Township of Hillside, NJ
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2015-12-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 291 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article I General Provisions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Fire Department
- Ch 44 Health, Board of
- Ch 47 Historian, Local
- Ch 55 Library
- Ch 58 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 60 Local Emergency Management Council
- Ch 64 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 75 Physician
- Ch 78 Police Department
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Recreation Advisory Council
- Ch 89 Senior Citizen Transportation Services
- Ch 91 Senior Citizens Advisory Council
- Ch 93 Swimming Pool Commission
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 103 Air Pollution
- Ch 106 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 114 Arts, Council on the
- Ch 115 Body Art Facilities
- Ch 117 Bowling and Skee-Ball Alleys and Poolrooms
- Ch 121 Building, Housing and Property Maintenance
- Ch 122 Vacant Property Registration and Maintenance
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 130 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 134 Circuses, Carnivals and Traveling Shows
- Ch 140 Dance Halls
- Ch 143 Disabled Veteran Tax Refund
- Ch 147 Drugs
- Ch 151 Emergencies
- Ch 154 Filming
- Ch 155 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 160 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 164 Games of Chance
- Ch 167 Golf Courses
- Ch 171 Graffiti
- Ch 178 Insurance
- Ch 182 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 186 Landscaping
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 203 Licenses
- Ch 207 Liquid-Fuel-Burning Equipment
- Ch 210 Loitering
- Ch 210A Public Urination and Defecation
- Ch 211 Schools
- Ch 212 Massage Parlors and/or Therapy Centers
- Ch 213 Salons and Ancillary Services
- Ch 214 Newsracks
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 220 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 223 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 228 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 232 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 239 Records
- Ch 249 Sales
- Ch 253 Sewers
- Ch 257 Soil Removal
- Ch 261 Solid Waste
- Ch 265 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Swimming Pools
- Ch 272 Taxation
- Ch 274 Taxicabs, Omnibuses, Jitneys and Liveries
- Ch 277 Tennis Courts
- Ch 279 Towing
- Ch 280 Trailers
- Ch 282 Tree Removal
- Ch 283 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 291 Art I General Provisions
- § 291-1 Definitions and word usage.
- § 291-2 Authorization for the closing of any street.
- § 291-3 Authority to tow vehicles in violation of chapter.
- § 291-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 291-5 Severability.
- § 291-6 Repealer.
- Ch 295 Vending Machines
- Ch 300 Yard Waste
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 306 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 310 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Electronic Smoking Device Establishments
- Ch 316 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 322 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 326 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 330 Graduate Nurse, Public Health
- Ch 336 Heat, Furnishing of
- Ch 341 Inspections
- Ch 345 Meat, Sale of
- Ch 349 Milk
- Ch 355 Personnel
- Ch 359 Poultry
- Ch 363 Records
- Ch 367 Rodent Control
- Ch 371 Rummage and Secondhand Sales
- Ch 375 Sanitation and Drainage
- Ch 381 Toilet Facilities
- Appendix
- Ch A390 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A391 Utilities
- Ch A392 Veterans Memorial Building and Property
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.Â
TOWNSHIP
Words and phrases. 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 the State of
New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.) shall be deemed to apply to such
words and phrases used herein. In addition, as used herein, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Township of Hillside, New Jersey.
B.Â
Official time standard. 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.
[Amended 5-4-1976 by Ord. No. G-98-76; 9-10-2002 by Ord. No.O-02-035]
A.Â
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, the Township Council
does hereby authorize the Mayor of the Township of Hillside to promulgate
regulations for the closing of any street or portion thereof to motor
vehicle traffic on any day or days or during any day or days or during
specified hours on any day or days whenever he or she finds that such
closing is necessary for the preservation of the public safety, health
or welfare.
B.Â
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.7, the Township Council
does hereby authorize the Mayor of Hillside to effect street closing
pursuant to said statute and promulgate regulations pursuant thereto.
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 peace officer may provide for the removal of such
vehicle. The owner of such vehicle shall bear the reasonable costs
of removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining
possession of the vehicle.
[Amended 6-14-1989 by Ord. No. G-296-89]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
elsewhere in this chapter or by New Jersey statute, 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 $500 or imprisonment
for term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with or inconsistent with the provisions of this 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.
