2692-22 Ordinance - Speed Limits - Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Jones Place.pdf

2692-22 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-29.1, SPEED LIMITS, GENERAL, 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 Speed Limit on Mt. Pleasant Avenue between Prospect Avenue and Jones Place, an Essex County Road, be established at 25 miles per hour 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 establish a Speed Limit of 25 Miles per hour on Mt. Pleasant Avenue between Prospect Avenue and Jones Place, an Essex County Road, 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 7-29.1, Speed Limits, General, 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 Direction Speed Limit Location Mt. Pleasant Avenue Both 25 mph From Prospect Avenue to Jones Place Section 4. 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 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 All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.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 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. Section 7. This Ordinance is subject to the consent, by Resolution, of the Essex County Commissioners. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Robert D. Parisi, Mayor Susan McCartney, Council President ____________________________________ Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C., Municipal Clerk Introduced: July 19, 2022 Adopted: August 9, 2022

2692-22 Legislative History The Ordinance, which amends the Traffic Regulations of the Township, establishes a Speed Limit of 25 miles per hour (mph) on Mt. Pleasant Avenue, between Prospect Avenue and Jones Place, an Essex County Road. The Municipal Engineer reviewed data on vehicular speeds and vehicular volumes along Mt. Pleasant Avenue and crash data. The Municipal Engineer under his Professional Engineer’s License GE026706 determined the criteria of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b) were met to establish a Speed Limit of 25 mph. Since this is an Essex County Road, the consent of the Essex County Commissioners by Resolution is required.