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.
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 City.
[Added 10-28-2008 by Ord. No. 21-08; 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 12-19]
A. The Chief of Police, or his designee, is hereby authorized
to suspend parking restrictions temporarily in the City of Long Branch
under circumstances, for durations, in areas, and at times as the
Director, or his designee, deems, in his discretion, appropriate and
in the interests of public safety.
B. The suspension of the parking restrictions by the
Chief of Police or his designee shall not last for a period of time
greater than 72 hours.
C. This section shall in no way permit the Chief of Police
or his designee to lift, suspend, or in any way modify those parking
restrictions governed by Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated.
[Amended 3-14-1978 by Ord. No. 903; 6-13-1978 by Ord. No.
914; 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1380]
Trucks, buses and other vehicles over the registered gross weight as set out in Schedule VI (§
325-31) are hereby excluded from all streets in the City of Long Branch, except for the pickup and delivery of materials. The tonnages specified shall in no event be more than four tons registered gross weight.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§
325-32) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
[Amended 3-27-1990 by Ord. No. 6-90]
Parking, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-135b, shall be permitted on those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIIA (§
325-33) attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VIII (§
325-34) 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 right-of-way signs are provided for in the designation.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule IX (§
325-35) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule X (§
325-36) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as yield intersections. Yield right-of-way signs shall be installed as provided therein.
[Amended 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1381]
No person shall make a left turn at the locations described in Schedule XI (§
325-37) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The streets or parts of streets as described in Schedule XII (§
325-38) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated for right turns only.
[Amended 5-11-1976 by Ord. No. 815; 10-27-1983 by Ord. No.
1130; 12-23-1986 by Ord. No. 1307]
A. Signs. Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected
and maintained as required by the Director of the Division of Motor
Vehicles and as specified in the letter and authorization dated December
16, 1968, from the Traffic Safety Service of the Division of Motor
Vehicles.
B. Speed limits. The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIII (§
325-39) attached to and made a part of this chapter is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.
C. Regulatory and warning signs. Regulatory and warning
signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above-designated
speed limits as authorized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
[Amended 1-8-1974 by Ord. No. 719]
[Added 11-14-1972 by Ord. No. 660; amended 5-11-1976 by Ord. No.
813; 5-11-1976 by Ord. No. 814]
Traffic control signals and other traffic regulations shall be installed and established in accordance with Schedule XV (§
325-41) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1380]
No person shall at any time park a motor vehicle
in any fire zone or fire lane.
[Amended 2-24-1983 by Ord. No. 1092]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1,
providing that the Board of Directors of any corporation or the Board
of Trustees of any corporation or other institution of a public or
semipublic character not for pecuniary profit incorporation under
N.J.S.A. 15A:1-1 et seq. may request that the provisions of N.J.S.A.
39:1-1 et seq. shall be made applicable to the semipublic or private
roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways,
tenants, employees and other roadways open to or used by the public,
tenants, employees and the members of such institutions for purposes
of vehicular travel by such persons, and not as a matter of public
right, the following named entities located in the City of Long Branch
have filed a request that the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.
shall be made applicable to, and it is hereby ordained that the following
shall be made applicable:
A. Housing Authority property.
[Added 4-23-1974 by Ord. No. 739; amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No.
22-94]
(3) Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and
maintained to effect the above-designated speed limits as authorized
by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
B. Monmouth College.
(1) General provisions. All of the general provisions
of Subtitle 1, Title 39, of the Revised Statutes of the State of New
Jersey are applicable to the following designated and particularly
described areas:
(a)
The gate-controlled entrance and roadway from
Cedar Avenue, south to the Fine Arts Building.
(b)
The parking area on the west side of the Fine
Arts Building.
(c)
The roadway from the south end of the parking
area forming a semicircle about the Fine Arts Building ending at the
south entrance of said building.
(d)
The entrances and driveways located at the Monmouth
College Police Building.
(e)
The parking area located south of the Monmouth
College Police Building.
C. Kossick Way Municipal Parking Lot.
[Added 7-23-1991 by Ord. No. 20-91]
(1) Parking in designated areas. All vehicles must park
only in designated areas and between the lines provided.
(2) Handicapped parking. All stalls shall be 12 feet wide
as shown on the attached site plan and signed with R7-8 (Reserved
Parking sign and penalty plate), in the designated parking areas for
persons who have been issued the handicapped parking permits by the
Division of Motor Vehicles.
(3) Through street. The following streets or parts of
streets are hereby designated as through streets. Stop signs shall
be installed on the near right sides of each street intersecting the
through street.
(a)
Main Drive: entire length.
(b)
From Brighton Avenue to West End Court.
(4) Stop intersections. The following intersections are
hereby designated as stop intersections:
Intersection
|
Stop Sign On
|
---|
Main Drive and West End Court
|
Main Drive
|
(5) Speed limits.
(a)
The speed limits for both directions of traffic
in the parking lots shall be 15 miles per hour.
(b)
The speed limits for both directions of travel
on the following roads are:
Name of Street
|
Speed
Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
---|
Car Wash Drive
|
15
|
Entire length
|
Main Drive
|
15
|
Entire length
|
North Drive
|
15
|
Entire length
|
Road A
|
15
|
Entire length
|
Truck Lane
|
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.
(6) Tow-away. Any vehicle parked or standing as to obstruct
or impede a normal flow of traffic, block entrances or exitways, loading
zones, oil fills, any grass area or pedestrian walkway or present
in any way a safety or traffic hazard may be removed by towing the
vehicles at the owner's or operator's expense.
(7) Restricted parking. No person shall stop or stand
a vehicle any time upon any of the following described roadways or
parts of roadways:
Name of Street
|
Direction
|
Limits
|
---|
Car Wash Drive
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
Main Drive
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
North Drive
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
Road A
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
Truck Lane
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
(8) One-way streets. The following described streets or
parts of streets are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction
indicated:
[Amended 5-26-1992 by Ord. No. 57-92]
Name of Street
|
Direction
|
Limits
|
---|
North Drive
|
Eastbound
|
Entire length from municipal property line to
Main Drive
|
(9) Work to be paid by City. That all signs, posts, bolts
or other necessary materials be installed and paid for by the City.
Work shall be checked by the Police Department to ensure installations
meet state and federal specifications, and all signing shall conform
to the current Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
D. The Marina Bay Club.
[Added 6-13-1995 by Ord. No. 24-95]
(1) All vehicles must park only in designated areas and
between the lines provided.
(2) Handicapped parking. All stalls shall be 12 feet wide
as shown on the attached site plan and signed with R7-8 (Reserved
Parking sign and penalty plate), in the designated parking areas for
persons who have been issued the handicapped parking permits by the
Division of Motor Vehicles.
(3) Stop intersections. The following described intersections
are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed
as provided therein:
Intersection
|
Stop Sign On
|
---|
Lot A Drive and Patten Avenue
|
Lot A Drive
|
Marina Bay Drive and Patten Avenue
|
Marina Bay Drive
|
Marina Bay Drive and Road A
|
Marina Bay Drive
|
(4) Speed limits.
(a)
The speed limits for both directions of traffic
in the parking lots shall be 15 miles per hour.
(b)
The speed limits for both directions of travel
on the following roads are:
Name of Street
|
Speed
Limit
(mph)
|
Location
|
---|
Marina Bay Drive
|
15
|
Entire length
|
Road A
|
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.
(5) Tow-away. Any vehicle parked or standing to obstruct
or impede a normal flow of traffic, block entrances or exitways, loading
zones, oil fills, any grass area or 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.
(6) Restricted parking. No person shall stop or stand
a vehicle any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described:
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Time
|
Location
|
---|
All cluster driveways
|
Both
|
All
|
Entire length
|
Marina Bay Drive
|
Both
|
All
|
Entire length
|
Road A
|
Both
|
All
|
Entire length
|
(7) That all signs, posts or other necessary materials
be installed and paid for by the applicant. Work shall be checked
by the Police Department to ensure installations meet state and federal
specifications, and all signing shall conform to the current Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(8) Effect of regulations. If any part of this regulation
is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect
the validity of the remaining portion of the regulation.
[Amended 3-8-1994 by Ord. No. 18-94]
The locations described in Schedule XVI (§
325-42) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
The locations described in Schedule XX (§
325-46) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as no passing zones.
[Added 11-1-1988 by Ord. No. 79-88;
amended 4-11-1989 by Ord. No. 99-89]
The lane locations described in Schedule XXI (§
325-47) attached to and made a part of this chapter are designated as lane use reservations, and traffic shall move only as indicated.
[Added 12-30-1976 by Ord. No. 859; 12-26-1979 by Ord. No.
973]
No person shall turn a vehicle to make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop) indication on the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XXII (§
325-48) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 1-28-1992 by Ord. No. 44-92]
A. The following described location is hereby designated
as a mid-block crosswalk:
Name of Street
|
Location
|
---|
Morris Avenue
|
Beginning 110 feet west of the westerly curbline
of Hillside Avenue and extending six feet westerly therefrom
|
Ocean Avenue [Added 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 41-04]
|
Beginning at a point 380 feet south of the southerly
curbline of Atlantic Avenue and extending to a point 10 feet therefrom
|
Seventh Avenue [Added 10-24-2006 by Ord. No. 22-06]
|
Beginning at a point 74 feet south of the southerly
curbline of Park Place and extending to a point 10 feet southerly
therefrom
|
Willow Avenue
|
Beginning 495 feet east of the easterly curbline
of Prospect Street and extending six feet easterly therefrom
|
B. No parking on mid-block crosswalks. There shall be
no parking at any time within the areas of mid-block crosswalks in
the City of Long Branch.
[Added 10-27-1983 by Ord. No. 1130]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon
any of the roadways or grounds of the Board of Education except in
designated areas, between the painted lines, and all vehicles so parked
shall be properly identified.
[Added 6-22-1976 by Ord. No. 822]
A. Authority of Mayor.
(1) Under and by virtue of N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, the Mayor
of the City of Long Branch is hereby authorized to provide by regulation
for the closing of any street or portion thereof to motor vehicle
traffic for any period of time or on any day or days or during specified
hours on any day or days whenever he finds that said closing is necessary
for the preservation of the public safety, health or welfare or for
any such other reason as he may deem necessary.
(2) Under and by virtue of N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, the Mayor
of the City of Long Branch is hereby authorized to provide by regulation
for the posting of proper warning signs of such aforesaid closing
on any street or portion thereof during the time the same is closed
in pursuance thereof.
(3) Under and by virtue of N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, the Mayor
of the City of Long Branch is hereby authorized to promulgate by regulation
penalties for violation of this section or any regulation issued thereunder.
B. Violation and penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided for by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section, its supplements and amendments, or by regulation issued thereunder, shall become liable to the penalty as stated in §
325-23 of this chapter.
[Added 10-27-1998 by Ord.
No. 36-98]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
by New Jersey statute, any person, firm or corporation convicted of
a violation of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not more
than $500 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
[Added 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 22-97]
A. Adoption of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices for Streets and Highways.
(1) The Council hereby finds and declares that problems
of traffic control occur when 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 control and regulations directed to the safe and expeditious
movement and to provide safety for the work force performing these
operations.
(2) The City of Long Branch in the County of Monmouth,
State of New Jersey, 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 wherever construction
maintenance, operations or utility work obstructs the normal flow
of traffic. A person, contractor or utility who fails to comply with
the provisions of MUTCD while performing such work is in violation
of this section.
B. Preconstruction meeting. It shall be the responsibility
of the person, contractor or 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 Traffic Bureau of the City of
Long Branch Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction
meeting 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 Traffic Bureau of the Long
Branch Police Department is in violation of this section.
C. Hazardous conditions. The person, contractor or utility
shall provide the Traffic Bureau of the Long Branch 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 City may respond to correct such hazardous conditions. The reasonable
fees for such emergency service by the City shall be charged to the
person, contractor or utility responsible for such conditions.
D. Hours. There shall be no construction, maintenance
operations or utility work on any roadway in the City of Long Branch
before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. This time limit may be adjusted
to permit work prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. in the case of
an emergency or for the safety and convenience of the general public
and the Long Branch 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 5:00 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 5:00 p.m.
E. Road closing and detours. Road closing and/or traffic
detours shall not be permitted unless approved by the Long Branch
Police Traffic Bureau or, in the case of emergency, the officer in
charge of the station house.
F. Traffic directors. Traffic directors shall be posted
at all construction or maintenance sites when determined to be necessary
by the Long Branch Police Department Traffic Bureau or, in case of
emergency, the officer in charge of the station house, that the same
is necessary to provide for the safe and expeditious movement of traffic.
G. Stop work. The Long Branch Police Department Traffic
Bureau or, in the case of an emergency, the officer in charge of the
station house shall have the authority to stop work, including the
removal of equipment and vehicles and 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 for any
violation of this section.
H. Site preparation. It is to be expressly understood
that no materials, vehicles or equipment are to be placed in the roadway
or sidewalk area until all construction, signs, lights, devices and
pavement markings are installed.
I. Violations and penalties.
(1) Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New
Jersey statute, any person, contractor or utility who commits a violation
of this section regarding traffic controls for street and highway
construction maintenance operations shall, upon conviction thereof,
for a first offense pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than
$750 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed
90 days.
(2) For a second offense, upon conviction thereof, pay
a fine for not less than $750 and/or be imprisoned in the county jail
for a term not exceeding 90 days.
[Added 4-28-1998 by Ord. No. 10-98]
A. Program established.
(1)
It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle
without a valid permit as provided for herein on a street marked and
designated "Resident Permit Parking Only."
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 12-19; 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-19]
(2)
The governing body shall determine by ordinance
the streets to be designated as "Resident Permit Parking Only."
(3)
Emergency and public utility vehicles may park
within the permit parking area during the time they are rendering
service for repairs within the permit parking area.
(4)
Contractors, service and delivery vehicles bearing
the name and address of a commercial business may park without a permit
during the time they are rendering service to a residence within the
permit parking area.
B. Issuance of permits.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 12-19]
(1)
Residential parking permits shall be issued
by the Chief of Police of the City of Long Branch, or his designee,
to residents of the City of Long Branch who own or lease one or more
passenger motor vehicles.
(2)
The passenger motor vehicles must be registered
to the dwelling unit resident on a street designated as "Resident
Permit Parking Only."
[Amended 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-19]
(3)
Applications for resident permit parking under
this section shall be made via an online parking management system
supplied by the Chief of Police, or his designee, of the City of Long
Branch.
(4)
The design of the permit and its placement on
or in the vehicle shall be determined by the Chief of Police, or his
designee.
(5)
The quantity of permits issued for each area will be at the
discretion of the Long Branch Police Department. The total quantity
of permits issued will exceed the amount of available parking. The
purchase of a residential parking permit will not guarantee a space
will always be available for all permit holders.
(6)
Residential parking permits listed in §
325-49 shall be available for sale at a cost of $25 per permit; such permit will be valid for one calendar year and must be renewed annually.
(7) Once an application is approved, an area/zone-specific decal will
be affixed to the vehicle which is only valid in the specific area/zone
for which it is issued.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-19]
[Added 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3-02]
The locations described in Schedule XXIV (§
325-50) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as handicapped parking zones.
[Added 8-9-2023 by Ord. No. 22-23]
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts
thereof listed below except an electric or hybrid vehicle:
A. 372
Atlantic Avenue (Community Pool).
B. 140
Ocean Avenue, North (Pier Village).
C. 344
Broadway (City Hall).
D. 251
3rd Avenue (Third Avenue).