[Added 3-1-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3]
The Mayor and/or Township Administrator are hereby authorized and permitted, if he or they shall find that a safety problem exists for ingress and egress to any public or private school or for the provision of recreational facilities for children attending such school or both due to lack of a suitable area surrounding the school, to close any portion of any street within the block upon which such school is located to the use of through traffic during such time as he or they shall determine. Said time of closure shall not exceed one hour between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., two hours between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and one hour between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on any day upon which such school is in session. In exercising said authority, the Mayor and/or Administrator shall permit the use of said portion of said streets so closed during said hours for ingress and egress to such school and for the use by the pupils of such such school for recreational purposes, under proper supervision; and the Mayor and/or Administrator shall provide adequate police facilities for such supervision and for the control of traffic upon such portion of such street so closed.
The Mayor and/or Township Administrator are hereby authorized and permitted to provide for the closing of any street or portion thereof to motor vehicle traffic on any day or days or during specific hours on any day or days whenever he or they find that such closing is necessary for the preservation of the public safety, health or welfare.
In the event that the Mayor and/or Township Administrator determine that the implementation of the closing of streets and/or roadways as described in the foregoing section is warranted, the Mayor and/or Township Administrator shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs of such closing on any street or portion thereof during the time that the same is closed in pursuance of this Article. Said warning signs shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, a notice of the closing posted at the beginning and ending points of the closed section of the roadway or street so closed, with the erection of a barricade at said point as well.
Where a municipal roadway or street is declared closed to traffic for any lawful purpose pursuant to this Article, and a notice of the closing has been posted at the beginning and ending points of the closed section of the highway, road or street and the barricade erected at those points, any person who without the permission of the Mayor or Township Administrator of the Township of Lumberton mutilates or removes the notice or damages, destroys or removes any warning sign or signal or removes the barricade placed or posted by the Mayor or Township Administrator at any point along the highway, road or street in connection with or relating to the closed portion thereof; drives a vehicle over or upon the closed section of the highway, road or street which he knows or should have reason to know has been closed to traffic; or violates any rule or regulation for the use of the highway, road or street duly made by the Mayor, Township Administrator or governing body shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100 per violation.