2553-18 Amendment to Chapter 7 - Traffic - PVW.pdf

2553-18 September 25, 2018 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-29.1, SPEED LIMITS IN GENERAL, AND SUBSECTION 7-33, SCHOOL ZONES, 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 as follows: Section 1. Subsection 7-29.1, Speed Limits in General, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Name of Street Direction Speed Limit Location Pleasant Valley Way Both 40 MPH 40 MPH from the center of N.J. State Highway Route No. 10 (Mt. Pleasant Ave.) to 325 feet south of center of Greenwood Avenue, except for a School Speed Limit of 25 MPH from 100 feet north of the center of Cecil Lane Place to the northerly limits of this speed zone as described above while children are going to and from school during opening and closing hours. Pleasant Valley Way Both 30 MPH 30 MPH from 325 feet south of the center of Greenwood Avenue to the center of Marmon Terrace – Kenz Terrace except for a school speed limit of 25 MPH from 100 feet north of the center of Greenwood Avenue to the southerly limits of this speed zone as described above while children are going to and from school during opening and closing hours. Pleasant Valley Way Both 40 MPH 40 MPH from the center of Marmon Terrace – Kenz Terrace to the Municipal Boundary with Verona.

Section 2. Subsection 7-33, School Zones, of the Revised General Ordinance of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): School Street Location West Orange High School/ Pleasant Valley Way From Alisa Drive Pleasantdale School inclusive of the intersection to a point 200 feet south of the southerly curbline of Greenwood Avenue. West Orange High School/ Pleasant Valley Way From 100 feet north Kelly (Pleasantdale) of the center of Cecil Elementary School Lane Place to 100 feet north of the center of Greenwood Avenue. Section 3. If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof, under any circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision(s) or application(s) and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. Section 4. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with law and upon the approval by Resolution of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Robert D. Parisi, Mayor Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C., Municipal Clerk Susan McCartney, Council President Introduced: September 25, 2018 Adopted: October 16, 2018

2553-18 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY This Ordinance amends the limits of the School Speed Zone established by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ Resolution No. 24246 adopted September 24, 1964. The Ordinance also codifies in the West Orange Revised General Ordinances the speed limits established for Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange from the center of State Highway No. 10 to the Verona line by that same Freeholder Resolution. This Ordinances amends Ordinance No. 2488-16 by deleting the speed limits of 50 miles per hour and 45 miles per hour in both directions between Northfield Avenue and the center of State Highway No. 10. These speed limits were reduced to 40 miles per hour by Ordinance No. 2534-17. This Ordinance establishes the southerly limits of the School Speed Zone as 100 feet north of the center of Cecil Lane Place alongside Degnan Park, and it establishes the northerly limits of the school speed zone 100 feet north of the center of Greenwood Avenue alongside the PNC Bank. The previous limits were 570 feet north of the center of Lakeview Drive (the southerly limit) alongside Lincoln Field and 325 feet south of the center of Greenwood Avenue (the northerly limit) at the beginning of the Pleasantdale School. This Ordinance also amends the limits of the School Zone on Pleasant Valley Way for the West Orange High School and the Kelly (formerly Pleasantdale) Elementary School to coincide with the School Speed Zone Limits.