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Township of Irvington, NJ
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2024-06-24
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 555 Streets and Sidewalks
Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 7
Administration
Ch 13
Attendance at Meetings
Ch 18
Audit Reports and Expense
Ch 22
Commissions, Committees, Councils and Other Agencies
Ch 24
(Reserved)
Ch 26
Court, Municipal
Ch 32
Defense and Indemnification
Ch 37
Employment Applications
Ch 49
First Source Employment Linkage Program
Ch 91
Political Fund-Raising
Ch 96
Portrait Photographs
Ch 100
Purchasing
Ch 105
Residency Requirements
Ch 110
Salaries and Compensation
Ch 114
Sexual Harassment
Ch 120
Township-Owned Property
Ch 122
Township-Owned Vehicles
Ch 128
Urban Enterprise Zone
General Legislation
Ch 140
Abandoned Property
Ch 149
Air Pollution
Ch 154
Alarm Systems
Ch 158
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 163
Amusement Games in Amusement Parks
Ch 167
Animals
Ch 174
Barbershops
Ch 180
Beauty Products, Hair Braiding and Nail Salons
Ch 192
Bowling Alleys
Ch 200
Buildings, Moving or Demolition of
Ch 222
Claims Against Township
Ch 229
Coin-Operated Machines and Vending Machines
Ch 234
Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
Ch 240
Construction Code, Uniform
Ch 245
Contractors, Licensing of
Ch 249
Curfew
Ch 253
Dances and Dance Halls
Ch 255
Day-Care Facilities
Ch 266
Drug-Free Zones
Ch 277
Employer Regulations
Ch 282
Escrow Fees for Redevelopment and Foreclosure Matters
Ch 290
Fees and Licenses
Ch 294
Fences
Ch 299
Filming
Ch 304
Firearms and Weapons
Ch 307
Fire Prevention
Ch 313
Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 318
Florists
Ch 324
Food Establishments
Ch 331
Games of Chance
Ch 336
Golf Courses, Miniature
Ch 342
Graffiti
Ch 355
Housing Standards
Ch 360
Junk Dealers
Ch 365
Land Use Procedures
Ch 369
Laundromats
Ch 374
Library Rules
Ch 380
Littering
Ch 390
Murals and Public Art
Ch 397
Noise
Ch 402
Nuisances, Public Health
Ch 409
Obscene Materials
Ch 413
Outdoor Dining
Ch 415
Parades
Ch 419
Parental Responsibility
Ch 428
Parks and Recreation
Ch 439
Peace and Good Order
Ch 443
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 449
Pest Control
Ch 455
Poolrooms and Billiard Rooms
Ch 460
Property Maintenance
Ch 462
Records
Ch 464
Registration of Commercial and Multifamily Properties
Ch 467
Rental Property
Ch 472
Rent Control
Ch 478
Sales
Ch 483
Sanitary Sewer Laterals
Ch 491
Secondhand Dealers
Ch 499
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 508
Shopping Carts
Ch 510
Short-Term Rentals
Ch 513
Signs and Billboards
Ch 524
Smoking
Ch 535
Solid Waste and Recycling
Ch 544
Special Improvement Districts
Ch 550
Stormwater Management
Ch 555
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 555 Art I
Streets Closed for Repair
§ 555-1
Walking or driving upon streets closed for repairs.
Ch 555 Art II
Use and Occupancy
§ 555-2
Purpose of article.
§ 555-3
Scope.
§ 555-4
Definitions.
§ 555-5
Protective barricades and lights.
§ 555-6
Expiration of permits; duration.
§ 555-7
Revocation of permits.
§ 555-8
Encroachment by buildings.
§ 555-9
Encroachment by platforms, stoops or steps.
§ 555-10
Encroachment by bay windows.
§ 555-11
Showcases, merchandise displays on streets; sidewalk sales.
§ 555-12
Permit required to encumber streets with building materials, dumpsters, moving/storage/shipping containers, etc.
§ 555-13
Fee; maximum width occupiable; term and renewal of permit.
§ 555-14
Permit required to open or excavate.
§ 555-15
Special permit to tunnel under streets.
§ 555-16
Fee; deposits; replacement of pavement; disposition of deposit.
§ 555-17
Excavating and backfill methods.
§ 555-18
Authority of Town Engineer to make backfill.
§ 555-19
Permit required to drive over sidewalks for excavating cellars.
§ 555-20
Fee; deposit; term of permit; failure to repair damage.
§ 555-21
Use of existing driveways.
§ 555-22
Protection of sidewalks.
§ 555-23
Permit required to construct or remove sidewalks.
§ 555-24
Fees for permits to construct or do work on sidewalks; materials; fines.
§ 555-25
Construction standards for sidewalks.
§ 555-26
Sidewalks to be laid to established grade.
§ 555-27
Permit required to construct or remove curbing.
§ 555-28
Fees and deposit for permits to construct curbing and for curb cuts.
§ 555-29
Authority of Township Engineer regarding curbing.
§ 555-30
Application to construct curbs; deposit.
§ 555-31
Curbing to be set to established grade.
§ 555-32
Permit required to excavate for or construct sidewalk cellar entrances, vaults.
§ 555-33
Location of sidewalk cellar entrances or vaults.
§ 555-34
Vaults at street corners.
§ 555-35
Vaults near curblines, utility mains.
§ 555-36
Vault covers; design load; leakproof.
§ 555-37
Sidewalk elevators.
§ 555-38
Areaway covers.
§ 555-39
Doorways to sidewalk cellar entrances, hoistways, shafts.
§ 555-40
Permit required to construct manholes and coalholes.
§ 555-41
Maximum size of manholes and coalholes.
§ 555-42
Location of manholes and coalholes.
§ 555-43
Covers for manholes and coalholes.
§ 555-44
Protection of manholes when in use; leaving uncovered.
§ 555-45
Permit required to install subsurface tanks.
§ 555-46
Approval of permit by Bureau of Combustibles; conditions of permit.
§ 555-47
Location and depth of tanks.
§ 555-48
Permit required to erect sidewalk shed, fence or bridge; approval of construction.
§ 555-49
Fee for permit to erect sidewalk structures.
§ 555-50
Sidewalk shed required for certain work.
§ 555-51
Sidewalk fence required for certain work.
§ 555-52
When sidewalk bridge required.
§ 555-53
Sidewalk sheds; collection bins.
§ 555-54
Protective devices on sidewalk structures.
§ 555-55
Failure to properly maintain sidewalk structures.
§ 555-56
Work prohibited without required sidewalk structure.
§ 555-57
Permit required to erect fixed awnings and marquees.
§ 555-58
Fees for permit to erect or alter fixed awnings.
§ 555-59
Location, height, construction of fixed awnings.
§ 555-60
Drainage of fixed awnings and marquees.
§ 555-61
Lighting of sidewalk beneath fixed awnings.
§ 555-62
Permit required to erect drop awnings and canopies.
§ 555-63
Fees for permit to erect drop awnings.
§ 555-64
Construction and height of drop awnings.
§ 555-65
Removal of unauthorized or improperly erected awnings.
§ 555-66
Placing signs on trees, utility poles or public property.
§ 555-67
Schedule of fines.
Ch 555 Art III
Construction and Repair of Sidewalks
§ 555-68
Maintenance in good condition; responsibility for repairs to sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveway aprons.
§ 555-69
Materials and manner of construction generally.
§ 555-70
Inspections.
§ 555-71
Grades.
§ 555-72
Violations and penalties.
Ch 555 Art IV
Snow and Ice on Sidewalks
§ 555-73
Duty of abutting landowners to remove.
§ 555-74
Depositing snow or ice in streets or onto neighboring property.
§ 555-75
Violations and penalties.
Ch 555 Art V
Obstructions from Sports Equipment and Games
§ 555-76
Basketball; card tables; block parties.
§ 555-77
Violations and penalties.
Ch 555 Art VI
Installation of Communications Systems
§ 555-78
Definitions.
§ 555-79
License required.
§ 555-80
Application for license; issuance; amendment to license.
§ 555-81
Installation requirements; as-built plans to be filed; permit required for excavation; compliance with technical standards.
§ 555-82
Relocation or removal when required by public needs.
§ 555-83
License fees.
§ 555-84
Hold harmless; insurance; bond.
§ 555-85
Failure to secure, renew or comply with license.
§ 555-86
Transfers and assignments.
§ 555-87
Notice; appeal.
§ 555-88
Construction of article.
Ch 560
Subdivision and Site Plan Review
Ch 566
Sunday Construction
Ch 571
Swimming Pools
Ch 577
Taxation
Ch 582
Taxicabs
Ch 586
Tax Liens
Ch 593
Theaters, Motion-Picture
Ch 598
Tobacco Products, Sale of
Ch 604
Towing
Ch 610
Trees
Ch 620
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 632
Video Stores
Ch 639
Water
Ch 650
Zoning
Appendix
Ch A670
Cable Television and Communications System
Ch A675
Communications Facilities Franchises
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 555
Streets and Sidewalks
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the Township of Irvington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision and site plan review — See Ch.
560
.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch.
620
.
Article I
Streets Closed for Repair
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§ 555-1
Walking or driving upon streets closed for repairs.
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Article II
Use and Occupancy
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§ 555-2
Purpose of article.
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§ 555-3
Scope.
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§ 555-4
Definitions.
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§ 555-5
Protective barricades and lights.
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§ 555-6
Expiration of permits; duration.
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§ 555-7
Revocation of permits.
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§ 555-8
Encroachment by buildings.
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§ 555-9
Encroachment by platforms, stoops or steps.
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§ 555-10
Encroachment by bay windows.
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§ 555-11
Showcases, merchandise displays on streets; sidewalk sales.
chevron_right
§ 555-12
Permit required to encumber streets with building materials, dumpsters, moving/storage/shipping containers, etc.
chevron_right
§ 555-13
Fee; maximum width occupiable; term and renewal of permit.
chevron_right
§ 555-14
Permit required to open or excavate.
chevron_right
§ 555-15
Special permit to tunnel under streets.
chevron_right
§ 555-16
Fee; deposits; replacement of pavement; disposition of deposit.
chevron_right
§ 555-17
Excavating and backfill methods.
chevron_right
§ 555-18
Authority of Town Engineer to make backfill.
chevron_right
§ 555-19
Permit required to drive over sidewalks for excavating cellars.
chevron_right
§ 555-20
Fee; deposit; term of permit; failure to repair damage.
chevron_right
§ 555-21
Use of existing driveways.
chevron_right
§ 555-22
Protection of sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 555-23
Permit required to construct or remove sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 555-24
Fees for permits to construct or do work on sidewalks; materials; fines.
chevron_right
§ 555-25
Construction standards for sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 555-26
Sidewalks to be laid to established grade.
chevron_right
§ 555-27
Permit required to construct or remove curbing.
chevron_right
§ 555-28
Fees and deposit for permits to construct curbing and for curb cuts.
chevron_right
§ 555-29
Authority of Township Engineer regarding curbing.
chevron_right
§ 555-30
Application to construct curbs; deposit.
chevron_right
§ 555-31
Curbing to be set to established grade.
chevron_right
§ 555-32
Permit required to excavate for or construct sidewalk cellar entrances, vaults.
chevron_right
§ 555-33
Location of sidewalk cellar entrances or vaults.
chevron_right
§ 555-34
Vaults at street corners.
chevron_right
§ 555-35
Vaults near curblines, utility mains.
chevron_right
§ 555-36
Vault covers; design load; leakproof.
chevron_right
§ 555-37
Sidewalk elevators.
chevron_right
§ 555-38
Areaway covers.
chevron_right
§ 555-39
Doorways to sidewalk cellar entrances, hoistways, shafts.
chevron_right
§ 555-40
Permit required to construct manholes and coalholes.
chevron_right
§ 555-41
Maximum size of manholes and coalholes.
chevron_right
§ 555-42
Location of manholes and coalholes.
chevron_right
§ 555-43
Covers for manholes and coalholes.
chevron_right
§ 555-44
Protection of manholes when in use; leaving uncovered.
chevron_right
§ 555-45
Permit required to install subsurface tanks.
chevron_right
§ 555-46
Approval of permit by Bureau of Combustibles; conditions of permit.
chevron_right
§ 555-47
Location and depth of tanks.
chevron_right
§ 555-48
Permit required to erect sidewalk shed, fence or bridge; approval of construction.
chevron_right
§ 555-49
Fee for permit to erect sidewalk structures.
chevron_right
§ 555-50
Sidewalk shed required for certain work.
chevron_right
§ 555-51
Sidewalk fence required for certain work.
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§ 555-52
When sidewalk bridge required.
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§ 555-53
Sidewalk sheds; collection bins.
chevron_right
§ 555-54
Protective devices on sidewalk structures.
chevron_right
§ 555-55
Failure to properly maintain sidewalk structures.
chevron_right
§ 555-56
Work prohibited without required sidewalk structure.
chevron_right
§ 555-57
Permit required to erect fixed awnings and marquees.
chevron_right
§ 555-58
Fees for permit to erect or alter fixed awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-59
Location, height, construction of fixed awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-60
Drainage of fixed awnings and marquees.
chevron_right
§ 555-61
Lighting of sidewalk beneath fixed awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-62
Permit required to erect drop awnings and canopies.
chevron_right
§ 555-63
Fees for permit to erect drop awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-64
Construction and height of drop awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-65
Removal of unauthorized or improperly erected awnings.
chevron_right
§ 555-66
Placing signs on trees, utility poles or public property.
chevron_right
§ 555-67
Schedule of fines.
chevron_right
Article III
Construction and Repair of Sidewalks
chevron_right
§ 555-68
Maintenance in good condition; responsibility for repairs to sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveway aprons.
chevron_right
§ 555-69
Materials and manner of construction generally.
chevron_right
§ 555-70
Inspections.
chevron_right
§ 555-71
Grades.
chevron_right
§ 555-72
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
Article IV
Snow and Ice on Sidewalks
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§ 555-73
Duty of abutting landowners to remove.
chevron_right
§ 555-74
Depositing snow or ice in streets or onto neighboring property.
chevron_right
§ 555-75
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
Article V
Obstructions from Sports Equipment and Games
chevron_right
§ 555-76
Basketball; card tables; block parties.
chevron_right
§ 555-77
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
Article VI
Installation of Communications Systems
chevron_right
§ 555-78
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 555-79
License required.
chevron_right
§ 555-80
Application for license; issuance; amendment to license.
chevron_right
§ 555-81
Installation requirements; as-built plans to be filed; permit required for excavation; compliance with technical standards.
chevron_right
§ 555-82
Relocation or removal when required by public needs.
chevron_right
§ 555-83
License fees.
chevron_right
§ 555-84
Hold harmless; insurance; bond.
chevron_right
§ 555-85
Failure to secure, renew or comply with license.
chevron_right
§ 555-86
Transfers and assignments.
chevron_right
§ 555-87
Notice; appeal.
chevron_right
§ 555-88
Construction of article.
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