Township of Mount Olive, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 347 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article IV Mailbox Construction
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 11 Checks or Automated Clearing House (Ach) Online Payments, Returned
- Ch 15 Committees, Commissions and Boards
- Ch 21 Defense and Indemnification of Officers and Employees
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 52 Municipal Facilities
- Ch 63 Personnel Policies
- Ch 68 Police Department
- Ch 73 Public Contracting
- Ch 81 Recreation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 102 Alarm Systems
- Ch 106 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 124 Building Numbering; Knox Boxes
- Ch 130 Business Insurance Registration
- Ch 143 Clothing Donation Bins
- Ch 147 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 151 Construction, Renovation and Demolition Debris Recovery
- Ch 158 Dam Management
- Ch 164 Documents, Fees for Copies of
- Ch 169 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 174 Drug Control
- Ch 192 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 197 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 201 Fire Prevention
- Ch 213 Games of Chance
- Ch 224 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 227 Housing
- Ch 231 Ice-Retardant Systems
- Ch 244 Library Materials
- Ch 250 Littering
- Ch 259 Mines, Abandoned
- Ch 262 Nepotism, Policy Against
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 270 Nuisances
- Ch 274 Nursing Homes
- Ch 285 Parks
- Ch 290 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 294 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 302 Property Maintenance
- Ch 318 Sewers and Water
- Ch 329 Smoking
- Ch 334 Soil and Fill Importation
- Ch 338 Solid Waste Disposal; Recyclable Materials
- Ch 343 Stormwater Management
- Ch 347 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Art IV Mailbox Construction
- § 347-22 Construction specifications.
- § 347-23 Compliance required to be eligible for repair by Township.
- § 347-24 Existing mailboxes.
- § 347-25 Damage by Township vehicles or employees.
- Ch 352 Swimming Facilities, Public
- Ch 356 Taxation
- Ch 367 Towing
- Ch 375 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 379 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 384 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 388 Vessels
- Ch 393 Water Pollution
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 401 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 404 Applications
- Ch 412 Fees
- Ch 415 Food-Handling Establishments, Retail
- Ch 419 Heating and Heating Emergencies
- Ch 423 Lawn Maintenance and Tree Spraying
- Ch 426 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 430 Multiple-Dwelling Units
- Ch 433 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 436 Rabies Inoculations
- Ch 439 Rules of Order
- Ch 442 Septic Sludge Removal
- Ch 445 Sewage Disposal and Water Systems, Individual
- Ch 449 Solid Waste Transfer Station
- Ch 454 Swimming Pools
- Ch 458 Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 465 Vending Machines
- Ch 469 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A480 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A481 United Telephone of New Jersey Agreement
- Part IV: Land Use Procedures
- Ch 535 Highlands Preservation
- Ch 550 Land Use
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 14-2010 (Ch. 215, Art. IV,
of the 1990 Code)]
All mailboxes for the receipt of United States Mail located
within the Township of Mount Olive shall be constructed with the following
specifications:
A.
Every mailbox used for the receipt of mail shall have been approved
by the United States Postal Service.
B.
The front of the mailbox must be a minimum of eight inches from the
curbline or edge of pavement of every roadway. If there is no pavement
on the road, then it is from the generally accepted travel portion
of the road.
C.
The bottom of the mailbox must be at least 41 inches and no more
than 45 inches above the roadway elevation.
D.
All posts to support the mailbox shall be constructed of pressure-treated
lumber having dimensions of no less than four inches by four inches
and being installed at least 30 inches below grade.
E.
Number 8 minimum size screws that are weather resistant shall be
used for the assembly of the mailbox and post. No nails for the construction
of the same shall be permitted.
In order to be eligible for repair or replacement due to damage from a snowplow of the Township of Mount Olive, all new mailboxes must comply with the above mentioned requirements of § 347-18.
All existing mailboxes, in order to be eligible for repair or replacement due to damage from a snowplow of the Township of Mount Olive, must meet the requirements of § 347-18 within six months of the adoption of the article or not to be subject to replacement or repair by the Township.
In the event Township vehicles or Township employees, in the
process of clearing snow and ice from the road or doing maintenance
or construction work, destroy or damage any mailbox and the support
therefor, the Township shall pay no more than $50 for destruction
or significant damage to a mailbox and support. In the event that
the mailbox and support damaged do not comply with the requirements
of this article, the Township reserves the right not to make any repairs
or payment or to make a payment at a lower amount.
