40:67-16.7 - Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities - New Jersey Statutes

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.