[Amended by Ord. No. 82-198; Ord. No. 84-198A; Ord. No. 85-198A; 6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-010]
A. 
The Township of Manchester Council finds and declares that problems of traffic control occur when traffic must be moved through or around street construction, maintenance operations and utility work, above or below the ground, which requires the blocking of streets and/or obstructing the normal flow of traffic, and that such obstructions are or can become dangerous when not properly controlled. In order to promote the public health, safety and welfare, it is necessary to establish controls and regulations directing the safe and expeditious movement of traffic through and around construction and maintenance zones and to provide for the safety of the work forces performing these operations.
B. 
The Township of Manchester, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, hereafter known as the MUTCD, except as hereby supplemented and amended, as it controls and regulates whenever construction, maintenance operations or utility work obstructs the normal flow of traffic. Any person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with the provisions of the MUTCD while performing such work is in violation of this section.
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A; 6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-010]
It shall be the responsibility of a person, contractor or public utility wishing to conduct work on, under or above the street, to contact the Police Department of the Township of Manchester to arrange for a preconstruction meeting in order to submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such period of construction or work. Any person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with this section prior to the start of such work, or whose plans are not approved by the Police Department of the Township of Manchester, is in violation of this section.
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A]
The person, contractor or utility shall provide to the Police Department, prior to the start of any work, at least two emergency contact telephone numbers to be called in the case of emergency problems at the construction or maintenance site. If, for any reason, emergency contact cannot be made, or if the emergency contact person does not respond to a call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition, the Township of Manchester may respond to correct the hazardous condition(s). Reasonable fees for such emergency services performed by the Township of Manchester shall be charged to the person, contractor or utility responsible for the condition.
[Amended by Ord. No. 82-198[1]]
There shall be no construction, maintenance operations or utility work on or under any street before the hour of 7:00 a.m. or after the hour of 5:00 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. by the officer in charge of the Police Department if the officer in charge of the Police Department determines that work before or after the prescribed hours would not substantially delay traffic or cause a safety or health hazard or is of an emergent nature so as to affect the public health, safety or welfare.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A[1]]
Road closings and/or detours of streets for construction, maintenance operations or utility work shall not be permitted unless approved by the Chief of Police, or the designee of the Chief of Police, and upon recommendations of the Police Department.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A[1]]
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction or maintenance sites located on streets when it is determined by the Chief of Police that same are necessary to provide for the safe and expeditious movement of traffic around and/or through the construction or maintenance zone.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A]
It is expressly understood that no materials or equipment are to be placed in any roadway or on any sidewalk until all construction warning signs, lights or pavement markings are installed.
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-198A; 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 10-012]
The Chief of Police of the Township of Manchester, or the designee of the Chief of Police, shall have the authority to stop work on any street, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored materials within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations and/or related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety hazard or for any violation of this Article IX.
[Amended by Ord. No. 82-198; 6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-010; 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 10-012]
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of this Article IX shall, upon conviction thereof for a first offense, pay a fine up to $500 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed five days. For a second offense, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine up to $1,000 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 10 days. For a third and subsequent convictions, pay a fine of not less than $1,000 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or on each part of a day that a violation continues.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Art. X, Engine Braking, adopted 7-28-2008 by Ord. No. 08-024, and which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-28-2017 by Ord. No. 17-011.