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City of Somers Point, NJ
Atlantic County
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[Adopted 8-27-1998 by Ord. No. 7-1998]
In response to the written request from the Management of Somers Point Village I and II, and in compliance with the affirmative response of the Commissioner of Transportation noted above,[1] the provisions of Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be made applicable to the semipublic roads, streets, driveways and parking lots at the Somers Point Village I and II located in the City of Somers Point, County of Atlantic, and the following regulations shall be enforceable:
A. 
General parking.
(1) 
All vehicles must park in designated areas and between the lines provided.
(2) 
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described below:
Name of Street
Side
Hours
Location
All roads
Both
All
Entire length
(3) 
Handicapped parking. All stalls shall be 12 feet wide as shown on the attached site plan and signed with the R7-8 and R7-8P (reserved parking sign and penalty plate), in the designated parking areas for persons who have been issued the handicapped parking permits by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
B. 
Reserved parking. All vehicles that are granted specialty parking in this section, such as police vehicles, ambulances, teachers, etc., must be properly identified, and the reserved parking spaces must be shown on the attached site plan.
C. 
Through streets. The following 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 designation:
Name of Street
Limits
Road A
Entire length
D. 
Speed limits.
(1) 
The speed limit for both directions of travel on the following roadways is:
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Limits
All roads
10
Entire length
(2) 
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above designated speed limits authorized by the Department of Transportation.
E. 
Tow-away zones. Any vehicle parked or standing as to obstruct or impede a normal flow of traffic, block entrances or exitways, loading zones, oil fills, any grassy area, pedestrian walkway or present an any way a safety or traffic hazard may be removed by towing the vehicle at the owner's expense.
F. 
All signs, posts or other necessary materials be installed and paid for by the applicant. All signing shall conform to the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 and N.J.S.A. 39:4-183.27.
G. 
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey Statute, every person convicted of a violation of this section or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty in dollars as permitted by law or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
[1]
Editor's Note: An affirmative response was received by the Commissioner of Transportation 2-24-1998, a copy of which is available from the City.