It shall be the responsibility of the person or contractor or,
in the case of a public utility wishing to conduct work on, under
or above the roadway, to contact the Traffic Bureau of the Wanaque
Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting 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 Traffic Bureau of the Wanaque Police
Department is in violation of this section. Public utilities conducting
routine maintenance work need not comply with the preconstruction
meeting requirement.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide the Wanaque
Police Traffic Bureau with at least two emergency contact phone numbers
to be called in case of emergency problems at the construction or
maintenance site prior to the start of any work. If, for any reason,
emergency contacts cannot be reached or if the emergency contact person
does not respond to a call from the Police Department to correct a
hazardous condition, the Borough may respond to correct such hazardous
condition. The reasonable fees for such emergency services by the
Borough of Wanaque shall be charged to the person, contractor or utility
responsible for such condition.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ROADWAY
Includes any county, municipal, private road, or area within
the boundaries of the Borough of Wanaque, in which the Wanaque Police
Department has New Jersey Title 39 authority. Any exception from included
roadways shall be made by the Chief of Police of the Borough of Wanaque
and shall be binding.
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not be permitted
unless approved by the Wanaque Police Traffic Bureau.
The Traffic Bureau of the Wanaque Police Department shall have
the authority to stop work, 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, traffic delay and/or safety hazard or for any violation
of this article.
Unless another penalty is specifically provided elsewhere in
the Wanaque Borough Code or in a law of the state or federal government,
any person, contractor or utility who violates any provision of this
chapter, or any other chapter of this Code shall, upon first conviction,
be punishable by a fine of not less than $250 or more than $500 or
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days or by a period of community
service not to exceed 30 days. Subsequent violations shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days or community service not to exceed
60 days. Each day and/or event that such violation continues shall
be deemed a separate offense.