[Adopted 12-27-1993 by Ord. No. 45-93 (Ch. 91, Art. VII, of the 1972 Code)]
A. 
The Township of Jackson finds and declares that problems of traffic control occur when traffic must be moved through or around road and street construction, maintenance operations and utility work, above or below ground, which requires blocking the roadway and obstructing the normal flow of traffic and that such obstructions are or can become dangerous when not properly controlled. In order to better promote the public health, safety, peace and welfare, it is necessary to establish controls and regulations directed to the safe and expeditious movement of traffic through construction and maintenance zones and to provide safety for the work forces performing these operations.
B. 
The Township of Jackson, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 1988 Edition, hereafter known as "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.
It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor or in the case of a public utility (as required under Section 16:25-9.2 of the New Jersey Administrative Code) wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway to contact the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting in order to submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such period of construction of 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 Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department is in violation of this section.
Trained and qualified traffic directors or flagging personnel shall be posted at all construction or maintenance sites when determined by the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department that the same is necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious movement of traffic.
All construction sites shall have proper and ample guards, barricades, signs and lights maintained on site to sufficiently warn users of the road, street or highway of the dangers attendant to the project, from the time the opening, trench or road construction is started until the same is completely restored and completely reopened to public travel. The type of guard, barricade, sign or light to be utilized shall be in compliance with specifications or standards contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 1988 Edition, or its latest revisions.
[Amended 8-22-2005 by Ord. No. 34-05]
Road closings or traffic detours shall not be permitted except in emergency situations and only for less than 12 hours in duration. Any other road closings shall not be permitted unless approved in advance by the Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department and the Jackson Township governing body.
There shall be no construction, maintenance operations or utility work on any roadway in the Township of Jackson before the hour of 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., with the exception of emergency work. This time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. by the Traffic Safety Officer of the Jackson Township Police Department. If it is determined by the Traffic Safety Officer that the construction or maintenance operation would cause a substantial delay in traffic or cause a safety or health hazard, the work shall then be permitted only between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
The person, contractor or utility responsible for the construction site shall provide the Police Department and Traffic Bureau with at least two emergency contact twenty-four-hour phone numbers prior to the start of any work. If for any reason the emergency contact person cannot be reached or does not respond to a call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition, the Township may respond to correct the hazard. The reasonable fees for such emergency service shall be charged to the bonded contractor responsible.
The Traffic Bureau of the Jackson Township Police Department shall have the authority to stop work, including but not limited to the backfilling of open excavations, the removal of equipment and vehicles, the removal of any stored materials within the roadway, safety hazards or for any violation of this section.
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, for a first offense pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days; for a second offense, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $250 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days; for a third or subsequent conviction, pay fine of not less than $500 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.