[Adopted 3-28-1972; amended 12-11-1973; 8-27-1974; 10-22-1974; 6-11-1975; 2-9-1977; 10-23-1979; 9-22-1981; 9-14-1982; 6-26-1984; 6-11-1985; 10-11-1988; 9-25-1990; 3-12-1991; 10-18-1991; 7-28-1992; 10-26-1993; 2-28-1995; 9-22-1998; 12-8-1998; 5-22-2001; 11-8-2001; 8-27-2002; 12-10-2002; 4-22-2003 (Sec. 15:1 of the 1975 General Ordinances)]
15:1-1.1
Words and phrases defined.
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to apply to such words and
phrases used herein.
15:1-2.1
Regulations not
exclusive. The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on
parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe other
and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138,
any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.
15:1-2.2
Parking prohibited
at all times on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle at
any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule
I attached to and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-2.3
Parking prohibited
during certain hours on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle
between the hours specified in Schedule II of any day (except Sundays
and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described
in said Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-2.4
Stopping or standing
prohibited during certain hours on certain streets. No person shall
stop or stand a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule III
of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets
or parts of streets described in said Schedule III attached to and
made a part of this chapter.
15:1-2.5
Parking time limited
on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle for longer than
the time limit shown on Schedule II at any time between the hours
listed in said Schedule II of any day (except Sundays and public holidays)
upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule
II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-2.6
Parking prohibited
by certain vehicles in certain zones. There shall be no parking of
any vehicle having a gross weight in excess of 12,000 pounds on any
street or area described in Schedule XIX between the hours of 6:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
15:1-2.7
Parking prohibited
for more than four hours for certain vehicles in all zones.
A. No person shall park a vehicle having a gross weight
in excess of 12,000 pounds or any unattended trailer on any street
or land devoted to the public parking of vehicles or parking places
which are open to the public or to which the public is invited for
more than four consecutive hours.
B. Section
15:1-2.7A shall not apply to vehicles parked in parking spaces approved for such size vehicles by the Township of Burlington on a site plan at sites such as hotels, motels, restaurants, truck terminals, or loading docks.
15:1-3.1
Trucks over four tons
excluded from certain streets. Trucks over four tons' gross weight
are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of the streets described
in Schedule V except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such
streets, said Schedule V being attached to and made a part of this
chapter.
15:1-4.1
One-way streets designated.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI attached
hereto and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as "one-way
streets" in the direction indicated.
15:1-5.1
Through streets designated.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the streets or parts
of streets described in Schedule VII attached hereto and made a part
of this chapter are hereby designated as "through streets." Stop signs
shall be installed on the near-right side of each street intersecting
the through street except where yield signs are provided for in the
designations.
[Amended 11-13-2006 by Ord. No. 06-OR-038]
15:1-5.2
Stop intersections designated.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections
described in Schedule VIII attached hereto and made a part of this
chapter are hereby designated as "stop intersections." Stop signs
shall be installed as provided therein.
15:1-5.3
Yield intersections
designated. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections
described in Schedule IX attached hereto and made a part of this chapter
are hereby designated as "yield intersections." "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY"
signs shall be installed as provided therein.
15:1-5.4
Intersections controlled
by traffic control signals. Pursuant to the provisions of Subtitle
1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, the intersections described
in Schedule X attached hereto and made a part of this chapter are
hereby designated as "intersections controlled by a traffic control
signal." The traffic signal installation shall be in accordance with
the provisions of law and shall conform to the design and shall be
maintained in operation as authorized by the Department of Transportation.
15:1-6.1
Loading zones
designated. The locations described in Schedule XI attached hereto
and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as loading zones.
15:1-7.1
Taxi stands designated.
The locations described in Schedule XII attached hereto and made a
part of this chapter are hereby designated as taxi stands.
15:1-8.1
Bus stops designated.
The locations described in Schedule XIII attached hereto and made
a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
15:1-9.1
Left or right
turn prohibitions to or from designated private properties. At the
written request of the property owner, the Council may prohibit left
and/or right turns from, or onto, properties designated in Schedule
XIV attached hereto and made a part of this chapter. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
39:5A-1, the police shall enforce certain provisions of Subtitle 1
of Title 39 on the designated properties.
[Amended 12-22-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-031]
15:1-9.2
U-turn prohibitions.
No person shall make a U-turn at any of the locations described in
Schedule XV attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-9.3
No turns. No person
shall make a turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XVI
attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-10.1
Parking regulations.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets
which are open to the public or to which the public is invited whether
operated and maintained separately or in conjunction with any business
or enterprise as more particularly set forth on Schedule I attached
hereto and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-10.2
Exit and entrance
ways regulated. Pursuant to the authority contained in N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46
and 39:4-197(h), parking yards and parking places which are open to
the public or to which the public is invited and which are located
within the Township of Burlington, more particularly set forth on
Schedule XVIII attached hereto and made a part hereof, shall have
their exits and entranceways designated one-way travel, in the direction
indicated.
[Added 4-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-OR-009]
15:1-11.1 Only electric vehicles are permitted to park in parking spaces designated
for electric vehicle supply/service equipment, which spaces are described
in Schedule XXII attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
15:1-11.2 Penalty. The penalty for a non-electric vehicle being parked in an EVSE designated parking space shall be as set forth in §
330-99C(4)(c)[3].
[Amended 4-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-OR-009]
15:1-12.1
Penalties. Unless another penalty is expressly
provided by New Jersey statute, or this Code, every person convicted
of a violation of a provision of this chapter for a first offense
shall be liable to a minimum fine of $100, or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or both. Subsequent offenses may be subject
to the general penalty provisions set forth in the Code.