ORDINANCE NO. 189-07

WHEREAS, the Township Engineering firm Schoor DePalma, and Nick Verderese, P.E. P.T.O.E. prepared a report of speed data collected, dated July 11, 2007 and forwarded to the New Jersey Department of Transportation his recommendation to re-establish the Speed Limit on Harvey Road, a roadway entirely in Upper Freehold Township.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE of the Township of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, that by adoption and approval of this Ordinance :

Section 1. That the speed limits for both directions of traffic along Harvey Road be established as follows:

Section 2. Regulatory and warning signs, conforming to the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, shall be erected and maintained to establish the above-designated speed limit.

Section 3. All Ordinances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with or in conflict with this Ordinance or any part hereof, are hereby repealed to the extent of said inconsistency.

Section 4. If the provisions of any Section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such Order or Judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any Section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this Ordinance or any other Ordinance which is referred to herein by reference and to this end the provisions of this Section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. Should any clause, sentence or other part of this Ordinance be adjudged invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction such Judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this Ordinance.

Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication according to law as to the speed limits as set forth herein the Township Committee of Upper Freehold Township upon passage of this Ordinance and publication directs its Township Clerk/Administrator to submit, for approval, a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. Unless notified otherwise within 90 days of receipt by the Office of the Commissioner of Transportation, the Ordinance shall then be deemed effective.

Approved on First Reading: September 6, 2007

Approved, Passed & Adopted: October 4, 2007

DATED: _______________________ _________________________

Stephen J. Fleischacker, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Barbara L. Bascom, RMC, CMC

Administrator/Clerk