[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Delran as Ch. XII of the 1993 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, words and phrases concerning traffic
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
For the purpose of determining compass points and defining north,
south, east and west, the following shall determine:
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Route 130 shall be the north-south access line within the Township
of Delran, with north being in the direction of Willingboro Township
and south being in the direction of Cinnaminson Township; west being
in the direction of the Delaware River from Route 130 and east being
in the direction of Moorestown Township from Route 130.
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Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall
mean either Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time,
as may be in current use in the Township.
12-3.1
Regulations not exclusive. The provisions of this chapter imposing
a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to
observe other more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting
the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, as set forth in N.J.S.A.
39:4-138, any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.
12-3.2
Parking prohibited during state of emergency.
a.
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon
streets or sections of streets where temporary emergency no parking
signs are displayed. The Chief of Police, or in his or her absence
the ranking police officer, shall be authorized to declare an emergency
and to direct the posting of emergency no parking signs when weather
conditions, accidents, fires, public celebrations, etc., dictate or
require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere
with the free flow of traffic. Notification that emergency no parking
signs are being or shall be posted shall be given to the operator
or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting
of the signs. The Township shall attempt to request all residents
to move their vehicles.
b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation
of traffic, and any peace officer may provide for the removal of such
vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal of
storage which may result from such removal, before regaining possession
of the vehicle.
c.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent upon signs being
erected as required by law.
12-3.3
Parking of motor vehicles shall at all times be prohibited on both
sides of Fairview Street from the intersection of Fairview Street
and U.S. Route 130 to the municipal boundary shared by Delran Township
and Riverside Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1992-12; Ord. No. 1996-5; Ord. No. 1998-10; Ord. No. 2002-5; 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-19]
12-3.4
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets. No person
shall park a vehicle between the hours specified on any day, except
Sundays and public holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of streets
described in Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
12-3.5
Parking time limited on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle
for longer than the time limit designated at any time between the
hours listed on any day, except Sundays and public holidays, upon
any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
12-3.6
No stopping or standing. No person shall stop or stand a vehicle,
whether attended or unattended, upon any of the streets or parts of
streets described in Schedule IV attached to and made a part of this
chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1989-9]
12-3.7
Stopping or standing prohibited during certain hours on certain streets.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1992-17]
a.
Schedule of streets. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
between the hours specified on the days specified, except public holidays,
upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule
V attached to and made a part of this chapter.
b.
Exceptions. The following categories of entities may park, stop or
stand vehicles in and along the streets or roads described in Schedule
V in the times described:
1.
Residents. Any individual who owns or rents a single-family dwelling
in and along such street or road and who obtains an annually renewed
resident permit from the Chief of Police, or his or her designee,
without a payment of a fee upon an application supplied by the Chief
of Police, or his or her designee. The individual/resident shall apply
for such permit at any time, and the permit shall expire December
31 of the year of application. The permit shall be issued upon presentation
of proof that the applicant is a renter or owner of the property in
and along the described street or road. Presentation of a driver's
license shall be prima facia proof of qualification for the permit.
An individual shall be allowed one resident permit per validly registered
vehicle. A decal as prepared by the Chief of Police, or his or her
designee, shall be placed on the vehicle on the rear left bumper.
2.
Visitor. Any individual who is visiting the renter or owner who displays
a visitor's permit on the dashboard of the car. The visitor's permit
shall be obtained by the resident from the Chief of Police, or his
or her designee, who shall issue at least five visitor's permits per
dwelling.
3.
Delivery vehicles. Any vehicle which, on a temporary basis, is delivering
goods to a dwelling or picking up goods from a dwelling or delivering
and picking up children or other occupants from the dwelling.
4.
Commercial and educational users. Entities engaged in a commercial
or educational enterprise in and along the described streets and roads
and own property abutting such street or road may park vehicles on
the side of the road in front of the property owned by the commercial
or educational user.
12-3.8
Snow removal.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1995-5; 8-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-25; 10-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-30; 5-4-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-07]
a.
During an actual emergency or disaster, or a forecast emergency or
disaster in Delran Township, the Delran Emergency Management Coordinator
or, in his absence, a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator or designee
may issue an emergency proclamation as authorized by state law (New
Jersey Civil Defense Act of 1942, amended and supplemented by Chapter
251, P.L. 1942[1]) designating that there shall be no parking upon those
streets or parts of streets identified in the emergency proclamation.
The emergency proclamation will establish a date and time of commencement,
and a superseding emergency proclamation will be issued establishing
a date and time for the termination of such emergency.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.
b.
These regulations shall be in addition to and supplement all other
laws of the State of New Jersey, the County of Burlington, and the
Township of Delran.
c.
Notification as to the date and time of the commencement of such
declared emergency, as well as the date and time of the declaration
of the end of such emergency, may be made by any or all of the following:
Township Reverse 911; Township website; news media.
d.
Removal of vehicles. Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in
violation of this subsection shall be deemed a nuisance to the safe
and proper regulation and movement of traffic, and any police officer
may provide for the immediate removal of such vehicle. The owner shall
pay the reasonable costs for the removal and storage which may result
from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
e.
Violations and penalties. The fine for violation of this subsection
shall be $50, plus court costs, which may be paid through the Municipal
Court or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
12-3.9
Municipal parking spaces. No person shall park at any time in spaces
marked or designated by signs for police vehicles or city officials
only.
12-3.10
Truck parking. No person shall park any truck at any time upon
any of the streets or parts of streets thereof described in Schedule
VII attached to and made a part of this chapter.
12-3.11
Handicapped parking.
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Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, which confers upon the Township
the right to establish handicapped parking spaces in order to preserve
and safeguard the public health, safety, morals and welfare, certain
areas are hereby established within the Township, both on private
property open to the public and on public streets and parking lots,
and which shall be designated as handicapped parking spaces.
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Such areas shall be used by persons who have been issued special
identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles. No other person
shall be permitted to park in these spaces, described in Schedule
VIII attached to and made a part of this chapter. Such spaces shall
be marked by signs indicating that they are handicapped parking spaces
in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways, adopted March 20, 1973, and filed with the
New Jersey State Department on March 21, 1973.
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The operator of any vehicle parking in the restrictive parking
area for handicapped persons and not having the required certificate
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206 shall be subject to a fine of $250 for
the first offense and, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least
$250 and up to 90 days' community service on such terms and in such
form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
[Amended 8-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-25] | |
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In addition to the imposition of the fine set forth herein,
the police may authorize the towing of such vehicle and impoundment
thereof, and the owner thereof is to be responsible for all towing,
impoundment and storage costs, which charges shall be paid in full
prior to the release from impoundment of any vehicle. The Municipal
Court Judge may, upon establishment by appropriate medical proof that
the operator of the vehicle was in fact handicapped but did not have
the certificate as provided by N.J.S.A. 39:4-206 properly affixed
to the vehicle, suspend the imposition of any fine; however, in the
event that the vehicle was impounded, the owner and/or operator shall
be required to pay all fees, charges and expenses relating to the
towing storage and impoundment prior to the release of the vehicle
as provided herein.
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12-3.12
Street cleaning. (Reserved.)
12-3.12A.
Parking of commercial and recreational vehicles.
[Added by Ord. No. 1996-9; amended by Ord. No.
1998-10; amended 5-26-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-4]
a.
No person shall park or allow to remain standing a truck, tractor,
trailer, bus or any other type of vehicle registered with a gross
weight greater than 9,000 pounds, having a commercial registration,
on any residential street, commercial or industrial street under the
jurisdiction of the Township of Delran, or portion thereof, between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
b.
No person shall park or allow to remain standing any house trailer,
mobile home, camper or recreational vehicle, boat or personal watercraft
or other type trailer upon any street or public right-of-way within
the Township of Delran between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
c.
No person
or persons belonging to the same household within the Township of
Delran shall park or allow to remain standing more than one vehicle
with a gross weight equal to or less than 9,000 pounds, having a commercial
registration or utilized for any commercial purposes, on any residential
street under the jurisdiction of the Township of Delran, or portion
thereof, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
12-3.13
Towing. Any unoccupied vehicle, utility trailer, recreation
trailer or any vehicle without motor power, parked or standing in
violation of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace
to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any police officer
may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the
reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from
such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle, unless, in
the opinion of the Municipal Judge, there were mitigating circumstances,
in which case the Township shall bear the expense.
12-3.14
Parking of vehicles for display for sale prohibited. No person
shall park or allow to remain standing vehicles for display for sale
in the public right-of-way upon any of the streets or parts of streets
described in Schedule XXIV attached to and made part of this chapter.
Nothing in this provision shall prohibit a person from parking for
display for sale their own vehicle on their own property adjacent
to these streets or parts of streets.
[Added 8-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-25]
12-3.15
Commercial
trailers containing rubbish and/or debris. No person shall park or
allow to remain standing, upon any street or public right-of-way within
the Township of Delran, any trailer used for any commercial or business
purposes that contains rubbish, trash, garbage, junk, refuse, and/or
debris unless said rubbish, trash, garbage, junk, refuse, and/or debris
is situated inside a trailer which is completely and totally enclosed
and no part of any such rubbish, trash, garbage, junk, refuse, and/or
debris extends outside said enclosed area or areas of said trailer.
As used in this section, the above terms shall refer to any unwanted
or undesired material or substance for which no use is foreseen and
which typically has very little or no intrinsic value.
[Added 5-26-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-5]
(Reserved)
12-5.1
Stop intersections. The intersections described in Schedule X attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as stop intersections.
Stop signs shall be installed as provided herein.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1986-3; Ord. No. 1994-12]
12-5.2
Four-way stop intersections. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule XI attached to and
made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as four-way stop
intersections. Stop signs and supplemental four-way panels shall be
installed as provided herein.
12-5.3
Through streets. The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule
XII attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated
as through streets. Stop signs shall be installed on the near right
side of each street intersecting the through street, except where
yield signs are provided for in the designations.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2002-14]
12-5.4
Yield intersections. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140,
the intersections described in Schedule XIII attached to and made
a part of this chapter are hereby designated as yield intersections.
Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.
12-5.5
U-turns. No person operating a vehicle shall make a U-turn at the
intersections and streets designated in Schedule XIV attached to and
made a part of this chapter.
12-5.6
Right turn on red prohibited. There shall be no right turn on red
on the streets described in Schedule XV attached to and made a part
of this chapter. No-right-turn-on-red signs shall be installed.
12-5.7
Left
turn movement restrictions.
[Added 4-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-05]
a.
Block 120,
Lots 43 and 44. No vehicle shall conduct a left turn movement out
of the site driveway along Hartford Road anytime or into or out of
the site driveway along Bridgeboro Road between the weekday hours
of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Block 120,
Lots 43 and 44, as per the approved site plan, prepared by Stout &
Caldwell Engineers, LLC, consisting of 11 sheets, revised through
January 15, 2020, and on file with the Delran Township Planning Office.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVI attached
to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as one-way
streets in the direction indicated.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1991-12; Ord. No. 1995-9; Ord. No. 1999-3]
No passing zones for both directions of traffic along the roadways
listed in Schedule XVII shall be established as listed. Regulatory
and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the designated
no-passing zones as authorized by the Department of Transportation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1985-6; Ord. No. 1987-7; Ord. No. 1999-3; Ord. No. 2000-15; 12-19-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-14]
Except for pickup and delivery of materials, commercial trucks
over five tons' registered gross vehicle weight are hereby excluded
from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVIII attached
to and made a part of this chapter. This exclusion shall not apply
to school buses while picking up or dropping off students nor to emergency
vehicles while responding to emergency situations.
The locations described in Schedule XIX attached to and made
a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
The locations described in Schedule XX attached to and made
a part of this chapter are hereby designated as taxi stands.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1989-3; Ord. No. 1994-14]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XXI attached
to and made a part of this chapter shall have the speed limits as
set forth therein. Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and
maintained, as required by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-7]
No buses shall be permitted to park at any time upon any of
the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XXII attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 8-24-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the
intersections listed in Schedule XXIII, attached to and made a part
of this chapter. The traffic signal installation shall be in accordance
with the provisions of an Act Concerning Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Regulations, Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, and shall
conform to the design and shall be maintained in operation as authorized
by the Department of Transportation.
Unless another penalty is provided by New Jersey statute, every
person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this chapter
or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more
than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
In addition, persons convicted of a moving violation shall be
subject to loss of driver's license and shall be reported to the State
Division of Motor Vehicles for the assessment of points and such further
actions as may be provided by that Division.
