Township of Maplewood, NJ
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2023-11-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 232 Sight Triangles
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Alliance Committee
- Ch 14 Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts
- Ch 17 Claims Approval and Payment
- Ch 19 Community Board on Police
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 Defense and Indemnification of Officials
- Ch 32 Department of Health
- Ch 34 Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Team
- Ch 36 Energy
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Green Team
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Insurance Fund Commission
- Ch 44 Maplewood Arts Council
- Ch 44A Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy
- Ch 45 Municipal Housing Liaison
- Ch 47 Open Space Trust Fund Advisory Committee
- Ch 48 Payments and Applications to Township
- Ch 49 Pool Advisory Committee
- Ch 51 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 53 Environmental Advisory Committee
- Ch 56 Resolutions, Adoption of
- Ch 58 Retirement
- Ch 59 Seniors Advisory Committee
- Ch 60 Shared Municipal Services Advisory Committee
- Ch 62 Sustainability Committee
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Volunteer Incentives
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 Youth Advisory Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarms
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Bed-And-Breakfasts
- Ch 89 Body Art Establishments, Licensing of
- Ch 93 Building Construction
- Ch 97 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 98 Cannabis Businesses
- Ch 100 Checkout Bags
- Ch 102 Cranes
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Affordable Housing Development Fees
- Ch 110 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 113 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 117 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 119 Electric Vehicle Supply/Service Equipment and Make-Ready Parking Spaces (Evse)
- Ch 123 Fees
- Ch 124 Fee Discounts
- Ch 125 Filming
- Ch 126 Firearms
- Ch 127 Fire Prevention
- Ch 133 Garage Sales
- Ch 137 Gasoline Service Stations, Repair Garages, Convenience Stores With Fueling Stations, and Fueling Stations
- Ch 141 Graffiti
- Ch 147 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 147A Health and Sanitation
- Ch 148 Heating Equipment
- Ch 149 (Reserved)
- Ch 150 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 153 Insurance
- Ch 155 Jitneys; Commuter Parking
- Ch 157 Lawn Maintenance Businesses
- Ch 158 Lead-Based Paint
- Ch 159 Leaf Blowers, Gas-Powered
- Ch 161 Licensing
- Ch 165 (Reserved)
- Ch 166 Massage Businesses
- Ch 171 Motor Vehicle Dealers
- Ch 175 Multiple-Dwelling Units
- Ch 181 Noise
- Ch 185 Obscene Materials
- Ch 187 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 189 Packaging Practices
- Ch 191 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 193 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 197 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 201 Pool- and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 203 Property Maintenance
- Ch 204 Property, Transfer of
- Ch 205 Registration of Foreclosure Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 206 Public Property, Use of
- Ch 207 Public Recreational Bathing Facilities
- Ch 209 Rental Properties
- Ch 210 Retail Establishements
- Ch 212 Right-Of-Way and Site Construction
- Ch 213 Riparian Buffer Conservation Zones
- Ch 215 Sales, Going-Out-Of-Business and Altered-Goods
- Ch 219 School Property, Use of
- Ch 223 Sewers
- Ch 227 Shade Trees
- Ch 231 Shopping Carts
- Ch 232 Sight Triangles
- § 232-1 Definitions; conformity with standards.
- § 232-2 Prohibition on installation.
- § 232-3 Maintenance.
- § 232-4 Enforcement.
- § 232-5 Notice of violation.
- § 232-6 Violations and penalties.
- § 232-7 Severability.
- Ch 233 Skateboards and Roller Skates
- Ch 234 Smoking
- Ch 235 Solid Waste
- Ch 237 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 237A Steep Slopes
- Ch 237B Street Address Numbers
- Ch 238 Stormwater Management
- Ch 239 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 243 Swimming Pools
- Ch 247 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 248 Taxation
- Ch 249 Taxicabs
- Ch 250 Telecommunications Equipment
- Ch 251 Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 253 Trailers
- Ch 254 Tree Removal Businesses
- Ch 255 Vaping Products
- Ch 257 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 258 Vehicles, Low-Speed
- Ch 259 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 261 Vending Machines, News
- Zoning and Land Use Regulations
- Ch 271 Zoning and Development Regulations
- Ch 272 Zoning Review and Permits
- Ch 273 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 274 Communication Facilities Right-Of-Way Permits
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 276 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 282 Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 290 Animals
- Ch 305 Food Establishments; Fees for Records
- Ch 313 Housing Standards
- Ch 319 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 323 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 332 Vending Machines
- Appendix
- Ch A336 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A337 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Maplewood 1-19-2021 by Ord. No. 3013-21. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A triangle at an intersection formed by two roads where rights-of-way
and a third line, which must be kept clear of obstructions so that
vehicles or pedestrians in one road can see vehicles approaching in
the other road.
B.
Sight triangles shall be in conformity with the standards set forth
by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
("AASHTO"), a policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets 2011
6th Edition, Section 9.5, Sight Distance, as amended and adopted by
the Township Engineer.
From the date of adoption of this chapter, no property owner
owning property at the intersection of two or more streets may construct
a wall, fence, or other structure nor plant a hedge, shrub, bush,
tree or other planting located within the sight triangle at a height
greater than 42 inches as measured from the ground immediately adjacent
to the proposed structure or planting.
A.
All property owners at the intersection of two or more streets shall
maintain all plants, shrubs, bushes or other plantings at a height
no greater than 42 inches as measured from the ground immediately
adjacent to the planting. Additionally, all trees located within the
sight triangle shall be kept pruned so that all branches are at least
10 feet from the ground as measured from the base of the tree.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any plants, trees, shrubs, bushes
or other plantings in place at the time of the passage of this chapter
may be maintained at their existing height but shall not be permitted
to exceed the existing height.
Enforcement shall be conducted by the Code Enforcement Officers
or their designees of the Township of Maplewood.
A.
Upon the determination by a Code Enforcement Officer of the Township
of a violation of this chapter, the Code Enforcement Officer shall
issue a notice of violation to the property owner requiring them to,
in the case of a structure, remove the structure if in violation of
the sight triangle requirements and, with regard to plantings, to
either trim or cut the plantings such that they are in compliance
with the requirements of this chapter. The property owner shall be
given 14 days to comply with the notice of violation.
B.
Should the property owner fail to comply with requirements of the
notice of violation within the time prescribed, the property owner
will be subject to receiving a summons, as set forth herein.
A property owner who has been issued and failed to comply with
a notice of violation may receive a summons. A first violation shall
subject the property owner to a fine of $500 per day, a second violation
shall subject the property owner to a fine of $1,000 per day, and
a third or subsequent violation shall subject the property owner to
a fine of $2,000 per day for each such violation. Every day subsequent
to the issuance of a summons shall subject the property owner to a
separate violation.
If any section, paragraph, subparagraph, clause or provision
of this chapter shall be adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall
apply only to the specific section, paragraph, subparagraph, clause
or provision so adjudged, and the remainder of the chapter shall be
deemed valid and effective.
