The Township Committee finds, based upon its own investigation and a public hearing, that it is appropriate to designate certain residential streets, or any portions thereof, as preferential parking zones for residents adjacent thereto, in which zones automobiles displaying a permit or other authorized indicia may be exempt from parking prohibitions or restrictions otherwise posted, marked or noticed. Each preferential parking zone herein designated is so determined upon findings that such zone is required to enhance or protect the quality of life in the areas of the zone threatened by noise, traffic hazards, environmental pollution or devaluation of real property resulting from commuter vehicular traffic, that each such zone is necessary to provide reasonable available and convenient parking for the benefit of the adjacent residents and that each proposed zone is desirable to encourage the use of carpooling and to encourage the use of mass transit.
The findings referred to in § 410-47 are based upon the following criteria established to the satisfaction of the Township Committee:
A. 
That commuter vehicles, defined as those vehicles operated by persons whose destinations are to nonresidential areas, do or may substantially and regularly interfere with the use of the majority of available public street parking spaces by adjacent residents.
B. 
That the interference by the commuter vehicles referred to in Subsection A occurs at regular and significant daily or weekly intervals.
C. 
That a substantial portion of the residents adjacent to the proposed zone desire, agree or request establishment of such preferential parking zones.
D. 
That a shortage of reasonably available and convenient residential-related parking spaces exists in the area of the proposed zones.
E. 
That no alternative solution is feasible or practical.
A. 
Issuance of permits. The Police Department shall issue permits for preferential parking. Applicants for such permits shall be required to present proof of residency on said streets in the areas designated as preferential parking zones. Not more than three permits shall be issued for each qualified dwelling unit to any qualified applicant. Applicants requesting more than three permits for any dwelling unit may be granted additional permits by the Chief of Police upon a showing that there are more than three automobiles registered at the address of such dwelling unit and that insufficient off-street parking is available to the applicant during the effective hours of the preferential parking zones.
B. 
Applications for parking permits under this article shall be made in writing on forms provided by the Police Records Bureau.
C. 
Duration of permits. Permits issued pursuant to this section shall remain effective from July 1 to June 30 of the year following the date of issuance or fraction thereof, or as long as the applicant continues to reside in a qualified dwelling unit for such permit, or until the preferential parking zone for which such permit was issued is eliminated, whichever period of time is less. Renewals for any permits shall be applied for and issued during the month of June preceding the period for which a renewal is sought. Each renewal shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions as any new application. Permits are nontransferable.
D. 
The permit shall be returned to the Police Department upon sale, junking or other transfer of a vehicle. Permit holders shall inform the Police Department when moving within the permit parking area. Permits shall be surrendered to the Police Department when moving outside the permit parking area.
E. 
Each permit holder shall be limited to three visitor permits at any one time. Visitor permits must be returned within seven days of issuance unless otherwise extended by the Chief of Police. Visitor permits are nontransferable.
F. 
Conditions of permits. Each permit issued shall be subject to all the conditions and restrictions set forth in this chapter and of the preferential parking zone for which it was issued, including conditions and restrictions which may be altered or amended from time to time. The issuance of such permit shall not be construed to be a permit for or approval to violate any provision of this chapter or any other laws or regulations.
G. 
All visitor permits shall be displayed on the street side of the dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to an officer enforcing parking regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
H. 
There will not be any application fee required to obtain any permit.
No vehicle shall be parked or stopped adjacent to any curb in a preferential parking zone described in Schedule XXIV (§ 410-77), attached to and made a part of this chapter, in violation of any posted or noticed prohibition, unless such vehicle shall have a permit prominently displayed on the street side of the dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to an officer enforcing parking regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, rent, transfer or lease or cause to be sold, rented, transferred or leased for any value or consideration or no value or consideration any preferential parking permit. Upon conviction of a violation of this subsection, all preferential permits issued to or for the benefit of the dwelling unit for which the sold, rented, transferred or leased permit was authorized shall be void and shall be returned to the Police Department.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or otherwise acquire for value or otherwise use any preferential parking permit, except as provided for in this chapter.
The following vehicles shall be exempt from this parking permit article:
A. 
Visitors. A vehicle displaying a current visitor's parking permit may park a maximum of seven days, provided that the operator of the vehicle is a bona fide guest of a resident within the permit parking area. The visitor's permit shall be displayed on the street side of the dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to an officer enforcing parking regulations.
Any person violating any provisions of this article, failing to comply herewith or providing any false information in conjunction with an application for a parking permit shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days or a fine not to exceed $500, or both, and shall forfeit his privilege to hold a parking permit under this article for a period of one year.