It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor, or
in the case of public utility, as required under the public utility
agreement, wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway
to contact the Traffic Division of the Irvington Public Safety Department
in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting at least three business
days in advance of any construction in order to submit plans for the
safe movement of traffic and pedestrians during such period of construction
work. Any person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with this
section three business days prior to the start of such work or whose
plans are not approved by the Traffic Division of the Irvington Public
Safety Department is in violation of this article.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide the Public Safety
Department with at least two emergency contact phone numbers to be
called in case of emergency problems at the construction or maintenance
site. The contact numbers are to be supplied prior to the start of
any work. If for any reason the emergency contact person does not
respond to the call from the Public Safety Department to collect such
hazardous conditions, a reasonable fee for such emergency services
by the Township shall be charged to the person, contractor or utility
for such conditions, and the site will be shut down until such conditions
are alleviated.
Road closings and/or detours shall not be permitted unless approved
by the Irvington Public Safety Department.
Traffic directors (police officers) shall be posted at all construction
or maintenance sites when determined by the Irvington Public Safety
Department that they are necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious
movement of traffic. Traffic directors shall be visible at all times
when posted at construction or maintenance sites except where otherwise
required by the nature of the construction or maintenance site.
The Irvington Public Safety Department shall have the authority
to stop work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored
materials within the street right-of-way, backfilling of open excavations
and/or other related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety
hazard or for any violation of this article.
There shall be no construction, maintenance operation or utility
work on any roadway in the Township before the hour of 9:00 a.m. or
after 4:00 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted to permit work prior
to 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. by the officer in charge of the Traffic
Bureau of the Irvington Public Safety Department or the Director of
Public Safety or his designee. If it is determined that the construction
or maintenance operations if started prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00
p.m. would substantially delay traffic or cause a safety or health
hazard, the work shall then be permitted only between 9:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m.
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, Penalties, of the Township Code.