[Adopted 8-17-1970 by Ord. No. 269[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Art. V, Speed Limits, §§ 130-15 through 130-17 of former Ch. 130, Vehicles and Traffic, which was repealed 9-3-1980 by Ord. No. 22-80. Original Section 2 of Ord. No. 22-80 specifically saved Ord. No. 269 from repeal. See Part 1 of this chapter.
A. 
The speed limits for both directions of traffic along the hereinafter specified roads and streets in the Township of Jefferson shall be designated and established as follows:
(1) 
Legion Road (formerly called Ballfield Road): 35 miles per hour.
(2) 
Berkshire Valley Road from the westerly Jefferson Township line to New Jersey Route 15: 35 miles per hour.
[Amended 6-20-2001 by Ord. No. 18-01]
(3) 
Brady Road (sometimes called Brady Park Road) from Espanong Road to Prospect Point Road: 35 miles per hour.
[Amended 2-19-2003 by Ord. No. 3-03]
(4) 
Chamberlain Road, its entire length: 35 miles per hour.
(5) 
Cozy Lake Road.
[Amended 5-3-2017 by Ord. No. 17-16]
(a) 
From Berkshire Valley Road to the center of Cross Road: 35 miles per hours; thence
(b) 
To the northerly Jefferson Township line: 45 miles per hour.
(6) 
Dover Milton Road.
[Amended 7-23-2008 by Ord. No. 14-08]
(a) 
Dover-Milton Road from Weldon Road (formerly called Ford Mine Road) to Milton Road, and then along Milton Road for its length in the Township of Jefferson: 35 miles per hour.
(b) 
Dover-Milton Road from a point of the intersection of Milton Road to 500 feet south of Wayfair Lane: 30 miles per hour; and then from a point of 500 feet south of Wayfair Lane to the intersection of Berkshire Valley Road: 35 miles per hour.
(7) 
East Shawnee Trail.
(a) 
From Shawnee Trail and West Shawnee Trail to the center of Ridge Terrace: 25 miles per hour; thence
(b) 
To West Shawnee Trail: 30 miles per hour.
(8) 
Espanong Road from Ripplewood Drive to Route 181: 35 miles per hour.
[Amended 10-16-2002 by Ord. No. 26-02; 2-19-2003 by Ord. No. 2-03]
(9) 
East Shore Road (formerly called Lakeview Drive, McNabb Road, Cherry Road) along its length in the Township of Jefferson: 30 miles per hour.
(10) 
Minnisink Road along its length in the Township of Jefferson: 35 miles per hour.
(11) 
Prospect Point Road (formerly called Woodport Road or Jefferson Turnpike).
(a) 
From Brady Road to the center of Northwood Road: 30 miles per hour; thence
(b) 
To New Jersey Route 15: 35 miles per hour.
(12) 
Ridge Road (formerly called Sparta Road).
[Amended 3-18-1998 by Ord. No. 4-98; 2-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2-08]
(a) 
From the Jefferson Township - Sparta Township corporate line and 500 feet west of Hoover Road: 45 miles per hour; thence
(b) 
From 500 feet west of Hoover Road to 750 feet west of Schoolhouse Road: 40 miles per hour; thence
(c) 
From 750 feet west of Schoolhouse Road to Berkshire Valley Road: 35 miles per hour.
(13) 
Schoolhouse Road.
[Amended 5-3-2017 by Ord. No. 17-16]
(a) 
From Dover-Milton Road to Ridge Road (with the exception of the certain school speed limit of 25 miles per hour from 130 feet north of the center of Greenwood Drive to 600 feet north of the center of Greenwood Drive during recess, during opening and closing hours, or while children are going to or leaving school): 35 miles per hour; thence
(b) 
From Ridge Road to northerly terminus of Schoolhouse Road: 25 miles per hour.
(14) 
West Shawnee Trail (formerly called Shawnee Trail or Edison Trail) from Shawnee Trail to East Shawnee Trail: 30 miles per hour.
[Amended 12-5-2001 by Ord. No. 38-01]
(15) 
Weldon Road (formerly called Ford Mine Road from Winona Trail to Russia Road).
[Amended 10-9-1991 by Ord. No. 24-91]
(a) 
Zone 1: 35 miles per hour; from 470 feet north of Mallard Drive to 8,025 feet north of Mallard Drive.
(b) 
Zone 2: 45 miles per hour; from 8,025 feet north of Mallard Drive to Pasco Road.
(c) 
Zone 3: 40 miles per hour; from Pasco Road to the southerly driveway of the Jefferson Township Middle School.
(d) 
Zone 4: 35 miles per hour; from the southerly driveway of the Jefferson Township Middle School to Russia Road — Dover Milton Road.
(16) 
Yacht Club Drive (formerly North Ripple Wood Drive, Vans Place) from State Highway Route 181 to State Highway Route 181: 25 miles per hour.
[Amended 12-20-2000 by Ord. No. 32-00]
(17) 
Holland Mountain Road.
[Added 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 30-98]
(a) 
Zone 1: 30 miles per hour; from Ridge Road north 3,360 feet.
(b) 
Zone 2: 35 miles per hour; from the point 3,360 feet north of Ridge Road to a point 2,800 feet north of Wegmann Way.
(c) 
Zone 3: 40 miles per hour; from the point 2,800 feet north of Wegmann Way to the Jefferson Township/Hardyston Township corporate line.
(18) 
Russia Road: 40 miles per hour from Weldon Road to a point 2,400 feet south of the center of Ridge Road and 35 miles per hour from a point 2,400 feet south of the center of Ridge Road to Ridge Road.
[Added 9-20-2000 by Ord. No. 27-00]
(19) 
Taylor Road: From the intersection of State Highway #15 North to the intersection of Berkshire Valley Road: 25 miles per hour.
[Added 6-5-2002 by Ord. No. 18-02]
[Amended 9-1-2004 by Ord. No. 28-04]
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained on and along those streets and roads, as specified in Subsection A(1) through (19) of § 130-51 of this Part 3 and as specified in letters and authorizations from the Traffic Safety Service of the Division of Motor Vehicles, as follows:
Letter Dated
Subsection of § 130-51A
May 25, 1967
(1)
June 30, 1967
(2)
June 16, 1967
(3)
July 5, 1967
(4)
July 13, 1967
(5)
June 23, 1967
(6)
June 28, 1967
(7)
July 10, 1967
(8)
June 22, 1967
(9)
July 7, 1967
(10)
June 26, 1967
(11)
July 12, 1967
(12)
July 14, 1967
(13)
June 23, 1967
(14)
July 11, 1967
(15)
June 22, 1967
(16)
September 16, 1998
(17)
September 20, 2000
(18)
June 5, 2000
(19)
This Part 3 shall take effect as provided for by law.