N.J. Stat. tit. 39, ch. 5A

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N.J. Stat. § 39:5A-1 Written request; provisions made applicable.

1. Upon the filing of a written request by a person, or by the board of directors of any corporation, or by the board of trustees of any corporation or other institution of a public or semipublic character not for pecuniary profit, incorporated under Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, with the clerk of any municipality of this State within which the property of such person, corporation or institution is situate, that the provisions of subtitle 1, Title 39, of the Revised Statutes shall be made applicable to the semipublic or private roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways, parking areas, or other roadways open to or used by the public, tenants, employees, and the members of such institutions for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of such persons, corporations, or institutions and not as matter of public right, the provisions of subtitle 1, Title 39, of the Revised Statutes, shall, in the discretion of the municipal authorities vested with the police powers in the locality within which the property of such persons, corporations, or institutions is situate, be made applicable thereto. Such written request shall contain the name and post office address of the person, corporation or institution and shall designate with reasonable accuracy the semipublic or private roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways, parking areas, or other roadway open to or used by vehicular traffic, to be affected thereby. L.1945, c.284, s.1; amended 1954, c.139, s.2; 1964, c.204; 1970, c.315, s.1; 2008, c.110, s.6.

N.J. Stat. § 39:5A-2 Rescission of request

Any such institution may rescind any request filed by it in conformity with the provisions of the foregoing section, by filing with the clerk of the municipality in which the original request was filed, a written rescission of such request, and thereupon the provisions of subtitle one, Title 39, of the Revised Statutes shall cease to be applicable to the road, street, driveway, trail, terrace, bridle-path, parkway or other roadway, used by vehicular traffic, set forth in such written rescission, effective as of the first day of January in the year next ensuing the filing of the said rescission; provided, however, that no rescission may be filed in the same year in which a request has been filed pursuant to section one of this act. L.1945, c. 284, p. 835, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 39:5A-3 Request not dedication; prohibition of use; different or additional conditions

The filing of a written request, in pursuance of section 1 of this act, shall not be deemed to constitute a dedication to public use, of any such roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways, parking areas, or other roadways open to or used by vehicular traffic, nor shall it be construed to prevent such persons, corporations or institutions, as owners of such property open to or used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of such persons, corporations or institutions and not as a matter of public right, from prohibiting such use or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in subtitle 1, Title 39, of the Revised Statutes, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such persons, corporations or institutions. L.1945, c. 284, p. 835, s. 3. Amended by L.1954, c. 139, p. 640, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 39:5A-4 Application of motor vehicle and traffic laws

The provisions of subtitle one of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes shall be applicable to the semipublic or private roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways or other roadways open to or used by the public for purposes of vehicular traffic, either as a matter of right or otherwise, within any park maintained in whole or in part by any municipality. L.1953, c. 400, p. 2038, s. 1.

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