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Borough of Paramus, NJ
Bergen County
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Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule I (§ 419-43), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
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The traffic signal installation shall be in accordance with the provisions of An Act Concerning Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations, Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, and shall conform to the design and shall be maintained in operation as authorized by the Department of Transportation of the State of New Jersey.
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The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule II (§ 419-44), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.
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Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above-designated speed limits.
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III (§ 419-45), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
No person shall make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV (§ 419-46), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule V (§ 419-47), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop indication) at any of the locations described in Schedule VI (§ 419-48), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 4-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-15]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 419-49), 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 signs are provided for in the designations.
The intersections described in Schedule VIII (§ 419-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
The intersections described in Schedule IX (§ 419-51), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as yield intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.
The lane locations described in Schedule X (§ 419-52), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as lane use reservations, and traffic shall move only as indicated.
No-passing zones are hereby established and shall be maintained along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XI (§ 419-53), attached to and made a part of this chapter, as authorized by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in accordance with the sketch dated and numbered as indicated.
Trucks in excess of the gross weights indicated are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 419-54), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.
Editor's Note: Former § 41-15, Truck route system, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
[Added 2-27-1996 by Ord. No. 96-5]
A person or persons shall not erect, construct, place or maintain any bumps, fences, gates, chains, bars, pipes, wood or metal horses or any other type of obstruction in or on any street within the boundaries of the municipality. The word "street" as used in this article shall mean any roadway accessible to the public for vehicular traffic, including but not limited to private streets or access lanes, as well as all public streets and highways within the boundaries of the municipality.
[Added 2-27-1996 by Ord. No. 96-5]
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In order that the provisions of this article may be reasonably applied, in instances where practical difficulties are apparent or where unnecessary hardship will result from the strict application or enforcement of this article or where the applicant deems himself aggrieved, the applicant may appeal to the Mayor and Council. Upon such appeal, taken within the time and manner set forth in § 419-15.1B and C of this section, the Mayor and Council shall have the power to vary, by resolution, the mandatory provisions of this article or to modify or reverse in any specific case in such manner that substantial justice is done and the spirit and purpose of this article are upheld. The decision and findings of the Mayor and Council upon such appeal shall be final and conclusive.
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Appeals to the Mayor and Council shall be made by filing with the Borough Clerk, within 30 days after the action appealed from, a written notice setting forth the specific grounds or basis therefor.
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Upon the filing of the notice of appeal, the Borough Clerk shall forthwith set the matter for hearing before the Mayor and Council and cause notice to be given to the applicant not less than five days prior to such hearing, unless the giving of such notice is waived, in writing, by the applicant. At such hearing, the applicant shall show cause on the ground or grounds specified in the notice of appeal why the action expected to should not be approved. The Mayor and Council may continue such hearing from time to time.