New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 27 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 16:27-2.1 - 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.
"Authority" means the public authority, private entity,
				  institution of higher education, municipality, or county having jurisdiction
				  over non-State highways.
"Bureau" means the Bureau of Traffic Engineering at the New
				  Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Commercial motor vehicle" or "CMV" means every type of
				  motor-driven vehicle used for commercial purposes on the highways for the
				  transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, except for vehicles that run
				  only upon rails or tracks and vehicles of the passenger car type used for
				  touring purposes or the carrying of farm products and milk, as the case may
				  be.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey
				  Department of Transportation, or such person as the Commissioner may designate,
				  when legally permissible.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of
				  Transportation.
"Engineer" means the municipal or county engineer, the
				  municipal or county traffic engineer, or a qualified consulting engineer
				  retained by the authority, who is licensed as a New Jersey Professional
				  Engineer.
"Impact on a State highway" means the effect of any traffic
				  control device on a non-State highway that is proposed for installation or any
				  traffic regulation applicable to a non-State highway:
1. At a State highway intersection;
2. Within 500 feet of a State highway; or
3. At a distance greater than 500 feet from a State highway
				  but has a resultant queue that extends within 500 feet or less from a State
				  highway.
"Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" or "MUTCD" means
				  the 2009 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets
				  and Highways, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented,
				  issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
				  Administration. The MUTCD shall be available as set forth in
				  N.J.A.C.
				  16:27-3.1(c).
"Non-State highway" means any roadway not under the
				  jurisdiction, control, or authority of the Commissioner.
"State highway" means any roadway under the jurisdiction,
				  control, or authority of the Commissioner.
"Traffic control device" means a sign, signal, flashing
				  beacon, marking, or other device used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic,
				  placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, pedestrian facility, or
				  shared-use path by authority of a public agency having jurisdiction.
"Traffic control signal" or "traffic signal" means any
				  highway traffic signal by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and
				  permitted to proceed.
"Traffic regulation" means an ordinance, resolution, or
				  regulation that provides for the regulation of traffic or parking on public
				  highways or transportation systems.
"Traffic regulation order" means a written order issued by
				  the Commissioner that provides for the regulation of traffic and parking on
				  public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the
				  Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of
				  39:4-8.3.