[Added 5-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-10]
A.
The Council hereby finds and declares that problems
of traffic control occur when traffic must be moved through or around
street construction, maintenance operations and utility work, above
and 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 force performing these operations.
B.
The Township of Florence, in the County of Burlington,
State of New Jersey, does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices, 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 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 the
public utility agreement, wishing to conduct work on, under or above
the roadway to contact the Florence Township Police Department in
order to arrange a preconstruction meeting 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 Township Police Department is in violation of this section.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide
the Township Police Department with at least two emergency contact
phone 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 contact cannot be reached, or if the emergency contact person
does not respond to the call from the Township Police Department to
correct a hazardous condition, the Township may respond to correct
such hazardous conditions. The reasonable fees for such emergency
service by the Township shall be charged to the person, contractor
or utility responsible for such conditions.
There shall be no construction, maintenance
operations or utility work on any roadway in the Township before the
hour of 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted
to permit work prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. by the officer
in charge of the Township Police Department. If it is determined by
the officer in charge that the construction or maintenance operations
prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. would substantially delay traffic
or cause a safety or health hazard, the work shall then be permitted
only between 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not
be permitted unless approved by the Township Police Department.
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction
or maintenance sites when determined by the Township Police Department
that same is necessary to provide for the safe and expeditious movement
of traffic.
The Township Police Department shall have the
authority to stop work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles,
stored material within the street right-of-way, back filling of open
excavations and/or other related work, in order to abate any nuisance
and/or safety hazard or for any violation of this section.
It is to be expressly understood that no material,
vehicles or equipment are to be placed in the roadway or sidewalk
area until all construction signs, lights, devices, and pavement markings
are installed.
A.
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.
B.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
