Code of Bloomfield, Part 3 of 4

§ 230-28. Sidewalk specifications.

A. Generally. All new sidewalks shall be not less than four (4) feet wide and shall be constructed of concrete, unless the Township Council shall direct or authorize the construction of a flag sidewalk.

B. Concrete sidewalks.

(1) The concrete shall be not less than three (3) inches thick when tamped solid and shall consist of not less than one (1) part portland cement to two and one-half (2 1/2) parts of sand and five (5) parts of broken stone. After the concrete is tamped, it is to be cut entirely through every four (4) feet, or steel patent forms may be used. The joints so made shall be filled with dry sand to provide for expansion. In sidewalks more than four (4) feet wide, expansion joints shall be spaced so that no section will contain more than twenty-five (25) square feet.

(2) The top finish shall be one (1) inch thick and composed of one (1) part portland cement to two (2) parts screened sand, thoroughly mixed and placed on the concrete base before the base shall have attained its initial set and, in any case, not longer than one (1) hour after the concrete base shall have been laid. The top shall then be finished either smooth, rough or grooved, with approved tools, as directed. The top shall be marked directly over the expansion joint and cut through to the concrete, and the outside edges shall be rounded.

C. Flag sidewalks. In constructing new flag sidewalks and in relaying existing sidewalks, each flagstone shall be not less than two (2) inches thick, four (4) feet wide and two and one-half (2 1/2) feet long. They shall be laid on sand or other approved material.

§ 230-29. Curb Specifications.

All new curbs shall be bluestone, granite or concrete and shall not be less than sixteen (16) inches in depth or five (5) inches in width.

§ 230-30. Driveway Specifications.

That area between the curb or curbline of a street and the concrete or flagstone walk may be constructed with either of the following materials after the grading and shaping is done to the depth and in the manner as specified by the Township Engineer:

A. Concrete. The concrete shall be not less than seven (7) inches in depth, using Class B concrete, according to state specifications.

B. Bituminous concrete.

(1) The base course shall be six (6) inches in depth, using one and one-half

(1 1/2) inches of clean sharp stone, bound with stone dust or screenings.

(2) The wearing surface shall be one and one-half (1 1/2) inches in depth, using a cold-mixed bituminous concrete of either Type A or Type T material.

(3) Both of the above courses shall be thoroughly compacted to a finished grade and shape, using a roller weighing at least three (3) tons.

(4) Cast-iron or vitrified pipes under driveways will not be permitted.

(5) Open gutters shall be constructed where possible.

§ 230-31. Drains.

A. No leader pipe or other drain shall be discharged over the sidewalk, but water shall be carried under the sidewalk to the gutter in a cast-iron pipe.

B. The hole in the curb shall be round and neatly cut, and at least one (1) inch of solid stone or concrete shall be left over the hole. The hole shall not be of larger diameter than is necessary, and no other damage shall be done to the curb.

C. When the sidewalk is but four (4) feet wide, pipes must be so laid that the hubs will not be under the sidewalk. Instead of a cast-iron pipe, a trough of masonry may be constructed and covered with a suitable loose iron plate, having its top surface flush with the surface of the sidewalk and of a rough character to prevent slipping. No trough shall be more than six (6) inches wide.

§ 230-32. Violations and penalties.EN

Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

ARTICLE VI, Street Acceptance [Adopted 11-19-1962 as Ch. 26, Art. III, of the 1962 Code]

§ 230-33. Filing of information; bond.

A. In any streets hereafter opened or laid out in the township, except streets opened or laid out by the township before any connection is made with the sewer or water system of the township and before any water mains are laid in the street, the person intending to open or lay out such street shall file with the Township Engineer and Planning Board:

(1) An accurate description of the land to be dedicated.

(2) A map, satisfactory to the Township Council, Planning Board and Township Engineer, showing all details of the proposed laying out of the street, including lines and grades.

(3) A written approval by the Township Engineer as to the engineering details as shown on the map and description.

(4) A written agreement by the parties intending to open and lay out the street that such parties will pave the street immediately upon the laying of the water and sewer systems, with a permanent pavement of a type and construction approved by the township. No macadam or bituminous macadam shall be considered a permanent pavement.

B. The parties intending to open or lay out the street shall file with the Township Engineer a bond, to be approved by the Township Attorney and in an amount satisfactory to the Township Engineer, guaranteeing that the provisions of this Article and the agreement will be fully complied with.EN

§ 230-34. Macadamized and unpaved streets.

No street that is paved with macadam or bituminous macadam or is unpaved, in whole or in part, shall be accepted by the township.

§ 230-35. Sewer trench depressions and settlings.EN

If the street is to be sewered, a written contract by the constructors of the sewer shall be filed with the Township Engineer, wherein the constructors shall agree with the township that they will fill in, to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer, any depressions or settlings of ground over the sewer which may occur within one (1) year from the date of the contract and that they will complete any such filling in within ten (10) days after notice to do so is given to them by the Township Engineer.

§ 230-36. Sewer connections.

Sewer connections with the public sewers shall not be permitted from any street hereafter laid out by property owners other than in compliance with the provisions of this Article and Chapter 219, Article I, nor shall sewer connections be permitted unless the sewer in the street is laid out and built under the supervision of the Township Engineer and according to his instructions.

§ 230-37. Widths of streets, roadbeds and sidewalks.

A. Every street hereafter laid out shall be at least fifty (50) feet wide.

B. Of a street fifty (50) feet in width, at least ten (10) feet on each side shall be reserved for sidewalk plots, and the remainder shall be roadbed.

C. Of the sidewalk plot, at least four (4) feet on each side of the roadbed next to the curbline shall be reserved for the ornamental planting of trees, grass and the like, except that, at the discretion of the Township Council, the sidewalk may be paved its full width.

D. If a street is sixty (60) feet in width, the sidewalk

plots on each side shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, and the parts reserved for ornamental plantings shall be at least five (5) feet wide, except that, at the discretion of the Township Council, the sidewalk may be paved its full width.

§ 230-38. Violations and penalties. [Added 11-2-1987]

ARTICLE VII, Restricted Activities in Streets [Adopted 11-19-1962 as Ch. 26, Art. IV, and Sec. 17-25 of the 1962 Code]

§ 230-39. Obstructions and encumbrances.

A. No person shall encumber or obstruct any street or public place in the township with any article or thing whatsoever, without having first obtained permission therefor from the Building Inspector.

B. No person shall throw, put or place or cause or permit to be thrown put or placed into, upon or within any public street or place any substance, matter or thing whatsoever whereby the safe, free or unobstructed use of the same by the public may be in anywise impeded and interfered with.

§ 230-40. Injury to lampposts.

No person shall break, injure or destroy any lamppost or appurtenances thereon standing in any public street or place.

§ 230-41. Placement of signs, porches, sheds and awnings.

A. No person shall place or put in, upon or over any street or any part thereof any post sign, porch, shed or awning of any kind whatsoever, except under permission of the Building Inspector.

B. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the continuance of any post sign, porch, shed or awning heretofore placed, built or erected, unless the same shall be complained of to the Township Council and it is made to appear that the free and convenient use of any street by the public or adjoining owners of property is interfered with or obstructed, in which case the same shall be removed within ten (10) days after notice from the Council to so do.

§ 230-42. Playing games in streets.

No person shall engage in the playing of baseball, cricket or any game of ball in any of the streets in the township.

§ 230-43. Injury to curbs, gutters and bridges.

No person shall carelessly or willfully break, injure or destroy any curb, gutter, bridge, stone or flagging set, laid or fixed in any public street in the township.

§ 230-44. Littering. [Amended 8-8-1988]

A. All persons are forbidden to throw rubbish, refuse or any other matter into or upon any of the sidewalks, gutters or streets within the township.

B. The township shall require litter receptacles and their servicing at the following public places which exist in the municipality: sidewalks used by pedestrians in active commercially owned areas, such that at a minimum there shall be no single linear quarter mile without a receptacle; buildings held out for use by the public, including schools, government buildings and railroad and bus stations; parks; drive-in restaurants; all street vendor locations; self-service refreshment areas; construction sites; gasoline service station islands; shopping centers; parking lots; campgrounds and trailer parks; marinas, boat moorage and fueling stations; boat launching areas; public and private piers operated for public use; beaches and bathing areas; and at special events to which the public is invited, including sporting events, parades, carnivals, circuses and festivals. The proprietors of these places or the sponsors of these events shall be responsible for providing and servicing the receptacles such that adequate containerization is available.

§ 230-45. Confinement of loads for prevention of scattering.

All persons carting manure or other offal, stones or any other substance through and over the streets of the township shall keep the same securely confined so as to prevent any such manure or offal, stones or other substance from falling or becoming scattered upon the streets over which the same may be carted, and the falling or scattering of any such material so carted upon any of the streets of the township shall be presumptive evidence of failure to comply with the provisions of this section.

§ 230-46. Open fires.

No person shall kindle any fire on any public street of the township, nor shall he burn or consume by fire any rubbish, wood, leaves or other material of any kind at any time within the fire limits of the township.

§ 230-47. Skating devices. [Added 7-19-1965; amended 11-21-1994]

A. Skate operations. A person under fifteen (15) years of age shall not ride upon in-line skates, roller blades, roller skates, skateboards or similar devices on any public street, public sidewalk, public park, playground or public parking lot within the Township of Bloomfield unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened helmet which meets the standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z-90.4 bicycle helmet standard) or the Snell Memorial Foundation's "1984 Standard for Protective Head Gear to Use in Bicycling," or a helmet which is designed specifically for use with a particular device being used, and knee pads.

B. Violations and penalties. A person who violates any requirement of this section shall be warned of the violation by the enforcing official. The parent or legal guardian of that person also may be fined a maximum of twenty-five dollars ($25.) for the person's first offense and a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100.) for subsequent offenses if it can be shown that the parent or guardian failed to exercise reasonable supervision or control over the person's conduct. Penalties provided in this section for failure to wear a helmet and knee pads may be waived if an offender or the parent or legal guardian presents suitable proof that an approved helmet and knee pads were owned at the time of the violation or have been purchased since the violation occurred.

§ 230-47.1. Parking of vehicles for sale or maintenance.

No vehicle shall be parked or permitted to stand on any street for the purpose of sale, nor shall any person clean any vehicle or repair the same in any street, except in case of emergency.

§ 230-48. Violations and penalties. [Added 11-2-1987; amended 11-21-1994]

Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, unless designated otherwise, be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

ARTICLE VIII, Obstruction of Vision [Adopted 11-19-1962 as Secs. 17-11 through 17-16 of the 1962 Code]

§ 230-49. Height restrictions for plant life near streets.

The owner of lands lying within the township shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing upon his property within ten (10) feet of any street and within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection of two (2) streets cut to a height of not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) feet where the Township Council shall deem it necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety.

§ 230-50. Notice to trim plant life.

The owner of such property mentioned in the preceding section shall cut such brush, hedges or other plant life to a height of not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) feet, as provided in the preceding section, within ten (10) days after receipt of notice from the Township Council.

§ 230-51. Trimming by township; assessment of costs; liens.

A. In addition to the penalty provided for in § 230-52, should such owner fail or neglect or refuse to cut such brush, hedges and other plant life to the height specified in § 230-49 within ten (10) days after notice to cut the same has been given him by the Township Council, then the brush, hedges and other plant life aforesaid shall be cut by or under the direction of the Township Engineer and the cost thereof assessed against the property.

B. In the event that the brush, hedges or other plant life shall be cut by the township under the direction of its Township Engineer as provided in Subsection A above, the cost thereof shall be certified to the Township Council, who shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands or, in the event that such cost is excessive, to cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against such lands.

C. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes, and shall be collected and enforced in the manner and form provided by law for the collection of taxes.

§ 230-52. Violations and penalties. [Amended 11-2-1987]

A. Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the penalties as provided in Subsection B below.

B. Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

Chapter 234, SUBDIVISION OF LAND EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield 11-19-1962 as Ch. 27 of the 1962 Code. Sections 234-1, 234-3, 234-5A and B(1), 234-6E, 234-7C(4) and D ,(3),2349D, 234-12N and 234-15B amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Land use procedures -- See Ch. 36.

Site plan review -- See Ch. 225.

Specifications for sidewalks, curbs and gutters -- See Ch. 230, Art. V.

Zoning -- See Ch. 271.

ARTICLE I, General Provisions

§ 234-1. Definitions. [Amended 12-21-1964]

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY -- The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage, in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.EN

FINAL PLAT -- The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance with this chapter and which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper county recording officer.

LOT -- A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds for the purpose of sale, lease or separate use.

MAJOR SUBDIVISION -- All subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions.

MASTER PLAN -- A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending the physical development of the township, which shall have been duly adopted by the Planning Board.

MINOR SUBDIVISION -- Any subdivision containing not more than five (5) lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of township facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map, Zoning OrdinancesEN or this chapter.

OFFICIAL MAP -- A map adopted in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. or any prior act authorizing such adoption. Such a map shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location and width of the streets, public parks, playgrounds and drainage rights-of-way shown thereon.EN

OWNER -- Any person having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this chapter.

PERFORMANCE GUARANTY -- Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board or other approving body approves a plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements and other similar collateral or surety agreements.

PLAT -- The map of a subdivision.

PRELIMINARY PLAT -- The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision, which is submitted to the Township Clerk for Planning Board consideration and tentative approval and meets the requirements of Article III of this chapter.

SKETCH PLAT -- The sketch map of a subdivision, of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification and meeting the requirements of Article III of this chapter.

STREET -- Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing state, county or township roadway, or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by official action or a street or way on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county recording officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the grant to such Board of the power to review plats. Such term includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines. For the purpose of this chapter, "streets" shall be classified as follows:

A. ARTERIAL STREETS -- Those which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.

B. COLLECTOR STREETS -- Those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.

C. MINOR STREETS -- Those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.

D. MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS -- Streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

E. ALLEYS -- Minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

SUBDIVIDER -- Any person or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land under this chapter for himself or for another.

SUBDIVISION -- The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, except that the following divisions shall not be considered "subdivisions," provided that no new streets or roads are involved: divisions of land for agricultural purposes where the resulting parcels are three (3) acres or larger in size, divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions or divisions of property upon court order. Such term also includes resubdivision and, where appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or territory divided.

SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE -- A committee of at least three (3) Planning Board members, appointed by the Chairman of the Board, for the purpose of classifying subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and having such other duties relating to land subdivision which may be conferred on this Committee by the Board.

§ 234-2. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision in the township in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the township. If shall be administered to ensure the orderly growth and development, the conservation, protection and proper use of land and adequate provision for circulation, utilities and services.

§ 234-3. Administration.EN

The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Planning Board in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.

§ 234-4. Construal of provisions; variances.

The rules, regulations and standards set out in this chapter shall be considered the minimum requirements for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the township. Any action taken by the Planning Board under the terms of this chapter shall give primary consideration to the above-mentioned matters and to the welfare of the entire community. However, if the subdivider or his agency can clearly demonstrate that, because of peculiar conditions pertaining to his land, the literal enforcement of one (1) or more of these regulations is impracticable or will exact undue hardship, the Planning Board may permit such variances as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of the rules, regulations and standards established by this chapter.

§ 234-5. Violations and penalties.

A. If, before final approval has been obtained, any person transfers or sells or agrees to sell, as owner or agent, any land which forms a part of a subdivision on which, by ordinance, the Planning Board is required to act, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.). Each parcel, plot or lot so disposed of shall be deemed a separate violation.EN

B. Civil penalty.

(1)EN In addition to the foregoing, if the streets in the subdivision are not such that a structure on such land in the subdivision would meet requirements for a building permit under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., the township may institute and maintain a civil action:

(a) For injunctive relief.

(b) To set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such a contract of sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., but only if the township has a Planning Board or a Committee thereof with power to act and:

[1] Which meets regularly on a monthly or more frequent basis.

[2] Whose governing body has adopted standards and procedures in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.

(2) In any such action, the transferee, purchaser or grantee shall be entitled to a lien upon the portion of the land from which the subdivision was made that remains in the possession of the subdivider or his assigns or successors, to secure the return of any deposit made or purchase price paid and also a reasonable search fee, survey expense and title closing expense, if any. Any such action must be brought within two (2) years after the date of the recording of the instrument of transfer, sale or conveyance of said land or within six (6) years if unrecorded.

ARTICLE II, Approval Procedures

§ 234-6. Submission of sketch plat.

A. Any owner of land within the township shall, prior to subdividing or resubdividing land, submit to the Township Clerk, at least two (2) weeks prior to the regular meeting of the Board, a sketch plat of the proposed subdivision, which shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board for the purposes of classification and preliminary discussion.

B. If classified and approved as a minor subdivision by unanimous action of the Subdivision Committee, a notation to that effect will be made on the sketch plat. The plat will then be forwarded to the Chairman of the Planning Board and the Township Clerk for their signatures and returned to the subdivider within one (1) week following the next regular meeting of the Planning Board. No further Planning Board approval shall be required.

C. Copies.

(1) Before the Township Clerk returns any approved sketch plat to the subdivider, the Clerk shall have sufficient copies made to furnish one (1) copy to each of the following:

(a) Township Clerk.

(b) Township Engineer.

(d) Tax Assessor.

(e) Secretary of the Planning Board.

(f) County Planning Board, if any.

(2) The cost of the copies will be charged to the subdivider and shall be collected before the return of the original sketch plat to the subdivider.

D. Either a deed description or plat map, drawn in compliance with Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.1 to 46:23-9.8),EN shall be filed by the subdivider with the county recording officer within ninety (90) days from the date of return of the approved sketch plat.

E. If the plat is classified as a major subdivision, a notation to that effect shall be made on the plat, which will be returned to the subdivider for compliance with the procedure in § § 234-7 and 234-9.EN

§ 234-7. Submission of preliminary plat.

A. At least six (6) black-on-white prints of the preliminary plat, together with three (3) completed application forms for preliminary approval, shall be submitted to the Township Clerk two (2) weeks prior to the Planning Board meeting at which consideration is desired. At the time of filing, a fee of five dollars ($5.) shall be paid for each lot drawn upon the preliminary plat, but in no case shall the minimum fee be less than twenty-five dollars ($25.) nor the maximum fee be more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.). Such fee shall be paid to the Township Clerk to cover the costs of publishing notice and of notifying the persons concerned of the pending hearing on such subdivision. The Township Clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Planning Board upon receipt of a preliminary plat.

B. Notices.

(1) The applicant subdivider shall, at least five (5) days prior to the time appointed for a hearing upon the preliminary plat of major subdivision, give written notice of the hearing and the time and place thereof by registered mail to all property owners within two hundred (200) feet of the extreme limits of the subdivision, as their names appear upon the township tax record. Such notice shall state the time and place of hearing, a brief description of the subdivision and that a copy of such subdivision has been filed with the Township Clerk for public inspection.

(2) The Secretary shall cause notice of hearing to be published in the official newspapers or a newspaper of general circulation in the township at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.

(3) The applicant subdivider shall, by affidavit, present such proof to the Planning Board at the time of hearing that the notices have been given as aforesaid. The Secretary of the Planning Board shall file proof of publication of the notice of hearing.

(4) Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by attorney.

C. Copies of the preliminary plat shall be forwarded by the Secretary of the Planning Board prior to the hearing to the following persons:

(1) Secretary of the County Planning Board, if any.

(2) Township Engineer.

(3) Secretary of the Board of Health.

(4) Such other municipal, county or state officials as required or directed by the Planning Board.EN

D. Time limit for action; notification of decisions; other approvals.

(1) The Planning Board shall act on the preliminary plat within ninety (90) days after submission to the Township Clerk, but in no case before the expiration of the twenty-day period within which the County Planning Board, if any, may submit a report on such subdivision.

(2) In all cases, the recommendations of the County Planning Board, if, any, shall be given careful consideration in the final decision of the local Planning Board.

(3) If the County Planning Board, if any, has approval authority pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., its action shall be noted on the plat, and, if disapproved, two (2) copies of the reasons for disapproval shall be returned with the plat.EN

(4) If either the Planning Board or County Planning Board, if any, disapproves a plat, the reasons for disapproval shall be remedied prior to further consideration.

(5) The person submitting a plat shall be notified of the action of the Planning Board within ninety (90) days of the submission.

(6) If approval is required by any other officer or public body, the same procedure as applies to submission and approval by the County Planning Board, if any, shall apply.

E. The Planning Board may tentatively approve a plat showing new streets or roads or the resubdivision of lands along a mapped street, in which case the Chairman of the Planning Board shall affix his signature to the plat with a notation that it has received tentative approval, and it shall be returned to the subdivider for compliance with final approval requirements. Tentative approval shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date of the approval:

(1) That the general terms and conditions under which the preliminary approval was granted will not be changed.

(2) That the applicant may submit, on or before the expiration date, the whole or part or parts of such plat for final approval.

§ 234-8. Installation of improvements; performance bonds.

Before consideration of a final subdivision plat, the subdivider shall have installed the improvements required under Article V of this chapter or such of the same as may be required by the Planning Board; otherwise the Planning Board shall require the subdivider to post an adequate corporate surety performance bond to assure the installation of required improvements pursuant to a written agreement to be executed between the subdivider and the township covering the same. The principal sum of the surety bond shall be equal in amount to the estimated reasonable cost of the improvements to be fixed by the Planning Board.

§ 234-9. Submission of final plat.

A. The final plat shall be submitted to the Township Clerk for forwarding to the Planning Board for final approval within three (3) years from the date of preliminary approval. The Township Clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Planning Board upon receipt of a final plat, and the Planning Board shall act upon the final plat within forty-five (45) days after the date of submission for final approval to the Township Clerk.

B. The original tracing, one (1) translucent tracing cloth copy, two (2) cloth prints, sixteen (16) black-on-white prints and three (3) copies of the application form for final approval shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board at least five (5) days prior to the date of a regular Planning Board meeting. Unless the preliminary plat is approved without changes, the final plat shall have incorporated all changes or modifications required by the Planning Board.

C. The final plat shall be accompanied by a statement by the Township Engineer that he is in receipt of a map showing all utilities in exact location and elevation, identifying those portions already installed and those to be installed, and that the subdivider has complied with one (1) or both of the following:

(1) All improvements have been installed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

(2) A performance guaranty has been posted with the Township Clerk in sufficient amount to assure the completion of all required improvements.

D. Any plat which requires County Planning Board, if any, approval pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. shall be forwarded to the County Planning Board, if any, for its action prior to final approval by the Planning Board.EN

E. If the Planning Board approves the final plat, a notation to that effect shall be made on each plat and shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Planning Board.

F. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the alloted time or a mutually agreed-upon extension shall be deemed to be favorable approval, and the Township Clerk shall issue a certificate to that effect.

G. If any person shall be aggrieved by the action of the Planning Board, appeal, in writing, to the Township Council may be taken within ten (10) days after the date of the action of the Planning Board. A hearing thereon shall be had on notice to all parties in interest, who shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. After such hearing, the Township Council may affirm or reverse the action of the Planning Board by a recorded vote of a majority of the total members thereof. The findings and reasons for the disposition of the appeal shall be stated on the records of the Township Council, and the applying party shall be given a copy.

H. Upon final approval, copies of the final plat shall be filed by the Planning Board with the following:

(1) Township Clerk.

(2) Township Engineer.

(3) Building Inspector.

(4) Tax Assessor.

(5) County Planning Board, if any.

(6) The official issuing certificates for approved lots.

I. The final plat, after final approval, shall be filed by the subdivider with the county recording officer within ninety (90) days from the date of such approval. If any final plat is not filed within this period, the approval shall expire.

J. No plat shall be accepted for filing by the county recording officer unless it has been duly approved by the Township Planning Board and signed by the Chairman.

ARTICLE III, Plat Details

§ 234-10. Sketch plat.

The sketch plat shall be based on Tax Map information or some other similarly accurate base, at a scale of not more than four hundred (400) feet to the inch, to enable the entire tract to be shown on one (1) sheet and show or include the following information:

A. The location of that portion which is to be subdivided in relation to the entire tract.

B. All existing structures and wooded areas within the portion to be subdivided and within two hundred (200) feet thereof.

C. The name of the owner and of all adjoining property owners, as disclosed by the most recent township tax records.

D. The Tax Map sheet, block and lot numbers.

E. All streets or roads and streams within five hundred (500) feet of the subdivision.

§ 234-11. Preliminary plat.

The preliminary plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn or reproduced at a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet. Preliminary plats shall be designed and drawn by a licensed state land surveyor or state professional engineer. The plat shall be designed in compliance with the provisions of Article V of this chapter and shall show or be accompanied by the following information:

A. A key map, showing the entire subdivision and its relation to surrounding areas.

B. The tract name, Tax Map sheet, block and lot number, date, reference, meridian, graphic scale and the following names and addresses:

(1) Names and addresses of the record owners.

(2) Name and address of the subdivider.

(3) Name and address of the person who prepared the map.

C. The acreage of the tract, subdivided to the nearest tenth of an acre.

D. Sufficient elevations or contours to determine the general slope and natural drainage of the land and the high and low points and tentative cross sections and center-line profiles for all proposed new streets.

E. The location of existing and proposed property lines, streets, buildings, watercourses, railroads, bridges, culverts, drain pipes and any natural features such as wooded areas and rock formations.

F. Utilities.

(1) Plans of proposed utility layouts (sewers, storm drains, water, gas and electricity) showing feasible connections to existing or any proposed utility systems. When an individual water supply or sewage disposal system is proposed, the plan for such system must be approved by the appropriate local, county or state health agency.

(2) When a public sewage disposal system is not available, the developer shall have percolation tests made and submit the results with the preliminary plat. Any subdivision or part thereof which does not meet with the established requirements of this chapter or other applicable regulations shall not be approved. Any remedy proposed to overcome such a situation shall first be approved by the appropriate local, county or state health agency.

G. A copy of any protective covenants or deed restrictions applying to the land being subdivided shall be submitted with the preliminary plat.

§ 234-12. Final plat.

The final plat shall be drawn in ink on tracing cloth at a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet and in compliance with all the provisions of Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.1 et seq.).EN The final plat shall show or be accompanied by the following:

A. The date, name and location of the subdivision, name of the owner, graphic scale and reference meridian.

B. The tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, street names, easements and other rights-of-way, land to be reserved or dedicated to public use, all lot lines and other site lines, with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles and radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.

C. The purpose of any easement or land reserved or dedicated to public use shall be designated, and the proposed use of sites other than residential shall be noted and whether or not township ordinances in effect shall be applied to such land or whether changes in such ordinances are recommended by the Planning Board.

D. Each block shall be numbered, and the lots within each block shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number one (1).

E. The minimum building setback line on all lots and other sites.

F. The location and description of all monuments.

G. The names of owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.

H. Certification by the engineer or surveyor as to the accuracy of details of the plat.

I. Certification that the applicant is agent or owner of the land or that the owner has given consent under an option agreement.

J. When approval of a plat is required by any officer or body of a municipality, county or state, approval shall be certified on the plat.

K. Cross sections and profiles of streets, approved by the Township Engineer, may be required to accompany the final plat.

L. Contours at five-foot intervals for slopes averaging ten percent (10%) or greater and at two-foot intervals for land of lesser slope.

M. Plans and profiles of storm and sanitary sewers and water mains.

N. A certificate from the Tax Collector that all taxes are paid to date.EN

ARTICLE IV, Improvements

§ 234-13. Enumeration of required improvements.

A. Prior to the granting of final approval of a subdivision, the subdivider shall have installed or shall have furnished performance guaranties for the ultimate installation of such or all of the following improvements as the circumstances of the case may require:

(1) Streets.

(2) Street signs.

(3) Curbs or gutters.

(4) Sidewalks.

(5) Streetlighting.

(6) Shade trees, which shall be located on the street line so as not to interfere with utilities or sidewalks and shall be of one (1) of the following types:

(a) Linden.

(b) Norway maple.

(7) Topsoil protection. No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as spoil. Topsoil moved during the course of construction shall be redistributed so as to provide at least six (6) inches of cover to all areas of the subdivision and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting.

(8) Monuments. Monuments shall be of the size and shape required by N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.41EN and shall be placed in accordance with such section.

(9) Water mains, culverts, storm sewers and sanitary sewers shall meet the specifications of the township. All such installations shall be properly connected with an approved system and shall be adequate to handle all present and probable future development.

B. All of the above-listed improvements shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Township Engineer, who shall be notified by the developer at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of construction. No underground installation shall be covered until inspected and approved.

§ 234-14. Completion required prior to final plat approval; performance guaranty.

A. No final plat shall be approved by the Planning Board until the completion of all such required improvements has been certified to the Planning Board by the Township Engineer, unless the subdivision owner shall have filed with the township a performance guaranty sufficient in amount to cover the cost of all such improvements or uncompleted portions thereof as estimated by the Township Engineer and assuring the installation of such uncompleted improvements on or before an agreed date. Such performance guaranty may be in the form of a performance bond which shall be issued by a bonding or surety company approved by the Township Council. A certified check payable to the township, returnable to the subdivider after full compliance, may be accepted in lieu of a corporate surety bond.

B. The performance guaranty provided for in the preceding subsection shall be approved by the Township Attorney as to form, sufficiency and execution. Such performance guaranty shall run for a period to be fixed by the Planning Board, but in no case for a term of more than three (3) years. However, with the consent of the owner, obligor and the surety, if there is one, the Township Council may, by resolution, extend the term of such performance guaranty for an additional period not to exceed three (3) years. The amount of the performance guaranty may be reduced by the Township Council by resolution when portions of the required improvements have been installed.

C. If the improvements required by this chapter have not been installed in accordance with the performance guaranty the obligor and surety shall be liable thereon to the township for the reasonable cost of the improvements not installed, and, upon receipt of the proceeds thereof, the township shall install such improvements.

ARTICLE V, Design Standards

§ 234-15. General provisions.

A. The subdivider shall observe the following requirements and principles of land subdivision in the design of each subdivision or portion thereof.

B. The subdivision plat shall conform to design standards that will encourage good development patterns within the municipality. Where either or both an Official Map or Master Plan have been adopted, the subdivision shall conform to the proposals and conditions shown thereon. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on an officially adopted Master Plan or Official Map shall be considered in the approval of subdivision plats. Where no Master Plan or Official Map exists, streets and drainage rights-of-way shall be shown on the final plat in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., and shall be such as to lend themselves to the harmonious development of the township and enhance the public welfare in accordance with the following design standards.EN

§ 234-16. Streets.

A. The arrangement of streets not shown on the Master Plan or Official Map shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets.

B. Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage through traffic.

C. Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide a marginal service road or reverse frontage with a buffer strip for planting or some other means of separation of through and local traffic as the Planning Board may determine appropriate.

D. The right-of-way width shall be measured from lot line to lot line and shall not be less than fifty (50) feet in pursuance of existing township ordinances, but a greater width may be required in special cases in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the township. The right-of-way width for internal roads and alleys in multifamily, commercial and industrial developments shall be determined on an individual basis and shall, in all cases, be of sufficient width and design to safely accommodate the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs and maximum access for fire-fighting equipment.

E. No subdivision showing reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be approved, except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed in the Township Council under conditions approved by the Planning Board.

F. Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to widths as shown on the Master Plan or Official Map or the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one (1) or both sides of such road. If the subdivision is along one (1) side only, one-half (1/2) of the required extra width shall be dedicated.

G. Grades of arterial and collector streets shall not exceed four percent (4%). Grades on other streets shall not exceed ten percent (10%). No street shall have a minimum grade of less than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%).

H. Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible, and in no case shall they be less than sixty degrees (60°). The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline, with a curve having a radius of not less than twenty (20) feet.

I. Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet are prohibited.

J. A tangent at least one hundred (100) feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.

K. When connecting street lines deflect from each other at any one (1) point by more than ten degrees (10°) and not more than forty-five degrees (45°), they shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than one hundred (100) feet for minor streets and three hundred (300) feet for arterial and collector streets.

L. All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide a smooth transition and proper sight distance.

M. Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) shall not be longer than six hundred (600) feet and shall provide a turnaround at the end with a radius of not less than fifty (50) feet, and tangent, whenever possible, to the right side of the street. If a dead-end street is of a temporary nature, provisions shall be made for future extension of the street and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties.

N. No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate as to be confused with the name of existing streets. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name.

§ 234-17. Blocks.

A. Block length and width or acreage within bounding roads shall be such as to accommodate the size of lot required in the area by the Zoning OrdinanceEN and to provide for convenient access, circulation control and safety of street traffic.

B. In blocks over one thousand (1,000) feet long, pedestrian crosswalks may be required in locations deemed necessary by the Planning Board. Such walkways shall be ten (10) feet wide and be straight from street to street.

C. For commercial, group housing or industrial use, block size shall be sufficient to meet all area and yard requirements for such use.

§ 234-18. Lots.

A. Lot dimensions and areas shall not be less than the requirements of the Township Zoning Ordinance.EN

B. Insofar as is practical, side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight streets and radial to curved streets.

C. Each lot must front upon an approved street at least fifty (50) feet in width, except lots fronting on streets described in § 234-16D.

D. Where extra width has been dedicated for the widening of existing streets, lots shall begin at such extra width line, and all setbacks shall be measured from such line.

E. Where there is a question as to the suitability of lots for their intended use due to factors such as rock formations, flood conditions or similar circumstances, the Planning Board may, after adequate investigation, withhold approval of such lots.

§ 234-19. Public use and service areas.

A. In large-scale developments, casements along rear property lines or elsewhere for utility installation may be required. Such easements shall be at least fifteen (15) feet wide and located in consultation with the companies or township departments concerned.

B. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway channel or street, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way, conforming substantially to the line of such watercourse, and such further width or construction, or both, as will be adequate for the purpose.

C. Natural features such as trees, brooks, hilltops and views shall be preserved whenever possible in designing any subdivision containing such features.

Chapter 236, SWIMMING POOLS EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield 5-10-1976. Section 236-17 added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Building construction - See Ch. 87.

Fences - See Ch. 120.

Noise - See Ch. 183.

Zoning - See Ch. 271.

Public swimming pools (Board of Health) - See Ch. 345.

§ 236-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

LOT - All contiguous property of the same ownership.

PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL - Includes any swimming or bathing pools or tanks, whether permanently installed, portable, collapsible or otherwise, having either an inside structural depth in excess of twenty-four (24) inches or a surface area in excess of one hundred twenty (120) square feet or capacity in excess of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) gallons, constructed or maintained on any lot by any person for the use of himself or any one (1) or more members of his family or guests of himself or his family.

§ 236-2. Permit required; fee; submission of plans.

A. No person shall install or construct a private swimming pool within the Township of Bloomfield without first having obtained a permit from the Building Inspector and having paid a fee of five dollars ($5.) therefor.

B. All applications for a permit to construct a private swimming pool shall be made on such forms as may be required by the Chief Building Inspector and shall be accompanied by three (3) sets of plans of sufficient detail prepared by the owner, professional engineer or licensed architect, showing the plot plan, drawn to scale, and including the lot size, location of structures on the lot, topography, pool, walks, fencing, drainage, water supply, electrical facilities, filters, heating system, if any, and disinfecting system. All plans submitted for in-ground pools must be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or licensed architect.

§ 236-3. Compliance required.

The Building Inspector shall issue a permit for the construction or installation of a private swimming pool, provided that the same complies with the provisions of this chapter, the Building CodeEN and other ordinances of the Township of Bloomfield and provided, further, that the application for the same has been approved, in writing, by the Health Department and the Township Engineer of the Township of Bloomfield.

§ 236-4. Fences.

In-ground pools shall be enclosed with a fence at least four (4) feet in height. Aboveground pools need not be enclosed.

§ 236-5. Materials and construction.

All private swimming pools shall be constructed and installed in such manner as to be waterproof and susceptible to being readily cleaned. All aboveground pools shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

§ 236-6. Electrical wiring.

A. All electric wiring installed shall be installed and used in conjunction with private residential swimming pools in conformity with National Electric Code standards, and the materials used or installed shall be as approved by National Underwriters Laboratory.

B. No electric wires or conductors shall be installed or permitted to remain in such a position as to cross, either overhead or underground, any part of a private residential swimming pool, nor shall any electric wiring be installed parallel to any pool wall closer than five (5) feet thereto, except if such wiring is both located underground and enclosed in rigid conduits.

C. All metal fences, enclosures or railings which are located near or adjacent to private residential swimming pools and which might become electrically alive as a result of contact with broken overhead conductors or from any other cause shall be effectively grounded.

§ 236-7. Water supply.

A. Physical connections between potable water systems and a permanent private swimming pool or its circulation systems shall not be permitted. Potable water for makeup and filling purposes shall be introduced into a pool by means of a discharge pipe or hose turned downward either over a float-controlled surge tank or over the pool itself, having in either case an air gap of at least six (6) inches between the orifice of the discharge pipe or hose and the pool or tank overflow level.

B. No water from the public water supply shall be placed in or allowed to flow into any swimming pool after a proclamation by the Mayor and Council that a water shortage exists or until such time as said water shortage is declared to have ended.

§ 236-8. Discharge of water.

All discharge of water from filters and swimming pools shall be drained into a dry well or to the township's storm sewer system either by direct connection or temporary hose laid to the nearest catch basin by an approved method and trapped against backflow for permanent installation. Swimming pools may be drained directly to the street.

§ 236-9. Sanitation standards.

All private swimming pools shall be so constructed, installed and maintained so as to provide equipment necessary for the chlorination or other disinfection, filtration and recirculation of the pool water so as to comply with approved bacteriological standards which may be promulgated by regulation issued by the Board of Health of the Township of Bloomfield, the State of New Jersey or other authorities having jurisdiction.

§ 236-10. Location on lot.

All private swimming pools shall be constructed, installed or maintained in the rear yard of the lot, and no pool shall be closer to any neighboring structure than ten (10) feet.

§ 236-11. Lighting.

All outside lights for illumination of the pool shall be so installed and maintained in order to eliminate glare and annoyance to adjoining properties. All such illumination shall be extinguished during those hours when the pool is not in use, and the pool must be illuminated after darkness when it is in use.

§ 236-12. Fence gates or doors; ladders.

The enclosure hereinabove mentioned shall be provided with one (1) or more substantial gates or doors of at least the height of the fence, and said enclosure and gates or doors thereof shall be so designed and constructed as to reasonably prevent any person from gaining access beneath, through or over the same. Every gate or door of such fence shall be kept securely locked at all times when the pool is not in use. Any access ladder or steps used in connection with an aboveground pool shall be removed from the pool when the same is not is use.

§ 236-13. General standards for operation and maintenance.

A. If a private residential swimming pool shall be used between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., noise should be eliminated after 11:00 p.m., and, after 11:00 p.m., the volume of illumination should be reduced so as not to constitute a nuisance to neighboring residents.

B. All private residential swimming pools shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, and all equipment shall be maintained in a satisfactory operating condition during periods when the pool is in use.

C. No private residential swimming pool shall be used, kept, maintained or operated in the township if such use or operation of the same shall be the occasion of any nuisance or shall be dangerous to life or detrimental to health.

§ 236-14. Noise.

It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued at any private residential swimming pool any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others. In the operation of such pool, the use or operation of any radio, receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for the convenient hearing of the person or persons who are in the pool shall be unlawful.

§ 236-15. Safety precautions.

A. Every private residential swimming pool shall be equipped with one (1) or more throwing ring buoys not more than fifteen (15) inches in diameter and having sixty (60) feet of three-sixteenths-inch manila line attached and one (1) or more light but strong poles with blunted ends and not less than twelve (12) feet in length for making reach assists or rescues. This requirement shall not apply to aboveground swimming pools having a depth of not more than twenty-four (24) inches.

B. No diving board or platform more than three (3) feet above water level shall be installed for use in connection with any private residential swimming pool.

§ 236-16. Inspections.

The Building Inspector, Township Engineer and Health Officer, or their representatives, shall have authority to make such inspections of the construction, maintenance and operation of the pool and surrounding area as are necessary from time to time to ascertain that there is compliance with this chapter and the requirements of the Health and Building Codes.EN

§ 236-17. Violations and penalties.EN

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

Chapter 239, TATTOOING EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield 10-16-1978 as Sec. 19-48 of the 1962 Code. Section 239-2 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 239-1. Practice restricted.

It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo a human being or for any person, firm or corporation to conduct the business of tattooing within the Township of Bloomfield, except that tattooing may be performed for medical purposes by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of New Jersey.

§ 239-2. Violations and penalties.EN

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Chapter 241, TAXICABS EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield 11-19-1962 as Ch. 28 of the 1962 Code. Section 241-6B amended and § 241-17 added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Licensed occupations -- See Ch. 173.

Vehicles and traffic -- See Ch. 254.

§ 241-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

CRUISING -- The driving of an empty taxicab to and fro along a public street at a slow rate of speed for the obvious purpose of soliciting passengers.

TAXICAB -- A public vehicle driven by mechanical power, so designed and constructed as to comfortably seat not fewer than three (3) persons inside thereof, exclusive of the driver, which accommodates passengers for conveyance for hire.

TAXICAB STAND -- A section of a public street or public place set apart for the exclusive use of a limited number of taxicabs, when such section is distinctly marked as such by a metal sign attached to a stanchion on the curb or other conspicuous place or by clearly visible marks upon the surface of the street or public place.

TAXIMETER -- A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire is mechanically calculated either for the distance traveled or for waiting time, or both, and upon which such charge shall be plainly indicated by means of figures.

§ 241-2. Insurance requirements.

No taxicab shall be licensed until a policy of insurance shall have been filed with the Township Clerk as provided for taxicabs and autocabs pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-3 and 48:16-4, together with any amendments or supplements adopted or hereinafter adopted relative thereto.

§ 241-3. License required; fee; expiration.

A. No person shall keep or use for hire or cause to be kept or used for hire any taxicab or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for hire within the township without having first obtained a license for that purpose from the Township Clerk.

B. Every applicant for such license shall pay to the Municipal Clerk an annual license fee of $100 for each taxicab or other motor vehicle for hire. [Amended 11-15-1976; 10-1-1991; 7-14-1997]

C. The license shall expire on the 31st day of December next after issuance.

§ 241-4. Requirements for license issuance; contents of application.

A. Every person obtaining a taxicab license must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and a citizen of the United States. Every corporation obtaining such license must be organized and existing under the laws of the state and shall maintain an office in the township.

B. Every application for such license shall be in writing and shall state that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle for which the license is desired. Such application shall also state the number and make of the vehicle and the number of the license granted by the state for the operation thereof.

§ 241-5. Issuance of licenses; register of licenses.

A. No taxicab license shall be granted under this chapter except upon the approval of the Township Council. Every such license shall state the purpose for which it is granted, the name of the person to whom it is issued, the number of the license and the date of its expiration.

B. The Township Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses granted and shall file the application for such licenses and number them to correspond with the numbers of such licenses.

§ 241-6. Taxicab driver's license required; fee; expiration.

A. No person, other than the owner, shall operate any taxicab or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for hire within the township without having first obtained a license as a driver from the Township Clerk, and no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be so licensed.

B. Every applicant for a driver's license required by the preceding subsection shall pay to the Township Clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.) for the use of the township and shall receive a license from the Township Clerk. [Amended 11-15-1976; 11-2-1987; 10-1-1991]

C. Each license shall expire on December 31 next after its issuance.

§ 241-7. Application for taxicab driver's license.

Every application for a driver's license required by § 241-6A shall be in writing and shall state the name, post office address and age of the applicant and shall be accompanied by a photograph of the applicant.EN

§ 241-8. Suspension and revocation of taxicab driver's license.

Any driver's license or taxicab license granted under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Township Council upon good cause shown. During such suspension or after such revocation, such license shall be inoperative.

§ 241-9. Fares. [Amended 8-19-1968; 8-12-1974; 12-17-1979; 6-15-1981; 9-21-1981]

A. [Amended 5-1-1989] The prices which may be charged by the owners of taxicabs and other motor vehicles licensed under this chapter shall be as follows:

(1) Local rates: three dollars ($3.) for the first mile and twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each additional one-eighth (1/8) of a mile [i.e., two dollars ($2.) per mile]. Local rates are for transportation between any two (2) points in Bloomfield and/or Glen Ridge, plus trips originating in Bloomfield and destined to Mountainside Hospital, Columbus Hospital, Clara Maass Hospital and Montclair Community Hospital (or originating at the hospital and destined to Bloomfield).

(2) Out-of-town-rates: three dollars ($3.) for the first mile and seventy-five cents ($0.75) for each one-fourth (1/4) mile [i.e., three dollars ($3.) per mile].

(3) Waiting time. Waiting time will be twenty-one dollars ($21.) per hour, calculated at thirty-five cents ($0.35) per minute.

B. A single fare shall be charged for any group of passengers boarding the taxicab at the same point and discharging from the taxicab at the same point.

C. The first passenger to board a cab has the option of permitting the driver to pick up or not to pick up additional passengers going in the same direction.

D. There shall be no extra charge for a reasonable amount of hand luggage or for a reasonable quantity of bundles when a passenger is picked up at a supermarket or shopping area.

E. If a meter is inoperative, the taxicab shall either be withdrawn from service or else not used for local work. It can only be used for out-of-town trips where flat rates prevail.

F. In situations where a dispute arises with respect to the fare, the passenger shall, upon demand, receive a signed receipt for the amount of the payment made, and he may thereafter take the matter up for adjustment with the Police Department, taxi company or Transportation Committee. It shall be the obligation of the taxicab company to see that each driver has an adequate supply of proper receipts to give passengers. If a passenger advises a driver at the start of a trip that a receipt will be requested, the receipt should have the starting mileage, the mileage at the end of the trip, the fare paid and the date of the trip and shall be signed by the driver.

§ 241-10. Taximeters.

Every taxicab or other motor vehicle for hire licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall have an appropriate taximeter, showing the charge for each trip on the basis of the schedule in § 241-9.

§ 241-11. Display of license number and rates.

Every taxicab or other motor vehicle for hire licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall have the license number of such vehicle displayed thereon in a conspicuous place, and there shall also be fixed in every such vehicle, so that it can be conveniently read by any person therein, a card containing the name and post office address of the owner of the vehicle and the rates of fare established by § 241-9.

§ 241-12. Inspections.

It shall be the duty of the Police Department to inspect, from time to time, all taxicabs and other motor vehicles for hire licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

§ 241-13. Taxi stands.

A. The Police Department is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Council, to designate such places for public stands for such vehicles as it may deem proper and to make such regulations for the use of such stands as may be necessary to preserve order and promote public convenience. No conveyance which is not eligible for business on call shall be allowed to stand at any such public stand.

B. No owner or driver of any motor vehicle licensed under this chapter shall permit the vehicle to stand at any railroad station or place of public assemblage or entertainment, except in such places as shall be designated by the Police Department, nor shall he permit the vehicle to stand in front of the entrance to any store or other building without the consent of the occupant thereof or of the Police Department.

§ 241-14. Disputes over fares.

In case of any disagreement between the driver of any vehicle licensed under this chapter and a passenger therein as to the amount of fare which the driver is entitled to receive, it shall be the duty of such driver, at the request of the passenger, to convey the passenger to the police station and thereto submit the question to the officer in charge thereof, and the determination of such question by the officer shall be final as between the passenger and the driver.

§ 241-15. Conduct of owners and drivers.

No owner or driver of any motor vehicle licensed under this chapter shall:

A. Solicit patronage in a noisy, persistent or offensive manner, use indecent or profane language, annoy travelers or employ any other person to solicit patronage or, when his vehicle is not engaged, refuse to carry any orderly person and his ordinary traveling baggage to any place in the township.

B. Induce any person to employ him by intentionally misinforming or misleading such person as to the time or place of the arrival or departure of any train or other public conveyance or as to the location of any hotel, public place or residence within the township, nor shall any such owner or driver deceive any person or make false representations to him or convey any passenger to any other place or over any other route than that to which such passenger has instructed him to go.

C. Extort or demand from any passenger any sum other than he is entitled to receive under the provisions of this chapter.

D. Drive the same in a reckless manner or at a speed in excess of that allowed by law. Any person so offending shall be liable to a revocation of his driver's license by the Township Council.

E. Seek employment by repeatedly and persistently driving his taxicab to and fro in a short space before or by otherwise interfering with the proper and orderly access to or egress from any theater, hall, hotel, public resort, railway station or other place of public gathering.

F. Invite or permit loitering within or near his taxicab.

§ 241-16. Articles lost in taxicabs.

Every driver of a taxicab, immediately after the termination of any hiring or employment, must carefully search such taxicab for any property lost or left therein; any such property, unless sooner claimed or delivered to the owner, must be reported, in writing, by the driver or owner of the taxicab to the Traffic Bureau at police headquarters, with brief particulars and a description of the property, forthwith after the finding thereof.

§ 241-17. Violations and penalties.EN

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.

Chapter 247, TREES EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield: Art. I, 11-19-1962 as Ch. 24 of the 1962 Code. Section 247-12 added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, Provisions. Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Brush, grass and weeds -- See Ch. 84.

Property maintenance -- See Ch. 203.

Site plan review -- See Ch. 225.

Obstruction of vision by plant life -- See Ch. 230, Art. VIII.

Subdivision of land -- See Ch. 234.

ARTICLE I, General Provisions [Adopted 11-19-1962 as Ch. 24 of the 1962 Code]

§ 247-1. Permit required to cut or prune.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, without a written permit from the Township Council, to cut, break or injure any tree or plant or portion of any tree or plant planted or growing in any public highway, parking strip area or park or to cause, authorize or procure any person to cut, break or injure any such tree or plant or any portion thereof within the township.

B. Any person desiring for any lawful purpose to cut, prune or trim any tree in any public highway of the township may apply to the Council, and, if, in its judgment, the desired cutting, pruning or trimming appears necessary and the proposed method and workmanship thereof meet with its approval, the Council may thereupon issue a written permit for such work. Any work done under such permit must be performed in strict accordance with the terms thereof.

§ 247-2. Permit required to kill or remove.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill or remove or cause, authorize or procure the death or removal of any tree or plant planted or growing in any public highway, parking strip or park within the township without first having obtained a written permit from the Township Council.

B. Any person desiring for any lawful purpose to take down or remove any tree or plant in any public highway of the township shall apply to the Council, and, if, in its judgment, the desired taking down or removal appears necessary and the proposed method and workmanship thereof meet with its approval, the Council may thereupon issue a written permit for such work. Any work done under such permit must be performed in strict accordance with the terms thereof.

§ 247-3. Substances dangerous to trees or plants.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or using or having control or charge of gas or other substance deleterious to tree life to allow such gas or other substance to come into contact with the soil surrounding the roots of any tree in any public highway or of any tree or plant in any park in the township in such manner as to kill, destroy or injure any such tree or plant.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, authorize or procure any brine water, oil, liquid dye or other substance deleterious to tree life to lie, leak, pour, flow or drip on or into the soil about the base of a tree in any public highway or park in the township or on a sidewalk, road or pavement therein at a point whence such substance may be lying on or, by flowing, dripping or seeping into such soil or in any other manner whatever, injure such tree or to cause or procure such lying, leaking, flowing, dripping, seeping or injuring.

§ 247-4. Placement of stone or cement near tree roots.

It shall be unlawful for any person, except with a written permit from the Township Engineer, to place or maintain upon the ground in any public highway or park within the township any stone, cement or other material or substance in such manner as may obstruct the free access of air and water to the roots of any tree in any such highway or park.

§ 247-5. Tree-protection devices.

It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, misuse or remove or cause, authorize or procure any person to injure, misuse or remove any device set for the protection of any tree or plant in any public highway, park or parking street within the township.

§ 247-6. Contact with electrical wires.

It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, authorize or procure a wire or other conductor, charged with electricity, to come into contact with any tree in a public highway or with any tree or plant in a park in the township in such manner as may injure, abrade or kill such tree or plant.

§ 247-7. Ropes, wires and signs on trees.

It shall be unlawful for any person to attach or keep attached to any tree in any public highway or park in the township or to the guard or stake intended for the protection of such tree, any rope, wire, sign or any other device without a written permit from the Township Engineer.

§ 247-8. Horses and other animals.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to tie any horse or other animal to any tree in any public highway or park within the township.

B. No person having charge of any horse or other animal shall allow or cause it to injure any such tree. No person in charge of such horse or other animal shall cause or allow it to stand so that it can injure such tree.

C. No person shall permit any horse, mule, cow or other animal belonging to him or in his possession to destroy or injure the trunk, bark, limbs or leaves of any tree within the township or any of the sidewalks thereof.

§ 247-9. Permit required to plant trees.

It shall be unlawful for any person to plant or set out any shade tree or cause or authorize or procure any person to plant or set out any shade tree in or on any part of any public highway or park within the township without first obtaining from the Township Engineer a written permit to do so or without complying in all respects with the conditions set forth in such written permit.

§ 247-10. Planting of trees by township.

The township, at suitable times of the year, may plant or set out trees in the public highways of the township upon written request and application of an abutting property owner and upon the payment of the reasonable cost of the tree, which cost shall be fixed by resolution of the Township Council from time to time, as the circumstances may require. Approriations may be made in the annual budget of the township for the estimated cost of the number of trees to be planted in any year.

§ 247-11. Interference with township employees.

It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or cause or authorize or procure any interference with any of the officers, employees, agents or servants of the township while they are engaged in and about the planting, cultivating, mulching, pruning, spraying or removing of any tree in any public highway or park within the township or in the removing of any device attached to such tree or in such removing of stone, cement, sidewalk or other material or substance as may be necessary for the protection and care of any such tree.

§ 247-12. Violations and penalties. [Added 11-2-1987]

Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.

ARTICLE II, (Reserved) EN

§§ 247-13 through 247-23. (Reserved)

Chapter 252, VEHICLES, ABANDONED EN

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town (now Township) of Bloomfield 12-16-1963 as Ch. 17, Art. IIA, of the 1962 Code. Section 252-5 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Sale of motor vehicles from open-air lots -- See Ch. 177, Art. I.

Off-street parking -- See Ch. 187.

Taxicabs -- See Ch. 241.

Vehicles and traffic -- See Ch. 254.

§ 252-1. Definitions.

A. As used in this chapter, the terms "motor vehicle," "omnibus," "road tractor," "trailer," "truck," "truck tractor" and "vehicle" shall have the meanings stated and as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.

B. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

ABANDON -- Includes any motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer, truck, truck tractor and vehicle which:

(1) Is parked without the current year's registration or identification markers as required by law.

(2) Has been continuously parked in any of the places mentioned in this chapter for a period of forty-eight (48) hours.

(3) Is so disabled as to continue an obstruction to traffic and the driver or person owning or in charge thereof neglects or refuses to move the same to a place where it will not obstruct traffic.

(4) Is found to be mechanically inoperative.

(5) Is found without one (1) or more tires.

§ 252-2. Abandonment prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer, truck, truck tractor or vehicle on any public street or highway of the township; on any municipally owned or operated parking lot; on any property which is owned, leased or maintained by the township; on any property which is owned, leased or maintained by the Board of Education of the township; or on any property which is owned, leased or maintained by the Board of Recreation Commissioners of the township.

§ 252-3. Impoundment of vehicle; notice.

A. Whenever any member of the Police Department of the township finds any motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer, truck, truck tractor or vehicle abandoned on any public street or highway of the township or on any public property described in § 252-2, such member of the Police Department shall move or secure its removal to such garage or place as may be designated by the Chief of Police of the township as a garage or place for the impounding of such vehicles, and such vehicles shall be retained and impounded until the person owning the same shall first pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.

B. Whenever any vehicle is impounded as provided in this chapter, the Chief of Police or some member of the Police Department acting for him shall, within five (5) days from the date of impoundment, notify the registered owner, in writing, by personal service or by certified mail at the last known address of the owner, of the removal of such vehicle, the reason for its removal and the location of the vehicle.

§ 252-4. Sale of impounded vehicles; notice.

A. Whenever any vehicle impounded by the Police Department shall remain unclaimed for a period of ninety (90) days, the vehicle shall be sold under the direction of the Chief of Police at public auction to the highest bidder.

B. Such auction sale shall take place after notice of such sale has been given at least seven (7) days prior thereto by one (1) publication in a newspaper circulating in the township and upon mailing a copy of such notice to the owner of the vehicle by regular mail at least seven (7) days prior to the sale. The address of the owner as shown on the records of the State Division of Motor Vehicles shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this chapter.

§ 252-5. Violations and penalties.EN

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Chapter 254, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Township of Bloomfield 10-3-1988.EN Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Parking Violations Officer -- See Ch. 46.

Sale of motor vehicles from open air lots -- See Ch. 177, Art. I.

Parking for handicapped -- See Ch. 185.

Off-street parking -- See Ch. 187.

Taxicabs -- See Ch. 241.

Abandoned vehicles -- See Ch. 252.

ARTICLE I, General Provisions

§ 254-1. Definitions.

Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein.

§ 254-2. Repealer.

All former traffic ordinances of the Township of Bloomfield 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.

§ 254-3. Violations and penalties. [Amended 6-5-1991]

Unless another penalty is expressly provided 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 one hundred dollars ($100.) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or both.

ARTICLE II, Traffic Regulations

§ 254-4. Traffic control signals.

A. Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets described in Schedule I (§ 254-41), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

B. 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.

§ 254-5. Speed limits.

A. The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule II (§ 254-42), attached to and made a part of this chapter, is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.

B. Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained to effect the above-designated speed limits.

§ 254-6. One-way streets.

The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III (§ 254-43), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.

§ 254-7. U-turns.

No person shall make a U-turn on any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV (§ 254-44), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-8. Prohibited turns at intersections.

No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the locations described in Schedule V (§ 254-45), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-9. Prohibited right turns on red signal.

No person shall make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop indication) at any of the locations described in Schedule VI (§ 254-46), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-10. Through streets.

The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII (§ 254-47), atttached 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 the street intersecting the through street except where yield signs are provided for in the designations.

§ 254-11. Stop intersections.

The intersections described in Schedule VIII (§ 254-48), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.

§ 254-12. Yield intersections.

The intersections described in Schedule IX (§ 254-49), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as yield intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as provided therein.

§ 254-13. Lane use reservations.

The lane locations described in Schedule X (§ 254-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as lane use reservations, and traffic shall move only as indicated.

§ 254-14. No-passing zones.

No-passing zones are hereby established and shall be maintained along those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XI (§ 254-51), 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.

§ 254-15. Trucks over certain weights excluded.

Trucks in excess of the gross weights indicated are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII (§ 254-52), except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.

§ 254-16. (Reserved)

ARTICLE III, Parking, Standing and Stopping

§ 254-17. Regulations not exclusive.

The provisions of this Article imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138, any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.

§ 254-18. Parking prohibited at all times.

No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIV (§ 254-54), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-19. No stopping or standing.

No person shall stop or stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XV (§ 254-55), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-20. Parking prohibited certain hours.

A. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule XVI (§ 254-56) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVI, attached to and made a part of this chapter.

B. No person shall park any truck, truck tractor, trailer or bus upon any street in the township between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

§ 254-21. No stopping or standing certain hours.

No person shall stop or stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVII (§ 254-57) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVII, attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-22. Time limit parking.

No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule XVIII (§ 254-58) at any time between the hours listed in said Schedule XVIII of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule XVIII, attached to and made a part of this chapter.

§ 254-23. Angle parking.

No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIX (§ 254-59) except at the angle designated and only within the painted white stall lines.

§ 254-24. Loading zones.

The locations described in Schedule XX (§ 254-60), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.

§ 254-25. Taxi stands.

The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 254-61), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as taxi stands.

§ 254-26. Bus stops.

The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 254-62), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as bus stops.

ARTICLE IV, Emergency No Parking

§ 254-27. Designation of snow emergency no-parking areas.

A. Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the street or highway, no vehicle shall be parked on either side of any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XXIII (§ 254-63), attached to and made a part of this chapter.

B. The above parking prohibitions shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic.

C. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than forty-two dollars ($42.) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen (15) days or both. [Added 10-24-1994]

§ 254-28. Posting of signs.

A. Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon streets or parts of streets where temporary emergency no-parking signs are displayed. The Chief of Police, or in his absence the ranking police officer, is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting of said emergency no-parking signs when weather conditions, accidents, fires or public celebrations dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow of traffic.

B. Notification that the emergency no-parking signs are being or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting of the signs.

§ 254-29. Removal of vehicles.

Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this Article 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 shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.

§ 254-30. Effectiveness of Article.

The effectiveness of this Article is contingent upon signs being erected as required by law.

ARTICLE V, Metered Parking

§ 254-31. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, which are not defined in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes of this Article:

PARKING METER -- Any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this Article placed or erected for the a regulation of parking by authority of this Article. Each "parking meter" installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the Township Council and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time and, at the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.

PARKING METER SPACE -- Any space within a parking meter zone, which is adjacent to a parking meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street or lot adjacent to or adjoining the parking meters.

PARKING METER ZONE -- Any restricted on-street parking area or off-street parking lot upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.

§ 254-32. Designation of parking spaces.

The Township Council is hereby directed and authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking meter zones designated and described in Schedule XXIV (§ 254-64), said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street or lot. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.

§ 254-33. Installation of parking meters.

In said parking meter zones, the Township Council shall cause parking meters to be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or area immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided in § 254-32 of this Article. No parking meters shall be installed in areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138. The township shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters. Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, lawful money of the United States of America, for the period of time prescribed in § 254-34. Each device shall be so arranged that upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease, and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.

§ 254-34. Operation of parking meters.

Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter is located, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering the said parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in said meter such proper coin of the United States of America as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter, and when required by the directions on the meter, the operator of such vehicle, after the deposit of the proper coin, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with directions properly appearing thereon, and failure to deposit such proper coin and to set the timing mechanism in operation when so required shall constitute a violation of this Article. Upon the deposit of such coin (and the setting of the timing mechanism in operation when so required), the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which said parking space is located, provided that any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit a coin so long as his occupancy of said space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space and if the meter shall indicate such illegal parking, then and in that event such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this Article.

§ 254-35. Manner of parking.

When a parking meter space is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter space is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter shall have been installed at the head of and immediately adjacent to any parking space on a municipal off-street parking lot, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; provided, however, that in municipal off-street parking lots, signs shall be erected indicating that "head-on" parking only is permitted. In any event, a vehicle shall be parked within the lines marked on the pavement measuring such parking space.

§ 254-36. Violations.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article for any person to:

A. Cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone as herein described, or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone.

B. Permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.

C. Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.

D. Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Article.

E. Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.

F. Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.

§ 254-37. Reports of violations; citations.

A. It shall be the duty of the police officers, acting in accordance with instructions issued by the Chief of Police, to report:

(1) The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this Article.

(2) The state license number of such vehicle.

(3) That such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this Article.

(4) Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.

B. Each such police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this Article, and instructing such owner to report to the Municipal Court with regard to such violation.

§ 254-38. Impounding of vehicles.

Any vehicle left parked for a period exceeding expiration of the maximum parking time indicated during the hours of operation specified in the space in which the vehicle is parked shall be towed, under the direction of the Police Department, to a place designated by the Chief of Police for impoundment, subject to redemption by the owner upon payment of the reasonable cost of towing and storage set forth by the towing contractor who tows the vehicle in question.

§ 254-39. Purpose of meter deposits.

The coins required to be deposited in parking meters as provided herein are hereby levied and assed as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets and also the cost of supervising and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones created thereby, and to cover the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and use of the parking meters described herein.

§ 254-40. Collection of coins from meters; disposition thereof.

It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys deposited in said meters, and it shall be the duty of such person or persons so designated to remove from the parking meters the locked containers therein containing the coins so deposited in said meters and to deliver such locked containers to the Treasurer, who shall unlock them and count the funds contained in such containers and deposit such funds in the usual manner provided by law.

ARTICLE VI, Schedules

§ 254-41. Schedule I: Traffic Control Signals.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-4, traffic control signals shall be installed at the following described intersections:

Intersection

(Reserved)

§ 254-42. Schedule II: Speed Limits.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-5, speed limits are hereby established upon the following described streets or parts thereof:

Speed

Limit

Name of Street (mph) Location

(Reserved)

§ 254-43. Schedule III: One-Way Streets.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-6, the following described streets or parts of streets are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated:

Direction

Name of Street of Travel Limits

Abington Avenue West From Ampere Parkway to

Grove Street

Ampere Parkway East From the East Orange City

line to Bloomfield Avenue

Ampere Parkway West From Bloomfield Avenue to the

East Orange City line

Austin Place South Entire length

Baldwin Street East From Essex Avenue to Broad

Street

Beach Street East From Broad Street to Spruce

Street, Sundays from 7:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Beach Street West From John F. Kennedy Drive to

Spruce Street

Beardsley Avenue West From Ampere Parkway to Grove

Street

Beardsley Avenue West From Grove Street to Hoffman

Boulevard

Beekman Street East From East Passaic Avenue to

North Spring Street

Berkeley Avenue North From Bloomfield Avenue to

Watsessing Avenue

Berkeley Avenue South From Liberty Street to

Montgomery Street

Berkeley Place North From Bloomfield Avenue to

Franklin Street

Birch Street East From Mill Street to Broughton

Avenue

Broad Street North- On the curve south of the

east Soldiers and Sailors Monument

northeast into Franklin

Street

Burroughs Place West From Franklin Street to

Bloomfield Avenue

Byrd Avenue North- From East Passaic Avenue to

west West Passaic Avenue

Chapman Street South From Bay Avenue to Hoover

Avenue

Chester Avenue East From North Fifteenth Street

to Bloomfield Avenue

Chester Avenue West From Grove Street to LaFrance

Avenue

Clark Avenue South From Augustus Street to Bay

Avenue

Columbus Street South From Alva Street to

Bloomfield Avenue

Conger Street South From Bloomfield Avenue to

Municipal Plaza Extension

Crown Street North From Orange Street to John F.

Kennedy Drive North

Curtis Street North From Gillespie Road to

Valentine Road

Darling Avenue East From Meiser Road to High

Street

Darling Avenue West From West Passaic Avenue to

High Street

Driveway from and North From Broad Street to Broad

to the easterly Street

side of Broad

Street, located on

"The Green" between

Beach Street and

Belleville Avenue

Eaton Place East From William Street to Broad

Street

Edison Street North From Bloomfield Avenue to

Alva Street

Ella Street North From Watsessing Avenue to

Bloomfield Avenue

Elmwood Avenue West From Grove Street to LaFrance

Avenue

Farrandale Avenue West From Franklin Street to

Berkeley Avenue

Florence Avenue South From Franklin Street to

Watsessing Avenue

Floyd Avenue East From Grove Street to Ampere

Parkway

Floyd Avenue East From LaFrance Avenue to Grove

Street

Fontaine Avenue East From Parkway East to

Lexington Avenue

Fontaine Avenue West From Parkway East to Berkeley

Avenue

Gregory Terrace East Entire length

Halcyon Place East From Berkeley Avenue to

Parkway West

Harrison Street North From Franklin Street to

Newark Avenue

Hickory Street North From Vine Street to Liberty

Street

Hill Street South From Franklin Street to

Orange Street

Hinrichs Place South From Myrtle Street to Olive

Street

Hoover Avenue East From Broad Street to Morris

Place

Hoover Avenue East From Chapman Street to Bay

Avenue

Huck Road East From Skyview Road to the

Board of Education property

Irving Terrace South From Valentine Road to

Gillespie Road

Jefferson Avenue East From LaFrance Avenue to Grove

Street

Jersey Street North From Park Street to Park

Avenue

Lakewood Terrace North/ From Bay Avenue to Mill

East Street

Linden Avenue East From Thomas Street to

Glenwood Avenue

Leo Terrace South/ From West Passaic Avenue to

East East Passaic Avenue

Lexington Avenue East From Parkway West to

Farrandale Avenue

Lexington Avenue West From Franklin Street to

Farrandale Avenue

Liberty Street East From Williamson Avenue to

Berkeley Avenue

Mill Street South From Lakewood Terrace to Bay

Avenue

Molter Place North From Watsessing Avenue to

Orange Street

Morris Place North From Hoover Avenue to Bay

Avenue

Mt. Vernon Avenue North From Chapel Street to Howard

Street

Olive Street West From Kennedy Drive,

Bloomfield, to Prospect

Street, East Orange

North Fifteenth North From First Avenue to Chester

Street Avenue

North Fifteenth South From Chester Avenue to First

Street Avenue

North Seventeenth South From Bloomfield Avenue to

Street First Avenue

North Seventeenth South From 100 feet south of the

Street intersection with the

southerly line of Bloomfield

Street to Chester Avenue

North Sixteenth North From First Avenue to

Street Bloomfield Avenue

Orange Court West From Sherman Court to Orange

Street

Park Place North From Liberty Street to Beach

Street

Parkway East North From Fontaine Avenue to

Farrandale Avenue

Parkway East North From Lexington Avenue to

Fontaine Avenue

Parkway West South From Franklin Street to

Lexington Avenue

Perry Road East From Byrd Avenue to East

Passaic Avenue

Pettit Street West Entire length

Porter Place East From Walnut Street to

[Added 11-21-1988] Stockton Street

Rawson Street North Entire length

Rowe Place West Entire length

Royalton Place East From Grove Street to Ampere

Parkway

Second Street West From Glenwood Avenue to

Thomas Street

The service or North- From Bloomfield Avenue to

marginal road east Franklin Street

erected by the New

Jersey Highway

Authority running

along the eastern

boundary line of the

New Jersey Highway

Authority

Garden State

Parkway right-of-way

The service or North- From the bottom of the

marginal road east Bloomfield Avenue exit of the

erected by the New Garden State Parkway and the

Jersey Highway northerly side line of Crown

Authority, which is Street to Bloomfield Avenue

a continuation of

northerly end of

Lake Street

Sherman Court West From No. 1A Sherman Court to

Orange Court

Spruce Street South From Fremont Street to

Montgomery Street

State Street North From Bloomfield Avenue to

Liberty Street

State Street North From Liberty Street to Park

Street, Sundays from 7:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Summit Avenue South From Hoover Avenue to

Valentine Road

Thomas Street North From Maolis Avenue to

Washington Street

Turnbridge Place West From Ampere Parkway to Grove

Street

Vesper Place East From Berkeley Avenue to

Parkway West

Waldo Avenue East From Grove Street to Ampere

Parkway

Waldo Avenue East From LaFrance Avenue to Grove

Street

Waldo Avenue West From Grove Street to Hoffman

Boulevard

§ 254-44. Schedule IV: U-Turn Prohibitions.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-7, no person shall make a U-turn at any of the following locations:

Name of Street Location

Bloomfield Avenue From the Newark City line to the

Glen Ridge Borough line

Broad Street From Bloomfield Center to

Liberty Street

Broad Street From Estes Place to Highfield

[Added 9-18-1990] Road

Darling Avenue From Phil Place to the Nutley

Township line

Glenwood Avenue From the Lackawanna Railroad to

Bloomfield Avenue

High Street From the Nutley Township line to

West Passaic Avenue

Washington Street From Glenwood Avenue to Farrand

Street

§ 254-45. Schedule V: Prohibited Turns at Intersections.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-8, no person shall make a turn of the kind designated below at any of the following locations:

Direc- Pro-

Name of tion of hibited

Street Travel Turn Hours At Intersection of

Bloomfield East Left -- John F. Kennedy

Avenue Drive

Bloomfield East Left -- Municipal Plaza

Avenue

Bloomfield North Left -- Washington Street

Avenue or Glenwood

Avenue

Bloomfield South Left -- Broad Street or

Avenue Washington Street

Bloomfield West Left -- Conger Street

Avenue

Bloomfield West Left -- John F. Kennedy

Avenue Drive

Bloomfield - Left 6:00 p.m. to Franklin Street

Savings Bank 9:00 p.m.,

parking lot Monday

Bloomfield - Left 4:00 p.m. Franklin Street

Savings Bank to 6:00

parking lot p.m., Friday

Broad Street North Left -- Liberty Street west

of Broad Street

Broad Street North Left 7:00 a.m. to Parkview Drive

9:00 p.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

Broad Street South Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

or Washington

Street

Broad Street South Right 4:00 p.m. to Mountain Avenue

6:00 p.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

Broad Street South Right 4:00 p.m. to Overlook Terrace

6:00 p.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

Chester North Left -- North Fifteenth

Avenue Street

Columbus South Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

Street

East Passaic North Right 7:00 a.m. to Coeyman Avenue

Avenue 9:00 a.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

East Passaic North Right 7:00 a.m. to Ferncliff Road

Avenue 9:00 a.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

First -- Left -- Watchung Avenue

National Bank

Driveway

Franklin North Left -- Broad Street

Street

Franklin North Left -- Liberty Street

Street west of Broad

Street

Fremont West Left 6:00 p.m. to Franklin Street

Street 9:00 p.m.,

Monday

Fremont West Left 4:00 p.m. to Franklin Street

Street 6:00 p.m.,

Friday

Fremont West Left 9:00 a.m. to Franklin Street

Street 12:00 noon,

Sunday

Garden State -- Left -- Broad Street and

Milk Store West Passaic

Avenue

Glenwood North Left -- Washington Street

Avenue or Bloomfield

Avenue

Glenwood South Left -- Municipal Parking

Avenue Lot entrance 100

feet south of Washington

Avenue

High Street North Left 4:00 p.m. to Ferncliff Road

6:00 p.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

High Street South Right 4:00 p.m. to Ferncliff Road

6:00 p.m.,

Saturday,

Sunday

and holiday

excepted

Hoover Avenue North Left -- Chapel Street

John F. North Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

Kennedy Drive

John F. North Right -- Lake Street

Kennedy Drive

John F. South Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

Kennedy Drive

North North Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

Sixteenth

Street

Rickel's -- Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

parking lot

exit between

Ampere

Parkway and

Grove Street

Washington East Left -- Glenwood Avenue

Street or Bloomfield Avenue

Washington West Left -- Bloomfield Avenue

Street

§ 254-46. Schedule VI: Prohibited Right Turns on Red Signal. [Amended 12-19-1988; 4-16-1991]

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be unlawful for any person to turn a vehicle to make a right turn when facing a steady red signal (stop intersection) at the following locations, whenever an official sign is present prohibiting such a turn on the red signal.

Direction Prohibited Right Turn

Name of Street of Travel on Red Signal Onto

Arch Street North Dodd Street

Baldwin Street All Broad Street

Belleville Avenue All Broad Street, between the

hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday,

during normal school

sessions

Belleville Avenue All State Street, between the

hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday,

during normal school

sessions

Berkeley Avenue North Montgomery Street

Berkeley Avenue South Montgomery Street

Broad Street All Baldwin Street

Broad Street All Belleville Avenue, between

the hours of 7:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, during normal school

sessions

Broad Street All James Street

Dodd Street East Arch Street

Glenwood Avenue South Llewellyn Avenue

Glenwood Avenue South Maolis Avenue

James Street All Broad Street

Lindbergh Boulevard -- West Passaic Avenue,

between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.

and 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday,

during normal school

sessions

Maolis Avenue East Glenwood Avenue

Montgomery Street East John F. Kennedy Drive

Montgomery Street West John F. Kennedy Drive

Myrtle Street East Orange Street

Orange Street South Myrtle Street

Pitt Street All Broad Street

State Street All Belleville Avenue, between

[Added 12-19-1988] the hours of 7:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, during normal school

sessions

Watsessing Avenue West Orange Street

§ 254-47. Schedule VII: Through Streets.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-10, the following described streets or parts of streets are hereby desiguated 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.

Name of Street Limits

Abington Avenue From Ampere Parkway to the

Bloomfield - Newark boundary

line

Ampere Parkway From Bloomfield Avenue to the

Bloomfield - East Orange

boundary line

Arlington Avenue From Watsessing Avenue to the

Bloomfield - East Orange

boundary line

Bay Avenue From Broad Street to the Glen

Ridge - Bloomfield boundary

line

Bay Avenue From Hoover Avenue to Broad

Street

Beardsley Avenue From Ampere Parkway to the

Bloomfield - Newark boundary

line

Bellevue Avenue From Broad Street to the

Montclair Town line

Bell Street From Watchung Avenue to

Johnson Avenue

Berkeley Avenue From Watsessing Avenue to

Montgomery Street

Broughton Avenue From Bay Avenue to Watchung

Avenue

Chapel Street From Hoover Avenue to

Broughton Avenue

Chester Avenue From Ampere Parkway to North

Sixteenth Street

Coeyman Avenue From East Passaic Avenue to

the Bloomfield - Nutley

boundary line

Davey Street From Belleville Avenue to its

terminus

Essex Avenue From Benson Street to Bay

Avenue

Essex Avenue From Cambridge Road to Sunset

Avenue

First Avenue From North Thirteenth Street

to Ampere Parkway

Harrison Street From Franklin Street to the

Bloomfield - Belleville

boundary line

Hoover Avenue From East Passaic Avenue to

the Belleville line

Hoover Avenue From John F. Kennedy Boulevard

to Broad Street

Johnson Avenue From Broad Street to Clair

Street

LaFrance Avenue From Bloomfield Avenue to the

Bloomfield - East Orange

boundary line

Liberty Street From the northbound marginal

road to Berkeley Avenue

Linden Avenue From Glenwood Avenue to the

Borough of Glen Ridge boundary

line

Montgomery Street From Franklin Street to Spruce

Street

Montgomery Street From the easternmost marginal

road of the Garden State

Parkway to Willet

Street - Mill Street

North Spring Street From James Street to Valentine

Road

Orange Street From Myrtle Street to

Bloomfield Avenue

Prospect Street From Glenwood Avenue to the

Bloomfield - East Orange

boundary line

Ridge Avenue From James Street to Hoover

Avenue

State Street From Liberty Street to

Belleville Avenue

Stonehouse Road From Cambridge Road to Sunset

Avenue

Summit Avenue From James Street to Hoover

Avenue

Washington Street From Glenwood Avenue to the

Bloomfield - Glen Ridge

boundary line

Watsessing Avenue From Watsessing Centre to

Bloomfield Avenue

Watsessing Avenue From Orange Street to

Bloomfield Avenue

Watsessing Avenue From Bloomfield Avenue to

Franklin Street

Watsessing Avenue From Franklin Street to the

Bloomfield - Belleville

boundary line

West Street From Montgomery Street to Newark

Avenue

Williamson Avenue From Montgomery Street to

Liberty Street

Williamson Avenue [Repealed 2-1-1993]

§ 254-48. Schedule VIII: Stop Intersections.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-11, the following described intersections are hereby designated as stop intersections, and stop signs shall be installed as follows:

Direction

Stop Sign on of Travel At Intersection of

Arlington Avenue -- Hoffman Boulevard

Augustus Street -- Lakewood Terrace

Baldwin Place -- Newark Avenue

Baldwin Street -- East Passaic Avenue

Barbara Street Both Pleasant Avenue

[Added 10-4-1993]

Beach Street -- Spruce Street

Beardsley Avenue -- Hoffman Boulevard

Birch Street Both Pleasant Avenue

[Added 10-4-1993]

Bolten Place -- Sylvan Road

Brighton Avenue -- Morse Avenue

Carteret Street -- Glenwood Avenue

Chester Avenue -- North Fifteenth Street

Claremont Avenue -- Mountain Avenue

Conger Street -- Municipal Plaza

Extension

Cross Street -- Charles Street

Cross Street -- Ella Street

Darling Avenue -- High Street

Division Street -- Spring Street

East Passaic Avenue -- James Street

Elmwood Avenue -- LaFrance Avenue

Elston Street Both Pleasant Avenue

[Added 10-4-1993]

Farrandale Avenue -- Parkway West

Farrand Street Both Ward Street

Fisher Avenue -- Sadler Road

Florence Avenue -- Lexington Avenue

Fontaine Avenue -- Florence Avenue

Fontaine Avenue -- Lexington Avenue

Fremont Street -- Franklin Street

Fremont Street -- Oakland Avenue

Fremont Street -- Spruce Street

Gregory Terrace -- Bromley Place

Hazelwood Road -- Orchard Street

High Street -- Sylvan Road

James Street -- East Passaic Avenue and

the exit ramp from John

F. Kennedy Boulevard

Lakewood Terrace -- Mill Street

Lenox Terrace -- Morse Avenue

Martin Street Both Pleasant Avenue

[Added 10-4-1993]

Memorial Parkway -- Belleville Avenue

Morse Avenue -- Carteret Street

North Spring Street -- James Street

Oakwood Avenue -- Baldwin Place

Ohlson Avenue -- Sadler Road

Pettit Street -- Mill Street

Sadler Road -- East Passaic Avenue

School Street -- Garner Avenue

[Added 1-23-1995]

Spring Street -- James Street

Spruce Street -- Liberty Street

State Street -- Liberty Street

Sylvan Road -- Garrabrant Avenue

Valentine Road -- Hoover Avenue

Vesper Place -- Parkway West

Waldo Avenue -- Hoffman Boulevard

Ward Street -- Farrand Street

Watchung Place -- Sadler Road

Weaver Avenue -- Newark Avenue

West Street -- Newark Avenue

Williamson Avenue Both Hazelwood Road

[Added 2-1-1993]

§ 254-49. Schedule IX: Yield Intersections.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-12, the following described intersections are hereby designated as yield intersections, and yield signs shall be installed as follows:

Direction

Yield Sign on of Travel At Intersection of

(Reserved)

§ 254-50. Schedule X: Lane Use Reservations.

In accordance with the provisions of § 254-13, all vehicles shall move as described below:

Intersection Lane

(Location) Reserv