[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Freehold as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Traffic — See Ch. 11.
[Adopted by Ord. No. O-79-21 (Ch. 11A of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended
through Ord. No. O-97-27]
This chapter shall apply to any and all areas
within the Township set aside for the parking of motor vehicles and
designated by the Freehold Township Transportation Board as a municipal
parking lot.
Any person owning or operating a motor vehicle
who shall park same in a designated municipal parking lot without
a current permit as provided for in this chapter shall be subject
to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
[Amended 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-32; 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-15]
Application for parking permits shall be made
to the Township Clerk, who shall collect the appropriate fee and issue
a decal to the applicant. The decal shall be displayed upon the vehicle
to which the permit applies in such a location as shall be designated
on the instructions provided by the Clerk. Failure to display the
decal shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this chapter.
No motor vehicles shall be parked in any designated municipal parking
lot without a decal properly issued by the Township Clerk covering
the motor vehicle for the current time.
A.
The parking permits provided for in this chapter shall
only be issued to bona fide Freehold Township residents. As part of
the application process, the applicant shall certify to such residency
and, must present a current New Jersey driver's license showing the
applicant's Township address. If the resident has moved to the Township
within 60 days of making the application, the Township Clerk may issue
a permit for up to 60 days. To renew beyond such temporary period,
the resident must present the driver's license described above.
B.
Parking permits are not transferable, nor shall the
holder of such a permit allow anyone, other than his/her spouse or
child residing in the same Freehold Township household, to use the
permit on either a temporary or permanent basis. No one other than
an authorized user of the permit as provided for in the immediately
preceding sentence shall use such parking permit.
C.
Parking permits are no longer valid and must be surrendered
to the Township Clerk's office within two weeks of the permit holder
changing his/her residency to a location outside of the Township.
D.
Any person found guilty of providing a false certification under Subsections A and B above or of facilitating the providing of such false certification shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of Subsection C above shall be subject to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
Whenever the designated commuter parking area
provided by the Township shall apply to a portion of a parking lot,
which designated area shall be appropriately marked, no motor vehicle
displaying a decal issued hereunder shall be parked outside of the
designated commuter parking area. Any person owning or operating a
motor vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine
not less than $50 nor more than $100.
A.
The municipal drive known as "Municipal Plaza," located
in front of the Municipal Building and connecting Schanck Road with
Still Wells Corner Road, is hereby designated as not being a through
street. No one shall operate a motor vehicle through Municipal Plaza
for any purpose other than conducting business at one or more of the
municipal buildings comprising the municipal complex. It shall give
rise to a presumption that the operator of a motor vehicle has violated
this section if there is proof that the operator of the motor vehicle
drove his or her vehicle continuously along Municipal Plaza without
stopping the vehicle, exiting it and entering one or more of the buildings
comprising the municipal complex.
B.
Signs shall be erected within a reasonable distance
of both entrances of Municipal Plaza advising that it is not a through
street.
[Adopted 4-27-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-7]
Unless authorized by a sworn law enforcement officer, no person
shall operate, park, leave or be in possession of a motor vehicle
which is unregistered or has a suspended registration in any parking
yards (lots) and parking places, which are open to the public or to
which the public is invited, whether owned or maintained by a governmental
entity or in conjunction with any business or enterprise, whether
public, quasi-public or private.
This article shall not apply to:
Any police officer is authorized to order the removal of any
unregistered vehicle in violation of this article to a storage space
or garage, and the expense involved in such a removal and storage
of the vehicle shall be borne by the owner of the vehicle, except
that the expense shall be borne by the lessee of a leased vehicle.
[Amended 5-22-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-9]
The violation of this article shall subject the person so convicted,
or pleading guilty, to a fine of $100 for an unregistered vehicle
and $175 for a vehicle which has a suspended registration.