Pursuant to Section 40:67-16.7 of the Revised Statutes of New
Jersey to promulgate regulations, the governing body does hereby authorize
the Mayor of the Township of Riverside, if he or she shall find that
a safety problem exists for ingress and egress to any public or private
school or for the provision of recreational facilities for children
attending such school, or both, due to lack of a suitable area surrounding
the school, to close by regulation any portion of any street within
the block upon which such school is located to the use of through
traffic during such time as he/she shall determine, not to exceed
one hour between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., two hours between 11:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and one hour between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., on
any days upon which such school is in session and to permit the use
of said portion of said street during said hours for ingress and egress
to such school and for the use by pupils of such school for recreational
purposes under proper supervision and to provide adequate police facilities
for such supervision and for the control of traffic upon such portion
of said street, which ordinance shall provide the posting of proper
warning signs in said street, indicating that said street is so closed
and the purpose thereof, during the time when the same is so closed.