[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Chester as indicated in text. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 153.
Ord. No. 17:8-30, adopted 9-4-1930
Section 1. Public necessity and the general
welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Chester no longer require
the section of public road hereinafter particularly described, and
the continued maintenance thereof is a useless public burden.
Section 2. The section of public road in the
said Township of Chester, in the County of Morris, abutted southerly
by lands of William B. Hardin and northerly by lands of John R. Hardin
and John R. Hardin, Junior, between the Chester-Gladstone County Road
and the new State Highway, Route 31, from Gladstone to Chester, is
hereby vacated and the public's rights therein extinguished, and the
land comprised therein is reverted and restored to the abutting owners
respectively on either side, freed and discharged from all public
rights as if such public rights had never existed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately.
Section 1. Public necessity and the general
welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Chester, in the County
of Morris, no longer require the section of the public road known
as the "Pottersville Road," hereinafter particularly described as
at present located, and it will be in the public interest and to the
public advantage to relocate the same, as hereinafter specifically
described, so as to assure a direct junction with the new State Highway
Route 31.
Section 2. The section of the public road in
the Township of Chester, in the County of Morris, known as the "Pottersville
Road," from its junction at its eastern outlet with the Chester-Gladstone
County Road, at Hardin's Corner, through lands of John R. Hardin and
Hendon Chubb to the intersection of said road by the dividing line
between lands of Hendon Chubb and A. G. Kay, a distance of about 7/8
of a mile, is hereby vacated as a public road and highway, and the
public's rights therein are extinguished and the lands therein comprised
are reverted and restored to the abutting owners respectively, freed
and discharged from all public rights as if such public rights had
never existed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective
when and after the aforesaid John R. Hardin and Hendon Chubb: (1)
shall dedicate or cause to be dedicated to public use for highway
purposes, a new right-of-way, two rods in width, from the aforesaid
dividing line between lands of Hendon Chubb and A. G. Kay, in continuation
of said Pottersville Road easterly from that line, and in lieu of
the section of said road hereby vacated, in a substantially direct
line, across lands of said Hendon Chubb and John R. Hardin to the
aforesaid Chester-Gladstone County Road slightly northerly of the
point where the dividing line between lands of said John R. Hardin
and J. Brooks Nichols meets the said County Road, and continuing thence
across said County Road across land of William B. Hardin to a junction
with the new State Highway Route 31, from Gladstone to Chester: and
(2) shall build or cause to be built, on the said dedicated new right-of-way,
a new road, with a travel surface of 16 feet in width with necessary
provisions for drainage, said new road to be practically equivalent
in suitability for public use to the road hereby vacated.
Section 1. Public necessity and the general
welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Chester no longer require
a certain portion of a public road hereinafter described.
Section 2. Said portion of the public road hereinafter
described is considered and deemed unsuited and undesirable for such
public use and otherwise useless, burdensome and disadvantageous to
the public.
Section 3. The portion of a public road hereinafter
described shall be vacated and the public's rights therein be extinguished
and said land revert to and be restored to the holder or holders of
the legal fee thereof, freed and discharged from all public rights,
as if such public rights had never existed.
Section 4. The land and premises to be vacated
are described as follows: A portion of the public road running from
Masonic Farm to Union Grove beginning at the westerly line of the
new State Highway Route No. 31 extending westerly and southwesterly
to the above-mentioned State Highway abutted by the lands of Jay Coogan
and Julia A. Bradley.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon and after its passage.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Ord. No. 17:7-37.
Section 1. The portion of the public road hereinafter
described shall be vacated and the public's rights therein shall be
extinguished and said land referred to shall be restored to the holder
or holders of the legal fee thereof freed and discharged from all
public rights as if such public rights had never existed.
Section 2. The land and premises to be affected
are described as follows: A portion of the public road running from
Hacklebarney to Chester, beginning at the northeasterly right-of-way
line of the Hacklebarney Park Road which runs from Milldale southerly
to the Hacklebarney State Park entrance, said beginning point being
approximately opposite station 35 plus 20 and said beginning point
being immediately west of the bridge over Black River and extending
in a general northeasterly direction across Black River and along
said Hacklebarney to Chester Road to the 5th. course in a deed given
by WoWanda Realty Company to Frank Wilk dated April 22, 1935, and
recorded in the Morris County Clerk's Office in Book Z-33, pages 205
&c. of Deeds abutted by lands of Adolph E. Borie.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon and after its passage.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
Ord. No. 2:1-44, adopted 7-6-1944.
1. A certain strip of land lying on the south
side of the street, commonly known as "Factory Street," which was
set off by a certain Road Return, dated October 27, 1868, and recorded
in the Morris County Clerk's office in Book D of Roads on pages 119,
which land has never been used by the Township of Chester as a public
road, as to so much thereof as is hereinafter particularly described,
that any public right that may have arisen by dedication or otherwise
be hereby released and extinguished.
Description: Beginning at a rail monument set
on the easterly side line of Hillside Road, said monument marks the
point formed by the intersection of said side line and the division
line between lands of Dora Sturzenegger and lands of the heirs of
William Sturzenegger and lands formerly of the Chester Railroad Company,
now of Harry W. Cyphers and John Holthusen, and running thence (1)
along said division line North 66 degrees East 850 feet more or less
to the westerly side line of the public road leading from lands of
John Holthusen to the road leading from Chester to Flanders; thence
(2) along the westerly side line of said public road in a southeasterly
direction 25 feet more or less; thence (3) parallel to the first course
hereof and 25 feet distant more or less as measured at right angles
therefrom, South 66 degrees West 860 feet more or less to a point
in the easterly side line of Hillside Road; thence (4) along said
easterly side line of Hillside Road in a northwesterly direction 25
feet more or less to the point or place of beginning.
Ord. No. 17:9-47, adopted 6-19-1947.
Section 1. Public necessity and the general
welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Chester no longer require
a certain portion of a public road hereinafter described.
Section 2. Said portion of the public road hereinafter
described is considered and deemed unsuited and undesirable for such
public use and otherwise useless, burdensome and disadvantageous to
the public.
Section 3. The portion of a public road hereinafter
described shall be vacated and the public's rights therein shall be
extinguished and said land shall revert to and be restored to the
holder or holders of the legal fee thereof, freed and discharged from
all public rights, if such public rights had never existed.
Section 4. The land and premises to be vacated
are described as follows: Beginning at a point known as "Call's corner"
and running in a general direction towards Bartley and from said point
running through the lands and premises now or lately William Rockefeller
and Francis Frost to a point where the road hereby intended to be
vacated intersects the new State Highway.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon and after its passage.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Ord. No. 17:10-50, adopted 11-16-1950.
1. A certain portion of Parker Road as to so
much thereof as is hereinafter more particularly described shall be
vacated, and the public rights therein shall be released and extinguished.
2. The lands and premises to be vacated are
described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the Township of Chester, County of Morris and State of
New Jersey.
The center line of the road to be vacated is
described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the center line of the
old portion of Parker Road in the center of the old bridge crossing
the brook dividing the Township of Washington and the Township of
Chester and running along the center line of the old portion of Parker
Road in a northerly and northeasterly direction 710 feet, more or
less, to a point in the northwesterly side of a strip of land 50 feet
in width conveyed by Kathryn B. Prudden and Harris C. Prudden to Township
of Chester by deed dated December 23, 1946, and recorded in the Morris
County Clerk's office in Book K-42 of Deeds, pages 249 &c.
It is intended hereby to vacate the above-described
road on both sides of the above-described center line to the full
width thereof.
3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:11-51, adopted 6-7-1951.
1. Part of the old road leading from Chester
to Bartley, dedicated as a public street as to so much thereof as
is hereinafter described, any public right which may have arisen from
said dedication or otherwise, shall be released and extinguished:
All that part of the old road leading from Chester
to Bartley, lying on the northerly side of Oakdale Road and east of
Hillside Road, thence running in a northerly direction through the
property of Edwin H. Hann to the northerly boundary line of his land,
which tract is more fully described in the Morris County Clerk's office
in Book Z-41 of Deeds on pages 399 &c.
2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:12-53, adopted 2-5-1953.
1. That part of Fox Chase Road dedicated as
a public street as to so much thereof as set forth and shaded on the
map attached hereto and made a part hereof,[1] any public right which may have arisen from said dedication
or otherwise, shall be released and extinguished.
2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:13-53, adopted 2-5-1953.
1. That part of the road known and designated
as "Old Road to Hackelbarney" dedicated as a public street as to so
much thereof as is hereafter described, the public right arising from
said dedication or otherwise shall be released and extinguished: Beginning
at the line of division of property of the Willmen Co. and Alfred
G. Kay and running the various courses and distances thereof to the
point of intersection of the Old Road to Hackelbarney with the Old
Road to Washington Turnpike.
2. That part of the road known and designated
as "Old Road to Washington Turnpike" dedicated as a public street
as to so much thereof as is hereafter described, the public right
arising from said dedication or otherwise shall be released and extinguished:
Beginning at a point in Route #24 at or near the most northwesterly
corner therein of property conveyed by Lyman A. Zeek to Sara Stone,
thence in a general southerly direction across said Stone property
and over property formerly of Horten, now Stone, 18 chains more or
less to a point where the same intersects the old road from Chester
to Hackelbarney, known as "Old Road to Hackelbarney," now through
property of Willmen Company.
3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:14-57, adopted 3-4-1957.
1. That road or street dedicated as a public
street, hereinafter described, any public right which may have arisen
from said dedication or otherwise, shall be released and extinguished:
Beginning at a point, said point being on the southeasterly side of
Cliffwood Road and 825 feet from the center line of Route 24, thence
South 28 degrees 34 minutes East 600 feet to a point, thence (2) South
61 degrees 26 minutes West 50 feet, thence (3) North 28 degrees 34
minutes West 600 feet, thence (4) North 61 degrees 26 minutes East
50 feet to the point and place of beginning.
2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:15-59, adopted 6-1-1959.
The public rights arising from the aforesaid
dedication of River Road and Chestnut Street, South of Ironia Road,
as shown on the aforesaid map and on the copy of a portion of said
map attached hereto, including all lands lying within the boundaries
of said River Road and Chestnut Street, South of Ironia Road, be and
the same are hereby released, extinguished and vacated, and the said
lands be and are hereby discharged from the public rights arising
from said dedication as though the dedication thereof had not taken
place. This ordinance shall take effect upon final adoption and publication
thereof as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:16-64, adopted 2-10-1964.
The streets or roads hereinafter set forth were
laid out upon a map but were never opened or constructed and are what
are commonly known as "paper streets."
The streets or roads as designated on a map
attached to a Deed dated September 28, 1929, and recorded in the Morris
County Clerk's office in Book A 32 of Deeds, pages 34 etc., entitled,
"A map of property belonging to William G. Nash, Chester Township,
Morris County New Jersey," prepared by Frederick Smith, C. E. and
described as follows are hereby vacated:
A street or road 50 feet in width running in
a southwesterly direction starting at Route #24 between lots 4 and
5 and running 600 feet southeasterly from and parallel to Cliffwood
Road for a distance of 4,145 feet more or less to the outside line
of the whole tract.
A street or road 50 feet in width running at
right angles to Cliffwood Road and along the northeasterly side of
lots 110 and 111 a distance of 600 feet more or less.
A street or road 50 feet in width running at
right angles to Cliffwood Road and along the northeasterly side of
lots 101 and 120 a distance of 600 feet more or less.
A street or road 50 feet in width and running
at right angles to Cliffwood Road and along the northeasterly side
of lots 87 and 132 a distance of 600 feet more or less.
A street or road 50 feet in width and starting
at the outside line of the whole tract and the northwesterly side
of lot 188 and continuing in a southwesterly direction 1,855 feet
more or less to the outside line of the whole tract.
A street or road 50 feet in width together with
curves at each end and running on the northeasterly side of lots 147
and 160 a distance of 800 feet more or less.
A street or road 50 feet in width together with
curves at each end and running on the southerly side of lots 135,
136 and 165 a distance of 1,050 feet more or less.
A street or road 25 feet in width running on
the southwesterly side of lots 14 through 17 a distance of 695 feet
more or less.
It being the intention to vacate all the streets
or roads shown on the first above referred to map, except the road
known as "Cliffwood Road."
Ord. No. 17:17-66, adopted 2-7-1966.
1. All the public rights, privileges and right-of-way
in and to that portion of the public street, highway or right-of-way
which was referred to as a proposed street to be known as "Ann Lane"
in deeds of conveyance from Lillian Greenhut and Abraham Greenhut,
her husband, to Simon Tannenbaum and Ida Tannenbaum, his wife, and
recorded in Deed Book P-51, pages 165 and 301, and from Lillian Greenhut
and Abraham Greenhut, her husband, to Ben Schames and Gertrude Schames,
his wife, recorded in Deed Book P-51, page 327, in the Morris County
Clerk's office, which Ann Lane as it was then proposed would now be
located within the boundary lines of property presently known and
designated on the Tax Map of the Township of Chester as Lots 168,
169, 170, 171 in Block 33, be and the same is hereby vacated as and
for a public street, highway or right-of-way.
2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 2:3-66, adopted 6-6-1966.
1. All the public rights, privileges and right-of-way
in and to the lane or driftway running from Parker Road across lands
of Buck Hill Development Co., Inc., John Van Deursen, Ernest A. Nielsen,
Edmund T. Stubbe and Richard F. Nabbe to Hackelbarney Road be and
the same are hereby vacated, and said lane or driftway is hereby vacated
as and for a public road, street, right-of-way or highway.
2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:18-68, adopted 3-4-1968.
A portion of the old right-of-way of Four Bridges
Road as hereinafter described be and the same is hereby vacated, and
any and all public rights therein be and the same are hereby released
and extinguished:
All the land lying between the old easterly
right-of-way line and the new easterly right-of-way line as shown
on map of Four Bridges Road, Section No. 1, Chester Township, Morris
County, New Jersey, dated November 15, 1961, and on file in the Township
Clerk's office, same being 25.00 feet measured at right angles from
the new center line, and from thence runs parallel and distant 25.00
feet easterly from the new center line being Station 35 + 71, (1)
along the center line South 65 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds East
93.51 feet to Station 36 + 64.51 to the point of curve, thence (2)
still along the center line and on a curve to the right having a radius
of 764.49 feet, a distance of 504.25 feet to the point of tangency
being Station 41 + 68.76, thence (3) still along the center line South
27 degrees 56 minutes East 37.81 feet to Station 42 + 06.57 the point
of curve, thence (4) still along the center line on a curve to the
left having a radius of 459.28 feet for a distance of approximately
150.00 feet on the easterly side to Station 43 + 57 on the easterly
right-of-way and that portion on West between the old and new right-of-way
from Station 43 + 53 on the westerly right-of-way approximately 136
feet to Station 44 + 89 the intersection of the northerly right-of-way
line of Tanners Brook Road.
It being the intent to vacate only that portion
lying east and west of the new fifty-foot right-of-way, being 25.00
feet on each side of the new center line, and the new right-of-way
lines to be the abutting property's new property line.
Ord. No. 17:30-68, adopted 2-5-1968.
1. A proposed street dedicated as a public street
as to so much thereof as is hereinafter described, any public right
which may have arisen from said dedication or otherwise, shall be
released and extinguished.
All that certain proposed street or road along
Four Bridges Road together with a fifty-foot road with cul-de-sac
as shown on a map of Kyle A. Lunger and Esther R. Lunger as prepared
by office of Leslie M. Apgar, Licensed Engineers and Surveyors, dated
December 1951 and any revised map to the same. Said property being
now owned by James B. Thomson and Ruth Thomson, his wife.
Ord. No. 17:19-70, adopted 5-4-1970.
1. The public interest will be better served
by releasing from dedication the following streets and roads:
A. Hazel Road from intersection of Ironia Road,
1545 feet more or less to end of street.
B. Oak Street at a point on north side of Ironia
Road, 646 feet more or less to Township line.
C. Chestnut Street at a point on the north side
of Ironia Road, 860 feet more or less to the Township line.
D. Jefferson Street at a point 226 feet from
north side of Ironia Road extending 900 feet more or less to the Township
line.
E. Wilson Avenue from intersection of Golf Course
Road, 630 feet more or less to Jefferson Street.
F. Wilson Avenue at a point 600 feet from the
easterly side of Jefferson Street, 780 feet more or less to the Township
line.
G. Richards Avenue in a straight line 210 feet
from the center of Golf Course Road, 1,998 feet more or less to the
Township line.
H. Maple Avenue in a straight line 270 feet
from the center of Golf Course Road, 1460 feet more or less to the
Township line.
I. Elm Avenue in a straight line 335 feet from
the center of Golf Course Road, 890 feet more or less to the Township
line.
J. Old Hacklebarney Road from intersection of
Route 24, 1,865 feet more or less to the end of the road.
2. The public rights in said streets and roads
be extinguished and that the same be and they are hereby vacated.
3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:39-82, adopted 10-18-1982.
1. All that tract or parcel of land and premises
situate, lying and being in the Township of Chester, County of Morris
and State of New Jersey, being described as follows:
Being that certain fifty-foot wide right-of-way
as R.O.W. for Future Road on a certain map entitled "Final Plat -
Section No. 3 of Twinbrooks, Township of Chester,
Morris County, New Jersey," scale one inch equals 100 feet, dated
August 28, 1978, signed by D. Gregg Williamson, P.E. 9 L.S., Pluymers,
Williamson and Barbieri, Mendham, New Jersey. which map was filed
in the Morris County Clerk's office on December 4, 1978, as Map No.
3759.
Said right-of-way having been divided along
the center line thereof and being further described as follows:
PARCEL I
Beginning at a point in the northerly side line
of a public road known as "Twinbrooks Trail," where said side line
is intersected by a curve connecting the easterly side line of a fifty-foot
right-of-way for future road to said northerly side line of Twinbrooks
Trail, as shown on map entitled "Final Plat Section No. 3 of Twinbrooks"
filed as Map No. 3759; from said beginning point running thence the
following two courses along the easterly side line of the 50-foot
right-of-way and along the westerly line of Lot 1, Block 26-9, lands
of George N. Zacsek.
1. In a southwesterly, westerly, then northwesterly
direction along a curve to the right, having a radius of 25.00 feet
subtending a central angle of 98° 05 30 an arc length of 42.80
feet to a point of tangency; thence
2. North 28° 20 00 West 408.19 feet to a
point marking the northeasterly end of said right-of-way, said point
also marking the existing northwesterly corner of lands of said Zacsek:
thence
3. Along the northerly side line of said right-of-way
South 61° 40 00 West 25.00 feet to a point in the center line
of said right-of-way; thence
4. Along said center line South 28° 20 00
East 440.56 feet to a point in the aforementioned northerly side line
of Twinbrooks Trail; thence
5. Along said side line North 53° 34 30
East 54.06 feet to the point and place of Beginning.
Containing 0.256 acres of land.
PARCEL II
Beginning at a point in the northerly side line
of a public road known as "Twinbrooks Trail," where said side line
is intersected by a curve connecting the westerly side line of a fifty-foot
wide right-of-way for future road to said northerly side line of Twinbrooks
Trail, which is shown on Final Plat Section No. 3 of Twinbrooks, filed
as Map No. 3759; thence running along said westerly side line of the
fifty-foot right-of-way (1) on a curve to the left in a northerly
direction having a radius of 25.00 feet and an arc length of 35.74
feet to a point of tangency; thence (2) North 28° 20 00 West 422.41
feet to a point and end of said right-of-way; thence (3) North 61°
40 00 East 25.00 feet to a point in the center line of said right-of-way;
thence (4) running in said center line South 28° 20 00 East, 440.56
feet to a point in the northerly side line of Twinbrooks Trail; thence
(5) along said side line South 53° 3430 West, 46.95 feet to the
point and place of beginning.
Containing 0.256 acres of land, be and the same
is hereby vacated as a public street, road or highway and that the
public rights and interest therein arising from any dedication thereof
being and the same are hereby released and extinguished. It being
the intention of this vacation ordinance to vacate the above-described
right-of-way as shown on the above-mentioned subdivision map, subject
to the restrictions contained in the resolution of the Township of
Chester entered September 15, 1981, that the aforementioned property
not be improved upon by the construction of any roadway, bikeway or
footpath, building or other structure thereon.
2. This ordinance shall take effect upon final
passage and publication in accordance with law.
Ord. No. 17:40-82, adopted 11-15-1982.
1. All the tract or parcel of land and premises
situate, lying and being in the Township of Chester, County of Morris,
State of New Jersey, more particularly described as follows: all of
the easements for future road shown on Final Plat of Chester Acres,
Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, prepared by Associated
Consultants, dated January 3, 1978 and filed in the Morris County
Clerk's office on June 14, 1979, as Map No. 3819, and further designated
by the cross hatched area on the drawing together with all slope right
easements in connection with the easement for future road; said easements
situate and lying between the northwesterly side line of Rock Spring
Road and the westerly side line of Lots 32-11 and 32-12 as shown on
said filed map, be and same is hereby vacated as a public street,
road or highway, and the public's rights and interest therein arising
from any dedication thereof be and the same are hereby released and
extinguished. It being the intention of this vacation ordinance to
vacate the above-described easement for future road and slope right
easements as shown on the above-mentioned final plat of Chester Acres
dated January 3, 1978.
2. This ordinance shall take effect upon final
passage and publication in accordance with law.
Ord. No. 17:43-83, adopted 7-18-1983.
1. All that portion of the right-of-way off
Catan Drive, described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the southwesterly side
line of Catan Drive (50 feet wide), said point being distant 25 feet
northwesterly from the intersection of said southwesterly side line
of Catan Drive with the northwesterly side line of Morlisi Place (50
feet wide) if both side lines were extended to meet and from said
point of beginning running thence (1) on a curve to the right having
a radius of 25.00 feet an arc length of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency
in the northwesterly side line of Morlisi Place; thence (2) along
said northwesterly side line of Morlisi Place South 57 degrees 50
minutes 41 seconds West 236.95 feet to a point, being the most southerly
corner of Lot 1, Block 51 B as shown on a certain map entitled "Subdivision
Section Two for Morand-Puglisi. Inc.," which map was flied in the
Morris County Clerk's office July 27, 1965, as Map No. 2593; thence
(3) along the southwesterly terminus of said Morlisi Place, south
26 degrees 27 minutes east 50 feet to the southeasterly side line
of Morlisi Place and the most westerly corner of Lot 7 in Block 51A
as shown on the above-referenced filed map; thence (4) along said
southeasterly side line of Morlisi Place north 57 degrees 50 minutes
41 seconds east 241.94 feet 10 a point of curvature; thence (5) on
a curve to the right having a radius of 25 feet an arc length of 39.27
feet to a point of tangency in the southwesterly side line of Catan
Drive; thence (6) by a new line north 32 degrees 09 minutes 19 seconds
west 100.00 feet to the point and place of beginning.
Said description being intended to describe
that portion of Morlisi Place (a fifty-foot right-of-way) lying southwesterly
of Catan Drive.
Be and the same is hereby vacated as a public
street, road or highway, and the public rights and interest therein
arising from any dedication thereof be and the same are hereby released
and extinguished. It being the intention of this vacation ordinance
to vacate the above-described portion of the right-of-way as shown
on the above-mentioned subdivision map, subject to a fifteen-foot
drainage easement as shown on recorded map entitled "Subdivision Section
2 for Morand-Puglisi, Inc." filed July 27, 1965, in the Morris County
Clerk's office as Map Number 2593, which drainage easement shall remain
in full force and effect.
2. This ordinance shall take effect upon final
passage and publication in accordance with law.
1. There was a previous road right-of-way dedication and acceptance
of a portion of Pottersville Road between Old Chester-Gladstone and
Route 206, by and between the Township of Chester and K.Hovnanian
at Chester I, LLC. A deed of conveyance for the road right-of-way
was dated November 4, 2002, and filed in the Morris County Clerk's
office on November 15, 2002, in Deed Book 05737, at Page 245.
2. The Township of Chester, subsequent to the right-of-way dedication
and acceptance, acquired title to lands directly contiguous to the
entire right-of-way.
3. The Township of Chester hereby vacates the road right-of-way,
which area of the right-of-way becomes part of Block 14, Lot 1, which
is owned by the Township.
Ord. No. 2018-04, adopted 5-1-2018
1. This ordinance is being adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:60-28.
The right-of-way is located in a development known as Applewood
Farms. It adjoins on four sides Winding Way, a municipal street, Lot
75 and Lot 76 all in Block 26.01, as shown on the official tax map
of the Township of Chester. The right-of-way is more particularly
described as:
Beginning at the northerly border of Lot 18.01 and extending
to the easterly sideline of the road known as Winding Way with a width
of 50 feet and a length of 410 lineal along the borders of Lots 75
and 76, Block 26.01.
2. The said right-of-way is no longer needed for public use,
is unsuited as a public right-of-way, and is undesirable for such
use based on the action taken by the Township's Planning Board on
said Subdivision.
3. The Township hereby vacates and releases the public rights
in the right-of-way, subject to the terms set forth herein.
4. The Mayor or her representative is authorized to offer the
right-of-way for sale to the owners of Lots 18.01, 75 and 76 in Block
26.01 for a price not less than $30,800. The sale is to be at public
auction.
5. If none of the said adjoining properties purchases the right-of-way
prior to December 31, 2018, the right-of-way shall remain a public
right-of-way and shall not be vacated or released.
6. Any provisions of this ordinance of the Township of Chester
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid,
such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance.
8. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
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Editor's Note: Said map is available at the
Township offices.
Ord. No. 17:32-79, adopted 11-5-1979.
Section 1. Forest View Drive and Jason Court
be and are hereby accepted as municipal roads of the Township of Chester.
Section 2. The Township shall release the performance
bond posted for the Forest View Subdivision upon a payment of the
sum of $2,000 which will be utilized for the reconstruction of Old
Mill Road.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:34-80, adopted 10-21-1980.
Section 1. Huamer Lane and Dorothy Court be
and are hereby accepted as municipal roads of the Township of Chester.
Section 2. The Township of Chester accepts the
drainage easement through Block 32-2. Lot 21, as shown on the final
plat of Dogwood Acres -
Section 5 filed in the Morris County Clerk's
office on April 9, 1979 as Filed Map 3793.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:35-80, adopted 12-16-1980.
Section 1. The street and the drainage easements
described herein are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester:
Being the extension of a street 50 feet wide
known as "Prides Crossing" as shown upon a certain map entitled "Final
Plat, Subdivision of James Kunkel and Ronald Rossi, Tax Map Sheets
48 & 49, Block 48, Lot 5, Township of Chester, Morris Co., N.J.
"scale of one inch equals 100 feet, dated June 8, 1978, signed by
Frank W. Dufford, P.E. & L.S., Succasunna, N.J., which map was
filed in the Morris County Clerk's office on August 8, 1978, as Map
No. 3724, including a cul-de-sac having a sixty-five-foot radius and
the arcs and radii connecting thereto;
Also being twenty-foot-wide drainage easements
on Lot 5-1, Lot 5-2 and Lot 5-3 in Block 48-1 as shown on said filed
map;
Together with all of the surface and subsurface
improvements and facilities installed or constructed upon or in the
beds of the aforesaid street and drainage easements.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:37-81, adopted 4-21-1981.
Section 1. The street and drainage easements
described herein are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester.
Section 2. Being the extension of a street known
as "Twinbrooks Trail" as shown upon a certain map entitled "Final
Plat —
Section No. 3 of Twinbrooks, Township of Chester,
Morris County, New Jersey," scale of one inch equals 100 feet, dated
August 28, 1978, signed by D. Gregg Williamson, P.E. & L.S. Pluymers-Williamson
and Barbieri, Mendham, New Jersey, which map was filed in the Morris
County Clerk's office on December 4, 1978, as Map No. 3759, including
a cul-de-sac having a radius of 65.00 feet and the arcs and radii
connecting thereto;
Also being a fifty-foot-wide right-of-way shown
as R.O.W. for future road as well as the arcs and radii at the intersection
of Twinbrooks Trail as shown on said filed map;
Also being fifteen thirty-foot-wide drainage
easements with the right to discharge stormwater on various lots as
shown on said filed map.
Also being a conservation easement of variable
width on several lots along the westerly portion of the tract as shown
on said filed map;
Also being a conservation easement of variable
width on several lots along the easterly portion of the tract as shown
on said filed map;
Together with all of the surface and subsurface
improvements and facilities installed and constructed upon or in the
beds of the aforesaid streets and drainage easements.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:41-83, adopted 6-20-1983.
Section 1. The street and easements described
herein are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester.
Section 2. Being that portion of a street 50
feet in width known as "Long Hill Road" extending from State Park
Road to the Chester Township -
Washington Township boundary as shown on a map
entitled "Final Plat, Black River Estates, Section One, Township of
Washington & Township of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey,"
dated March 26, 1979, prepared by Albert J. St. Louis, Jr., L.S. of
Chester & Van Dalen Associates, which map was filed in the Morris
County Clerk's office on November 13, 1980 as Map No. 3957;
Together with all of the surface and subsurface
improvements and facilities installed or constructed upon or in the
beds of the aforesaid street;
Also being a stream encroachment, drainage and
conservation easement along the easterly side of Trout Brook lying
within the Township of Chester as shown on said filed map;
Together with storm drain pipes and headwalls
lying within such easement:
Also being a sight easement along the southerly
side of Long Hill Road within the Township of Chester as shown on
said filed map;
Excluding the large culvert which provides for
the road crossing over Trout Brook.
This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:42-83, adopted 6-20-1983.
Section 1. The street and easements described
herein are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester.
Section 2. Being a cul-de-sac having a radius
of 53 feet at the southerly terminus of a road known as "Farm Road"
as shown on a map entitled "Final Plat, Southview of Chester, Lot
15, Block 26, Township of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey, Scale
1" equals 100', March 1979" prepared by Fred A. Brandes, P.E. &
L.S., which map was filed in the Morris County Clerk's office on October
19, 1979 as Map No. 3855:
Also being all Conservation Easements and Drainage
Easements shown on said filed map;
Together with all surface and subsurface improvements
and facilities installed or constructed upon or beneath the surface
of said cul-de-sac and easements.
This ordinance shall take effect as provided
by law.
Ord. No. 17:46-88, adopted 5-17-1988.
Section 1. The streets and roadways, along with
the following described easements, are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester:
Being the extension of Melrose Drive, all of
Spiniello Lane and all of Christina Court as shown upon a certain
map entitled "Final Plat Cooper Hill Estates, Chester Township, Morris
County, New Jersey," prepared by Associates Consultants -
Carlton N. Frost, dated March 25, 1985, which
map was filed in the office of the Clerk of Morris County on July
16, 1985, as filed map 4387;
Together with sight easements at the intersections
of Melrose Court and Spiniello Lane affecting Lots 4 and 7. Block
33.04, and sight easements at the intersections of Melrose Court and
Christina Court affecting Lots 16 and 20, Block 34.04, which sight
easements shall be recorded by deed;
Together with storm drainage easements on Lots
6, 12, 13, 17 and 18, Block 33.04, as contained in a drainage easement
dated September 9, 1987, and recorded December 1, 1987, in the Morris
County Clerk's office at Deed Book 2984 at page 491;
Together with a Conservation Easement on Lots
12, 13, 14, 17 and 18, Block 33.04, as contained in a conservation
easement dated September 9, 1987 and recorded December 1, 1987, in
the Morris County Clerk's Office at Deed Book 2984 at Page 0498;
Together with a mine site conservation easement
on Lots 17 and 18, Block 33.04, which mine site easement was recorded
on December 1, 1987, in the Morris County Clerk's office at Deed Book
2984 at Page 0498;
Together with an emergency access easement on
Lot 14, Block 33.04, which emergency access easement was recorded
on December 1, 1987 in the Morris County Clerk's office at Deed Book
2984 at Page 491.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:48-90, adopted 8-21-1990.
Section 1. The streets and roadways, along with
the following described easements, are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester from Custom Living Homes, Inc., as shown on a certain map
entitled "Final Map, Beacon Hill, Section III, Chester Township, Morris
County, New Jersey" dated September 17, 1985, prepared by A. Edmond
Yannaccone, L.S. of Yannaccone Associates, Inc., New Jersey, which
map was recorded in the Morris County Clerk's office on January 2,
1986, as Map No. 4442 as follows:
Section 2. Roadway dedication: The street known
as "Ryan Court" as shown on a certain map entitled "Final Map, Beacon
Hill, Section III, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey," dated
September 17, 1985, prepared by A. Edmond Yannaccone, L.S. of Yannaccone
Associates, Inc., New Jersey, which map was recorded in the Morris
County Clerk's office on January 2, 1986, as Map No. 4442, for the
purposes of public roadway uses the land described herein as set forth
on the aforesaid Final Map, with Chester Township to have and hold
such public roadway as long as same shall be used, operated and maintained
for public purposes, and the same being dedicated to public use for
such purposes; provided, however, that in the event the above described
land is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to
the abutting property owners.
Section 3. Conservation easements: Conservation
easements to Chester Township across Block 7, Lots 12.12, 12.14, 12.15,
12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.19, 12.20 and 12.21, as set forth on the aforementioned
map, on the following terms and conditions:
a. Chester Township, its agents, employees and
representatives shall have the right to enter the land described in
these conservation easements for the purpose of making periodic inspections.
b. Chester Township, its agents, employees and
representatives shall have the right to enter the land described in
these conservation easements for the purpose of conducting geodetic
and ecological studies.
c. Custom Living Homes, Inc., its successors
and assigns, shall not change any feature of natural landscape or
general topography or remove any living trees, shrubs or other vegetation
in these conservation easements without the express written approval
of Chester Township.
d. Custom Living Homes, Inc., its successors
and assigns, will not make any changes to the premises described in
these conservation easements that will be adverse to existing drainage,
flood control, erosion control or soil conservation without the express
written approval of Chester Township.
e. Custom Living Homes, Inc., it successors
and assigns, shall not deposit any trash, wastes or other unsightly
or offensive materials upon the premises described in these conservation
easements nor use the same for storage of materials that will adversely
affect the scenic beauty of said premises.
f. No advertising of any kind or nature shall
be located on or within the premises described in these conservation
easements without the express written approval of Chester Township
except for Custom Living Homes, Inc.'s advertisements to sell the
subject dwelling units in Beacon Hill. This shall not prohibit the
placing of a sign at the entranceway setting forth the name of the
development.
g. No structures of any kind shall be placed
or erected upon the premises described in these conservation easements
unless application therefor with plans and specifications of any such
structures have been filed with and expressly approved by Chester
Township. Existing roads, driveways and utility lines along or across
the premises described in these conservation easements and those contemplated
for the construction of Beacon Hill by Custom Living Homes, Inc.,
may be continued and repaired as required; however, said facilities
shall not be relocated nor shall any new roads, driveways or utility
lines be constructed or erected without express written approval of
Chester Township.
h. The subject conservation easements are binding
upon Custom Living Homes, Inc. and its successors in interest.
Section 4. Drainage easement: Drainage easements
across Block 7, Lots 12.12, 12.14, 12.15, 12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.19,
12.20, 12.21 and 12.33 as set forth on the aforementioned Final Map
on the following terms and conditions:
a. Chester Township shall have the right to
discharge stormwater runoff along and through any pipes constructed
in said easements together with the right of open discharge of stormwater
into said easements.
b. No buildings or other structures shall be
erected or placed within the drainage easements except by mutual agreement
of Custom Living Homes, Inc., its successors and assigns, and Chester
Township, and no other activity shall be permitted within the drainage
easements which would or might be detrimental to stormwater drainage
or any other purpose for which these easements are created.
c. Chester Township, its agents, employees and
representatives shall be permitted access to and entry upon the drainage
easements hereby conveyed at all reasonable times upon timely notice
to Custom Living Homes. Inc., its successors and assigns, but solely
for the purpose of inspection, protection and maintenance.
All of the above is shown on a certain map entitled
"Final Map, Beacon Hill, Section III, Chester Township, Morris County,
New Jersey," dated September 7, 1985, prepared by A. Edmond Yannaccone,
L.S. of Yannaccone Associates, Inc. New Jersey, which map was recorded
in the Morris County Clerk's office on January 2, 1986, as Map No.
4442.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:49-90, adopted 9-4-1990.
Section 1. The streets and roadways, along with
the following described easements, are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester from Custom Living Homes, Inc., as shown on it certain
map entitled "Final Map Beacon Hill, Section I, Chester Township,
Morris County, New Jersey," dated September 5, 1985, prepared by A.
Edmond Yannacconne, L.S. of Yannaccone Associates, Inc., New Jersey,
which map was recorded in the Morris County Clerk's office on January
2, 1986 as Map No. 4440 as follows:
Section 2. Roadway dedication. The street known
as "Ryan Court" as shown on a certain map entitled "Final Map, Beacon
Hill, Section I, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey," dated
September 5, 1985, prepared by A. Edmond Yannaccone, L.S. of Yannaccone
Associates, Inc., New Jersey, which map was recorded in the Morris
County Clerk's office on January 2, 1986, as Map No. 4440, for the
purposes of public roadway uses the land described herein as set forth
on the aforesaid Final Map. with the grantee to have and hold such
public roadway as long as same shall be used, operated and maintained
for public purposes, and the grantor hereby dedicates said land to
public use for such purposes; provided, however, that in the event
the above-described land is no longer used for such public purposes,
it shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. Sight easements. Sight easements
across Block 7, Lots 12.01 and 12.28, as set forth on the aforementioned
Final Map, for public use for as long as necessary. The grantee shall
have the right to enter upon the land described in these sight easements
for purpose of cutting vegetation and performing such other acts as
may be required to maintain a proper sight easement.
Section 4. Drainage easements. Drainage easements
across Block 7, Lots 12.01, 12.29, 12.30, 12.31 and 12.32, as set
forth on the aforementioned Final Map, on the following terms and
conditions:
a. Grantee shall have the right to discharge
stormwater runoff along and through any pipes constructed in said
easements together with the right of open discharge of stormwater
into said easements.
b. No buildings or other structures shall be
erected or placed within the drainage easements except by mutual agreement
of the grantor and the grantee, and no other activity shall be permitted
within the drainage easements which would or might be detrimental
to stormwater drainage or any other purpose for which these easements
are created.
c. Grantee, its agents, employees and representatives
shall be permitted access to and entry upon the drainage easements
hereby conveyed at all reasonable times upon timely notice to the
grantor but solely for the purpose of inspection, protection and maintenance.
All of the above is shown on a certain map entitled
"Final Map, Beacon Hill, Section I, Chester Township, Morris County,
New Jersey," dated September 5, 1985, prepared by A. Edmond Yannaccone,
L.S. of Yannaccone Associates, Inc., New Jersey, which map was recorded
in Morris County Clerk's office on January 2, 1986, as Map No. 4440.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17-51:91, adopted 6-3-1991.
Section 1. The street, easements and related
improvements described herein are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester.
Section 2. Being a fifty-foot-wide street known
as "Warren Cutting" as shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat,
Kendall Woods, Ltd., Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey"
prepared by Associated Consultants, dated February 23, 1984, and filed
in the Morris County Clerk's Office as Filed Map No. 4252 on April
9, 1984.
Also being sight easements on Lot 87.03 and
Lot 87.26 in Block 32 as shown on the aforementioned Final Plat.
Also being drainage easements on Lot 87.03 and
Lot 87.04 in Block 32 as shown on the aforementioned Final Plat.
Also being conservation and drainage easements
on Lot 87.11 and Lot 87.13 in Block 32 as shown on the aforementioned
Final Plat.
Also being conservation easements on Lots 87.13,
87.14, 87.17 and 87.18 in Block 32 as shown on the aforementioned
Final Plat.
Together with all of the surface and subsurface
improvements and facilities installed and constructed upon or beneath
the surface of the aforesaid street and easements.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:54-93, adopted 5-18-1993.
Section 1. The Township of Chester hereby accepts
as municipal roads of the Township of Chester Walnut Hill Drive and
Hickory Drive to the limits of the Walnut Hill Subdivision for Section
I and Section II as shown on the plat filed with the Township of Chester.
Section 2. The Township of Chester hereby waives
the requirement of a maintenance bond for the aforesaid roads and
hereby releases the performance guarantees heretofore posted.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:56-93, adopted 12-7-1993.
Section 1. Willow Drive, Robin Court and Chestnut
Drive, roads in the Township of Chester, County of Morris, State of
New Jersey, in a subdivision known as "Chestnut Run" are hereby accepted
as municipal roads in the Township of Chester.
Section 2. The bond previously posted for the
completion of the said roads is hereby released.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:57-94, adopted 2-1-1994.
Section 1. The Township of Chester hereby accepts
as municipal roads of the Township of Chester Winding Way, and extensions
of Parks Lane, and Forest View Drive and all drainage improvements,
rights-of-ways, and easements as being shown on a map entitled "Final
Plat, Applewood Farms, Township of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey,"
dated March 9, 1988, prepared by Pluymers, Williamson & Associates,
Inc., revised August 3, 1988, which map was recorded in the Office
of the Clerk of Morris County on September 29, 1988, as Map No. 4703.
Section 2. The Township of Chester hereby establishes
the requirement of a two-year maintenance bond for the aforesaid roads
and improvements in the amount of $61,492.37 and hereby releases the
performance guaranties heretofore posted.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:58-94, adopted 9-6-1994.
Section 1. The Township of Chester hereby accepts
as a municipal road of the Township of Chester a street known as "Cedar
Ridge Drive" located in the subdivision known as "Cedar Ridge Subdivision"
as shown on the filed subdivision plat for the subdivision.
Section 2. This ordinance of acceptance is contingent
upon the posting a maintenance bond in the amount of $11,414.32 to
all material and workmanship for a period of two years date of acceptance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:59-95, adopted 5-16-1995.
Section 1. The streets known as "South Gables
Drive" and "Bird Song Court" are hereby accepted by the Township of
Chester ("Township") from CSB Chester South, Inc., a corporation of
the State of New Jersey. The said streets are shown on a certain map
entitled "Final Map of South Gables, Block 32, Lots 61.01. 61A, 61.07,
84, 85, Sheet One and Sheet Two, revised through June 29, 1992," prepared
by John P. Morrison, P.L.S. and filed in the Morris County Clerk's
office on September 8, 1992 as Filed Map No. 4982.
Section 2. Street dedication. The streets known
as "South Gables Drive" and "Bird Song Court" as shown on the aforesaid
final map are accepted by the Township for public use as public roadways
with the Township to have and hold such public roadways as long as
same shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In
the event the above-named streets are no longer used for such public
purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 17:60-95, adopted 5-16-1995.
Section 1. The streets known as "Chesterfield
Drive" and "Cricket Lane" are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Chesterfield Farms Dev. Co. Inc., a corporation
of the State of New Jersey. The said streets are shown on a certain
map entitled "Final Plat of Chesterfield Farms, Chester Township,
Morris County, New Jersey," prepared by Carlton Frost, Associated
Consultants, dated September 1987, and filed in the Morris County
Clerk's office on October 26, 1987, as Filed Map No. 4622.
Section 2. Street dedication. The streets known
as "Chesterfield Drive" and "Cricket Lane" as shown on the map entitled
"Final Plat of Chesterfield Farms, Chester Township, Morris County,
New Jersey" are accepted by the Township for public use as public
roadways, with the Township to have and hold such public roadways
as long as same shall be used, operated and maintained for public
purposes. In the event the above-named streets are no longer used
for such public purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property
owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 10-15-1996.
Section 1. A portion of the street known as
"Beacon Hill Drive" is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Custom Living Homes, Inc., a corporation of the
State of New Jersey. The portion of Beacon Hill Drive being accepted
is from the southerly lot lines of Block 7, Lots 12.41 and 12.43,
to the intersection of Fox Chase Road. The remaining portion of Beacon
Hill Drive is not being accepted by the Township at this time. The
portion of the said street is shown on a certain map entitled "Final
Map, Beacon Hill, Section IV, Chester Township, Morris County, New
Jersey," dated November 7, 1986, prepared by Robert A. Yannaccone,
L.S. of Yannoccone Associates and filed in the Morris County Clerk's
office on August 6, 1987, as Filed Map No. 4601.
Section 2. Street dedication. The said portion
of the street known as "Beacon Hill Drive" as shown on the aforesaid
final map is accepted by the Township for public use as a public roadway,
with the Township to have and hold such public roadway as long as
same shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In
the event the portion of the above-named street is no longer used
for such public purposes, it shall revert to the abutting property
owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 2-18-1997.
Section 1. The streets known as "Deer Hill Road"
and "Pond View Road" are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") Segal Development Associates, L.P., a limited partnership
of the State of New Jersey. The said streets are shown on certain
maps entitled "Final Map of The Pond at Chester, Section One, Township
of Chester, Morris County, N.J., January 19, 1989," which map was
filed in the Morris County Clerk's office on July 25, 1990, as Map
No. 4869 and "Final Map of The Pond at Chester, Section Two, Township
of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey, June, 1992" which map was filed
in the Morris County Clerk's office on December 1, 1992, as Map No.
4992.
Section 2. Street dedication. The streets known
as "Deer Hill Road" and "Pond View Road" as shown on the aforesaid
final maps are accepted by the Township for public as public roadways,
with the Township to have and hold such public roadways as long as
same shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In
the event the above-named streets are no longer used for such public
purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 8-19-1997.
Section 1. The streets known as "Cromwell Drive,"
"Topping Way" and "Woodhull Drive" are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester ("Township") from Segal & Morel Partnership, of Suite
310, 140 Littleton Road, Parsippany, New Jersey. Said streets are
shown on a certain map entitled "Pleasant Hill Estates" dated June
2, 1988, prepared by Carlton N. Frost, P.E., L.S., which map was approved
by a Planning Board resolution dated March 14, 1989, and amended on
April 11, 1989, which map was filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office
on December 8, 1989, as Map No. 4822.
Section 2. The streets known as "Cromwell Drive,"
"Topping Way" and "Woodhull Drive" as shown on the aforesaid filed
maps are accepted by the Township for public use as public roadways
as long as they shall be used, operated and maintained for public
purposes. In the event that the aforesaid streets are no longer used
for such public purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property
owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 12-16-1997.
Section 1. The following streets in the subdivision
known as "Forrest Hill at Chester" located in whole or in part in
Sections I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IV and V of the subdivision are accepted
by the Township of Chester from Kendall Construction Corporation,
a New Jersey corporation, whose principal place of business is 60
Ketcham Road, Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840:
(a) Old Farmstead Road;
(b) Green Hill Road;
(c) Wood Stone Road; and
(d) Meadowbrook Road.
Said streets are shown on the following maps
filed in the Morris County Clerk's office, Morristown, New Jersey:
(i) Final Plat - Section I - Forrest Hill at
Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map No. 4380,
filed July 2, 1985;
(ii) Final Plat - Section II - Forrest Hill
at Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map No. 4463,
filed April 14, 1986;
(iii) Final Plat - Section IIIA - Forrest Hill
at Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map No. 4646,
filed January 22, 1988;
(iv) Final Plat - Section IIIB - Forrest Hill
at Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map No. 4647,
filed January 22, 1988;
(v) Final Plat - Section IV - Forrest Hill at
Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map No. 4736,
filed January 31, 1989;
(vi) Final Plat - Section V - Forrest Hill at
Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Map NO. 4835,
filed January 11, 1990;
All of the above-referenced maps were prepared
by Associated Consultants, Engineers & Land Surveyors, 530 East
Main Street, PO Box 383, Chester, New Jersey 07930.
Section 2. The aforesaid streets as shown on
the aforesaid filed maps are accepted by the Township for public use
as public roadways as long as they shall be used, operated and maintained
for public purposes. In the event that the aforesaid streets are no
longer used for such public purposes, they shall revert to the abutting
property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 2-3-1998.
Section 1. The improvement to a section of the
street known as "Old Chester-Gladstone Road" is hereby accepted by
the Township of Chester ("Township") from Countryside at Chester,
L.L.C., c/o Lawrence P. Blenden, 1325 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey.
Said street is shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat of Countryside
at Chester, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey" (Block 7,
Lot 42), dated October, 1996, prepared by Carlton N. Frost, P.E.,
L.S.
Section 2. The improvements to a section of
the street known as "Old Chester-Gladstone Road," as shown on the
aforesaid filed map, are accepted by the Township.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 2-3-1998.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as "Chilton Road" and "Heath Drive" are hereby accepted
by the Township of Chester ("Township") from BDS Group, Inc. 310 Route
24, Suite B4, Chester, New Jersey. The said streets are shown on a
certain map entitled "Final Plat of Ashton Woods, Chester Township,
Morris County, New Jersey" filed on May 30, 1991 in the Morris County
Clerk's Office.
Section 2. The streets known as "Chilton Road"
and "Heath Drive" as shown on the aforesaid filed maps are accepted
by the Township for public use as public roadways as long as they
shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In the
event that the aforesaid streets are no longer used for such public
purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 9-1-1998.
Section 1. The following improvements are hereby
accepted by the Township of Chester ("Township") from BNE Associates,
a corporation of the State of New Jersey: The improvements along Block
7, Lots 18.01-18.14; Block .05, Lots 1-6; and Block 7,06, lots 1,
4, 5-9 on streets known as "Beacon Hill Drive," "Byron Court" and
"Downing Court"; and Block 7.06, lots 2 and 3; Block 7.61, lots 13.12,
13.13 and Block 7, lots 13.14 and 13.15 on a street known as "Hickory
Drive." The improvements are shown on a certain map entitled "Final
Map, Beacon Hill, Section IV, Chester Township, Morris County, New
Jersey," dated November 7, 1986, prepared by Robert A. Yannaccone
Associates and filed in the Morris County Clerk's office on August
6, 1987, as Filed Map No. 4601.
Section 2. Street dedication. The portions of
the streets as shown on the aforesaid final map are accepted by the
Township for public use as public roadways with the Township to have
and hold such public roadway as long as same shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes, In the event the roadways are
no longer used for such public purposes, they shall revert to the
abutting property owners.
Ordinance adopted 12-15-1998.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as "Cromwell Drive" is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Segal & Morel Partnership, a New Jersey Partnership,
140 Littleton Road, Suite 130, Parsippany, New Jersey. The street
is shown on a certain map entitled "Final Map of Pleasant Hills Estates,
Section 11, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey," filed on
November 2, 1994, in the Morris County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5123.
Cromwell Drive is generally described as a fifty-foot-wide road running
from the northerly right-of-way line of Pleasant Hill Road in a generally
northwesterly direction 912 feet to the Section II boundary line.
Section 2. The street known as "Cromwell Drive"
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event that the aforesaid
road is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to
the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 12-7-1999.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as Hardin Court is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Auburn Meadows at Chester, L.L.C., a New Jersey
Limited Liability Company, c/o Lawrence P. Blenden, Esq., Katz, Blenden
& Pantirer, 1325 Morris Avenue, P.O. Box 685, Union, New Jersey
07083-0685. The said street is shown on a certain map entitled "Final
Plat of Kelly Meadow Subdivision, Lot 6.01, Block 20, Chester Township,
Morris County, New Jersey," dated October 16, 1996, and filed in the
Morris County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5303, on April 11, 1997.
Section 2. The street known as Hardin Court
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event that the aforesaid
road is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to
the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 6-7-2000.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as "Bamboo Lane" and a portion of Spring Lake Drive
as shown on a Final Plat, Section I, Lamerson Hunt dated January 1,
1991, latest revision date of October 11, 1994, are hereby accepted
by the Township of Chester ("Township") from Toll Brothers, Inc.,
3103 Philmont Avenue, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006. The said
streets are shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat, Section 1,
Lamerson Hunt, Block 3, Lots 3, 4, 5.01, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 16, Chester
Township, Morris County, New Jersey," with a latest revision date
of October 11, 1994 and filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office
as Map No. 5157, on April 24, 1995.
Section 2. The streets known as "Bamboo Lane"
and the aforesaid portion of Spring Lake Drive as shown on the aforesaid
filed map is accepted by the Township for public use as a public roadway
as long as it shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes.
In the event that the aforesaid road is no longer used for such public
purposes, it shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 7-18-2000.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as "Cowie Road" is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from B&L at Chester, L.L.C., a New Jersey Limited
Liability Company, c/o Brian Mason, Esq., Lorber, Schneider, Nuzzi,
Bilinkas & Mason, LLC, 310 Passaic Avenue, Fairfield, New Jersey
07004. The said street is shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat
of Lands of Edith Master," Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey,
dated October 4, 1996, and filed in the Morris County Clerk's office
as Map No. 5414, on October 8, 1996.
Section 2. The street known as "Cowie Road"
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event that the aforesaid
road is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to
the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 1-16-2001.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as "Sugar Maple Row" and "Barberry Row" are hereby accepted
by the Township of Chester ("Township") from Foxhill Whitehouse Associates,
a New Jersey General Partnership, Coddington Road, Whitehouse, New
Jersey 08888. The said streets are shown on two maps entitled "Final
Plat of Section 1A of `The Hedgerows,' Township of Chester, Morris
County, New Jersey," which map was filed in the Morris County Clerk's
office on July 28, 1988, as Map No. 4688, and was amended by a map
filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office on February 24, 1993, as
Map No. 5007; and "Final Plat of Section 2A of `The Hedgerows,' Township
of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey," which map was filed in the
Morris County Clerk's office on October 16, 1996 as Map No. 5268.
Section 2. The streets known as "Sugar Maple
Row" and "Barberry Row" as shown on the aforesaid filed maps are accepted
by the Township for public use as public roadways as long as they
shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In the
event that the aforesaid roads are no longer used for such public
purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 2-5-2002.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as Luce Drive, Howell Drive, and the remaining unaccepted
portion of Spring Lake Drive are hereby accepted by the Township of
Chester ("Township") from Toll Brothers, Inc., c/o Courter, Kobert,
Laufer & Cohen, 1001 Route 517, Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840.
The said streets are shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat,
Section III, Lamerson Hunt, Lots 7.12 and 16, Block 3, situated in
the Township of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey" dated February
5, 1997, prepared by Byron W. Rimmer, P.L.S. for Eastern States Engineering,
Inc. and filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5308
on May 21, 1997.
Section 2. The streets known as Luce Drive,
Howell Drive, and the remaining unaccepted portion of Spring Lake
Drive as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted by the Township
for public use as a public roadway as long as they shall be used,
operated and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid
roads are no longer used for such public purposes, they shall revert
to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 12-3-2002.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as Horton Drive is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Bedrock Construction & Realty, Inc., 18 School
House Lane, Morristown, New Jersey 07960. The said street is shown
on a certain map entitled "Final Plat, Hartley Meadows Subdivision,
Block 33, Lot 47, North Road, Township of Chester, Morris County,
New Jersey," dated August 18, 1999, prepared by William G. Hollows,
P.E. & L.S., of Murphy & Hollows Associates, Inc., and filed
in the Morris County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5520 128441 on December
21, 1999.
Section 2. The street known as Horton Drive
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid road
is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to the
abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 9-16-2003.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as Runyon Place is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Briarcliff at Chester, L.L.C., 95 Kingsland Road,
Boonton, New Jersey 07005. The said street is shown on a certain map
entitled "Major Subdivision, Lots 3, 4 and 8, Block 11 for Briarcliff,
Chester Township, New Jerseys," with a revision date of December 9,
1999, prepared by Schwanewede/Hals Engineering, and filed in the Morris
County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5583 on September 7, 2000.
Section 2. The street known as Runyon Drive
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid road
is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to the
abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ordinance adopted 11-16-2004.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as "Hunter's Trail" and "Colt's Run" are hereby accepted
by the Township of Chester (Township) from Elite Homes at Chester,
LLC, 12 Raven Court, West Milford, New Jersey 07480. Said streets
are shown on a certain map entitled "Final Map of Tri-Farms, Chester
Township, Morris County, New Jersey," dated May 12, 1989, and filed
in the Morris County Clerk's Office as Map No. 5358.
Section 2. The streets known as "Hunter's Trail"
and "Colt's Run" as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted
by the Township for public use as public roadways as long as they
shall be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In the
event the aforesaid roads are no longer used for such public purposes,
they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2006-11, adopted 1-16-2007.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as Craig Lane and Patrey Court are hereby accepted by
the Township of Chester ("Township") from Briarcliff at Chester, LLC,
a New Jersey limited-liability company, 95 Kingsland Road, Boonton,
New Jersey. The said streets are shown on two maps entitled "Major
Subdivision, Lots 3, 4 and 8, Block 11 for Briarcliff, Chester Township,
New Jersey" prepared by Schwanewedes/Hals Engineering, David Hals,
P.E., L.S., P.P., with a revision date of December 9, 1999, filed
in the Morris County Clerk's office on August 22, 2001, as Map No.
5654.
Section 2. The streets known as Craig Lane and
Patrey Court as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted by the
Township for public use as public roadways as long as they shall be
used, operated and maintained for pubic purposes. In the event the
aforesaid roads are no longer used for such public purposes, they
shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2007-6, adopted 4-3-2007.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as Orr Terrace and Hillas Lane are hereby accepted by
the Township of Chester ("Township") from Arlene Orr Amery, 59 Gaston
Road, Morristown, New Jersey. The said streets are shown on a certain
map entitled "Subdivision Plat -
Windy Top Farm, Chester Township, Morris County,
New Jersey," filed in the Morris County Clerk's office on May 19,
2003, as Map No. 5742.
Section 2. The streets known as Orr Terrace
and Hillas Lane as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted by
the Township for public use as public roadways as long as they shall
be used, operated and maintained for public purposes. In the event
the aforesaid roads are no longer used for such public purposes, they
shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2007-17, adopted 9-18-2007.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as Carlisle Court is hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Toll-NJ IV, L.P., a New Jersey Limited Partnership,
by Toll Land Corp. No. 10, its General Partner, having its principal
office at c/o Toll Brothers, Inc., 250 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, PA,
19044. The said street is shown on a certain map entitled "Final Plat,
Estates at Tannersbrook" prepared by Eastern States Engineering, Inc.,
and filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office on May 19, 2004, as
Map Number 5797.
Section 2. The street known as Carlisle Court
as shown on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for
public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid road
is no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to the
abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2007-19, adopted 10-2-2007.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements
thereon known as Colby Farm Road, Bell Court, Walton Way, Fieldcrest
Road, Knollwood Terrace, Old Mine Drift, Emmons Path, Skinner Trail
And Tiger Brook Lane (collectively referred to herein as "streets")
in a subdivision known as Summit at Chester (a/k/a Colby Farms) in
the Township of Chester, County of Morris, State of New Jersey, be
hereby accepted by the Township of Chester ("Chester") with regard
to Colby Farms Development, Sections I, II, and III from Summit at
Chester Developers, Inc., having its principal office at c/o Alan
D. Goldstein, Esq., Nusbaum Stein et al., 20 Commerce Boulevard, Succasunna,
New Jersey 07876. The streets are shown on certain maps for each section
as follows:
A final plat entitled "Final Subdivision Plat,
Colby Farms, Section I, Lot 1, Block 25," dated September 29, 1989,
revised April 24, 1991, prepared by Keith W. Condit, L.S. for Recon,
Inc., and recorded in the Morris County Clerk's Office on December
18, 1991, as map number 4951; and
A final plat entitled "Final Subdivision Plat,
Colby Farms, Section II, Lot 1, Block 25," dated April 7, 1993 through
May 28, 1993, prepared by Keith W. Condit, L.S. for Recon, Inc., and
recorded in the Morris County Clerk's Office on July 29, 1993, as
map number 5036; and
A final plat entitled "Final Subdivision Plat,
Colby Farms, Section No. 3, Premises Situated in the Township of Chester,
Morris County, New Jersey, Lot 1, Block 25," prepared by Recon, Inc.,
Land Surveyors, Planners, and recorded in the Morris County Clerk's
Office on December 16, 1996, as map number 5283.
Section 2. The streets as shown on the aforesaid
filed maps are accepted by the Township for public use as public roadways
as long as they shall be used, operated and maintained for public
purposes. In the event any of the streets are no longer used for such
public purposes, they shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2008-2, adopted 2-6-2008.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon
known as Wortman Way are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester
("Township") from Joseph Supor, 1000 Clifton Avenue, Box 797, Clifton,
New Jersey 07013. The said street is shown on a map entitled "Final
Plat, Hackelbarney Ridge Estates, Township of Chester, Morris County,
New Jersey" prepared by Carlton Frost, P.E. and L.S., which map was
filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office on March 2, 1999, as Map
Number 5448, instrument number 023027.
Section 2. The Township is accepting Wortman
Way without the benefit of a deed from Joseph Supor. Mr. Supor is
deceased and attempts to have his estate transfer title have been
unsuccessful. Wortman Way is shown on the above referenced filed map
number 5448. The Township Engineer has certified that the improvements
to Wortman Way are complete.
Section 3. The street known as Wortman Way shown
on the aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for public
use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated and
maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid road is
no longer used for such public purposes, it shall revert to the abutting
property owners.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2009-1, adopted 2-3-2009.
Section 1. The street and the improvements thereon known as
"Red Oak Row" are hereby accepted by the Township of Chester ("Township")
from Foxhill Whitehouse Associates, a New Jersey General Partnership,
Coddington Road, Whitehouse, New Jersey 08888. The street is shown
on "Final Plat of Section 2A of 'The Hedgerows,' Township of Chester,
Morris County, New Jersey," which map was filed in the Morris County
Clerk's office as Map Number 5388.
Section 2. The street known as "Red Oak Row" as shown on the
aforesaid filed map is accepted by the Township for public use as
a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated and maintained
for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid road is no longer
used for such public purposes, it shall revert to the abutting property
owners.
Ord. No. 2009-4, adopted 5-5-2009.
Section 4. A new road right-of-way is hereby dedicated and accepted
by the Township. The land consisting of the new road right-of-way
is owned by the Township of Chester and is part of Block 20, Lot 16,
in the Township of Chester.
Section 5. The new road right-of-way is the realigned Pottersville
Road identified in a survey of Henderson & Bodwell, LLP, dates
March 1, 2002, entitled "Pottersville Road R.O.W. Relocation Plan,
Lot 1, Block 14, and Lot 16, Block 20, for the Township of Chester,
situated in the Township of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey." The
legal description for the new road right-of-way is described in a
metes and bounds description of Henderson and Bodwell, LLP, with a
last revision date of November 6, 2006.
Section 6. The new road right-of-way known as a new portion
of Pottersville Road as herein described and identified is dedicated
by and accepted by the Township of Chester for public use as a public
roadway as long as it shall be used, operated and maintained for public
purpose. In the event the aforesaid road right-of-way is no longer
used for such purpose, it shall revert to the abutting property owners.
Ord. No. 2011-2, adopted 3-1-2011.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements thereon known as
Highland Drive and Peach Tree Lane are hereby accepted by the Township
of Chester ("Township") from Elite Homes at Chester IV, L.L.C., a
New Jersey limited-liability company, P.O. Box 638, Chester, New Jersey
07930. The said streets are shown on a map entitled "Final Plat of
Highland Farms, Lot 12, Block 16, Township of Chester, Morris County,
New Jersey" dated September 14, 2001, prepared by Carlton N. Frost,
P.E., P.P., L.S., and filed in the Morris County Clerk's Office on
January 18, 2002, as Map Number 5679.
Section 2. The streets known as Highland Drive and Peach Tree
Lane as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted by the Township
for public use as public roadways as long as they shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid roads
are no longer used for such public purposes, they shall revert to
the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2012-9, adopted 9-18-2012.
Section 1. The streets and the improvements thereon known as
Trout Brook Court and Pine Ridge Court are hereby accepted by the
Township of Chester ("Township") from Hacklebarney Estates, LLC, a
limited liability company, c/o Selesner and Polifron, P.A., 225 Millrun
Avenue, Suite 208A, Millburn, New Jersey 07041. The said streets are
shown on a final map entitled "Final Plat of Hilltop at Chester, Township
of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey" dated August 17, 1999, prepared
by Carleton N. Frost, P.P., P.E., L.S., of Associated Consultants
Engineers and Land Surveyors, Inc., which map was filed in the Morris
County Clerk’s office on November 1, 2000, as Map Number 5591,
page 87823.
Section 2. The streets known as Trout Brook Court and Pine Ridge
Court as shown on the aforesaid filed map are accepted by the Township
for public use as a public roadway as long as it shall be used, operated
and maintained for public purposes. In the event the aforesaid roads
are no longer used for such public purposes, either or both shall
revert to the abutting property owners.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Ord. No. 2019-09, adopted 9-3-2019.
Section 1. The Township of Chester hereby establishes and accepts
the street commonly known as "Stanley Place" within the Township of
Chester, County of Morris, State of New Jersey as a public road, said
road being approximately 33 feet in width and beginning at the sideline
of Old Chester-Gladstone Road and running west approximately 694 feet
and terminating at Block 4, Lot 24, as depicted on the Tax Map of
the Township of Chester at Sheet 9, revised October, 2014 by William
A. DiBartolo, Jr., P.L.S., a copy of which is appended hereto as Exhibit
A.
Section 2. The Township Clerk is directed to record and file
this ordinance with the Morris County Clerk pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-2.
Section 3. All ordinances of the Township of Chester which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed
to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of
this ordinance.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage,
approval and publication as required by law.
Ord. No. 17:33-80, adopted 5-5-1980; as
amended by Ord. No. 17:33A-80, adopted 12-16-1980; Ord. No. 2015-08,
adopted 12-1-2015; Ord. No. 2022-04, adopted 4-19-2022.
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40A:67-23.1, the Mayor and Council have determined that the Township
of Chester will remove snow and ice from the following streets due
to the fact that the use of said streets warrants such expenditure,
notwithstanding the fact that said streets have not been dedicated
and accepted as public streets subject to the maintenance of adequate
passability by others.
• Ann Lane;
• Baker Road;
• Overlook Terrace;
• Mt. Paul Road;
• School House Lane;
• Valley View Road;
• Wilson Avenue;
• Jefferson Avenue;
• A portion of Mile Drive (upper and lower dog leg), Block
26.01 Lots 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32;
• A portion of Mountain View Drive Block 10.3 lots 7, 8,
18, 16, and 17; and
• Roads contained in the development known as Four Seasons:
Drake Lane, Brown Court, Wyckoff Way, Young Court, and Dickerson Road.
Except for the streets and roads specifically identified herein,
any other roads and streets that have not been dedicated and accepted
as public streets by the Township of Chester shall not be entitled
to have snow and ice removed by the Township of Chester.
Section 2. The Township of Chester will not be
responsible for any other maintenance or repair for the roads noted
in Section 1 above.
Section 3. Snow plow and ice removal services on
the roads in Section 1, or portions thereof, may be suspended if,
in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, the roadway
is in such condition to cause a safety hazard to municipal employees
and/or municipal vehicles and equipment. The snow and ice removal
services may be resumed once the roadway has been restored to an acceptable
condition as determined by the Superintendent of Public Works.
Section 4. A public street or road is defined as a roadway or street having been dedicated and accepted by the Township pursuant to Chester Township Code § 153-26 et seq. A private road is any street or roadway that has not been dedicated and accepted by the Township pursuant to Chester Township Code § 153-26 et seq.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage and publication according to law.
Ord. No. 17:53-92, adopted 2-4-1992.
Section 1. Forest View Drive and Jason Court
were previously accepted as municipal roads of the Township of Chester
on November 5, 1979.
Section 2. The previous action of the Mayor
and Council of the Township of Chester naming the road "Jason Court"
is hereby rescinded.
Section 3. The road previously known and designated
as "Jason Court" is hereby renamed and shall be known as "Forest View
Drive."
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
