[1982 Code § 81-1]
No person, firm, corporation or association shall construct,
remove, repair, replace, reset or alter the sidewalk, curb or gutter
or cause the construction, removal, repair, replacement, resetting
or altering of the sidewalk, curb or gutter of any public street or
highway in the Borough or store thereon construction materials for
the same without the written permit of the Superintendent of Public
Works. No fee shall be required for the permit.
[1982 Code § 81-2]
The materials used and the work of constructing, placing and
replacing, setting and resetting, altering or repairing any sidewalk,
curb or gutter of any public street or highway in the Borough shall
be under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works.
[1982 Code § 81-3]
No person, firm, corporation or association shall break up or
displace in any way any of the paved streets, sidewalks, curbs or
gutters of the Borough or make any excavation or disturb any public
property in any of the streets or other public grounds of the Borough
for the purpose of constructing, laying, repairing or removing any
underground conduit, pipe, drain, wire, storage tank, sidewalk, cellar
entrance areaway or other surface and the necessary appurtenances
thereto, without the written permission of the Superintendent of Public
Works. Whenever any pavement, sidewalk, curb, gutter, street surface
or public property is broken up or displaced, it shall be restored
to its proper condition as soon thereafter as is practicable by the
person having broken up or displaced the same. Such restoration shall
be performed under the direction and subject to the approval of the
Superintendent of Public Works.
[1982 Code § 81-4]
Except as hereinafter provided, no such permission shall be
granted until and unless there shall be deposited with the Borough
Clerk a sufficient sum of money estimated to cover the cost of restoring
and protecting against settlement of such sidewalk, curb, gutter,
pavement, street surface or other public property, including the expense
of inspection thereof, and, upon completion thereof, any balance remaining
shall be returned to the applicant.
[1982 Code § 81-5]
Whenever application for such permit is made by any Department,
Bureau or Board of the Borough, County or State, the Superintendent
of Public Works may, in his discretion, issue such permit without
the payment or deposit required by the provisions of the preceding
subsection but shall, after the restoration of the sidewalk, curb,
gutter, pavement, street surface or other public property, collect
from such Department, Bureau, Board, County or State, the cost to
the Borough of such restoration and inspection thereof.
[1982 Code § 81-6]
The Superintendent of Public Works shall refer to the Curb and
Sidewalk Detail prepared by Studer and McEldowney, dated March 31,
1964, and revised October 23, 1964, in exercising his discretion concerning
the supervision and approval of work performed under this subsection,
but such official shall exercise judgment in allowing variations in
the design and materials specified in the Curb and Sidewalk Detail
so as to encourage appropriate improvements, giving due regard to
the characteristics of the surrounding properties and the safety of
the public.
[1982 Code § 81-7]
Any public utility, including the New Jersey Water Company,
shall provide a certified check payable to the Borough of Frenchtown
in the amount of $2,500, prior to any excavation or construction work
involving any streets or sidewalks in the Borough, or, if any such
excavation or construction work is begun as a result of an emergency
situation, public utilities doing such work shall provide the certified
check within 48 hours of the beginning of the excavation or construction.
The certified check shall be presented to the Borough Clerk or submitted
to the Superintendent of Public Works at the time of obtaining the
permit required under this subsection. If the work begun as herein
provided has not been completed within 14 days to the satisfaction
of the Superintendent of Public Works, then the certified check may
be cashed and the amount used to properly complete the reconstruction
of the area excavated or disturbed, unless a written extension has
been obtained from the Superintendent of Public Works specifying the
length of the extension. If the work is completed to the satisfaction
and approval of the Superintendent of Public Works within the fourteen-day
period or any extension thereto, then the certified check shall be
returned immediately to the public utility. If any part of the certified
check amount is used by the Borough to properly complete the work
as herein provided for, then any remaining balance following completion
of the work shall be immediately returned to the public utility. The
amount provided for herein shall not limit the responsibility of the
public utility as to the cost of completing any work herein provided
for, nor limit the right of the Borough to recover from the public
utility any additional expense incurred in properly completing such
work. The certified check required herein shall be in addition to
any other requirements or performance bond which may be required by
the Borough.
[1982 Code § 81-10; Ord. No. 499]
No person may open or excavate the sidewalk, curb, or street
for any reason in the area of a street reconstruction project in the
Borough of Frenchtown within five years of the completion and acceptance
of improvements installed under such a project without first obtaining
a permit from the Municipal Clerk and paying a fee to the Borough
of Frenchtown of $5,000. An area comprising a street reconstruction
project may be designated as such for purposes of this section by
resolution of the Borough Council. Any amount determined to be due
under this section from the property owner, person or firm doing the
excavation shall be paid prior to any excavation. If any amount is
not paid prior to excavation and is owed by the property owner, such
amount remaining unpaid shall be certified by the Borough Council
to the Collector of Taxes and shall thereupon become and be a lien
upon the property excavated and shall be included in the next tax
bill rendered to the owner or owners thereof and be collected in the
same manner as other taxes against the property.
[1982 Code § 78-1; Ord. No. 615]
a.
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants, or tenant or tenants
of premises abutting or bordering upon any street in the Borough shall
remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks of such streets
and from any fire hydrant located on the property or, in the case
of ice which may be so frozen as to make removal impracticable, shall
cause the same to be thoroughly covered with sand or ashes, within
12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon.
b.
The building or property owner is hereby required to have remove
all snow and ice from such portion of the sidewalks and from any fire
hydrant located on the property or, in the case of ice which is impracticable
to remove, cover the same with sand or ashes within 12 hours of daylight
after the same shall be formed or fall thereon.
[1982 Code § 78-2; Ord. No. 615]
No person, firm or corporation or the owner, tenant or occupant
of any premises abutting on any street shall throw, place or deposit
any snow or ice into or upon any street in the Borough, it being the
intent and purpose of this provision to prohibit all persons from
throwing, casting, placing or depositing snow and ice, which accumulated
within the private property belonging to the person, upon the sidewalks
or streets of the Borough.
The owner or owners of the property in the following locations
shall be required to have all snow and ice removed from the abutting
sidewalks and moved into the streets. It being the intent and purpose
of this provision to remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks in
the business district for reasons of public safety.
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Name of Street
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Sides
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Bridge Street
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
|
Race Street
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
|
Harrison Street
|
Both
|
Bridge Street to Bank Alley
|
|
Trenton Avenue
|
West
|
Bridge Street to Lott Street
|
|
Front Street
|
East
|
Entire length
|
[1982 Code § 78-3; Ord. No. 615]
a.
In case snow or ice shall not be removed from the sidewalks or fire hydrants or shall be cast, deposited thereon or placed upon the sidewalks or the street by the owner or owners, tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants of any premises as provided in subsections 15-4.1 and 15-4.2 hereof, the same may be removed under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works, and the cost of the removal as nearly as can be ascertained shall be certified by the Superintendent of Public Works to the Governing Body. The Governing Body shall examine the certification and, if found to be correct, shall cause the cost to be charged against real estate so abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon the real estate so abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien and a tax upon the real estate or land and be added to, recorded and collected in the same way and manner as the taxes next to be levied and assessed upon the premises and shall bear interest and be enforced and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The imposition and collection of a fine or fines imposed by the provision of this chapter shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Borough to collect the cost as certified for the removal of snow or ice in the manner herein authorized.
b.
Unless other penalty is expressly provide by New Jersey Statute,
every person convicted of a violation of this subsection or any supplement
thereto, shall be liable for penalty of not more than $50 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days or both.
