N.J. Admin. Code § 16:27-2.1
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Authority" means the public authority, private entity, institution of higher education, municipality, or county having jurisdiction over non-State highways.
"Bureau" means the Bureau of Traffic Engineering at the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Commercial motor vehicle" or "CMV" means every type of motor-driven vehicle used for commercial purposes on the highways for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, except for vehicles that run only upon rails or tracks and vehicles of the passenger car type used for touring purposes or the carrying of farm products and milk, as the case may be.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, or such person as the Commissioner may designate, when legally permissible.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Engineer" means the municipal or county engineer, the municipal or county traffic engineer, or a qualified consulting engineer retained by the authority, who is licensed as a New Jersey Professional Engineer.
"Impact on a State highway" means the effect of any traffic control device on a non-State highway that is proposed for installation or any traffic regulation applicable to a non-State highway:
1. At a State highway intersection;
2. Within 500 feet of a State highway; or
3. At a distance greater than 500 feet from a State highway but has a resultant queue that extends within 500 feet or less from a State highway.
"Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" or "MUTCD" means the 2009 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The MUTCD shall be available as set forth in N.J.A.C. 16:27-3.1(c).
"Non-State highway" means any roadway not under the jurisdiction, control, or authority of the Commissioner.
"State highway" means any roadway under the jurisdiction, control, or authority of the Commissioner.
"Traffic control device" means a sign, signal, flashing beacon, marking, or other device used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, pedestrian facility, or shared-use path by authority of a public agency having jurisdiction.
"Traffic control signal" or "traffic signal" means any highway traffic signal by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
"Traffic regulation" means an ordinance, resolution, or regulation that provides for the regulation of traffic or parking on public highways or transportation systems.
"Traffic regulation order" means a written order issued by the Commissioner that provides for the regulation of traffic and parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of 39:4-8.3.
N.J. Admin. Code § 16:27-2.1
See: 38 N.J.R. 1164(a), 38 N.J.R. 3179(a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 16:27-1.2 and amended by R.2014 d.028, effective 2/3/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1947(a), 46 N.J.R. 301(b).
Rewrote definitions "Authority", "Bureau", "Commissioner", and "Engineer"; added definitions "Commercial motor vehicle", "Impact on a State highway", " 'Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices' or 'MUTCD' ", "Non-State highway", "State highway", "Traffic regulation", and "Traffic regulation order"; deleted definitions "Division" and "MUTCD"; and in definition "Traffic control device", inserted "flashing beacon,".