[Derived from Ch. XI, Sec. 11-11, of the
1978 Code]
A.
The Council hereby finds and declares that problems
of traffic control occur when traffic must be moved through or around
road or 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 Borough of Fort Lee in the County of Bergen, State
of New Jersey, does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices, 1978 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 or which
fails to comply with the provisions of MUTCD while performing such
work is in violation of this article.
It shall be the responsibility of the person,
contractor or, in the case of a public utility as required under the
public utility agreement, Section 16:25-9.2, wishing to conduct work
on, under or above the roadway to contact the Traffic Bureau of the
Fort Lee Police Department in order to arrange a pre-construction
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 or which 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 Fort Lee Police Department is in violation of this article.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide
the Traffic Bureau 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 contacts cannot be reached or if the emergency contact person
does not respond to a call from the 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 such condition.
There shall be no construction, maintenance
operations or utility work on any roadway in the Borough 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 Traffic Bureau of the Borough Police Department.
If it is determined by the officer in charge of the Fort Lee Police
Traffic Bureau 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.
A.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no construction on
the following thoroughfares shall initiate until after 10:00 a.m.:
|
Name of Street
|
Limits
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Anderson Avenue
|
Mohegan Way north to Main Street
| |
|
Center Avenue
|
Mohegan Way north to Main Street
| |
|
Church Lane
|
Entire length
| |
|
Edwin Avenue
|
Main to Bridge Plaza South
| |
|
Hoefley's Lane
|
Main to Church
| |
|
Jones Road
|
Main to northern end
| |
|
Lemoine Avenue
|
Bridge Plaza North to Englewood Cliffs border
| |
|
Linwood Avenue
|
9W north to Myrtle
| |
|
Main Street
|
Center Avenue to Route 63
| |
|
Myrtle Avenue
|
Lemoine to Linwood Avenue
| |
|
Route 5
|
From Palisades Parkway border east to Central
| |
|
Stillwell Avenue
|
Entire length
|
B.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary,
construction on the following thoroughfares shall only initiate after
7:00 p.m. and shall be completed prior to 6:00 a.m.:
|
Name of Street
|
Limits
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Bridge Plaza North
|
Fletcher to Hudson Terrace
| |
|
Bridge Plaza South
|
Hudson Terrace to Fletcher
| |
|
Fletcher Avenue
|
Main to Linwood Avenue
| |
|
Hudson Terrace
|
Main to Bridge Plaza North
| |
|
Lemoine Avenue
|
Tom Hunter to Bridge Plaza North
| |
|
Main Street
|
Hudson Terrace to Center Avenue
| |
|
Palisade Avenue
|
Tom Hunter to Main
| |
|
Schlosser Street
|
Entire length
|
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not
be permitted unless approved by the Fort Lee Police Traffic Bureau.
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction
or maintenance sites when determined by the Fort Lee Police Traffic
Bureau that the same is necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious
movement of traffic.
The Traffic Bureau of the Fort Lee 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.
