40:67-16.7 - Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities
40:67-16.7.Ā Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities
The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or the officer, in charge of streets in any municipality not having a chief executive officer, if he shall find that a safety problem exists for ingress and egress to any publicĀ or private school or for the provision of recreational facilities for childrenĀ attending such school, or both, due to lack of a suitable area surrounding theĀ school, to close by regulation any portion of any street within the block uponĀ which such school is located, to the use of through traffic during such time asĀ he shall determine, not to exceed 1 hour between 7:30 and 10:00 A.M., 2 hoursĀ between 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and 1 hour between 2:30 and 4:30 P.M., on anyĀ days upon which such school is in session and to permit the use of said portionĀ of said street, during said hours, for ingress and egress to such school, andĀ for the use by the pupils of such school for recreational purposes, underĀ proper supervision and to provide adequate police facilities for suchĀ supervision and for the control of traffic upon such portion of said street,Ā which ordinance shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs in saidĀ street indicating that said street is so closed and the purpose thereof, duringĀ the time when the same is so closed and shall provide penalties for theĀ violation of the terms of such ordinance or of any regulation promulgatedĀ thereunder.
L.1964, c. 158, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1964.
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The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or the officer, in charge of streets in any municipality not having a chief executive officer, if he shall find that a safety problem exists for ingress and egress to any publicĀ or private school or for the provision of recreational facilities for childrenĀ attending such school, or both, due to lack of a suitable area surrounding theĀ school, to close by regulation any portion of any street within the block uponĀ which such school is located, to the use of through traffic during such time asĀ he shall determine, not to exceed 1 hour between 7:30 and 10:00 A.M., 2 hoursĀ between 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and 1 hour between 2:30 and 4:30 P.M., on anyĀ days upon which such school is in session and to permit the use of said portionĀ of said street, during said hours, for ingress and egress to such school, andĀ for the use by the pupils of such school for recreational purposes, underĀ proper supervision and to provide adequate police facilities for suchĀ supervision and for the control of traffic upon such portion of said street,Ā which ordinance shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs in saidĀ street indicating that said street is so closed and the purpose thereof, duringĀ the time when the same is so closed and shall provide penalties for theĀ violation of the terms of such ordinance or of any regulation promulgatedĀ thereunder.
L.1964, c. 158, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1964.
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