It shall be unlawful to make use of any portion
of any street in the Township of Union in the County of Union for
vehicular or pedestrian traffic when said part of said street has
been closed against use by the Township Public Works Superintendent
or authorized agent and when there has been placed upon said street
a sign marked "Road Closed" or containing any other designation indicating
that the portion of the road in question has been closed against usage.
Whenever the Township Public Works Superintendent
or authorized agent shall place upon a street a sign bearing the words
"Road Closed" or any other phraseology to indicate that the road is
not to be used, it shall be unlawful to pass beyond said sign, either
for pedestrian or vehicular traffic, into the portion of the street
designated as closed, whether or not the sign or signs are spread
over the entire width of the street and whether or not the barricading
of said streets extends throughout the entire width of said street.
Whenever the Township Department of Public Works
shall place barricades upon any street to indicate that the portion
of the street beyond said barricade is closed against usage, it shall
be unlawful to pass said barricade, either for pedestrian or vehicular
traffic, into the closed part of the street, whether or not said barricade
extends across the entire width of the street.
It shall be unlawful to make use of any portion
of any street, either for pedestrian or vehicular traffic, when said
portion of said street has been closed by the Township Department
of Public Works or by authority of the Township Committee of the Township
of Union in the County of Union.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any individual, firm, group of persons, partnership or corporation,
and either the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be implied,
and either the singular or plural shall be implied, whichever is conducive
to the effectuation of this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be subject to one or more of the following: imprisonment
in the county jail or in any other place provided by the municipality
for the detention of prisoners for any term not exceeding 90 days
or by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, to become effective on the effective date of
this section.
