Township of Mansfield, NJ Article III Services on Nondedicated and Unaccepted Streets

[Adopted 11-30-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-18]

§ 49-9 Statutory authority.

This article is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.1 and its amendments and supplements.

§ 49-10 Determination of eligibility; provision of services.

When, in the opinion of the governing body, travel is sufficient upon any roads or streets in this Township not taken over by the municipality or dedicated and accepted as public highways, expenditures may be made for the following:

A. To repair and maintain and provide for the removal of snow, ice and other obstructions from said roads or streets;

B. To provide for the lighting of said roads or streets; or

C. To provide for the collection of garbage placed at the curb of such roads or streets or for the reimbursement of such garbage collection costs as the municipality may determine to have been reasonably incurred by persons residing adjacent to such roads or streets.

§ 49-11 Improvements to meet requirements.

Roads or streets so serviced, which are not shown on the Official Map of this municipality, may be suitably improved in accordance with any requirements established pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 to 40:55D-36) and Chapter 50, Article V, of this Code.

§ 49-12 Effect of providing services.

The rendering of services under this article shall not constitute acceptance of a road or street by the municipality, nor does it create any rights, duties, obligations or liabilities for residents or the municipality, except as may already exist under general law and local ordinances, and nothing herein shall require the municipality to provide such services to or on any road or street in this municipality unless the governing body determines that such services are warranted.