[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Buena 9-12-2011 by Ord. No. 583. Amendments noted where applicable.[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 595, adopted 9-24-2012, provided:
"The Chief of Police shall be replaced with the Director of Public
Safety as the proper Borough authority to review and approve any application
to conduct work on, under or above the roadways, request road closings
or detours, set up traffic director, issue stop-work orders and other
such duties set forth in Ordinance No. 583. The Public Safety Director
shall make all decisions regarding Ordinance No. 583 after consultation
with the Officer in Charge of the Buena Borough Police Department
or their designee."
[Amended 1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish controls and regulations
directed toward the safe and expeditious movement of traffic in construction
and maintenance zones throughout the Borough of Buena and to provide
for the safety and compensation of the workforce performing these
operations. In addition, provisions of this chapter shall apply to
all assignments which originate from a request for assistance or aid
by the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, Police Department,
county or municipal police department in the State of New Jersey;
regardless of the geographic location of the assignment, of being
inside, contiguous or extraterritorial to the Borough of Buena.
A.
The Borough of Buena Mayor and Council hereby 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 and below ground, which requires blocking streets
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 enact such guiding principles, whereas the aforementioned
potential problems may be prevented and avoided.
B.
The Council of the Borough of Buena does hereby adopt the current
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Millennium Edition, as
published by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
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. A person, contractor
or utility that fails to comply with the provisions of MUTCD while
performing such work is in violation of this article.
C.
The Council of the Borough of Buena hereby adopts Chapter 290 of
the Code of the Township of Franklin and the Franklin Township Police
Department shall enforce the same.
[Added 1-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 661]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 213-3, Preconstruction
meetings, § 213-4, Hazardous conditions, and § 213-5, Hours
of road work, were repealed 1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661.
[Amended 1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661]
Road closings and/or traffic and detours shall not be permitted
unless approved by the Public Safety Committee Chairman or his designee
as well as the Franklin Township Police Department.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 213-7, Traffic directors,
§ 213-8, Stop work, § 213-9, Site preparation, and §
213-10, Payment for services rendered by traffic directors, were repealed
1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661.
[Amended 1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661]
The person, contractor or utility company shall provide the
Franklin Township Police Department and Chairman of the Public Safety
Committee a certificate of insurance in a form acceptable to the Borough
Solicitor, naming the Borough of Buena as an additional insured on
a general liability insurance policy having policy limits not less
than $1,000,000 per occurrence.
[Amended 1-22-2018 by Ord. No. 661]
Any person, contractor or utility company shall complete and
sign an application for a traffic director, which said application
shall contain an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Borough
of Buena for any claims or actions brought as a result of the use
of the Franklin Township Police Department.
