[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Lebanon as Ch. VII of the 1985 Revised General
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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 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.
7-3.1.
Regulations not exclusive. 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.
7-3.2.
Parking prohibited during state of emergency.
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, fires, or public celebrations
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 a menace to the safe
and proper regulation 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 subsection is contingent
upon the signs being erected as required by law.
7-3.3.
Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets
or parts thereof described in Schedule I attached to and made a part
of this chapter.
7-3.4.
Parking prohibited during the snow season. No person
shall park a vehicle between the hours of 12:00 midnight until 6:00
a.m. during the snow season from November 15 to April 15 upon any
of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule II attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 14-1969; Ord. No. 2-1973]
7-3.4A.
Parking on snow covered streets and
highways.
[Amended by Ord. No. 23-1994]
a.
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such
that it covers the traveled way or the shoulder of any municipal street
or municipal highway in the Township of Lebanon, no vehicle shall
be parked thereon and an emergency shall exist.
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The above parking prohibition shall remain in
effect after the snow has ceased until the streets and highways have
been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere
with the normal flow of traffic.
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b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation
of this subsection shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the
safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any police officer may
provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable
costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal
before regaining possession of the vehicle.
c.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent
upon signs being erected as required by law stating "No Parking When
Road Is Snow Covered."
d.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New
Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation or provision
of this subsection or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a
penalty of not more than $50.
7-3.4B.
Parking in municipal parking lots
during snow season.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2001-26]
a.
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such
that it covers the municipal parking lots, no vehicle shall remain
in the parking lots between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
b.
The above restriction shall remain in effect after
the snow has ceased and until the parking lots have been plowed sufficiently
and to the extent that parking shall not interfere with the normal
needs of the municipality and the business operation associated with
that parking lot.
c.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked in violation of this
subsection shall be deemed a nuisance to the safe and proper regulation
of snow removal, and any police officer may provide for the removal
of such vehicle. The owner shall pay reasonable costs of the removal
and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession
of the vehicle.
d.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent
upon signs being erected as required by law stating "No Parking When
Snow Covered Between 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m."
e.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New
Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation or provision
of this subsection or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a
penalty of not more than $50.
7-3.5.
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain
streets. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified
in Schedule III of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon
any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2003-5]
7-3.6.
Stopping or standing prohibited during certain hours
on certain streets. No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between
the hours specified in Schedule IV of any day (except Sundays and
public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described
in Schedule IV attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-1981; Ord. No. 15-1983]
7-3.7.
Parking time limited on certain streets. No person
shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule
V at any time between the hours listed in Schedule V of any day (except
Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets
described in Schedule V attached to and made a part of this chapter.
7-4.1.
Trucks over four tons excluded from certain streets.
Trucks over four tons' gross weight are hereby excluded from the streets
or parts of streets described in Schedule VI except for the pickup
and delivery of materials on such streets, Schedule VI being attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 9-1984]
The streets or parts of streets described in
Schedule VII attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby
designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
7-6.1.
Through streets. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIII
attached to and made a part of this chapter 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 having sides 36 inches in length are provided for in the designations.
7-6.2.
Stop intersections. Pursuant to the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule IX attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as stop intersections.
Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
[Amended by Ord. No. 19-83; Ord. No. 30-1985; Ord. No. 31-1985; Ord. No. 12-1986; Ord. No. 8-1987; Ord. No. 18-1988]
7-6.3.
Yield intersections. Pursuant to the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule X attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as yield
intersections. Yield signs having sides 36 inches in length shall
be installed as provided therein.
The location described in Schedule XI attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as loading
zones.
The locations described in Schedule XII attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as taxi stands.
The locations described in Schedule XIII attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
7-10.1.
Left turn prohibition. No person shall make a left
turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XIV attached to
and made a part of this chapter.
7-10.2.
U-turn prohibition. No person shall make a U-turn
at any of the locations described in Schedule XV attached to and made
a part of this chapter.
7-10.3.
No turns. No person shall make a turn at any of the
locations described in Schedule XVI attached to and made a part of
this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-1971; Ord. No. 2-1972; Ord. No. 11-1978; Ord. No. 15-1979; Ord. No. 6-1981; Ord. No. 16-1981; Ord. No. 30-1985; Ord. No. 31-1985; Ord. No. 16-1986; Ord. No. 18-1988; Ord. No. 23-1988; Ord. No. 9-1989; Ord. No. 25-1990; Ord. No. 26-1990; Ord. No. 27-1990; Ord. No. 28-1990; Ord. No. 1-1991; Ord. No. 15-1991; Ord. No. 19-1991; Ord. No. 7-1992; Ord. No. 20-1995; Ord. No. 15B-1997; Ord. No. 13-1998; Ord. No. 3-1999; Ord. No. 5-1999; Ord. No. 9-1999; Ord. No. 27-1999; Ord. No. 4-2000; Ord. No. 2001-27; Ord. No. 2001-47]
The streets or parts of streets described in
Schedule XVII attached to and made a part of this chapter shall have
the speed limits designated in such schedule.
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected
and maintained to effect the above-designated speed limits as authorized
by the Department of Transportation, and on new residential streets
shall be installed by the developer as part of the required street
improvements.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
in 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.
All former traffic ordinances of the Township
of Lebanon covered in this Traffic Chapter 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.
