New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - TRAFFIC CONTROL ON, AND USE OF, NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 19:9-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Abandoned vehicle" means any vehicle whose occupants leave
					 the vehicle unattended on the Roadway for any reason for any period of
					 time.
"Amphitheater" means the theater and lawn areas within the
					 confines of the fence which surrounds the theater located at the Arts
					 Center.
"Arts Center" means the amphitheater, plaza, buildings,
					 mall, all roads leading to and from the amphitheater, all parking areas
					 supporting the amphitheater, and surrounding lands located on the Parkway in
					 Holmdel, New Jersey.
"Authority" means the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the
					 body corporate and politic defined in
					 N.J.S.A.
					 27:23-1 et seq., acting by and through the
					 duly appointed Commissioners of the Authority and their designees.
"Authority's Standard Specifications" means the 7th Edition
					 2016 New Jersey Turnpike Authority's Standard Specifications, as may be updated
					 from time to time.
"Bicycle" means any vehicle with two wheels supported by a
					 frame propelled by the feet acting upon pedals.
"Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Authority,
					 composed of members (as described in
					 N.J.S.A.
					 27:23-1 et seq.) whose numbers,
					 qualifications, appointments, and terms of office are as provided for by
					 N.J.S.A.
					 27:23-3.
"Bus" means any motor vehicle designed for transporting 10
					 or more passengers and shall include any vehicle registered as an omnibus,
					 school bus, or school vehicle with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or
					 similar agency from another state, provided that such vehicle is designed for
					 transporting 10 or more passengers.
"Commercial vehicles" means every type of motor driven
					 vehicle used for commercial purposes on the Roadway, such as the transportation
					 of goods, wares, and merchandise.
"Commissioner" means a member of the Board of the
					 Authority.
"Construction equipment" means all vehicles, machinery and
					 equipment enumerated in
					 39:3-20.
"Day" means a business day; that is, any day other than
					 Saturday, Sunday, or a State holiday, unless otherwise specified.
"Discharge" means the unintentional or intentional action
					 or omission resulting in the releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
					 emitting, emptying, abandonment or dumping of a hazardous or non-hazardous
					 material or waste into or on the land, water or air. This shall also include
					 the disposal of containers or hazardous materials into receptacles for trash or
					 recycling at any location on any Roadway.
"Gross combination weight rating (G.C.W.R.)" means the
					 value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination
					 vehicle.
"Gross vehicle weight rating (G.V.W.R.)" means the value
					 specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
"Gross weight" means the combined weight of a vehicle and
					 any load thereon.
"Hazardous material" means any material or substance that
					 is capable of posing a risk to health, safety, and property or as set forth in
					 N.J.A.C.
					 7:1E-1.7, 7:26-8, 40 CFR Part 261 and 49 CFR
					 Part 172, as amended or recodified.
"Heavy truck" means a truck with two axles and four tires
					 weighing more than 10,000 pounds, a truck with two axles and six or more tires,
					 or a truck with three or more axles.
"Interstate 95 Extension" means that portion of Interstate
					 Highway 95 previously maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
					 and transferred to the Authority by
					 27:23-23.7, beginning at Turnpike
					 milepost 117.9+ and thence in a general northerly direction to milepost 122.0+,
					 and all bridges, tunnels, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas,
					 approaches, toll houses, service areas, service stations, service facilities,
					 communication facilities, and administration, storage and other buildings which
					 the Authority may deem necessary for the operation of such extension, together
					 with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the
					 Authority for the construction or the operation of such extension and all other
					 property within the Interstate 95 Extension right-of-way.
"Loitering" means remaining idle in essentially one
					 location and shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or
					 walking about aimlessly, and which also includes the colloquial expression
					 "hanging around."
"Motorcycles" means all motor operated vehicles of the
					 bicycle or tricycle type, whether the motor power being a part thereof or
					 attached thereto and having a saddle or seat with driver seat astride or upon
					 it, excluding motorized scooters and motorized bicycles as defined in
					 N.J.S.A.
					 39:1-1, and any other vehicle not eligible to
					 be registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for use on
					 "limited-access highways" of this State, as defined in
					 N.J.S.A.
					 39:1-1.
"Motor trucks" means every motor vehicle designed, used or
					 maintained primarily for the transportation of property, which property is not
					 affixed to or a necessary part of the design or construction of the vehicle
					 itself.
"Official traffic control devices" means only those
					 electronic or static signs, signals, markings, and elements approved and
					 accepted by the Authority and placed, erected, or caused to be placed or
					 erected by the Authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding
					 traffic on the Roadway.
"Parkway" means the express highway, superhighway, or
					 motorway known as the Garden State Parkway, owned and operated by the Authority
					 under the provisions of
					 N.J.S.A.
					 27:23-1 et seq., and shall include, but not
					 be limited to, the Parkway Right-of-Way, all bridges, tunnels, underpasses,
					 interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, service
					 stations, service facilities, maintenance and communication facilities, and
					 administration, storage, State Police, and other buildings that the Authority
					 may deem necessary for the operation of the Parkway, together with all
					 property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the
					 Authority for the construction, maintenance, or operation thereof and all other
					 property within the Parkway Right-of-Way, the Arts Center, the New Jersey
					 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and all real property and any improvements thereon
					 owned by or operated under the jurisdiction of the Authority and any
					 improvements thereon. The term "Parkway" shall not include the Turnpike.
"Parkway-Right-of-Way" means the area continued within the
					 right-of-way lines as designated on the Parkway parcel property maps filed in
					 the respective county clerk's office of each county in which the Parkway is
					 located.
"Passenger vehicles" means all automobiles used and
					 designed for the transportation of passengers other than omnibuses and school
					 buses.
"Recreational vehicle" means a self-propelled or towed
					 vehicle equipped to serve as temporary living quarters for recreational,
					 camping or travel purposes and used solely as a family or personal
					 conveyance.
"Roadway" means, collectively, the Turnpike and the
					 Parkway.
"Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive
					 power, including, but not limited to, a pole trailer, designed for carrying
					 persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed
					 that some parts of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by
					 another vehicle.
"Telegraph Hill Nature Area" means that approximately 400
					 acre tract including, but not limited to, forest, groves, gardens, picnic
					 areas, nature trails, exercise areas and any improvements thereon, also
					 encompassing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Arts Center, located in
					 Holmdel, New Jersey.
"Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power,
					 including, but not limited to, a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or
					 property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part
					 of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
"Truck-tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used
					 primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load
					 other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
"Turnpike" means the express highway, superhighway, or
					 motorway known as the New Jersey Turnpike, owned and operated by the Authority
					 under the provisions of
					 N.J.S.A.
					 27:23-1 et seq., and shall include, but not
					 be limited to, the Turnpike Right-of-Way, all bridges, tunnels, underpasses,
					 interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, service
					 stations, service facilities, maintenance and communication facilities, and
					 administration, storage, State Police, and other buildings that the Authority
					 may deem necessary for the operation of the Turnpike, together with all
					 property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the
					 Authority for the construction, maintenance, or operation thereof and all other
					 real property within the Turnpike Right-of-Way and all real property and any
					 improvements thereon owned by or operated under the jurisdiction of the
					 Authority. The term "Turnpike" shall not include the Parkway.
"Turnpike Right-of-Way" means the area continued within the
					 right-of-way lines as designated on Turnpike parcel property maps filed in the
					 respective county clerk's office of each county in which the Turnpike is
					 located.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which a person
					 or property is or may be transported upon a highway.
"Vehicle classifications" means the following
					 classifications of vehicles as used for toll purposes only, and which have no
					 relation to the manner in which vehicles are defined in this chapter:
Class 1 - 2-Axle Passenger Vehicle - any two-axle single
					 tire vehicle;
Class 2 - 2-Axle Dual Tire Vehicle - any two-axle dual tire
					 vehicle;
Class 3 - 3-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of
					 vehicles with or without trailers totaling three axles;
Class 4 - 4-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of
					 vehicles with or without trailers totaling four axles;
Class 5 - 5-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of
					 vehicles with or without trailers totaling five axles;
Class 6 - 6-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of
					 vehicles with or without trailers totaling six or more axles;
B-2 -- 2-Axle Bus -- any two-axle bus capable of carrying
					 10 or more passengers; and
B-3 -- 3-Axle Bus -- any three-axle bus capable of carrying
					 10 or more passengers.
"Vietnam Veterans Memorial" means the structure containing
					 an open-air memorial to the New Jersey servicemen and women who were killed or
					 reported missing in action in the Vietnam Conflict, its environs, including,
					 but not limited to, the Vietnam Era Education Center, located in Holmdel, New
					 Jersey.