[New]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein.
[New]
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall mean either Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time as may be in current use.
[Ord. No. 83-3 §§ 1—4; New]
a. 
The Mayor or, in his/her absence, disability or inability to act, the ranking member of the Police Department, is hereby authorized to provide by regulation for the closing of any street or portion thereof to motor vehicle traffic on any day or days during specified hours on any day or days whenever he finds that such closing is necessary for the preservation of the public safety, health or welfare.
b. 
Any regulations promulgated by the Mayor and in accordance with paragraph a above, shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs of such closing on any street or portion thereof during the time the same is closed in pursuance thereof.
c. 
Any violation of this regulation promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100. (N.J.S.A. 39:4-94.2)
d. 
Any regulation adopted that mandates the closing of any street for a period greater than 48 consecutive hours shall not become effective unless and until it has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
[New]
Any vehicle parked in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any Police Officer may provide for the removal of that vehicle. The owner shall bear the reasonable costs of removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
[New; Ord. No. 2014-20 § 1]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey Statute or in this Chapter, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this Chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more than any of the following: $2,000; or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
[New]
If any part or parts of this chapter are, for any reason, held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
[New]
The Governing Body hereby finds and declares that problems of traffic control occur and traffic must be moved through or around street construction, maintenance operations, and utility work, above and below ground which requires blocking the roadway and obstructing the normal flow of traffic; and that such obstructions are or can become dangerous when not properly controlled. In order to better promote the public health, safety, peace and welfare, it is necessary to establish controls and regulations directed to the safety and expeditious movement of traffic through construction and maintenance zones and to provide safety for the work force performing these operations.
The Borough of Elmer, in the County of Salem, State of New Jersey, does hereby adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices hereafter known as M.U.T.C.D., except as hereby supplemented and amended, as it controls and regulates whenever construction maintenance operations of utility work obstructs the normal flow of traffic. Any person, contractor, or utility, who fails to comply with the provisions of M.U.T.C.D. while performing such work is in violation of this section.
[New]
It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor, or in the case of a public utility as required under a public utility agreement, wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway to contact the Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction meeting in order to submit plans for the safe movement of traffic during such period of construction work. Any person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with this section prior to the start of such work or whose plans are not approved by the Police Department is in violation of this section.
[New]
The person, contractor, or utility shall provide the Police Department with at least two emergency contact phone numbers to be called in case of emergency problems at the construction or maintenance site prior to the start of any work. If for any reason emergency contact cannot be reached, or if the emergency contact person does not respond to the call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition, the Borough may respond to correct such hazardous condition. The reasonable fees for such emergency service by the Borough shall be charged to the person, contractor, or utility for such condition.
[New]
There shall be no construction, maintenance operations, or utility work on any roadway in the Borough 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 Police Department. If it is determined by the Officer In Charge that the construction or maintenance operations 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.
[New]
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction or maintenance sites when determined by the Police Department that same is necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious movement of traffic.
[New]
The Police Department shall have the authority to stop work, including the removal of equipment and vehicles, stored material within the street right-of-way, back filling of open excavations and/or other related work, in order to abate any nuisance and/or safety hazard or for any violation of this section.
[New]
It is to be expressly understood that no materials, vehicle or equipment are to be placed in the roadway or sidewalk or until all construction, signs, lights, devices and pavement markings are installed.
[New]
Any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation of this section shall, upon conviction thereof for a first offense, pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days. For a second offense, the person, contractor or utility shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $250 and/or be imprisoned in the County Jail for a term not exceeding 90 days.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[New]
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe other more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping or standing or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138, any other New Jersey Statute or as hereinafter provided.
a. 
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon streets or sections of streets where temporary EMERGENCY NO PARKING signs are displayed. The Chief of Police or, in his/her absence, the ranking Police Officer is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting of EMERGENCY NO PARKING signs when weather conditions, accidents, road construction, fire or public celebrations dictate or require avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow of traffic. Notification that EMERGENCY NO PARKING signs are being or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting of the signs.
b. 
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent upon the signs being erected as required by law.
c. 
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this subsection shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic and any Police Officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal, before regaining possession of the vehicle.
[Ord. No. 2014-20 § 2]
a. 
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the streets or highways, an emergency shall exist and no vehicles shall be parked on streets or highways or portions thereof indicated.
The above parking prohibitions listed below shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased, until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
b. 
Any occupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this section shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic and any Police Officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
Name of Street
Sides
Location
North Main
Both
Entire Length
South Main
Both
Entire Length
Front Street
Both
Entire Length
Broad Street
Both
Entire Length
Salem Street
Both
Entire Length
c. 
As used in this section, the term "snow" shall mean any precipitation depositing any accumulation on the public streets of the Borough requiring plowing, including without limitation, snow, sleet, hail or ice.
d. 
Regulatory and warning signs in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 shall be erected and maintained at all street entrances where parking is prohibited during snow emergencies.
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2002-9 Sch. A; Ord. No. 2013-6]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between the hours specified on any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described, except where other parking regulations have been provided for.
Name of Street
Sides
Hours
Location
Front Street
Northwest
All
From 20 feet northeast of the entrance drive to the elementary school to a point 20 feet southwest of the exit drive of the elementary school
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2006-6 § 1]
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit between the hours listed on any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described, except where other parking regulations have been provided for.
Name of Street
Sides
Time Limit
Hours
Location
Main Street
East
2 hrs.
6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Mon.-Sat.)
From 125 South Main Street through 121 North Main Street
Main Street
West
2 hrs.
6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Mon.-Sat.)
From 120 South Main Street to but not including 128 North Main Street
South Main Street*
Southwest
30 mins.
All
From the intersection of the northwest side of Broad Street (County Road 662) to a point 30 feet north
*This area is restricted to parking cars only.
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2002-9 Sch. A; Ord. No. 2013-6]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any streets or parts thereof described, except where other parking regulations have been provided for.
Name of Street
Sides
Location
Front Street
South
From Chestnut Street to Elmer Street
Front Street
South
288' on the South side of Front Street between Block 12, Lot 7 aka 399 Front Street and 420 Front Street, encompassing Block 12, Lot 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 8 and 9 aka 420 Front Street
Front Street
North
250' on the North side of Front Street between Block 12, Lot 7 aka 399 Front Street and 420 Front Street, encompassing Block 12, Lot 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 8 and 9 aka 420 Front Street
Mill Street
North
From South Main Street east to a point 200 feet therefrom
North Main Street
East
Extending 150 feet north from Route 40
Penn Street
Both
100 feet from the center of the Fire House in both directions
South Main Street
West
120 feet south from Broad Street
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2002-9 Sch. A; Ord. No. 2013-6]
No person shall park or stand a vehicle between the hours specified any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described.
Name of Street
Sides
Hours
Location
Church Street
North
Between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Sundays
From South Main Street east to a point 140 feet therefrom
Church Street
South
Between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Sundays
200 feet from Main Street
Church Street
South
Between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Wednesdays
200 feet from Main Street
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2002-9 Sch. A; Ord. No. 2014-20 § 3]
No person shall park a truck or vehicle over four tons gross vehicle weight (GVW), a school bus, any other type of bus, recreational vehicle, camper, boat or trailer between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. upon any of the streets or parts of streets described hereinafter:
Name of Street
Sides
Location
Broad Street
Both
Entire length
Center Street
Both
From Elmer Street to Hitchner Street
Elmer Street
Both
Entire length
Fourth Street
Both
Entire length
Front Street
Both
Entire length
North Main Street
Both
Entire length
Oak Street
Both
Entire length
Penn Street
Both
Entire length
Salem Street
Both
Entire length
Second Street
Both
Entire length
South Main Street
Both
Entire length
State Street
Both
Entire length
Third Street
Both
Entire length
[New]
No person shall park a vehicle on streets or parts of streets as described within the following sections unless an appropriate and current parking permit as issued by the Borough of Elmer is displayed on the vehicle for those streets or parts of streets as described or listed within the following sections.
Street
Location
Hours
Days
(Reserved)
[New]
The following described streets or parts of streets are hereby designated as Angle Parking at an angle so indicated below.
Name of Street
Side(s)
Angle
Location
(Reserved)
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described are hereby designated as Through Streets. Stop signs shall be installed on the near-right side of each street intersecting the Through Street except where Yield signs are provided for in the designation.
Name of Street
Limit
(Reserved)
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described are hereby designated as Stop Intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
Intersection
Stop sign(s) On
(Reserved)
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections herein described are designated as Multi-Way stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided herein.
Intersection
Stop sign(s) On
(Reserved)
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described are hereby designated as Yield Intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.
Intersection
Stop sign(s) On
(Reserved)
[New]
The following described streets or parts of streets are hereby designated as One-Way Streets in the direction indicated. Parking on these streets will be permitted on the sides indicated below.
Name of Street
Direction
Limit
Parking Permitted
(Reserved)
[New]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.1, the streets or parts of streets as described are hereby designated as route for vehicles over four tons. All trucks having a total combined registered gross weight (GVW) of vehicle plus load in excess of four tons shall be excluded from all streets, except for those streets listed which form a part of the system of truck routes. Vehicles will be permitted on all streets for the purpose of the pick up and delivery of materials.
Name of Street
Location
(Reserved)
[Ord. No. 2009-10; Ord. No. 2013-6]
Vehicles over the registered gross weight are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described except for the pick up and delivery of materials on such street.
Street
Side(s)
Tons
Location
Elmer Street
Both
4
Entire length
Center Street
Both
4
From Elmer Street to Hitchner Street
Penn Street
Both
4
Entire length
South Main Street
Both
4
Entire length
North Main Street
Both
4
Entire length
Second Street
Both
4
Entire length
Third Street
Both
4
Entire length
Fourth Street
Both
4
Entire length
Oak Street
Both
4
Entire length
[New]
No person shall make a turn at any location listed and only in the manner described.
Intersection
Turn Prohibited
Movement Prohibited
(Reserved)
[New]
No person shall make a turn at the below listed location other than Right Turning Movement.
Intersection
Movement Permitted.
(Reserved)
[New]
No person shall make a turn on the red signal at any location listed.
Intersection
Direction of Travel
Prohibited Turn On Red
(Reserved)
[New]
The lane locations described are designated as Lane Use Reservations and traffic shall move as indicated.
Intersection or Location
Movement
(Reserved)
[New]
The Lane Locations described, are hereby designated as Exclusive Lanes for use by certain vehicles as indicated.
Name of Street
Type of Vehicle
Direction
Limits
(Reserved)
[New]
The Lane Locations described, are hereby designated as Bicycle Lanes. Bicycle Lanes shall be a minimum of four feet in width, pursuant to the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways."
Name of Street
Side
Lane Width
Limits
(Reserved)
[New]
a. 
The speed limits for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described below and made a part of this chapter, are hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.
b. 
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above designated speed limits.
Name of Street
MPH
Limits
Approval Date
(Reserved
[Ord. No. 91-3 § 1; Ord. No. 95-8]
No Passing Zones are hereby established and shall be maintained upon the following described streets or parts thereof.
Name of Street
Sketch Dated
Sketch No.
Garrison Road
7-13-79 (Rev. 3-15-95)
NPZ-2780-A
State Street
12-31-90
NPZ-1551A
[New]
The locations described are hereby designated as Bus Stops. No vehicle other than an omnibus which is picking up or discharging passengers, shall be permitted to occupy said location between the hours indicated.
Name of Street
Hours
(Reserved)
[New]
The locations described are hereby designated as Articulated Bus Stops. No vehicle other than an omnibus, picking up or discharging passengers, shall be permitted to occupy said location between the hours indicated.
Name of Street
Hours
(Reserved)
[New]
The locations described are hereby designated as Loading Zones. No person shall park a vehicle in these locations during the times indicated other than for the loading or unloading of goods and materials.
Name of Street
Time
Side
Location
(Reserved)
(Note: Minimum length for all loading zones is 50 feet. No Loading Zone may be established in any area where it is prohibited to stand or park by statute. N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.)
[New]
The locations described are hereby designated as Taxi Stands. No vehicle other than a taxi shall be permitted to occupy these locations during the times indicated.
Street
Location
Hours
(Reserved)
[Ord. No. 94-4; Ord. No. 95-5; Ord. No. 95-10; Ord. No. 2002-9 Sch. A]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the following street locations are designated as handicapped parking places. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards or plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these places.
Street
Number of Spaces
Location
4 Mill Street
1
120 South Main Street
1
[Ord. No. 2003-11 § 1; Ord. No. 2008-6 § 1; Ord. No. 2013-6]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5, the following on-street locations are designated as handicapped parking spaces in front of private residences occupied by handicapped persons. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards or plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other Person shall be permitted in these spaces.
Street
Location
Permit Number
30 Church Street
12 State Street
First parking space located west of the handicap ramp
133 Elmer Street
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197 the following off-street parking yards and Board of Education property are designated as Handicapped Parking areas. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards issued by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
[New]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, the following off-street parking spaces are designated as handicapped parking areas. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
In any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., or any other applicable law unless the vehicle is authorized by law to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle. State, county, or municipal law enforcement officers or parking enforcement officers shall enforce the parking restrictions on spaces appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped on both public and private property.
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
[New]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1; the following off-street parking locations are designated as handicapped parking. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
[New]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-4, the following off-street parking locations are designated as handicapped parking. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
[New]
In accordance with 40 U.S.C. 318B and a written request from the Postmaster, the off-street locations are hereby designated as Handicapped Parking, pursuant to P.L. 1989 c.201(1) eff. 06/01/1990. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
[New]
The owners of the premises referred to in this section shall provide and install signs and pavement markings for each parking space reserved for the use of handicapped persons, which signs and markings shall be in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The cost of procurement and installation of the signs and pavement markings shall be the responsibility of the owner. The owner shall, subsequent to initial procurement and installation, maintain such signs and pavement markings in good condition at no cost or expense to the Borough. The owner shall be responsible for the repair and restoration or replacement of same.
[Ord. No. 2003-11 § 3; Ord. No. 2008-6 § 3; Ord. No. 2013-6]
Any person who violates this section and/or parks a vehicle in a space reserved for a handicapped individual shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense. For any subsequent offense, a fine of $250 and a maximum of 90 days community service for each subsequent offense(s).
[New]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, on the following private property that is open to the public and to which the public is invited, the movement of traffic shall be controlled by the regulations indicated. No person shall operate or park a vehicle in violation of the following regulations.
The owners of the premises referred to in this section shall provide and install signs and pavement markings as required, which signage and markings shall be in accordance with the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The cost of signs and installations shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property. The owner shall, subsequent to the initial procurement and installation, maintain such signs and pavement markings in good condition at no cost or expense to the Borough.
The penalty for a violation and conviction of this section shall be not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 and/or imprisonment in the County jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days.
[New]
The owners of the premises referred to in subsections 7-38.2 and 7-38.3 shall provide and install signs and pavement markings as required, which signage and markings shall be in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The cost for the procurement and installation of signs and pavement markings shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property. The owner shall, subsequent to initial procurement and installation, maintain such signs and pavement markings in good condition at no cost or expense to the Borough. The owner shall be responsible for the repair and restoration or replacement of same.