New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 41 - HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMITS
Subchapter 5 - PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Section 16:41-5.2 - Permit application categories

1. Utility openings, which are for trenchless or open excavations for the purpose of constructing, maintaining (if no traffic interruption is involved), or installing subsurface utilities such as sewer lines, water lines, gas lines, fiber optic lines, telecommunication or electric conduits, or service connections within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department.

2. Poles, which are for the erection, relocation, or replacement of poles, appurtenances, or other pole attachments located within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department. Appurtenances shall include cable or guy anchors, and low mounted transformer supports. Pole attachments include, but are not limited to, call boxes, climbing rungs, transmission lines, cross arms, and transformers.

3. Curb, sidewalk or handicapped ramps, which are for the construction, repair, or replacement of curb, sidewalks, or handicapped ramps within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department.

4. Drainage facilities, which are for connecting to any Department drainage structure or installing drainage facilities within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department, including any drainage work that impacts such rights-of-way or property. This includes construction or modification of inlets, manholes, headwalls, and other appurtenances, and any temporary connections to Department drainage facilities. If drainage activity is included in a highway access permit issued by the Department's Access Management Bureau, a separate drainage facilities highway occupancy permit shall not be required.

5. Landscaping, tree trimming, vegetation control, or unclassified landscaping, which is for planting, trimming, or removing trees, shrubbery, vegetation, and other forms of landscaping on State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department, other than that proposed as part of a vegetation canopy management plan.

6. Bridge attachments, which are for installing, laying, or connecting pipes, conduits, wires, cables, or other appurtenances on, over, under, or through viaducts, bridges, or other structures within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department.

7. Pedestrian overpass or underpass, which are for permission to construct a structure to enable pedestrians or animals to cross over or under a State highway or property under the jurisdiction of the Department. The applicant shall own the property on both sides of the highway.

8. Grading, which are for excavating, filling, or otherwise changing the grade within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department, but outside paved areas.

9. Guiderail, which are for the removal, installation, or modification of guiderail, pursuant to Section 8 of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Roadway Design Manual. Any person owning property that abuts Department rights-of-way may apply for permission to have guiderail removed within the State highway system or its jurisdictional limits.

10. Test holes or borings, which are for determining utility locations, underground structures, soil logs, and environmental sampling.

11. Monitoring wells, which are for monitoring water levels or contamination.

12. Crosswalks, which are for the installation of distinctly indicated paths for pedestrian crossing by striping or other marking on the highway surface.

13. (Reserved)

14. Bus shelters or benches, which are for the installation or removal of bus shelters or benches.

15. Banners, decorations or temporary announcement or guide signs, which are for the installation or removal of banners, decorations or temporary announcement or guide signs.

16. Parade or gatherings, which are for processions moving along or across, or for assemblages of people on, State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department.

17. Temporary use, which is for continuous occupancy for a period of less than one year. Renewal of these permits is at the discretion of the Department. Anticipated occupancy of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department for greater than one year may require the execution of a lease through the Department's Office of Right-of-Way.

18. Detours off State highways or vice versa, which are for rerouting State highway traffic onto a street that is not a State highway or vice versa for a specific limited period of time. The permittee should plan and conduct the activity creating the detour in such a manner that maintains the movement of vehicular traffic in a safe and efficient manner.

19. Lane or shoulder closings on State highways, which are for restricting the available pavement widths or altering the normal traffic patterns.

20. Automatic traffic counting procedures, which includes any and all activities associated with the installation and removal after a prescribed period of time, of temporary automatic traffic counting equipment.

21. Wireless Communications Site Surveys, which are for an annual permit for a carrier to assess the suitability of potential sites for a wireless communications facility. The permit will authorize testing the site for clear transmission and constructability. The permit, for all sites by a carrier, can include other activities including, but not limited to, test holes or borings, landscaping, tree trimming, vegetation control or unclassified landscaping, monitoring wells, lane or shoulder closings or temporary use.

22. Railroad grade crossings, which are for the removal, modification, repair, installation, or maintenance of an at-grade railroad across or along a State highway.

23. Miscellaneous, which are for activities within any portion of State highway rights-of-way or property under the jurisdiction of the Department that are not covered in this chapter or other State highway rules including, but not limited to, filming of movies or television programming.

24. Vegetation Canopy Management Site Investigation, which is for entering a State highway right-of-way for the purpose of collecting pertinent information in support of the development of a Vegetation Canopy Management Plan.

25. Vegetation Canopy Management Plan, which is for entering a State-highway right-of-way for the purpose of accomplishing work associated with a Department-approved Vegetation Canopy Management Plan.