[Amended 5-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05; 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
A. 
A municipal parking lot designated as "Parking Lot 1" is hereby established at 236 Water Street, Block 14, Lot 10 as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Town of Belvidere, more commonly known as "Riverside Park."
B. 
A municipal parking lot designated as "Parking Lot 2" is hereby established at a location east of Greenwich Street on the easterly end of South Water Street, Block 11, Lot 30 as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Town of Belvidere.
C. 
From time to time, the Town may lease additional parking lots from private landowners. These parking lots shall be herein referred to as "leased parking lots" and a list of all such lots shall be kept on file with the Belvidere Municipal Clerk. All regulations for municipal parking lots shall apply to the leased parking lots.
A. 
All municipal parking lots (owned and leased) shall be available for daytime parking during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for use by the public.
B. 
Parking during the day shall be for a two-hour term.
C. 
Overnight parking is permitted in Parking Lots 1 and 2 as described in § 485-9 from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Overnight parking is prohibited in any Leased Lots as described in § 485-9.
D. 
The Town shall be permitted to exempt certain spaces and/or vehicles from the municipal parking lot time restrictions as part of the lease with an owner of a privately owned parking lot. The Town shall provide a Police Department-approved placard to the landlord for such exempt vehicles. It shall be the sole responsibility of the owner of the vehicle to display his/her exempt placard in the front windshield of the vehicle at all times while parking in the leased municipal lot.
Signs designating the parking area for members of the general public shall be placed in the parking lot designating the hours of operation, parking limits and designated handicapped parking spaces.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by statute, any persons convicted on said violation shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50 per day. This includes, but is not limited to, overnight parking ad abandoned vehicles. Vehicles in violation will be impounded and towed at the owner's expense in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-56. The Town of Belvidere Police Department and its agents shall have the authority to enforce this chapter.