It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor, or public utility wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway to contact the Manager, designated by the Chief of Police of the Clark Police Department (the Traffic Control Manager), in order to submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such period of street and highway construction, except as modified under §
347-16. Any person, contractor or public utility who fails to comply with this section prior to the start of such work or whose plans are not approved by the Traffic Control Manager is in violation of this article.
The person, contractor, or public utility shall provide the Traffic Control Manager with at least two emergency contact persons to be notified in the event of an emergency at the construction or maintenance site prior to the start of any street or highway construction. If, for any reason, the emergency contact person cannot be reached, or if an emergency contact person does not respond to a call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition, the Township may respond to correct such hazardous condition. The reasonable fees for such emergency services provided by the Township shall be charged to the person, contractor, or public utility responsible for such hazardous condition, including the cost of a traffic director posted at a construction or maintenance site as provided under §
347-17.
There shall be no construction, maintenance or operations or utility work on any roadway in the Township before the hours of 7:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m., except as set forth under §
347-16. This time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. by the Traffic Control Manager. If it is determined by the Traffic Control Manager that the construction or maintenance operations prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. would substantially delay traffic or cause a safety or health hazard, the work shall then be permitted only between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not be permitted
unless approved by the Clark Police Traffic Bureau or the supervisory
officer on duty.
Police officers acting as traffic directors shall be posted
at all construction or maintenance sites when determined by the Traffic
Control Manager that same is necessary to provide for the safety and
expeditious movement of traffic. The Traffic Control Manager shall
determine when it is necessary for police officers to act as traffic
directors in order to provide for the safe and expeditious movement
of traffic. Any police officer acting as a traffic director shall
be posted at all construction or maintenance sites and shall remain
at such construction or maintenance site until the earlier of the
following:
A. Completion
of the street and highway construction at the construction or maintenance
site; or
B. The Traffic
Control Manager determines and notifies the traffic director that
a traffic director is no longer needed at the construction or maintenance
site.
The Traffic Control Manager shall have the authority to order
any person, contractor or public utility to cease street and highway
construction, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored
material within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations
and/or other related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety
hazard or for any violation of this article.
It is to be expressly understood that no materials, vehicles
or equipment is to be placed in the roadway or sidewalk until all
construction signs, lights, devices and pavement markings are installed.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty.
This article shall take effect after approval by the Commissioner
of Transportation, 20 days after passage and publication as prescribed
by law.