2537-18 STOP SIGN Overlook at Lawrence 2.27.18.pdf

2537-18 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-20, STOP INTERSECTIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey, that Lawrence Avenue and Overlook Avenue shall be designated as a Stop Intersection pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b) under the Municipal Engineer’s Certification and License Number GE026706 as follows: Section 1. The Township Council of the Township of West Orange finds it in the interest of public safety to designate Lawrence Avenue and Overlook Avenue as a Stop Intersection pursuant to N.J.S.A.39:4-8(b). Section 2. The Municipal Engineer of the Township of West Orange has submitted and certified all the legislative requirements pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b) and the criteria as set forth by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Engineering and Investigations has been met. Section 3. Subsection 7-20, Stop Intersections, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-140 (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Intersection Stop Sign On: Lawrence Avenue and Overlook Avenue Overlook Avenue

Section 4. If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof, under any circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any of the provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the valid provision(s) or application and to this end, the provisions of the Ordinance are severable. Section 5. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 6. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey Statute, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Ordinance or any supplement thereto shall be liable to the penalty of not more that fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) days or both, as per W.O.R.G.O. Chapter 7-4.2 ROBERT D. PARISI, MAYOR SUSAN McCARTNEY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT KAREN J. CARNEVALE, R.M.C., MUNICIPAL CLERK INTRODUCED: February 27, 2018 ADOPTED: March 13, 2018

2537-18 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY The Ordinance, which amends the Traffic Regulations of the Township, designates the intersection of Overlook Avenue and Lawrence Avenue as a Stop Intersection with a Stop Sign to be placed on Overlook Avenue, the minor street. The intersection is a tee intersection. Due to volume of traffic which travels on Lawrence Avenue, the Township’s Engineering Division determined that traffic needed to be regulated at this intersection for the safe movement of traffic. Without a Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue, the normal right-of-way rule is not expected to provide a reasonably safe operation of this intersection.

February 14, 2018 Mayor and Township Council Municipal Building 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 RE: AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC STOP INTERSECTIONS Council President McCartney, Ladies, and Gentlemen: The attached Ordinance will designate the intersection of Overlook Avenue and Lawrence Avenue as a Stop Intersection with a Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue. This intersection is a tee intersection with Overlook Avenue the minor street by traffic volume. I certify that this regulation is approved by me after investigation of the circumstances, and that it appears to be in the interest of safety and the expeditious movement of traffic. Based on this, I request this approval of this Stop Intersection pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b). I performed my investigation of this intersection by field inspection, manual traffic counts and accident investigations, and based on these findings I recommend this intersection be designated a Stop Intersection with a Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue. Based on the traffic counts, the Stop Sign will be placed on the minor street as prescribed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). A Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue is required since the normal right-of-way rule is not expected to provide reasonably safe operation of this intersection. If you have any questions on this regulation, please call me. Very truly yours, Leonard R. Lepore Leonard R. Lepore, Municipal Engineer Director of Public Works LRL/tp enc. cc: John K. Sayers Richard D. Trenk Police Chief James Abbott