[Adopted 8-10-1993 (Ch. XVIII, Sec. 18-5, of the 1971 Code)]
[Amended 3-19-1996]
A.
It shall be the responsibility of any person, contractor
or public utility working to conduct remedial maintenance or construction
work under or above any roads within the Township to contact the traffic
bureau of the Hillside Police Department in order to arrange a preconstruction
meeting if required or to submit places for the safe movement of traffic
during such period of construction or remediation. Any of the above
persons or entities failing to comply with this provision prior to
the start of work or whose plans are not approved by the Police Department
is in violation of this article and subject to all fines and punishment
applicable thereto.
B.
The only exceptions to the above requirements will
apply to the Garden State Parkway, Route 78 and Route 22.
The person, contractor or utility shall provide
the Police Department with at least two emergency twenty-four-hour-contact
phone numbers to be called in the event of what the police perceives
as an emergency problem at the construction or maintenance site. Such
shall be provided prior to the start of any work. If for any reason
the emergency contact person cannot be reached or does not respond
to the call from the Police Department to correct a hazardous condition,
the Township may then respond to the existing condition in an effort
to correct the same. The reasonable cost incurred by the Township
to provide the emergency service shall be charged to and borne by
the person, contractor or utility responsible for such a condition.
There shall be no construction, maintenance
operations or utility work on any roadway in the Township before the
hours of 7:00 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. This time limit may be reasonably
adjusted to permit work prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. by the
officer in charge and upon the Police Chief's approval. If the officer
in charge (of the traffic bureau) determines that the construction
or remediation or maintenance prior to or after the designated times
herein would substantially delay traffic or cause a safety or health
hazard, the work shall only be permitted pursuant to the designated
hours.
Road closings and/or traffic detours for whatever
reasons shall not be permitted unless approved by the Hillside Police
Department (traffic bureau).
The Police Department (traffic bureau) shall
have the authority to require the person, contractor or utility performing
work under this article to post certain specific signs or markers
as so designated necessary by the Department.
A.
The Police Department (traffic bureau) or Police Chief
shall have the authority to stop the work being performed by any of
the parties referred to herein upon a reasonable determination that
permitting the ongoing work at the time it is requested to stop could
pose a threat or danger to the health, safety or welfare of citizens.
B.
The Police Department shall have the authority to
cause to remove any person or persons not authorized to encroach on
the site where the construction, remediation or maintenance work is
being performed.
[Amended 10-21-2003]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $1,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days; and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
