Borough of Palmyra, NJ
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2021-03-01
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 237 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article I Street and Sidewalk Encroachments
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Assessment, Board of
- Ch 8 Claims Payment Procedures
- Ch 10 Court, Municipal
- Ch 13 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Green Team
- Ch 24 Health, Board of
- Ch 26 Housing Department
- Ch 30 Meetings
- Ch 35 Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Personnel
- Ch 43 Police Department
- Ch 47 Public Contracts
- Ch 49 Recycling Committee
- Ch 52 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Sewer Utility
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 68 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 74 Animals
- Ch 80 Bicycles
- Ch 82 Block Parties
- Ch 86 Buildings, Unsafe or Unfit
- Ch 88 Burning, Open
- Ch 90 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 93 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 95 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 98 Curfew
- Ch 101 Deer and Game
- Ch 105 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 114 Fees
- Ch 117 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 119 Fire Lanes
- Ch 121 Fire Prevention
- Ch 124 Flea Markets
- Ch 126 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 127 Food Handling
- Ch 129 Garage Sales
- Ch 131 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 134 Graffiti
- Ch 137 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 142 Housing Standards
- Ch 149 Indigent Persons
- Ch 153 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Land Development
- Ch 160 Limousines
- Ch 164 Littering
- Ch 168 Loitering
- Ch 173 Mercantile Licensing
- Ch 178 Noise
- Ch 181 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 183 Palmyra Harbour
- Ch 187 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 190 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 195 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 197 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 200 Pool and Billiard Halls
- Ch 202 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 203 Property Maintenance
- Ch 206A Regulation of Vacant Properties
- Ch 208 Rental Property
- Ch 215 Sewers
- Ch 219 Sex Offenders' Residency Restrictions
- Ch 222 Skateboarding
- Ch 224 Smoking
- Ch 226 Soil Removal
- Ch 230 Solid Waste
- Ch 234 Storage Facilities
- Ch 235 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 236 Stormwater Control Regulations
- Ch 237 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 237 Art I Street and Sidewalk Encroachments
- § 237-1 (Reserved)
- § 237-2 Buildings encroaching upon streets.
- § 237-3 Removal of encroachments.
- § 237-4 (Reserved)
- § 237-5 (Reserved)
- § 237-6 Obstructing crosswalks.
- § 237-7 Driving over sidewalks.
- § 237-8 Enforcement.
- § 237-9 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 240 Swimming Pools
- Ch 242 Tattoos and Body Art Procedures
- Ch 245 Taxation
- Ch 248 Taxicabs
- Ch 252 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 256 Tobacco Products
- Ch 258 Towing
- Ch 259 Trees
- Ch 261 Trespassing
- Ch 264 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 267 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 270 Vending Machines
- Ch 271 Outdoor Display of Merchandise
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 275 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 277 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 288 Public Health Nuisances
- Ch 292 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 295 Rodent Control
- Ch 297 Sewer Connections
- Ch 300 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A305 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-3-1921 (Ch. 77, Art. II of the 1971 Code)]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 237-1, Builder's street
permit; awnings, was repealed 12-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-29.
No person shall erect or place any building,
in whole or in part, upon any street, highway, road, public lane or
alley in the Borough of Palmyra, under a penalty of $50 for each offense.
The owners of any building, fence or other encroachment
or obstruction now standing or which may be hereafter erected or placed
upon any street, highway, public lane or alley or other public ground
within the Borough shall, within 30 days after the service of a notice,
in writing, designated by the Chairman of the Borough Council and
attested by the Borough Clerk so to do, remove said obstruction under
the penalty of $50 for every such offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 237-4, Location
of trees bordering streets, was repealed 5-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 237-5, Injuring trees or
poles; trimming trees, was repealed 5-14-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3.
No person shall obstruct the crosswalk laid
across the public streets or highways in the Borough by placing or
stopping his horse, cart, wagon, sleigh, sled or other vehicle on
or across any of said crosswalks or by placing or putting any said
obstruction or other thing across or on the same, under the penalty
of $5 for each offense.
No person shall push, lead, draw or drive any
horse or other animal, cart, wagon, sleigh, sled or other vehicle
over or upon any sidewalk under the penalty of $10 for each offense,
provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
any person or persons from leaving free access for horses and cattle,
carts, wagons or other vehicles belonging to them or used or employed
by them in cutting or returning across the sidewalk in front of any
alley, gateway or passageway leading to their premises.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Council
to prosecute all violators against the provisions of the preceding
sections of this article, and it shall also be the duty of any police
officer or any person or persons authorized to make arrests in the
Borough to arrest anyone whom they or he may detect in the violation
of any of the provisions of the same.
Any person or persons, corporation or corporations
violating any provisions of this article may be proceeded against
before the Municipal Magistrate, or other judicial officer authorized
to hear and determine the matter, of said Borough, and for each violation
thereof the person or persons so violating the same, on conviction
thereof, shall pay the fine as in each section designated.
