Township of Monroe, NJ
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2023-10-02
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Municipal Code
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Chapter 105 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article III Temporary Closing of Streets
- Municipal Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Aging, Commission on
- Ch 6 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 10 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated
- Ch 20 Building Construction
- Ch 21 Building Contractor Registration
- Ch 22 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 22A Foreclosure Properties, Registration and Maintenance of
- Ch 23 Cigarette Vending Machines Prohibited
- Ch 23A Clothing Donation Bins
- Ch 24 Code of Ethics
- Ch 25 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 28 Curfew
- Ch 30 Development Regulations, Administration and Enforcement of
- Ch 33 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 35 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 37 Electrical Standards
- Ch 38 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 38A Facilities Policies and Procedures
- Ch 39 Fees
- Ch 41 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Fire Districts and Commissioners
- Ch 43 Fire Prevention
- Ch 44 Flood Management Regulations
- Ch 45 South Central Middlesex County Flood Control Commission
- Ch 46 Food Handling Personnel
- Ch 47 Food Establishments
- Ch 48 Food Establishment Training Regulation, Retail
- Ch 50 Games of Chance
- Ch 51 Gold, Silver and Other Precious Metals
- Ch 52 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 52A Government Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 53 Housing Officer, Municipal
- Ch 54 Housing Standards
- Ch 55 Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 56 Open Space and Farmland Preservation Commission
- Ch 57 The Insurance Fund and Commission
- Ch 57A Interlocal Agreements
- Ch 58 Junkyards
- Ch 60 Library
- Ch 61 Cannabis
- Ch 63 Littering and Property Maintenance
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 The Monroe Oak
- Ch 67 Mass Gatherings
- Ch 67A Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
- Ch 68 New Jersey Training School for Boys Citizen Review Board
- Ch 68A The Mayor's New Jersey Training School Open Space Preservation Task Force
- Ch 69 Noise
- Ch 70 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 71 Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 72 Outdoor Commercial Displays and Sales
- Ch 73 Parking, Off-Street
- Ch 76 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 77 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 78 Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Ch 79 Police Department Rules and Regulations
- Ch 80 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 85 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 87 Security Camera Voluntary Registry
- Ch 89 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 92 Sewers
- Ch 96 Shade Trees and Shrubbery
- Ch 97 Tree Preservation
- Ch 101 Soil Mining and Excavations
- Ch 105 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 105 Art III Temporary Closing of Streets
- § 105-25 Legislative necessity.
- § 105-26 Authorization to provide for closing of streets.
- § 105-27 Posting of signs.
- § 105-28 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 108 Land Development
- Ch 113 Farming and Agriculture
- Ch 115 Swimming Pools, Public
- Ch 116 Towing and Storing of Vehicles
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 125 Water Supplies, Individual and Semipublic
- Ch 126 Water Supply System, Public
- Ch 127 Water Use Restrictions, Emergency
- Ch 128 Well Drilling
- Ch 129 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 131 Affordable Housing
- Ch 131A Affordable Housing Development Fees
- Appendix
- Ch A132 Cable Television Advisory Committee
- Ch A133 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A134 Governmental and Educational Access Channel
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-17-76 as Ord. No. 286]
The passage of this article is necessary for the purpose hereinabove
described[1] and to make effective the policy of the Council of the
Township of Monroe.
[1]
Editor's Note: The purpose described in the introductory
part of the ordinance which comprises this article reads as follows:
"WHEREAS, the Council of the Township of Monroe hereby finds,
determines and declares that, because of vehicular traffic over certain
streets in the Township of Monroe, a threat to public safety, health
or welfare may exist; and
"WHEREAS, the closing of any street or portion thereof to
motor vehicle traffic on any day or days or during specified hours
on any day or days and for the control of traffic upon such portion
of said street which shall be posted with proper warning signs in
said street indicating that said street is so closed and the purpose
thereof, during the time when the same is so closed, is necessary
and designed to protect the public safety, health and welfare, and
this ordinance is passed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:87-19.9."
The Mayor of the Township of Monroe is authorized to provide
by regulation for the closing of streets for the preservation of public
safety, health or welfare.
Any street or portion thereof closed to motor vehicle traffic
on any day or days or during specified hours on any day or days shall
have posted proper warning signs of such closing in any street or
portions thereof, indicating that said street is so closed and the
purpose thereof.
Any person, individual, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this article and each day
that the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.
