2684-22 Multiway Stop Ord. - Edgewood Avenue and Edgewood Avenue - North Edgewood Avenue and Old Indian Road - Gavin Road.pdf

2684-22 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-19, THROUGH STREETS AND 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 the Municipal Streets Edgewood Avenue between Rock Spring Avenue and Fairview Avenue and Edgewood Avenue/North Edgewood Avenue between Fairview Avenue and Old Indian Road/ Gavin Road be designated a Through Street with Stop signs on all approaching and intersecting streets 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 the Municipal Streets Edgewood Avenue between Rock Spring Road and Fairview Avenue and Edgewood Avenue/ North Edgewood Avenue between Fairview Avenue and Old Indian Road/ Gavin Road be designated a through street with stop signs on all approaching and intersecting streets 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 7-19, Through Streets, 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): Name of Street Limits: Edgewood Avenue Rock Spring Avenue and Fairview Avenue Edgewood Avenue Fairview Avenue and Old Indian Road/ Gavin Road Section 4. 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): Intersections Stop Signs On: Edgewood Avenue and Arverne Road Arverne Road Edgewood Avenue and Lessing Road Lessing Road Section 5. If any provisions of the 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 6. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 7. 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 than 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: April 26, 2022 Adopted: May 10, 2022

2684-22 Legislative History The Ordinance, which amends the Traffic Regulations of the Township, designates Edgewood Avenue between Rock Spring Avenue and Fairview Avenue and Edgewood Avenue/ North Edgewood Avenue between Fairview Avenue and Old Indian Road/ Gavin Road be designated a Through Street with Stop signs on all approaching and intersecting streets. Due to the volume of traffic along Edgewood Avenue, Edgewood Avenue is designated as the major street with all interesting streets the minor street. This includes Westview Road, Old Salem Road, Nymph Road, Elf Road, Kingwood Road, Lessing Road, Arverne Road, Barone Road and Edgar Road. All of these roads except Lessing Road and Arverne Road form a “T” intersection with Edgewood Avenue. The other two are a four-way intersection. The Township's Engineering Division determined that traffic needed to be regulated on all minor street approaches to these intersections for the safe movement of traffic through them. Currently only Lessing Road and Arverne Road are regulated with Stop signs. The other streets of Rock Spring Avenue, Fairview Avenue and Old Indian Road/ Gavin Road are all multiway stops.