[New]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the
meanings 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 saving time
as may be in current use in the Township.
[New; Ord. No. 2000-7]
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, standing or parking
of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 and any other New Jersey
statute or as hereinafter provided.
[New]
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, the ranking police officer
or the Mayor or member of the Township Committee is authorized to
declare an emergency and to direct the posting of EMERGENCY-NO PARKING
signs when weather conditions, accidents, fires and public celebration,
etc., dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions
which interfere with the free flow of traffic. Notification the 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.
Any unoccupied 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 removal and storage
which may result from such removal before regaining possession of
the vehicle.
c.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent upon the signs
being erected as required by law.
[Ord. No. 2-5-60; Ord. No. 9-2-60; Ord. No.
10-6-67; Ord. No. 1979-10; Ord. No. 2001-14; Ord. No. 2002-8]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2-3-67; Ord. No. 1986-18; Ord.
No. 1998-17]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II of any day upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 8-7-70]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule III of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2002-7]
No person shall stop or stand a truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer having a registered gross weight in excess of four tons at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IIIA.
[Ord. No. 2-5-60; Ord. No. 10-6-67; Ord.
No. 1979-14]
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule IV at any time between the hours listed in Schedule IV of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1982-1; Ord. No. 1986-17; Ord.
No. 1997-12; Ord. No. 2000-7; Ord. No. 2007-16]
a.
Parking on municipal property, including but not limited to the Municipal
Parking Lot located at the Greenwich Township Municipal Building at
321 Greenwich Street, Stewartsville, New Jersey, 08886 shall be regulated
by this subsection.
b.
FIRE EMERGENCY
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL
PARKING SPACE
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this subsection:
Any response to a call for assistance for fire, rescue or
other emergency as dispatched by police or county dispatcher. A fire
emergency shall not include a drill or meeting. A fire emergency shall
begin upon receipt of a call or dispatch for assistance and shall
end within 1/2 hour of return to the Municipal Building.
The Mayor, the members of the Township Committee, the Township
Clerk and any other person employed by the Township or department
of the Township which is designated as a municipal official by sign
or posting.
That area demarcated by painted lines on the surface of the
Municipal Parking Lot or other municipal property.
c.
Areas reserved for municipal officials. It shall be unlawful for
any person, other than a municipal official, to park a vehicle or
place any obstruction at any time within any parking space within
the Municipal Parking Lot reserved for use by such municipal official.
Each parking space reserved for a municipal official shall be demarcated
by a sign or other posting, indicating the position of the municipal
official.
d.
Parking in areas other than those reserved for municipal officials.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or place any
obstruction at any time upon the roadways of the Municipal Parking
Lot and any other parking lot which is owned by Greenwich Township,
except in designated areas, within spaces between the painted lines.
e.
Extended parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any
vehicle or to place an obstruction on any municipal property, including
but not limited to the Municipal Parking Lot, for a period longer
than 12 continuous hours, without authorization by the Township Committee
or person designated by the Township Committee to grant such authorization.
If the vehicle is parked on municipal property without authorization
for a period of 12 or more continuous hours, the Township is authorized
to tow and store the vehicle at the owner's expense, at the rate normally
charged by the towing and storage service.
f.
Exceptions. Members of the Stewartsville Fire Department while on
duty at a fire emergency and Township employees who are conducting
Township business or working in their capacity as a Township employee
shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection.
[Ord. No. 1997-4]
a.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking area designated as handicapped
parking unless said vehicle bears a placard displayed thereon or,
in lieu thereof, license plates established for use by handicapped
persons, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 through 39:4-207.
Such placard or license plates shall be such as have been issued by
the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles by the State of New
Jersey or the national wheelchair symbol on an out-of-state vehicle,
and such vehicle shall have a proper special privilege identification
card and certificate issued by the proper authorities of said jurisdiction.
b.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of $100 for the first offense
and, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least $100 and a period
of community service up to 90 days, or any combination thereof, plus
court costs.
[Ord. No. 1997-9]
a.
Prohibited areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
leave standing any vehicle or place any obstruction at any time within
any area within public or private property designated by the owner
thereof or by the Township of Greenwich by striping, lettering or
by sign as a fire zone or fire lane within the Township of Greenwich.
[Ord. No. 1998-17]
a.
Parking prohibited. No person shall park any vehicle or allow any
vehicle to stand on any street or alley or any part of any street
or alley within the Township of Greenwich at any time whenever snow
has fallen and accumulation of snow is such that it covers the surface
of the street and until the snow has stopped falling and the street
or alley has been plowed from curb to curb. Any unoccupied vehicle
parked or standing in violation shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace
to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any police officer
or code enforcement officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle.
[Amended 3-17-2022 by Ord. No. 101-2022]
b.
In the
event that a vehicle is not removed from the streets of the Township
of Greenwich as provided in this section, the Township shall be empowered
to tow said vehicle from the streets and impound said vehicle. The
vehicle owner shall be responsible for all fees and charges incurred
as a result of towing said vehicle.
[Added 3-17-2022 by Ord.
No. 101-2022[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection
b as Subsection c.
[Ord. No. 1981-12; Ord. No. 1982-2; Ord. No.
2005-09 § I; Ord. No.
2007-02 § 2]
Trucks with a registered weight of four tons or more are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule V, except for the pickup and delivery of goods or materials or the use of services provided by commercial businesses.
[Ord. No. 2-3-67; New; Ord. No. 2007-02 § 3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, cause to be parked
or permit to be parked any commercial vehicle on the streets or in
a private or public parking lot in the Township between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except for the pickup and delivery of
goods or materials or the use of services provided by commercial businesses.
[Ord. No. 1997-18; Ord. No. 1998-9]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII attached to and made a part of this chapter 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 having sides 36 inches in length are provided for in the designations.
[New; Ord. No. 1980-19; Ord. No. 1998-16; Ord.
No. 2007-06 § 1]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule VIII attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule IX attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as yield intersections. Yield signs having sides 36 inches in length shall be installed as provided therein.
[Ord. No. 1998-9]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVIII attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as no-outlet streets in the location and direction indicated.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule X attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as loading zones.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule XI attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as taxi stands.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule XII attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
[New; Ord. No. 2002-10; Ord. No. 2004-01]
No person shall make a left turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XIII attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[New]
No person shall make a U-turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XIV attached and made a part of this chapter.
[New]
No person shall make a turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XV attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[New]
No person shall make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop) indication whenever an official sign is present prohibiting such turn on the red signal as described in Schedule XVI.
[New; Ord. No. 1982-4; Ord. No. 1982-8; Ord. No.
1987-5; Ord. No. 2005-08]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVII attached to and made a part of this chapter shall have the speed limits designated in such schedule. Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above designated speed limits as authorized by the Department of Transportation.
[Ord. No. 2-3-67]
Any vehicle parked illegally in violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter may be impounded by any police official charged with
the enforcement of the motor vehicle laws, and the vehicle may be
towed or transported to any place designated by the Township Committee.
Any person desiring to redeem such impounded vehicle shall first pay
the service, towing and storage charge therefor. Whenever such vehicle
is impounded by the law enforcement officials and shall remain unclaimed
by any person, persons, partnership, firm or corporation having the
right to possession of such vehicle for a period of 30 days, the vehicle
shall be sold under the direction of the Chief of Police at public
auction to the highest bidder, after notice of such auction has been
given for not less than one week, by one publication in a newspaper
circulating in the Township of Greenwich, County of Warren and State
of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 2001-13]
a.
Subtitle 1, Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall
be and are made applicable to the private parking areas, streets,
driveways or other roadways within Block 26, Lots 2 and 33, otherwise
known as "Greenwich Center Phases I and II;" and
b.
The Police Department of the Township of Greenwich and all other
law enforcement agencies be and the same are hereby empowered to enforce
the provisions of Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of
New Jersey within and throughout the private parking areas, streets,
driveways or other roadways within Block 26, Lots 2 and 33, otherwise
known as "Greenwich Center Phases I and II."
Various traffic regulations are made applicable to the semi-public
roads, streets, driveways and parking lots at Greenwich School, located
in the Township of Greenwich, County of Warren.
The following regulations shall be enforceable at the Greenwich
School located at 101 Wyndham Farm Boulevard, Stewartsville, Greenwich
Township, New Jersey:
|
REGULATIONS:
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1]
a.
All vehicles must park in designated areas and between the lines
provided.
b.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or
parts of streets described below, except in areas covered by other
parking restrictions.
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Hours
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
All roads and aisles
|
Both
|
All
|
As indicated on the site plan[1]
|
[1]
The site plan referred to herein may be found on file in the
office of the Township Clerk attached to Ordinance No. 2005-15.
c.
Handicapped parking. All stalls shall be 12 feet wide as shown on
the attached site plan and signed with the R7-8 and R7-8P (reserved
parking sign and penalty plate), in the designated parking areas for
persons who have been issued the handicapped parking permit by the
Motor Vehicle Commission.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1]
All vehicles that are granted specialty parking in this section,
such as police vehicles, ambulances, teachers, etc., must be properly
identified and the reserved parking spaces must be shown on the attached
site plan.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 3]
a.
Through streets. The following streets or parts of streets 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
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
Main Drive
|
Entire length
|
b.
Stop intersections. The following-described intersections are hereby
designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as
provided therein.
|
Intersection
|
Stop Sign(s) on:
|
|---|---|
|
Wyndham Farm Boulevard and Main Drive
|
Main Drive
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § b
4]
The following-described streets or parts of streets are hereby
designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
|
Name of Street
|
Direction
|
Limits
|
|---|---|---|
|
Aisle "B"
|
West
|
Entire length
|
|
Main Drive Circle
|
Counterclockwise
|
Entire length
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 5]
a.
The speed limit for both directions of traffic in the parking lot(s)
shall be 15 m.p.h.
b.
The speed limit for both directions of travel on the following roadways
are:
|
Name of Roadway
|
M.P.H
|
Limits
|
|---|---|---|
|
All roads and aisles
|
15
|
Entire length
|
c.
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect
the above designated speed limits authorized by the Department of
Transportation.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 6]
Any vehicle parked or standing as to obstruct or impede a normal
flow of traffic, block entrances or exit ways, loading zones, oil
fills, any grassy area pedestrian walkway, or present in any way a
safety or traffic hazard may be removed by towing the vehicle at the
owner's or operator's expense.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 7]
The locations described are hereby designated as loading zones.
No person shall park a vehicle in said location during the times indicated
other than for the loading or unloading of goods and materials.
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Hours
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Service Road
|
North
|
All
|
As indicated on the site plan
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 8]
The locations described are hereby designated as school 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
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Main Drive
|
All
|
As indicated on the site plan
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 9]
The following streets or parts of streets shall be designated
as use for authorized vehicles only. No vehicle other than an authorized
vehicle shall enter upon the below roadway.
|
Name of Street
|
Limits
|
|---|---|
|
Service Road
|
Entire length
|
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 9]
The existing stop sign on Aisle "B" at Main Drive (easterly
intersect) shall be removed.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 9]
All signs, posts, or other necessary materials be installed
and paid for by the Greenwich Township Board of Education. All signing
shall conform to the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devises,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 and N.J.S.A. 39:4-183.27.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 9]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided for by the New
Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of this subsection
or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more
than $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days or both.
[Added 8-15-2019 by Ord.
No. 113-2019[1]]
The purpose of this standard operating procedure is to create
requirements for the repossession of vehicles on behalf of holders
of liens on the vehicles.
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A written notification identifying:
The make and the model of the vehicle to be repossessed.
The vehicle identification number to be repossessed.
Name of the vehicle owner/borrower from whom the vehicle will
be recovered.
Address or location of the vehicle to be repossessed.
The approximate date and time of the repossession of the vehicle.
A company retained by a holder(s) of lien(s) on a vehicle
for the recovery of a vehicle possessed by an owner/borrower.
a.
Prior to any repossession activity, any private towing company operating
within the Township of Greenwich must provide notice to the Greenwich
Township Police Department. The private towing company shall also
provide the Greenwich Township Police Department with proof of its
right to repossess the vehicle.
b.
If the private towing company is operating within the Township of
Greenwich and does not provide notice to the Greenwich Township Police
Department prior to any repossession activity, a CAD will be created
that will contain the name of the private towing company as well as
all pertinent information. The private towing company will receive
a letter advising of this section, and a second violation of this
section will result in a complaint being signed with a fine that will
be determined by the Municipal Judge.
c.
Any person and/or private towing company convicted of violating this
section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and not more
than $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or
both.
[Added 8-15-2019 by Ord.
No. 114-2019]
The Township Committee of the Township of Greenwich hereby finds
and declares that problems of traffic control occur when traffic must
be moved through or around road or street construction, maintenance
operations and utility work, above or 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 safe and expeditious movement of traffic through construction
and maintenance zones and to provide safety for the work forces performing
these operations.
The Township of Greenwich in the County of Warren does hereby
adopt the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, hereafter
known as "MUTCD," except as hereby supplemented and amended as it
controls and regulates whenever construction, maintenance operations
or utility work obstructs the normal flow of traffic. Any person,
contractor or utility who fails to comply with the provisions of MUTCD
while performing such work is in violation of this section.
It shall be the responsibility of the person, contractor, or
in the case of a public utility as required under the public utility
agreement, wishing to conduct work on, under or above the roadway,
to contact the Township of Greenwich Police Department to arrange
a preconstruction meeting in order to submit plans for the safe movement
of traffic during such period of construction of 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 Township
of Greenwich Police Department is in violation of this section.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide the Township
of Greenwich 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,
the emergency contacts cannot be reached or if the emergency contact
person does not respond to a call from the Police Department to correct
the hazardous condition, the Township may respond to correct such
hazardous conditions. The reasonable fees for such emergency services
by the Township shall be charged to the person, contractor or utility
responsible for such conditions.
Township, state and county contractors shall be permitted to
work on public roads between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
on weekdays, and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
No work shall be permitted outside these hours or at any time on Sunday
unless it is deemed to be an emergency. Township, state and county
contractors may be restricted to off-peak working hours (e.g., 8:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., or 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.) if it is determined
by the Traffic Safety Officer of the Greenwich Police Department and/or
his/her designee that the work will substantially delay traffic on
those roads if performed during the peak-hour periods. For all other
contractors, there shall be no construction, maintenance operations
or utility work on any roadway in the Township before the hour of
8:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted to permit
work prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. by the Traffic Safety Officer
of the Greenwich Police Department and/or his/her designee. If it
is determined by the Traffic Safety Officer of the Greenwich Police
Department and/or his/her designee that the construction or maintenance
operations prior to 8:00 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Road closings and/or traffic detours shall not be permitted
unless approved by the Township of Greenwich Police Department 10
days in advance of the start of work, unless in an emergency.
Traffic directors shall be posted at all construction or maintenance
sites when determined by the Township of Greenwich Police Department
that the same are necessary to provide for the safety and expeditious
movement of traffic. It shall also be determined by the Township of
Greenwich Police Department when the traffic director shall be a police
officer or a flagman.
The Township of Greenwich Police Department, as well as the
Department of Public Works Superintendent, shall have the authority
to stop work, including the removal of equipment, vehicles, stored
material 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 any violations of this section.
a.
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this
section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more
of the following: a fine of not more than $1,250, imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
b.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Added 8-20-2020 by Ord. No. 111-2020]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit motorized vehicle
traffic on Township property to prevent disturbance and endangerment
to the community and its residents and to establish penalties for
violations thereof.
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle with two or more wheels or tracks that is capable
of being operated on or off of regularly improved and maintained roads,
including, but not limited to, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles,
mopeds, and dirt bikes.
Any person who operates any vehicle on Township property in
violation of this chapter shall be subject to:
[Added 11-19-2020 by Ord.
No. 118-2020]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
The use or operation of any mechanical exhaust device designed
to aid in the braking, decompression or deceleration of any motor
vehicle which results in excessive, loud, unusual, explosive noise
from such vehicle.
a.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to use
or operate or cause to be used or operated, at any time on any road
within the Township, any mechanical exhaust or decompression system
which results in the practice of engine braking.
a.
The Township is authorized to post signs at reasonable locations
within the Township indicating the prohibition of engine braking unless
specifically informed not to do so on county or state roadways.
[Ord. No. 2-5-60; Ord. No. 2007-16 § 2; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No.
109-2021]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute
or this chapter, every person convicted of a violation of a provision
of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable for a fine
of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90
days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or all
three.
[New]
All former traffic ordinances of the Township covered in this
traffic chapter are hereby repealed except that this repeal shall
not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person
for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby
repealed prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
