[Adopted 12-27-1993 by Ord. No. 45-93 (Ch. 91, Art. VII, of
the 1972 Code)]
A.
The Township of Jackson finds and declares that problems of traffic
control occur when traffic must be moved through or around road and
street construction, maintenance operations and utility work, above
or 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 forces performing these operations.
B.
The Township of Jackson, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey,
does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
1988 Edition, 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 the MUTCD while performing such work is in violation of this section.
It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor or
in the case of a public utility (as required under Section 16:25-9.2
of the New Jersey Administrative Code) wishing to conduct work on,
under or above the roadway to contact the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson
Township Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting
in order to submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such
period of construction of work. 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 Traffic Bureau of the Jackson
Township Police Department is in violation of this section.
Trained and qualified traffic directors or flagging personnel
shall be posted at all construction or maintenance sites when determined
by the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department that
the same is necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious movement
of traffic.
All construction sites shall have proper and ample guards, barricades,
signs and lights maintained on site to sufficiently warn users of
the road, street or highway of the dangers attendant to the project,
from the time the opening, trench or road construction is started
until the same is completely restored and completely reopened to public
travel. The type of guard, barricade, sign or light to be utilized
shall be in compliance with specifications or standards contained
in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 1988 Edition, or
its latest revisions.
[Amended 8-22-2005 by Ord. No. 34-05]
Road closings or traffic detours shall not be permitted except
in emergency situations and only for less than 12 hours in duration.
Any other road closings shall not be permitted unless approved in
advance by the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department
and the Jackson Township governing body.
There shall be no construction, maintenance operations or utility
work on any roadway in the Township of Jackson before the hour of
8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., with the exception of emergency work.
This time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior to 8:00 a.m.
or after 5:00 p.m. by the Traffic Safety Officer of the Jackson Township
Police Department. If it is determined by the Traffic Safety Officer
that the construction or maintenance operation would cause a substantial
delay in traffic or cause a safety or health hazard, the work shall
then be permitted only between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
The person, contractor or utility responsible for the construction
site shall provide the Police Department and Traffic Bureau with at
least two emergency contact twenty-four-hour phone numbers prior to
the start of any work. If for any reason the emergency contact person
cannot be reached or does not respond to a call from the Police Department
to correct a hazardous condition, the Township may respond to correct
the hazard. The reasonable fees for such emergency service shall be
charged to the bonded contractor responsible.
The Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department
shall have the authority to stop work, including but not limited to
the backfilling of open excavations, the removal of equipment and
vehicles, the removal of any stored materials within the roadway,
safety hazards or for any violation of this section.
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of
this article 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; for a third or subsequent conviction, pay fine of not less than
$500 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding
90 days. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
