NJSA 39:4-183.10
39:4-183.10.  Message;  wording and symbols
    Wording and arrangement for each type of traffic sign shall be as specified  in subsequent sections of this act;  symbols on the sign shall take the place  of a word message wherever indicated in subsequent sections of this act.  In  situations where messages or symbols are required other than those herein  provided for, the signs shall be of the same shape and color as standard signs  of the same functional type.

     L.1941, c. 345, p. 907, s. 11.  Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 104, s. 86.
NJSA 39:4-183.11
39:4-183.11.  Illumination;  reflectorization
    All warning signs, and all regulatory signs, with the exception of pedestrian signs, urban parking signs and signs having a significance only during daylight hours, shall be illuminated or reflectorized so as to be visible during hours of darkness from all distances up to five hundred feet. All other traffic signs may be illuminated or reflectorized if desirable.

    All illumination shall normally be by white light, except that a flashing light incorporated in a sign installation shall be yellow when displayed with a  warning sign or red when displayed with a stop sign, and shall be provided by  means of:

    (a) A light, within or behind the sign, illuminating the main message or symbol, or luminous tubing shaped to the lettering or symbol;

    (b) An attached or independently mounted flood light or flood lights, directed on the face of the sign.

    Reflectorization of traffic signs shall reflect white light, except that if  a reflecting coating is used as a background of a yellow sign it shall reflect  yellow light, and shall be provided by means of:

    (a) Reflector buttons or units set into the symbol or message;

     (b) Reflecting coatings, either on the sign background or, where a black background or panel is used, in the symbol or message.

     L.1941, c. 345, p. 907, s. 12.  Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 105, s. 87.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.12
39:4-183.12.  Location
    All traffic signs shall be located as provided in subsequent sections of this act covering details of design and installation.  Signs other than temporary signs in the roadway shall be placed on the right side of the roadway, except traffic signs erected on or within traffic circles, islands and  safety zones.  All signs shall be mounted approximately at right angles to the  direction of, and facing the traffic that they are intended to serve. This  section shall not prohibit location of traffic signs over the roadway.

     L.1941, c. 345, p. 907, s. 13.  Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 106, s. 88.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.15
39:4-183.15.  Continuous maintenance
    All traffic signs shall be kept in good order and clearly legible at all times.  Signs damaged or destroyed shall be replaced promptly.

    Signs no longer applicable shall be removed immediately.

     L.1941, c. 345, p. 908, s. 16.
NJSA 39:4-183.21a
39:4-183.21a   Removal of certain signs.

 3. The commissioner shall, upon receiving notice from a railroad company that it has abandoned a particular line and the grade crossings thereon, order the removal of any advance warning signs erected pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1941, c.345 (C.39:4-183.21).

 L.1971,c.393,s.3; amended 2003, c.13, s.55.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.22a.
39:4-183.22a.   Construction warning signs
    The design and location of standard construction warning signs should be as  follows:

    (a) Shape--Rectangle with longer dimension horizontal;

     (b) Color--White background with black letters;

     (c) Dimensions--Four feet by six feet, or larger for higher approach speeds;

     (d) Message--CONSTRUCTION AHEAD or other appropriate wording, the distance over which the warning applies, and the approved speed limit.

     (e) Location--Where construction work is in progress within the roadway area, a construction warning sign shall be located on each side of the roadway,  facing approaching traffic, five hundred feet to one thousand feet in advance  of the beginning of the construction area, the distance depending on the  approach speeds on that roadway.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 112, s. 96.

NJSA 39:4-183.24
39:4-183.24   Standard location, information signs.

 25. Standard location and information signs shall conform to the design and specifications adopted by the commissioner.

 L.1941,c.345,s.25;  amended 1951, c.23, s.98; 2003, c.13, s.56.
NJSA 39:4-183.25
39:4-183.25.  Repeal
    Article eighteen of chapter four of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 39:4-146 to and including R.S. 39:4-183) is repealed.

     L.1941, c. 345, p. 915, s. 26.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.27
39:4-183.27.  Rules and regulations;  placement, specifications, location and maintenance of traffic signs and markings
    The Commissioner of Transportation shall, from time to time, promulgate rules and regulations concerning the placing, specifications, location and maintenance of highway and traffic signs and markings.  In promulgating such rules and regulations, the commissioner shall be guided by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for streets and highways which has been adopted  by the Federal Highway Administrator as a national standard for application on  all classes of highways.

     L.1972, c. 43, s. 1.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.28.
39:4-183.28.   Repeals
    Sections 8, 14 and 15 of P.L.1941, c. 345 (C. 39:4-183.7, 39:4-183.13 and 39:4-183.14), sections 17 to 20 of P.L.1941, c. 345 (C. 39:4-183.16 to 39:4-183.19), sections 22 to 24 of P.L.1941, c. 345 (C. 39:4-183.21 to 39:4-183.23), section 99 of P.L.1951, c. 23 (C. 39:4-183.26) and sections 102 to 104 of P.L.1951, c. 23 (C. 39:4-191.3 to 39:4-191.5) are repealed.

     L.1972, c. 43, s. 2.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.29.
39:4-183.29.   Continuance of rules and regulations promulgated by department  of transportation prior to act
    This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made  or promulgated by the Department of Transportation relating to the placing,  specifications, location and maintenance of highway and traffic signs and  markings, but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force  and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.

     L.1972, c. 43, s. 3.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.30.
39:4-183.30.   Effect of act on offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures prior to date of act
    No offense committed, and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, either civil  or criminal, incurred, prior to the repeal or revision of any act or any part  thereof by the enactment of this act, shall be discharged, released or affected  by the repeal or revision of the act or part thereof under which such offense,  liability, penalty or forfeiture was incurred, and prosecutions and actions for  such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures committed or incurred  prior to the effective date of this act shall be commenced or continued and be  proceeded with in all respects as if the act or part thereof had not been  repealed or revised.

     L.1972, c. 43, s. 4.
 
NJSA 39:4-183.31
39:4-183.31   Posting of pedestrian crossing yield signs.
 3. The Commissioner of Transportation shall post, and shall request county and municipal authorities to post, pedestrian crossing yield signs that make reference to State law at all  crosswalks at intersections that have demonstrated pedestrian safety problems and are not controlled by a traffic control signal. The signs shall conform to the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices".

 L.2005,c.158,s.3.
 
NJSA 39:4-191.1.
39:4-191.1.   Legal authority;  uniformity
    Markings shall be placed only by the authority of a public body or official  having jurisdiction as authorized by law, and only for the purpose of  regulating, warning or guiding traffic.  Where used, these markings shall be  uniform in design, position and application.  The director may adopt a uniform  system of markings consistent with the provisions of this act for use upon  public highways within the State.  Such a uniform system of markings shall  correlate with and so far as possible conform to the current  "Manual on  Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways."

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 114, s. 100.
 
NJSA 39:4-191.2
39:4-191.2.  Types of markings
    Markings shall be of the following types:

    a.  Pavement markings, including lines and word markings on the pavement.

     b.  Curb markings for parking prohibitions.

     c.  Object markings, including objects within and adjacent to the roadway.

     d.  Reflector markers, including reflector buttons, panels, delineators or similar devices, within or adjacent to the roadway.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 115, s. 101.
 
NJSA 39:4-191.6.
39:4-191.6.   Illumination and reflectorization
   All markings may be reflectorized, and all obstructions, within the roadway,  shall be properly illuminated or reflectorized.  The following markings shall  normally be reflectorized:

    a.  Center lines on pavement.

     b.   "No Passing"  lines.

     c.  Striping or checkerboard squares on vertical surfaces of obstructions in  or adjacent to the roadway.

     d.  Reflector markers.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 116, s. 105.
 
NJSA 39:4-191.7.
39:4-191.7.   Word markings limited
    The use of words painted on the pavement shall be limited to very brief warning messages expressed in the shortest possible words.  Regulatory messages  may be used, but only in support of standard signs.  All letters should be  greatly elongated in the direction of traffic movement.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 116, s. 106.
 
NJSA 39:4-196.1.
39:4-196.1.   Local authority
    Safety zones and traffic islands shall be established and installed only by  authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction as authorized by  law, and for the purpose of regulating, segregating or guiding traffic.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 116, s. 107.
 
NJSA 39:4-196.2
39:4-196.2.  Types of safety zones and traffic islands
   Safety zones and traffic islands shall be of the following types:

    1.  Safety zones

     a.  Loading islands

      b.  Refuge islands

    2.  Traffic islands

     a.  Divisional islands

      b.  Channelization islands.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 116, s. 108.
 
NJSA 39:4-196.3
39:4-196.3.  Location, design and protection
    The location, design and protection of safety zones and traffic islands shall conform to the specifications adopted by the director.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 117, s. 109.
 
NJSA 39:4-197
39:4-197   Ordinance or resolution on matters covered by chapter.

 39:4-197.  Except as otherwise provided in R.S.39:4-8, no municipality shall pass an ordinance or resolution on a matter covered by or which alters or in any way nullifies the provisions of this chapter or any supplement to this chapter; except that a municipality may pass ordinances or resolutions, or by ordinances or resolutions may authorize the adoption of regulations by the board, body or official having control of traffic in the public streets, regulating special conditions existent in the municipality on the subjects and within the limitations following:

 (1) Ordinance. 

 a. Altering speed limitations as provided in R.S.39:4-98;

 b. Limiting use of streets to certain class of vehicles;

 c. Designating one-way streets;

 d. Regulating the stopping or starting of street cars at special places, such as railroad stations, public squares or in front of certain public buildings;

 e. Regulating the passage or stopping of traffic at certain congested street corners or other designated points;

 f. Regulating the parking of vehicles on streets and portions thereof, including angle parking as provided in R.S.39:4-135;

 g. Regulating the parking of vehicles upon land owned or leased and maintained by the municipality, a parking authority or the board of education of a school district, including any lands devoted to the public parking of vehicles, the entrances thereto and exits therefrom;

 h. Regulating the entrances to and exits from parking yards and parking places which are open to the public or to which the public is invited, except that this shall not apply to entrances or exits to and from State highways;

 i. Designating streets or roads upon which buses and trucks over four tons gross weight may be required not to exceed specially fixed limits based on engineering and traffic investigation and to use a lower gear in descending steep declivities having a grade in excess of 5% fixing such special speed limits and providing for the use of such a gear thereon.

 (2) Ordinance or resolution.

 a. Designating through streets, as provided in article 17 of this chapter (R.S.39:4-140 et seq.);

 b. Designating and providing for the maintenance as "no passing" zones of portions of highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway is deemed especially hazardous.

 (3) Ordinance, resolution or regulation.

 a. Designating stops, stations or stands for omnibuses and taxis;

 b. Designating curb loading zones;

 c. Designating restricted parking spaces for use by persons who have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.) and section 1 of P.L.1977, c.202 (C.39:4-197.5). Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification card shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90 days' community service on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.


 Amended 1951, c.23, s.110; 1954, c.27; 1955, c.74; 1956, c.46; 1956, c.186, s.1; 1965, c.226, s.2; 1967, c.279; 1968, c.32; 1980, c.178, s.3; 1983, c.227, s.4; 1989, c.201, s.2; 2003, c.161.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.1.
39:4-197.1.   Prohibiting normal traffic on county or state highway; consent  of board of chosen freeholders or highway commission necessary
    No municipality in the exercise of its power to regulate parades, processions or assemblages, shall prohibit normal traffic on any county or State highway without the consent of the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the case of a county highway or the consent of the State Highway Commissioner in the case of a State highway.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 118, s. 111.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.2.
39:4-197.2.   County road lying within municipality;  regulation of traffic and parking
    Any municipality, which maintains a paid police force, may, by ordinance, resolution, or regulation, pursuant to R.S. 39:4-197 and with the consent of the governing body of the county, regulate traffic and parking along and upon any county road or part thereof, lying within its corporate limits, in the same  manner and to the same extent that it is authorized by law to regulate the same  upon municipal roads and streets.

     L.1957, c. 69, p. 133, s. 1.  Amended by L.1980, c. 143, s. 1, eff. Nov. 12, 1980.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.3.
39:4-197.3.   Special traffic regulations
    The governing body of any municipality may, upon the adoption of a resolution declaring that an emergent or temporary condition dictates adoption of special traffic regulations within the scope of any of the items listed in subparagraphs (1) b. through h., (2) and (3) of Revised Statutes 39:4-197, provide by said resolution for such special traffic regulation and for a period  of effectiveness thereof not in excess of 3 months from the effective date  thereof.  Notice of special regulations adopted pursuant to this act shall be  given as provided in Revised Statutes 39:4-198.

     L.1964, c. 131, s. 1.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.4.
39:4-197.4.   Angle parking ordinances;  exemption from approval by state; conditions
   Notwithstanding the provisions of the chapter to which this act is a supplement, or any supplement to said chapter, no ordinance adopted by any municipality designating any street or streets under the jurisdiction of any such municipality for angle parking shall require the approval of the Commissioner of the State Department of Transportation or of any other State officer or employee, and any such ordinance shall be of full force and effect from the date of its adoption or from any effective date prescribed therein if the street or streets designated in said ordinance have been marked or signed for angle parking by the municipality for a period of not less than 10 consecutive years prior to the adoption of the said ordinance or for a period not less than any 20 years during which such street or streets have been under the jurisdiction of the municipality.

     L.1975, c. 152, s. 1, eff. July 9, 1975.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.5.
39:4-197.5.   Restricted parking for use by handicapped persons; ordinances,  resolutions or regulations
    Any municipality may, by ordinance, resolution or regulation, establish restricted parking spaces in front of residences, schools, hospitals and other public buildings and in shopping and business districts for use by persons who have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1949, c. 280 (C. 39:4-205), when using a motor vehicle on which is displayed a certificate, for which a special vehicle identification card has been issued, pursuant to section 3 of said law (C. 39:4-206).

     L.1977, c. 202, s. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1977.  Amended by L.1980, c. 178, s. 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1980.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.6
39:4-197.6.  Restricted parking zone, residence of handicapped person 
     1.   Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish a restricted parking zone in front of a residence occupied by a handicapped person if a windshield placard or wheelchair symbol license plates have been issued for a vehicle owned by the handicapped person, or by another occupant of the residence who is a member of the immediate family of the handicapped person, by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.), provided such parking is not otherwise prohibited and the permitting thereof would not interfere with the normal flow of traffic. 

    L.1977,c.309,s.1; amended 1991,c.406. 
 
NJSA 39:4-197.7.
39:4-197.7.   Permits for motor vehicle;  fee
   Any municipality enacting an ordinance pursuant to section 1 of this act shall provide for the issuance of permits which identify a specific motor vehicle and the location wherein it is to be parked.  Such permits shall only be issued to persons who can prove ownership and operation of the motor vehicle  and residency at the location specified thereon.  The permit shall be 5  1/2  inches by 8  1/2   inches in size, shall bear an appropriate certification of  authenticity and shall be displayed prominently within the vehicle when it is  parked so as to be seen from the middle of the street. Only a motor vehicle  for which a valid permit has been issued and which has such permit properly  displayed shall be permitted to be parked in the restricted parking zone  indicated on such permit.  A municipality may, by ordinance, establish a fee  for such permits.

     L.1977, c. 309, s. 2, eff. Jan. 5, 1978.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.8.
39:4-197.8.   State Highway Route No. 94 in Sussex and Warren Counties; regulations limiting use
    Notwithstanding any other law, the Commissioner of Transportation may adopt  regulations limiting the operation of commercial motor vehicles, tractors,  trailers or semi-trailers upon that portion of State Highway Route No. 94  located in Sussex county and Warren county.  In adopting regulations the  commissioner shall give consideration to normal traffic volume in the municipalities of the respective counties so that the residents and the business establishments of these counties shall not be penalized.

     L.1983, c. 416, s. 1, eff. Jan. 4, 1984.
 
NJSA 39:4-197.9.
39:4-197.9.   Handicapped parking enforcement units 
    1.   In order to implement the enforcement of P.L.1977, c.202 (C.39:4-197.5) subject to R.S.39:4-138, and of P.L.1975, c.221 (C.52:32-11 et seq.) and spaces established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) within its jurisdiction, a municipality may establish a handicapped parking enforcement unit under the supervision of the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality. The municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, provide procedures and other guidelines for the program consistent with this act which may give persons selected and trained for the unit the full power and authority to issue warnings or summonses for violations of any provision of any law, regulation, ordinance or resolution pertaining to illegal parking in restricted parking spaces for the handicapped. The unit shall concentrate its enforcement activity at any shopping centers or malls in the municipality.

   L.1991,c.442,s.1.