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Borough of Washington, NJ
Warren County
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[Adopted 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 14-2010]
For purposes of this article, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
ALLEY
A developed or undeveloped passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages and the like.
IMPROVED ROAD
A road that has been surfaced with asphalt.
PRIVATE ROADS
A right-of-way, improved or unimproved, which has not been dedicated to and accepted by the Borough of Washington and over which there is a private right of passage.
PUBLIC ROAD
A right-of-way, improved or unimproved, over which there is a public right of passage.
SNOW REMOVAL
The act of removing snow and/or controlling ice by plowing, salting or other means.
The Borough hereby determines that, in its opinion, the travel on the private roads or alleys delineated in this article is sufficient to warrant the expenditure of municipal funds for snow removal.
Nothing in this article shall be deemed or interpreted to constitute either a dedication of the roads designated in this article to the public or an acceptance by the Borough of the roads as a public road. The purpose of this article is to permit the Borough voluntarily to remove snow and ice from the roads without any further obligation on the Borough's part either to maintain the roads or to continue snow removal services.
The Borough will not provide any basic maintenance/repair work to any private roads in the Borough.
The Supervisor of Streets and Roads is authorized to conduct snow removal services as required only on the following private roads or streets in the Borough:
Catelle Court:
Unimproved road located on the perimeter of Block 37, Lot 8
Rear of North Jackson Avenue:
Unimproved road parallel to the railroad tracks located on Block 300, Lot 1.04
Improved road off of Independent Street:
Alley located 160 feet off of Belvidere Avenue, and runs parallel to Rush Avenue for approximately 140 feet
Unimproved road No. 1 off of Cornish Street:
Alley located approximately 95 feet off of South Prospect Street
Alley runs parallel to South Prospect Street to which the dimensions are 38 inches by 327 feet
Unimproved road No. 2 off of Cornish Street:
Alley located approximately 233 feet off of South Prospect Street
Alley runs parallel to South Prospect Street to which the dimensions are 25 inches by 327 feet
Improved road between Broad Street and South Lincoln Avenue:
Located on a portion of Block 301, Lot 2
No snow removal services will be provided on private roads unless the Borough has received written consent from the owner(s) of the private road. Said consent shall be in the form provided by the Borough.