Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

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 …

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 entitle…

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 …

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,…

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…

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 stree…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 publi…

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 o…

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…

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.

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 …

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…

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 s…

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, …

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…

40:67-17. Statues and memorials erected upon public streets The governing body may construct and maintain upon the public streets and places thereof, statues, monuments, tablets, fountains and memorials, commemorative of any person or public event; accept and maintain any statue,…

40:67-18. Spanish American war monuments; municipal contribution The body having control of the finances of any municipality may appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the pedestal and foundation of a monument commemorating the services of the soldiers and sailors of the…

40:67-19. Vacation of streets and places dedicated but not accepted; ordinance; notice and hearing Whenever there shall have been a dedication of lands as a public street or highway or a public square or public place, and the same has not been accepted or opened by the municipali…

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 th…

40:67-20. Abandonment of plans to open or widen streets; disposition of lands Whenever any municipality shall have received, or may hereafter receive, by deed or otherwise, land for the widening of any public street, and thereafter abandons such widening, the municipality may con…

40:67-21. Vacation of streets and places; recording; copy as evidence Whenever any street, highway or other public place, or part thereof in any municipality shall be vacated in pursuance of proceedings, by ordinance or otherwise, authorized by law, the municipal clerk shall with…

40:67-22. Vacation of streets and public places between March 11, 1920, and March 11, 1922; recording; copy as evidence L.1922, c. 142, s. 1, p. 250 (1924 Suppl. s. *136-2212), being section one of an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning municipalities…

40:67-22.1. Payment for vacating street When any county acquires real property for use as a public park or other recreational facility in excess of 500 acres and a portion of such property has been (a) designated as a municipal public street, whether or not actually opened or imp…

40:67-23. Return of taxes paid on certain streets Whenever a tract of land shall be mapped and laid out by the owner showing lots and a street or streets on such lands and the map has been placed on file in the office of the county clerk or of the register of deeds of the county …

40:67-23.1. Road, street services 1. a. The governing body of every municipality may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to cause the governing body of the municipality to repair and maintain and provide for the removal of snow, ice and other obstructions from, and provide…

40:67-23.2. Definitions 1. For the purposes of this act: a. "Condominium" means the form of real property ownership provided for under the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.); b. "Cooperative" means a housing corporation or association wherein the holder of a s…

40:67-23.3. Municipality to reimburse private community for services or provide services 2. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, the governing body of every municipality shall reimburse a qualified private community for the following services as provi…

40:67-23.4. Private community to pay insurance riders A qualified private community shall be required to pay the cost of any insurance riders required by the municipality to enable municipal vehicles to operate on private roads and streets within the qualified private community. …

40:67-23.5. Use of municipal reimbursement to pay for services a. As provided in section 5 of this act and in lieu of providing some or all of the services set forth in section 2 of this act, a municipality shall enter into a written agreement to annually reimburse the qualified …

40:67-23.6. Schedule for reimbursement for portion of cost 5. a. Pursuant to a reimbursement agreement entered into in lieu of providing some or all of the services set forth in section 2 of P.L.1989, c.299 (C.40:67-23.3), the municipality shall reimburse the qualified private co…

40:67-23.7. Acceptance for public use if conforms to municipal specifications A municipality shall be required to accept for dedication for public use, by a qualified private community, any road or street within the community that conforms to municipal specifications for public r…

40:67-23.8. Additional services; repeal of ordinance; prior agreements to remain in effect Nothing in this act shall prevent a municipality from providing additional services, that primarily serve public purposes, to the residents of a qualified private community. The governing b…

40:67-26. Passage of ordinances; subsequent proceedings by resolution; supervision by county After the passage of such ordinance authorizing in general terms the making of such improvement and the expenditure of a sum equal to the estimated cost thereof, all proceedings to fix th…

40:67-27. Contract with county; advertisement for bids unnecessary Any municipality may enter into such contract with the county in which it is situated without advertising for bids, but otherwise shall proceed in the manner provided in this subtitle, including the giving of noti…

40:67-28. Assessment for benefits; bonds and improvement certificates Any municipality entering into such a contract may assess all or part of the cost to be borne by the municipality upon the real estate benefited by the improvement, in the same manner as assessments for benefit…

40:67-29. Highways may be connected by tunnels; approaches When in any municipality any street has been improved by the municipality to or near any navigable waterway or basin, on both sides of the waterway or basin, and for any reason it shall be deemed advisable to build a tunn…

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 …

40:67-30. Use of state land If it shall be necessary to own or take any lands of the state under or above tidewater or the state's interest therein such lands or interest may be taken and used for said purposes, and the state hereby assents to such taking without compensation.

40:67-31. Location of tunnel and approaches; right of entry upon lands The governing body may locate such tunnels and approaches wholly on private lands, or partly in streets or highways or avenues and partly on private lands, and the municipality by its agents and employees may …

40:67-32. Acquisition of necessary land; damages to land compensated When the tunnel or tunnels or approaches shall be located upon any land other than a highway or street, or land which has been acquired by the municipality, and such land or any right or interest therein shall b…

40:67-33. Contract with landowners to build tunnel; contribution by; streets vacated The governing body of such municipality with the mayor or other chief executive officer may enter into contract with the owner or owners of lands fronting on all or any part of said proposed tunn…

40:67-34. Statement of cost and damages filed The governing body authorized to construct the tunnel shall file with the municipal clerk a detailed statement in writing of the estimated cost of the tunnel or tunnels and of the estimated damages to be paid to property owners by rea…

40:67-35. Tunnel considered general improvement The work provided for in this article shall be undertaken as a general improvement, and the provisions therefor, except as in this article otherwise provided, shall conform to proceedings provided in this subtitle for making general…