NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance entitled: 2024-07 AN ORDIANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR (1999) CHAPTER 113 “NOISE”, SECTION 113-9 MOTOR VEHICLES TO ADD “D ENGINE BRAKING PROHIBITED” WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of West Windsor wants to add a section to the code prohibiting engine breaking. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of West Windsor, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey as follows: Section 1. Section 113-9 d. No person shall use or operate a mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in braking, decompression, or deceleration of any motor vehicle that results in excessive, loud, unusual, or explosive noise from such vehicle. Engine Braking shall be prohibited in all of West Windsor Township by the driver of any motor vehicle, at any time and on any road, with any mechanical exhaust or decompression device. Noise created by applying engine compression brakes, otherwise known as “engine braking”, which is effectively muffled or if the application is necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the community, is exempt from the provisions of this section. Sounds created by emergency equipment for emergency purposes are also exempt. The provisions of this subsection, shall not apply to the application of unmuffled compression brakes where necessary for the protection of persons and/or property that cannot be avoided by application of an alternative braking system. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Section 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect twenty(20) days after action or inaction by the Mayor as approved by law or an override of a mayoral veto by Council, whichever is applicable, and upon publication in accordance with law. The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on April 8, 2024. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, 271 Clarksville Road, in the Township on April 29, 2024 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same. was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on April 29, 2024 and was approved by Mayor Hemant Marathe on April 30, 2024. This Ordinance shall become effective on May 20, 2024. Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township 1x, PP, 5/3/24, Fee:$52.52