 by Ord. No. 13-96] |
Claremont Road
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Ridge Street and Highland Avenue
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Ridge Street
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Ridgewood Road and Brookside Drive
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Ridgewood Road
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Slope Drive and Highland Avenue
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Slope Drive
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Sylvan Road and Elmwood Drive
[Added 4-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-02] |
Sylvan Road
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Valley Road and Jane Chapel Road
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Valley Road
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Westervelt Road and Hilltop Road
[Added 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 98-02] |
Hilltop Road
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Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140,
the following described intersections are hereby designated as yield
intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.
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Intersection
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Yield Sign On
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|---|---|
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Jane Chapel Road and Mount Bethel Road
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Jane Chapel Road
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Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 29:4-197,
the following described streets or parts of streets are hereby designated
as Traffic Signal locations. Signal devices shall be in strict conformance
with Title 39, Article XII of the New Jersey Statutes and standards
promulgated by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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Intersection
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Traffic Control Device(s)
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|---|---|
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Allen Road railroad crossover bridge
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Traffic signals shall be installed on the north and south approaches
to the bridge on Allen Road which crosses over the Erie-Lackawanna
Railroad.
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The following described locations are hereby
designated as loading zones.
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Name of Street
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Time
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
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The following described locations are hereby
designated as taxi stands.
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Street
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Location
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Hours
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
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The following described locations are hereby
designated as bus stops.
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Name of Street
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Hours
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
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No person shall turn at the below described location as indicated.
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Intersection
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Turn Prohibited
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Movement Prohibited
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|---|---|---|---|
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(Reserved)
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The following described streets or parts of
streets shall have the speed limits designated. Speed limits shall
apply to both directions of traffic unless otherwise specifically
stated. Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained
to effect such speed limits, as authorized by the State of New Jersey
Department of Transportation.
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Street
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Speed Limit
(mph)
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Location
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|---|---|---|---|
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Airport Road
[Added 8-23-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-12] |
40
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Entire length
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Allen Road
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35
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Entire length, from Route 57 to Rockport Road
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Blau Road
[Added 8-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-22] |
30
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From Watters Road to Country Meadow Road
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Blau Road
[Added 8-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-22] |
35
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From Country Meadow Road to Rockport Road
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Cherry Tree Bend Road
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20
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Entire length
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Hazen Road
[Added 9-8-1999 by Ord. No. 99-23] |
30
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From Route 57 to a point 1,400 feet north of Highland Avenue
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Hazen Road
[Added 9-8-1999 by Ord. No. 99-23] |
35
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From a point 1,400 feet north of Highland Avenue to Rockport
Road (CR 629)
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Heiser Road
[Added 4-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-06] |
30
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From a point 50 feet north of Route 57 to a point 50 feet south
of Waters Road
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Hoffman Road
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25
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Entire length, from Port Murray Road to Jackson Valley Road
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Janes Chapel Road
[Added 6-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-10] | |||
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Zone 1
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25
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From Pequest Road to a point 4,920 feet east of Pequest Road;
thence
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Zone 2
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35
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To a point 2,765 feet west of Valley Road; thence
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Zone 3
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30
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To Mount Bethel Road
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Mitchell Road
[Added 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22] |
30
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From Jackson Valley Road-Karrville Road (CR # 628) to easternmost
intersection with Valley Road
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Mount Bethel Road
[Added 9-13-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95; amended 5-11-2005 by Ord. No.
2005-06] | |||
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Zone 1
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40
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From Rockport Road to a point 1,300 feet south of the Mansfield
Township Corporate Line with Independence Township Corporate Line
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Zone 2
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30
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From a point 1,300 feet south of the Mansfield Township Corporate
Line to Independence Township Corporate Line and the Mansfield Township
Corporate Line-Independence Township Corporate Line
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Parke Road
[Added 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22] |
30
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From Mount Bethel Road to Valley Road
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Pequest Road
[Added 4-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-06] |
40
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From a point 50 feet east of Oxford Road to a point 50 feet
west Janes Chapel Road
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Snyder Road
[Added 2-27-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-05] |
35
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From Rockport Road north to Mount Bethel Road (for both directions
of traffic on Snyder Road)
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Townsbury Road
[Added 10-9-1991 by Ord. No. 14-91] |
25
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From the Liberty Township-Mansfield Township Line to the Mansfield
Township-Independence Township Line
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Valley Road (also known as Jackson Valley Road)
|
25
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From Mitchell Road to Mount Bethel Road
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Watters Road
[Added 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22] |
35
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From Thomas Road (CR # 652) to northernmost intersection with
Route NJ 57
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[Added 6-28-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10]
Lane use reservations and traffic shall move as indicated below
on the following streets:
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Intersections
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Movements
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|---|---|---|
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County Route 629 and Airport Road
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a)
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Northbound left lane of Airport Road reserved for left turns
only.
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County Route 629 and Airport Road
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b)
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Northbound right lane of Airport Road reserved for right turns
only.
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County Route 629 and Allen Road
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a)
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Northbound left lane of Allen Road reserved for left turns only.
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County Route 629 and Allen Road
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b)
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Northbound right lane of Allen Road reserved for right turns
only.
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[Added 6-22-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-11]
A midblock crosswalk shall be established and maintained at
the following locations:
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Crosswalk Location
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|---|
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Intersection of State Highway 57 and Airport Road
[Amended 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-24] |
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Intersection State Highway 57 and Kings Highway
[Amended 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-24] |
[Amended 6-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-07]
No person shall park, stop or permit to stand
any vehicle, in whole or in part, within any fire lane established
in accordance with any statute, ordinance or regulation.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
by New Jersey Statute, every person convicted of a violation of a
provision of this chapter, or any supplement thereto, shall be liable
to a penalty of not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or both.
[Added 5-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-02]
A.
Adoption of Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for streets
and highways.
(1)
The Township Committee hereby finds and declares that problems of
traffic control occur when traffic must be moved through or around
street construction, maintenance operations and utility work above
and below ground which requires blocking the roadway and obstructing
the normal flow of traffic; and that such obstructions are or can
become dangerous when not properly controlled. In order to better
promote the public health, safety, peace and welfare, it is necessary
to establish controls and regulations directed to the safe and expeditious
movement of traffic through construction and maintenance zones and
to provide safety for the work force performing these operations.
(2)
The Township of Mansfield in the County of Warren and State of New
Jersey does hereby adopt the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
Devices, hereafter known as MUTCD, except as hereby supplemented and
amended, as it controls and regulates whenever construction maintenance
operations or utility work obstructs the normal flow of traffic. Any
person, contractor, or utility who fails to comply with the provisions
of MUTCD while performing such work is in violation of this section.
B.
Preconstruction meetings.
(1)
It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor, or in the
case of a public utility as required under the public utility agreement,
wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway to contact
the Administrative Division of the Township of Mansfield Police Department
in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting to submit plans for
the safe movement of traffic during such period of construction work.
Preconstruction meetings must be scheduled far enough in advance (a
minimum of two weeks) of the desired start date so as to allow for
efficient planning.
(2)
Any person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with this section
prior to the start of such work or whose plans are not approved by
the Township of Mansfield Police Department is in violation of this
section.
C.
Hazardous conditions. The person, contractor or utility shall provide
the Township of Mansfield Police Department with at least two emergency
contact phone numbers to be called in case of emergency problems at
the construction or maintenance site prior to the start of any work.
If for any reason the emergency contact cannot be reached, or if the
emergency contact person does not respond in a timely manner to the
call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition,
the Township may respond to correct such hazardous conditions. The
reasonable fees for such emergency service by the Township shall be
charged to the person, contractor or utility responsible for such
conditions.
D.
Hours. There shall be no construction, maintenance operations or
utility work on any roadway in the Township before the hour of 9:00
a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted to permit
work prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. by the Chief of the Township
of Mansfield Police Department if it is determined by that officer
that the construction or maintenance operations prior to 9:00 a.m.
or after 3:30 p.m. would not substantially delay traffic or cause
a safety or health hazard.
E.
Road closing and detours. Road closing and/or traffic detours shall
not be permitted unless approved by the Chief of the Township of Mansfield
Police Department. Advance notice of detours must be given to motorists,
except in emergent circumstances.
F.
Traffic directors. Any person, contractor, or in the case of a public
utility as required under the public utility agreement (other than
municipal, county or state employees), wishing to conduct work on,
above or under on any and all roads in the Township of Mansfield that:
is working within 200 feet of an intersection of any road within the
Township; is working in the vicinity of specific geographic features
(e.g., sharp curves, alongside of rivers, steep embankments, etc.);
is working within 1,000 feet of a Township of Mansfield Board of Education
property; and/or diverts or interrupts motor vehicle or pedestrian
traffic flow shall be required to hire off-duty Township of Mansfield
police officers or traffic directors to ensure compliance with the
MUTCD as well as to control traffic traveling through the work zone.
The Administrative Division of the Township of Mansfield Police Department
shall be contacted at least 48 hours before starting work to arrange
for the hiring of off-duty officers if needed. The number of officers
or traffic directors required shall be determined by the Township
of Mansfield Police Department and approved by the Chief. For all
work on Township roads, traffic control shall be by off-duty Township
of Mansfield police officers. The requirement to hire off-duty officers
for work on, above, below, or adjacent to the Township roads shall
only apply to work that will take in excess of one hour to complete.
All work on, above, below, or adjacent to and/or all of the roads
in the Township of Mansfield taking less than one hour may be controlled
with traffic directors, unless off-duty Township of Mansfield police
officers are deemed necessary by the Police Department and approved
by the Chief. All civilian flagmen must wear lime green glow-type
traffic vests and must be educated as to the proper operation of traffic
flag controls. If flagmen cannot see each other, they must have walkie-talkie
communication between them. In the event that work requires any road
to be closed to traffic 24 hours a day, the hiring of off-duty Township
of Mansfield police officers will be required when it is deemed necessary
by the Police Department and approved by the Chief.
G.
Stop work. The Police Department shall have the authority to stop
work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored material
within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations and/or
other related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety hazard
or for any violation of this section.
H.
Site preparation and maintenance. It is to be expressly understood
that no materials, vehicles or equipment are to be placed in roadway
or sidewalk area until all construction, signs, lights, devices and
pavement markings are installed. All construction signs which do not
currently apply must be bagged or removed from view of the motorists
(i.e., Flagman Ahead signs after workmen have finished for the day).
I.
Violations and penalties.
(1)
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of this
section shall, upon conviction thereof, for a first offense pay a
fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 and/or be imprisoned
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days; for a second
offense, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $250
and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90
days.
(2)
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
