N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025
Section 19:9-1.1 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Amphitheater" means the theater and lawn areas within the confines of the fence which surrounds the theater located at the Arts Center.

"Arts Center" means the amphitheater, plaza, buildings, mall, all roads leading to and from the amphitheater, all parking areas supporting the amphitheater, and surrounding lands located on the Parkway in Holmdel, New Jersey.

"Authority" means the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the body corporate and politic defined in N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 et seq., acting by and through the duly appointed Commissioners of the Authority and their designees.

"Authority's Standard Specifications" means the 7th Edition 2016 of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's Standard Specifications, as amended and supplemented.

"Bicycle" means any two- or three-wheeled vehicle, with or without a motor, having a rear drive wheel that is solely human-powered and having a seat height of 26 inches or greater when the seat is in the lowest adjustable position, or of any seat height when the rider sits in a reclined position with the feet extended forward to the pedals.

"Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Authority, composed of members (as described in N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 et seq.) whose numbers, qualifications, appointments, and terms of office are as provided for by N.J.S.A. 27:23-3.

"Bus" means any motor vehicle designed for transporting 10 or more passengers and shall include any vehicle registered as an omnibus, school bus, or school vehicle with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or similar agency from another state, provided that such vehicle is designed for transporting 10 or more passengers.

"Commercial vehicles" means every type of motor driven vehicle used for commercial purposes on the Roadway, such as the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise.

"Commissioner" means a member of the Board of the Authority.

"Construction equipment" means all vehicles, machinery and equipment enumerated in N.J.S.A. 39:3-20.

"Day" means a calendar day, unless otherwise specified. The last day of a period is to be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event, the period runs until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor legal holiday.

"Discharge" means the unintentional or intentional action or omission resulting in the releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, abandonment or dumping of a hazardous or non-hazardous material or waste into or on the land, water or air. This shall also include the disposal of containers or hazardous materials into receptacles for trash or recycling at any location on any Roadway.

"Drone" means any unmanned aircraft system, without a human pilot onboard, which is instead controlled by an operator on the ground.

"Gross vehicle weight rating (G.V.W.R.)" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.

"Gross weight" means the combined weight of a vehicle and any load thereon.

"Hazardous material" means any material or substance that is capable of posing a risk to health, safety, and property or as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:1E-1.7 or 7:26-8 or 40 CFR Part 261 or 49 CFR Part 172, as recodified.

"Loitering" means remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly, and which also includes the colloquial expression "hanging around."

"Motorcycles" means all motor operated vehicles of the bicycle or tricycle type, whether the motor power being a part thereof or attached thereto and having a saddle or seat with driver seat astride or upon it, excluding motorized scooters and motorized bicycles as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1, and any other vehicle not eligible to be registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for use on "limited-access highways" of this State, as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.

"Motor trucks" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, which property is not affixed to or a necessary part of the design or construction of the vehicle itself.

"Official traffic control devices" means only those electronic or static signs, signals, markings, and elements approved and accepted by the Authority and placed, erected, or caused to be placed or erected by the Authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic on the Roadway.

"Parkway" means the express highway, superhighway, or motorway known as the Garden State Parkway, owned and operated by the Authority pursuant to the provisions at N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 et seq., and shall include, but not be limited to, the Parkway right-of-way, all bridges, tunnels, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, service stations, service facilities, maintenance and communication facilities, and administration, storage, State Police, and other buildings that the Authority may deem necessary for the operation of the Parkway, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the Authority for the construction, maintenance, or operation thereof and all other property within the Parkway right-of-way, the Arts Center, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and all real property and any improvements thereon owned by or operated pursuant to the jurisdiction of the Authority and any improvements thereon. The term "Parkway" shall not include the Turnpike.

"Passenger vehicles" means all automobiles used and designed for the transportation of passengers other than omnibuses and school buses.

"Recreational vehicle" means a self-propelled or towed vehicle equipped to serve as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel purposes and used solely as a family or personal conveyance.

"Roadway" means, collectively, the Turnpike and the Parkway.

"Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, including, but not limited to, a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some parts of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

"Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, including, but not limited to, a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.

"Truck-tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

"Turnpike" means the express highway, superhighway, or motorway known as the New Jersey Turnpike, owned and operated by the Authority pursuant to the provisions at N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 et seq., and shall include, but not be limited to, the Turnpike right-of-way, all bridges, tunnels, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, service stations, service facilities, maintenance and communication facilities, and administration, storage, State Police, and other buildings that the Authority may deem necessary for the operation of the Turnpike, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the Authority for the construction, maintenance, or operation thereof and all other real property within the Turnpike right-of-way and all real property and any improvements thereon owned by or operated pursuant to the jurisdiction of the Authority. The term "Turnpike" shall not include the Parkway.

"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway.

"Vehicle classifications" means the following classifications of vehicles as used for toll purposes only, and which have no relation to the manner in which vehicles are defined in this chapter:

Class 1 - 2-Axle Passenger Vehicle - any two-axle single tire vehicle;

Class 2 - 2-Axle Dual Tire Vehicle - any two-axle dual tire vehicle;

Class 3 - 3-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of vehicles with or without trailers totaling three axles;

Class 4 - 4-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of vehicles with or without trailers totaling four axles;

Class 5 - 5-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of vehicles with or without trailers totaling five axles;

Class 6 - 6-Axle Vehicle - any vehicle or combination of vehicles with or without trailers totaling six or more axles;

B-2 -- 2-Axle Bus -- any two-axle bus capable of carrying 10 or more passengers; and

B-3 -- 3-Axle Bus -- any three-axle bus capable of carrying 10 or more passengers.

"Vietnam Veterans Memorial" means the structure containing an open-air memorial to the New Jersey servicemen and women who were killed or reported missing in action in the Vietnam Conflict, its environs, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Era Education Center, located in Holmdel, New Jersey.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-1.1

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3236(b), effective 9/18/2017
Amended by 57 N.J.R. 55(c), effective 1/6/2025