New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 41 - HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS › Subchapter 5 - PERMIT APPLICATIONS › Section 16:41-5.2 - Permit application categories

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Following is a
				list and an accompanying description of the different categories of permit
				applications:
1. Utility openings, which are
				for trenchless or open excavations for the purpose of constructing, maintaining
				(if no traffic interruption is involved), or installing subsurface utilities
				such as sewer lines, water lines, gas lines, fiber optic lines,
				telecommunication or electric conduits, or service connections within any
				portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of
				the Department.
2. Poles, which are
				for the erection, relocation, or replacement of poles, appurtenances, or other
				pole attachments located within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or
				property under the jurisdiction of the Department. Appurtenances shall include
				cable or guy anchors, and low mounted transformer supports. Pole attachments
				include, but are not limited to, call boxes, climbing rungs, transmission
				lines, cross arms, and transformers.
3. Curb, sidewalk or handicapped ramps, which
				are for the construction, repair, or replacement of curb, sidewalks, or
				handicapped ramps within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property
				under the jurisdiction of the Department.
4. Drainage facilities, which are for
				connecting to any Department drainage structure or installing drainage
				facilities within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under
				the jurisdiction of the Department, including any drainage work that impacts
				such rights-of-way or property. This includes construction or modification of
				inlets, manholes, headwalls, and other appurtenances, and any temporary
				connections to Department drainage facilities. If drainage activity is included
				in a highway access permit issued by the Department's Access Management Bureau,
				a separate drainage facilities highway occupancy permit shall not be
				required.
5. Landscaping, tree
				trimming, vegetation control, or unclassified landscaping, which is for
				planting, trimming, or removing trees, shrubbery, vegetation, and other forms
				of landscaping on State highway rights-of-way or property under the
				jurisdiction of the Department, other than that proposed as part of a
				vegetation canopy management plan.
6. Bridge attachments, which are for
				installing, laying, or connecting pipes, conduits, wires, cables, or other
				appurtenances on, over, under, or through viaducts, bridges, or other
				structures within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under
				the jurisdiction of the Department.
7. Pedestrian overpass or underpass, which
				are for permission to construct a structure to enable pedestrians or animals to
				cross over or under a State highway or property under the jurisdiction of the
				Department. The applicant shall own the property on both sides of the
				highway.
8. Grading, which are for
				excavating, filling, or otherwise changing the grade within any portion of
				State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the
				Department, but outside paved areas.
9. Guiderail, which are for the removal,
				installation, or modification of guiderail, pursuant to Section 8 of the New
				Jersey Department of Transportation Roadway Design Manual. Any person owning
				property that abuts Department rights-of-way may apply for permission to have
				guiderail removed within the State highway system or its jurisdictional
				limits.
10. Test holes or borings,
				which are for determining utility locations, underground structures, soil logs,
				and environmental sampling.
11.
				Monitoring wells, which are for monitoring water levels or
				contamination.
12. Crosswalks,
				which are for the installation of distinctly indicated paths for pedestrian
				crossing by striping or other marking on the highway surface.
13. (Reserved)
14. Bus shelters or benches, which are for
				the installation or removal of bus shelters or benches.
15. Banners, decorations or temporary
				announcement or guide signs, which are for the installation or removal of
				banners, decorations or temporary announcement or guide signs.
16. Parade or gatherings, which are for
				processions moving along or across, or for assemblages of people on, State
				highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the
				Department.
17. Temporary use,
				which is for continuous occupancy for a period of less than one year. Renewal
				of these permits is at the discretion of the Department. Anticipated occupancy
				of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the
				Department for greater than one year may require the execution of a lease
				through the Department's Office of Right-of-Way.
18. Detours off State highways or vice versa,
				which are for rerouting State highway traffic onto a street that is not a State
				highway or vice versa for a specific limited period of time. The permittee
				should plan and conduct the activity creating the detour in such a manner that
				maintains the movement of vehicular traffic in a safe and efficient
				manner.
19. Lane or shoulder
				closings on State highways, which are for restricting the available pavement
				widths or altering the normal traffic patterns.
20. Automatic traffic counting procedures,
				which includes any and all activities associated with the installation and
				removal after a prescribed period of time, of temporary automatic traffic
				counting equipment.
21. Wireless
				Communications Site Surveys, which are for an annual permit for a carrier to
				assess the suitability of potential sites for a wireless communications
				facility. The permit will authorize testing the site for clear transmission and
				constructability. The permit, for all sites by a carrier, can include other
				activities including, but not limited to, test holes or borings, landscaping,
				tree trimming, vegetation control or unclassified landscaping, monitoring
				wells, lane or shoulder closings or temporary use.
22. Railroad grade crossings, which are for
				the removal, modification, repair, installation, or maintenance of an at-grade
				railroad across or along a State highway.
23. Miscellaneous, which are for activities
				within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the
				jurisdiction of the Department that are not covered in this chapter or other
				State highway rules including, but not limited to, filming of movies or
				television programming.
24.
				Vegetation Canopy Management Site Investigation, which is for entering a State
				highway right-of-way for the purpose of collecting pertinent information in
				support of the development of a Vegetation Canopy Management Plan.
25. Vegetation Canopy Management Plan, which
				is for entering a State-highway right-of-way for the purpose of accomplishing
				work associated with a Department-approved Vegetation Canopy Management
				Plan.