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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-45 - Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity

40:66A-45. Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity
Any solid waste management authority may cause to be published in a newspaper published in the district a notice stating the date of adoption of such bond resolution, the amount and maturities of the bonds authorized to be issued, and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. If no such action or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of such notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action of proceeding, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 12, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-46 - Negotiability of bonds or obligations

40:66A-46. Negotiability of bonds or obligations
Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable in the meaning and for all purposes of the law merchant and negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder or owner of such a bond or other obligation, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting such bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such bond, obligation or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of said law merchant and negotiable instruments law.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 13, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-49 - Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit

40:66A-49. Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit
Neither the member of the solid waste management authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a solid waste management authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or municipality.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 16, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-50 - Real property, acquisition of; condemnation

40:66A-50. Real property, acquisition of; condemnation
Every solid waste management authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within the district, which may be deemed by the solid waste management authority necessary for its purpose. Such solid waste management authority is hereby empowered to acquire and take such real property by condemnation, in the manner provided by chapter 1 of Title 20, Eminent Domain, of the Revised Statutes (R.S., section 20:1-1 et seq.) and, to that end, may invoke and exercise in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed in said chapter, either in its own name or in the name of any local unit or units, all of the powers of such local unit or units to acquire or take property for public use.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 17, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-51 - Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection

40:66A-51. Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection
(a) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the solid waste management authority on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1% per month until such service charge, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the solid waste management authority.
(b) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property owned by any person, firm, corporation or association shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accruing thereon shall be a lien on such parcel. Such lien shall be superior and paramount to the interest in such parcel of any owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee or other person except the lien of State, county and municipal taxes and shall be on a parity with and deemed equal to the lien on such parcel of State, county and municipal taxes.
(c) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, the solid waste management authority may, in its discretion, discontinue the furnishing of any of the services and facilities of said garbage and solid wastes disposal system until such service charge and any subsequent service charge with regard to such parcel and all interest accrued thereon shall be fully paid to the solid wastes management authority.
(d) The collector or other officer of every municipality charged by law with the duty of enforcing municipal liens on real property shall enforce, with and as any other municipal lien on real property in such municipality, all service charges and the lien thereof and shall pay over to the solid waste management authority the sums or a pro rata share of the sums realized upon such enforcement or upon liquidation of any property acquired by the municipality by virtue of such enforcement.
(e) In the event that any service charge of a solid waste management authority shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accrued thereon, together with attorneys' fees and costs, may be recovered by the solid waste management authority in a civil action, and any lien on real property for such service charge and interest accrued thereon may be foreclosed or otherwise enforced by the solid wastes management authority by action or suit in equity as for the foreclosure of a mortgage on such real property.
(f) All rights and remedies granted by this act for the collection and enforcement of service charges shall be cumulative and concurrent.
L.1968, c. 149, s. 18, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-52 - Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit

40:66A-52. Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit
Any county, by resolution of its board of chosen freeholders, or any municipality, by ordinance of its governing body, or any other person is hereby empowered, without any referendum and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any solid waste management authority, or to permit any solid waste management authority in use, maintain or operate as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, any real or personal property owned by it, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the solid waste management authority and which may be accepted by the solid waste management authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and in any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality or other person and which may be agreed to by the solid waste management authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of bonds, the solid waste management authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality or other person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 19, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-54 - Public bodies to pay service charges

40:66A-54. Public bodies to pay service charges
Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to a solid waste management authority all service charges which the solid waste management authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property and shall provide for the payment thereof in the same manner as other obligations of such county, municipality or public body.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 21, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-55 - Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions

40:66A-55. Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions
Neither the solid waste management authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, except that the solid waste management authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be not longer necessary for the purposes of the solid waste management authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. All property of a solid waste management authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a solid waste management authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by a solid waste management authority on its system revenues.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 22, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-56 - Bonds as legal investments

40:66A-56. Bonds as legal investments
Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 23, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-57 - Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation

40:66A-57. Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation
Every garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other property of a solid waste management authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes.
To the end that municipalities may not suffer undue loss of tax revenue by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by a solid waste management authority, every solid waste management authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into an agreement or agreements with any municipality, whereby such solid waste management authority will undertake to pay a fair and reasonable sum or sums to compensate the said municipality for a loss of revenue in connection with any property acquired and owned by such solid waste management authority in carrying out the provisions of this act. Any such payment or payments which a solid waste management authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make may be made on an annual basis, in which case the payment or payments shall not be less than the amount of taxes upon the property which last assessed prior to its acquisition by the solid waste management authority. Every municipality wherein the property shall be acquired by any solid waste management authority is hereby empowered to enter into such agreement or agreements with the solid waste management authority to accept the payment or payments which every solid waste management authority is herein authorized, empowered and directed to make.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 24, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-58 - Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders

40:66A-58. Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders
The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this act that the State will not authorize or permit the construction or maintenance of any incinerator or garbage and solid wastes disposal system which may be competitive with the garbage and solid wastes disposal system of the solid waste management authority, and will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the solid waste management authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate its garbage and solid wastes disposal system, and to fix, establish, charge and collect its service charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, and will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until such bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 25, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-59 - Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits

40:66A-59. Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any solid waste management authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the solid waste management authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the solid waste management authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the solid waste management authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the solid waste management authority. The deposits of the solid waste management authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the solid waste management authority and such bank or banking institution.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 26, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-60 - Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services

40:66A-60. Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services
After the creation of a solid waste management authority as provided herein, no municipality within the district shall have power to engage in, grant any license or permit for, or enter into any contract for the collection or treatment and disposal of garbage, refuse and solid wastes; and no such municipality, or any person, firm, corporation or association shall engage in any activities within such municipality which would be competitive with the purposes of the solid waste management authority as provided in this act provided however, that the prohibitions aforesaid shall not be applicable to that activity (to wit: either the collection or disposal of solid wastes) in which any such solid waste management authority shall determine not to engage.
It is hereby determined and declared that it is necessary for the health and welfare of the inhabitants of every district within which a solid waste management authority is created that the facilities and services of such solid waste management authority shall be used by the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises within such district, and the solid waste management authority may by resolution require the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises therein to use the services and facilities of the solid waste management authority under such rules and regulations as the solid waste management authority shall fix and establish.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed, however, to affect or impair any contract entered into prior to the creation of a solid waste management authority.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 27, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-61 - Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities

40:66A-61. Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities
This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 28, eff. Aug. 16, 1968. Amended by L.1968, c. 382, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-62 - Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage and solid wastes disposal plants

40:66A-62. Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage and solid wastes disposal plants
Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent or prohibit any municipality from erecting, constructing, operating and maintaining an incinerator or garbage and solid wastes disposal plant or other means for the disposition of garbage and solid wastes in any manner or by any means by which the same may now lawfully be erected, constructed, operated or maintained.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 29, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-63 - Partial invalidity

40:66A-63. Partial invalidity
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act in any one or more instances or under any one or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance.
L.1968, c. 249, s. 30, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:66A-64 - Dissolution

40:66A-64. Dissolution
The governing body of any local unit which has created a solid waste management authority or the governing bodies of any two or more local units which have joined in the formation of such an authority, by ordinance, or parallel ordinances, as the case may be, may dissolve such authority upon the condition that a. the members of the authority have not been appointed, the authority, by resolution duly adopted consents to such dissolution or the governing body desires to join in the creation of another authority under this or another law and b. the solid waste management authority has no debts or obligations outstanding or all creditors or obligees of the authority have consented to its dissolution.
A copy of the dissolution ordinance or ordinances, certified by the appropriate municipal official, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon proof of such filing the authority shall be dissolved.
L.1975, c. 216, s. 2, eff. Oct. 7, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-2 - Ordinances and resolutions filed

40:67-2. Ordinances and resolutions filed
A copy of any ordinance or resolution ascertaining and establishing the boundaries, laying out, accepting the dedication of, widening, straightening, extending or changing in any manner the location of any street or highway, or portion thereof, or of any square, beach or other public place, together with a map showing the location, bounds and dimensions thereof, shall, after the passage of the same, be filed in the office wherein conveyances of lands are recorded in the county in which the municipality is situated.
Amended by L.1950, c. 10, p. 33, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1950.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-3 - Hack or cab stands at hotels

40:67-3. Hack or cab stands at hotels
The owner or lessee of any public hotel maintaining fifty or more rooms for the accommodation of travelers may, with the permission of the body having control of the streets, designate a space in the street in front of the hotel as a hack or cab stand, and the hacks or cabs which shall be permitted to occupy the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-4 - Materials for street improvements

40:67-4. Materials for street improvements
In the making of any street improvement a municipality may use any material the governing body may deem best suited therefor, and in ascertaining the cost of any improvement for the purpose of certifying the same to the assessing officer or board, may determine the value of any old material used by the municipality in such work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-5 - Streets occupied by railroad; improvement of; cost apportioned

40:67-5. Streets occupied by railroad; improvement of; cost apportioned
In any municipality where a railroad company occupies and uses a part of any street or highway and the company is charged with the duty of paving or maintaining any portion thereof the governing body may agree with the company as to the proportion of the cost of any improvement thereof contemplated by the municipality to be paid by the company. After making such agreement the municipality may proceed to make the whole improvement and the company shall pay to the municipality the proportion of such cost to be paid by it as soon as the amount thereof is determined by the governing body.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-6 - Conduits for wires; rental; construction by utility corporation

40:67-6. Conduits for wires; rental; construction by utility corporation
Every municipality may lay and construct in its streets and public places conduits for carrying wires, and place therein wires owned or controlled by it, and may rent to persons space therein for their wires. The governing body may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances, authorizing public utility corporations to lay and construct conduits in the streets and public places to carry the wires of any such persons.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-6.1 - Permits to United States; conduits; manholes or other appurtenances

40:67-6.1. Permits to United States; conduits; manholes or other appurtenances
The governing body of any municipality shall have power to grant by resolution, subject to such terms and conditions as therein may be imposed, permission to the United States of America to lay conduits under the surface of public streets and under the surface of any public property of the municipality for the purpose of carrying wires, cables, or for other use thereof and for the construction of manholes and other appurtenances in connection therewith for use by any branch of the armed services in connection with National Defense, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey. Any such permission hereby authorized shall not be used or exercised for the conveyance of electric power for sale or distribution to the public.
L.1943, c. 209, p. 565, s. 1, eff. April 19, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-6.2 - Liability of municipality for injuries or damage as result of permits to United States

40:67-6.2. Liability of municipality for injuries or damage as result of permits to United States
No municipality shall be liable for injury to the person or damage to property as a result of any injury or damage sustained by reason of the construction, use or maintenance by the United States of America of any conduits, manholes or other appurtenances located in, on, over or under any public street, highway or public place, or public property of such municipality.
L.1943, c. 209, p. 565, s. 2, eff. April 19, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-7 - Change or improvement of streets; removal and relocation of tracks, poles and other property

40:67-7. Change or improvement of streets; removal and relocation of tracks, poles and other property
When, in the making of any improvement in any municipality any street or highway therein shall be changed or altered, the governing body may by resolution, and after hearing upon notice given as herein provided, order all persons maintaining any street railway tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures of any kind therein, to remove the same, and relocate them therein in conformity with the changed or altered street or highway. Notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing shall be given to all interested persons by leaving a copy thereof at their place of business in the municipality with the person in charge thereof, or if no place of business shall be maintained in the municipality, then by mailing such copy to the residence of any such person, or in the case of a corporation to the principal office of any such corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-8 - Municipal improvements affecting private structures

40:67-8. Municipal improvements affecting private structures
Whenever any improvement of any street or highway shall make necessary any work in connection with any street railway tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures of any kind owned or controlled by any person, all such work shall be done by such person as and when ordered by the governing body of the municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-9 - Municipality may do work if owner fails; recovery of cost

40:67-9. Municipality may do work if owner fails; recovery of cost
Where any person shall fail to comply with the direction of the governing body of a municipality to make any changes or to do any work referred to in sections 40:67-7 and 40:67-8 of this title the same may be made or done by the municipality at the expense of such person and the cost thereof recovered by the municipality in any court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-10 - Franchises and rights of owners unaffected by relocation

40:67-10. Franchises and rights of owners unaffected by relocation
When any tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures shall have been relocated as provided in this article the person owning the same shall have the same right to maintain and operate the same in the new location for the same length of time and in the same manner as he had in their former location at the time of and immediately before such removal.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-11 - Street improvements; house connections by owner

40:67-11. Street improvements; house connections by owner
Whenever any municipality shall have determined to pave, repave or otherwise improve any street or other public highway, or any portion thereof, wherein sewers, gas or water mains or pipes, or conduits for wires are located, and it will be necessary to excavate and tear up the improved portion of such street or other public highway to make private connections therewith after the proposed improvement is completed, the governing body thereof, in the ordinance providing for the improvement, or by a separate ordinance, may order the owner of any real estate fronting on the streets or other public highway, or portion thereof, not then connected with the sewer, gas or water mains or pipes or conduits for wires therein, to make the necessary connections therewith before the work upon the improvement shall be begun, and to prescribe the time within which such connections shall be made, which shall be not less than thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, or the body in charge of the work of the improvement may make such connections and assess the expense and costs thereof upon the real estate benefited.
The ordinance may provide the width of the lot or lots for which connections shall be made according to the character of the locality, and all connections shall be made in conformity therewith.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-12 - Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs

40:67-12. Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs
All owners of real estate upon the line of the proposed improvement when ordered to make such connections shall do so within the time prescribed. If the owner or owners of any real estate for which connections shall be so ordered, shall fail to comply with the ordinance ordering the same within the time limited therein, the body having charge of the work of the improvement shall make the connections and pay the expense and costs thereof, and such expense and costs shall be assessed upon the real estate benefited.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-12.1 - Taking land for improving roads or streets; procedure

40:67-12.1. Taking land for improving roads or streets; procedure
When a street or highway in any municipality has become closed or impassable, thus necessitating, in the opinion of the governing body of such municipality, the forthwith laying out, opening, widening or otherwise improving of the same or another street or highway, and lands or property, or any estate or interest therein, necessary for such purpose cannot be acquired by the municipality by agreement with the owner or owners thereof, whether by reason of disagreement as to the price, or the legal incapacity or absence of the owner or owners, or his or their inability to convey a valid title, or for any other reason or cause, such municipality shall have the right and power to enter upon and take such lands or property, or estate or interest therein in advance of making compensation therefor. In any such case, such municipality, promptly after such entry, shall institute proceedings according to law to fix the compensation to be paid the owner or owners of such property; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall apply to any land or other property acquired for or devoted to any public use by any board, commission or agency of the state of New Jersey, municipality or county of this state, or by any public utility as the same is defined by section 48:2-13 of the title Public Utilities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-12.2 - Time for fixing value of property; payment into court

40:67-12.2. Time for fixing value of property; payment into court
In fixing the compensation for any property taken in pursuance of section 40:67-12.1, the value of such property shall be fixed as of the date of the entry thereon by the municipality and the owner shall be entitled to interest upon the value of such property from the date of such entry to the date of payment of such compensation to the owner or into the court.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 729, s. 234, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-12.3 - Compensation for private structure or building maintained within boundaries of street

40:67-12.3. Compensation for private structure or building maintained within boundaries of street
Whenever a structure or building has been erected or maintained as private property within the limits or boundaries of a public street or highway for such a long period of time that the seizure, removal or abatement of the same by the municipality having jurisdiction and control of such street or highway, without compensation to the owner, would work a great hardship, the governing body of such municipality shall have full power and authority, in its discretion, to award compensation to the owner of such structure or building, in such manner and upon such terms as it may, by resolution, determine. The power and authority hereby granted shall include the right to defray the cost of removing, abating, vacating, repairing or rebuilding such structures or buildings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-13 - Street lighting; land, buildings and equipment

40:67-13. Street lighting; land, buildings and equipment
The governing body may by ordinance cause the streets, highways, parks and public places of the municipality to be lighted, and erect and maintain on and in such streets, highways, parks and public places, all proper poles, conduits, wires, pipes, fixtures and equipment, and may acquire, by purchase, condemnation or gift, all necessary real estate, and erect thereon all necessary buildings and equip the same with necessary equipment and machinery, all at public expense.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-14 - Contracts for street lighting; exception

40:67-14. Contracts for street lighting; exception
The governing body may contract with any persons for the lighting of the streets, highways, parks and public places for any term not exceeding five years. The contract may provide for the erection and maintenance of the necessary poles, wires, conduits and street equipment by the municipality or the contractor.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or repeal any statute providing for the creation of lighting districts in townships and lighting of the streets and public places therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-15 - Contract with county for street lighting; terms; powers conferred additional

40:67-15. Contract with county for street lighting; terms; powers conferred additional
The governing body of every municipality may enter into contract in writing with the county park commission of the county in which it is situated to contribute to the cost of lighting any street, public highway, or parkway, wholly or partly within the municipality and under the care and control of the park commission. The contract may provide for furnishing and maintaining the necessary poles, wires, conduits, fixtures and equipment and the lighting, upon such terms and for such period of years as may be agreed upon. The contract shall set forth the kind and character of lighting required, with full specifications and plans, the proportion of the cost of installation and maintenance to be contributed by each party thereto, the period for which the contract is to continue and such other terms and provisions as shall be mutually agreed upon.
This article shall not be construed to limit or impair any powers now conferred upon any municipality or county park commission, but as additional thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16 - Safety zones and other structures for traffic regulations; exceptions

40:67-16. Safety zones and other structures for traffic regulations; exceptions
The governing body may establish safety zones, erect, construct and maintain platforms, commonly called "safety aisles" ; standards commonly called "silent policemen" , beacon lights, guide posts and other structures which it may deem necessary for the safety and convenience of persons and vehicles using the streets of such municipality, but no such erections or constructions shall be made, operated or maintained on any state highway without permission of the state highway commission; nor shall any such erections or constructions be made, operated or maintained on any county road or county boulevard without permission of the board or body having control of or jurisdiction over such county road or boulevard.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.1 - System of truck routes; establishment; exclusion of trucks from other streets

40:67-16.1. System of truck routes; establishment; exclusion of trucks from other streets
The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, establish a system of truck routes in such municipality, subject to the provisions of this act. Any such ordinance may provide that all trucks having a total combined gross weight of vehicle plus load, in excess of four tons, shall be excluded from all streets in such municipality, except from those streets which form a part of the system of truck routes upon which trucks are permitted to travel and operate, which should be designated in the ordinance.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1929, s. 1, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.2 - Exceptions

40:67-16.2. Exceptions
Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent such trucks from making deliveries of merchandise or other property along streets from which such trucks are excluded or to authorize the exclusion from any street in any municipality of trucks used by public utility companies in connection with the construction, installation, operation or maintenance of public utility facilities.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 2, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.3 - State highway routes; county roads

40:67-16.3. State highway routes; county roads
Any system of truck routes established pursuant to any such ordinance shall provide suitable connection with all State routes entering and leaving such municipality. No State highway route shall be designated as part of such system of truck routes, nor shall any such truck be excluded from any State highway route without the approval of the State Highway Commissioner. No county road shall be designated as part of such system of truck routes, nor shall any such truck be excluded from any county road without the approval of the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 3. Amended by L.1956, c. 225, p. 790, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.4 - Marking routes

40:67-16.4. Marking routes
Any such ordinance shall provide for the conspicuous marking of the streets forming the truck routes. The marking shall be by signs so placed and maintained as to clearly show the truck routes by both day and night, and shall designate the weight of the trucks which are required to use such truck routes.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 4, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.5 - Enforcement; penalties

40:67-16.5. Enforcement; penalties
Any such ordinance shall provide for its enforcement and prescribe the penalties for violations within the limitations imposed by law.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 5, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.5a - Fines for violation of certain truck route ordinances; required signage.

40:67-16.5a Fines for violation of certain truck route ordinances; required signage.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a municipality with a system of truck routes established by ordinance pursuant to P.L.1953, c.354 (C. 40:67-16.1 et seq.) that excludes all trucks having a total combined gross weight in excess of four tons from certain municipal streets may, by ordinance, increase the penalties for violating the truck route ordinance while traveling on a street or road having a grade in excess of five percent as follows:
a. for a first violation a fine of not less than $2,500 or more than $3,000, and
b. for second or subsequent violations a fine of not less than $4,000 or more than $5,000.
A municipality that adopts an ordinance to increase penalties in accordance with this section shall place signs in appropriate locations to warn truck drivers in advance that a road grade in excess of five percent is ahead, that trucks in excess of four tons are prohibited from traveling on the grade, and that increased fines will be imposed for a violation of the prohibition.
L.2005,c.213,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.6 - Limiting use of streets to certain classes of vehicles

40:67-16.6. Limiting use of streets to certain classes of vehicles
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to be a limitation upon the authority of any such municipality to limit the use of streets to certain classes of vehicles pursuant to section 39:4-197 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 6, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.7 - Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities

40:67-16.7. 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 public or private school or for the provision of recreational facilities for children attending such school, or both, due to lack of a suitable area surrounding the school, to close by regulation any portion of any street within the block upon which such school is located, to the use of through traffic during such time as he shall determine, not to exceed 1 hour between 7:30 and 10:00 A.M., 2 hours between 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and 1 hour between 2:30 and 4:30 P.M., on any days upon which such school is in session and to permit the use of said portion of said street, during said hours, for ingress and egress to such school, and for the use by the pupils of such school for recreational purposes, under proper supervision and to provide adequate police facilities for such supervision and for the control of traffic upon such portion of said street, which ordinance shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs in said street indicating that said street is so closed and the purpose thereof, during the time when the same is so closed and shall provide penalties for the violation of the terms of such ordinance or of any regulation promulgated thereunder.
L.1964, c. 158, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.8 - Approval of regulation by director of division of motor vehicles

40:67-16.8. Approval of regulation by director of division of motor vehicles
No such regulation shall become effective unless and until it shall have been approved by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
L.1964, c. 158, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.9 - Closing of street for preservation of public safety, health or welfare; authorization by governing body by ordinance; regulations

40:67-16.9. Closing of street for preservation of public safety, health or welfare; authorization by governing body by ordinance; regulations
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, to provide by regulation for the closing of any street or portion thereof to motor vehicle traffic on any day or days or during specified hours on any day or days whenever he finds that such closing is necessary for the preservation of the public safety, health or welfare. Such ordinance and regulations promulgated thereunder shall provide for the posting of proper warning signs of such closing in any street or portion thereof during the time the same is closed in pursuance thereof and shall provide penalties for the violation of such ordinance or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
L.1971, c. 408, s. 1, eff. Jan. 20, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:67-16.10 - Ordinances and regulations; approval

40:67-16.10. Ordinances and regulations; approval
No ordinance or regulation adopted thereunder pursuant to this act shall become effective unless and until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Transportation of the Department of Transportation.
L.1971, c. 408, s. 2, eff. Jan. 20, 1972.