It shall be the responsibility of the person or contractor or
in the case of a public utility as required under the public utility
agreement, wishing to conduct work on, under, or above the roadway
to contact the Borough of Shrewsbury 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 or 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 Borough of Shrewsbury Police Department is in violation of this
section.
The person, contractor, or utility shall provide the Borough
of Shrewsbury Police Department with at least two emergency contact
telephone numbers to be called in case of emergency problems at the
construction or maintenance site prior to the start of any work. If,
for any reason, emergency contacts cannot be reached or if the emergency
contact person does not respond to a call from the Borough of Shrewsbury
Police Department to correct a hazardous condition, the Borough may
respond to correct such hazardous condition. The reasonable fees for
such emergency services by the Borough shall be charged to the person,
contractor, or utility responsible for the conditions.
There shall be no construction, maintenance operations, or utility
work on any roadway in the Borough before the hour of 8:00 a.m. and
after the hour of 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and before 12:00
noon or after the hour of 4:00 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. This
time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior to or after such times
by the officer in charge of the project employed by the Borough of
Shrewsbury Police Department. If it is determined by the officer in
charge of the project employed by the Borough of Shrewsbury Police
Department that the construction or maintenance operations prior to
such times would substantially delay traffic or cause a safety or
health hazard, the work shall then be permitted only between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and 12:00 noon
and 4:00 p.m. on Sundays and holidays.
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not be permitted
unless approved by the Borough of Shrewsbury Police Department.
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction or maintenance
sites when determined by the Borough of Shrewsbury Police Department
that the same are necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious
movement of traffic.
The Borough of Shrewsbury Police Department shall have the authority
to stop work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored
material within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations,
and/or other related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety
hazard or for any violation of this article.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. The Borough Clerk
is authorized to renumber and/or recodify any sections affected by
such repeal to the extent consistent with this article.
If any word, phrase, clause, section or provision of this article
shall be found by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable,
illegal, or unconstitutional such word, phrase, clause, section, or
provision shall be severable from the balance of the article and the
remainder of the article shall remain in full force and effect.
This article shall take effect upon publication thereof after
final passage according to law.