The following words and phrases, which are not defined in Subtitle
1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes
of this article:
A mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this article
placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this
article. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend
the legal parking time established by the Township Council and, when
operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking
time and, at the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal
or overtime parking.
Any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking
meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle
by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the
surface of the street or lot adjacent to or adjoining the parking
meters.
Any restricted on-street or off-street parking lot upon which
parking meters are installed and in operation or in which appropriate
signs designate permit parking. Vehicles weighing over 7,000 pounds
will not be permitted in permit parking spaces.
Any space within a designated municipal parking zone specifically
authorized for the parking of a single vehicle which displays an authorized
permit issued by the municipality.
The Township Engineer is hereby directed and authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking meter/permit zones designated and described in § 140-68, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street or lot. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
The Township Engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or area immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided for in § 140-68 of this article. No parking meters shall be installed in areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters. Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, lawful money of the United States of America, for the period of time prescribed in § 140-69. Each device shall be so arranged that, upon expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. Permit parking signs shall be installed adjacent to all designated permit parking spaces.
[Amended 2-27-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-09]
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of
the Fire or Police Department or in compliance with the directions
of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle
shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a
parking meter is located, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon
entering said parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to
be deposited in said meter such proper coin of the United States of
America as is required for such parking meter and as is designated
by proper directions on the meter, and when required by the directions
on the meter, the operator of such vehicle, after the deposit of the
proper coin, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on such
meter in accordance with directions properly appearing thereon, and
failure to deposit such proper coin and to set the timing mechanism
in operation when so required shall constitute a violation of this
article. Upon the deposit of such coin (and the setting of the timing
mechanism in operation when so required), the parking space may be
lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which
has been prescribed for the part of the street in which said parking
space is located, provided that any person placing a vehicle in a
parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused
time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space
shall not be required to deposit a coin so long as his occupancy of
said space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If said
vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space and if the meter
shall indicate such illegal parking, then and in that event such vehicle
shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal
parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this
article. Notwithstanding the above requirements, the Township Manager
may suspend metered parking by the issuance of a written official
notification posted on the Township's website for special events,
holidays, and a reasonable period of time before and/or after the
special event or holiday as the Township Manager deems appropriate.
When a parking meter space is parallel with the adjacent curb
or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle
in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost
part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking
meter space is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, no person shall park
or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any
other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest
to the parking meter; when a parking meter or permit parking sign
shall have been installed at the head of and immediately adjacent
to any parking space on a municipal off-street parking lot, no person
shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space
in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle
nearest to the parking meter or sign; provided, however, that in municipal
off-street parking lots, signs shall be erected indicating that head-on
parking only is permitted. In any event, a vehicle shall be parked
within the lines marked on the pavement measuring such parking space.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to:
A.
Cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name
of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the
period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone
as herein described or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for
the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the
particular parking meter zone.
B.
Permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent
to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating
that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked
beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C.
Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space
or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within
the area designated by such lines or markings.
D.
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or
impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions
of this article.
E.
Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device
or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
F.
Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space
where the meter does not register lawful parking.
G.
Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any permit parking space
unless the vehicle displays an authorized permit issued by the municipality.
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers, acting in accordance
with instructions issued by the Chief of Police, to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle
occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has
been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
(2)
The state license number of such vehicle.
(3)
That such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions
of this article.
(4)
Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough
understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
B.
Each such police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice
to the owner thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation
of a provision of this article and instructing such owner to report
to the Municipal Court in regard to such violation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any vehicle left parked for a period exceeding two hours succeeding expiration of the maximum parking time indicated during the hours of operation specified in the space in which the vehicle is parked shall be towed, under the direction of the Police Department, to the Township Garage or any other place designated by the Chief of Police for impoundment, subject to redemption by the owner upon payment of the towing and storage fees included in Chapter A565, Fees.
The coins required to be deposited in parking meters or fees
collected for permit parking as provided herein are levied and assessed
as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic
upon the public streets and also the cost of supervising and regulating
the parking of vehicles in the parking meter permit zones created
thereby and to cover the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection,
inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and use
of the parking meters described herein.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to designate some
proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys
deposited in said meters and to deliver such to the Treasurer.
A.
On-street parking meter zones. On all days between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except Saturdays and Sundays, parking or standing
a vehicle in parking meter space in the on-street parking meter zones
described below shall be lawful only upon the deposit of such amount
as is indicated on the meter for the specified period of time.
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 12-90]
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Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
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Bloomfield Avenue
|
North
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From Hillcrest Terrace to Fairview Avenue
|
|
Bloomfield Avenue
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South
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From West Lincoln Street to Brookdale Avenue
|
|
Gould Street
|
West
|
Starting at a point 254 feet from Bloomfield Avenue north for
292 feet
|
|
Grove Avenue
[Added 5-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 11-16] |
East
|
From 177 feet north of Bloomfield Avenue for 332 feet
|
|
Lakeside Avenue
|
East
|
Starting at a point 151 feet from Bloomfield Avenue south for
1,100 feet
|
|
Lakeside Avenue
|
West
|
From Bloomfield Avenue south for 1,000 feet
|
|
Montrose Avenue
|
West
|
Starting at a point 50 feet from Bloomfield Avenue south for
60 feet
|
|
Rockland Terrace
|
East
|
From Bloomfield Avenue north for 230 feet
|
|
South Prospect Street
|
East
|
Starting at a point 64 feet from Bloomfield Avenue south for
82 feet
|
|
South Prospect Street
|
West
|
Starting at a point 72 feet from Bloomfield Avenue south for
70 feet
|
B.
Off-street parking meter/permit parking zones. Parking or standing
a vehicle in a parking meter/permit parking space in the off-street
parking meter/permit parking zones described below shall be lawful
only when not in excess of the maximum parking time indicated during
the hours of operation specified, on all days except Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, and only upon the deposit of such amount as is indicated
for each specified period of time in metered parking space or display
of permit as appropriate.
|
Name of Lot
(Location)
|
|---|
|
Municipal Parking Lot No. 1[1]
|
|
Municipal Parking Lot No. 2
|
|
H.B. Whitehorne parking lot (Park Street)
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[1]
Editor's Note: Civic Center, which immediately preceded this
entry, was repealed 8-5-1996 by Ord. No. 3-96.
[Amended 8-6-2001 by Ord.
No. 6-2001; 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 16-2004; 10-17-2005 by Ord. No. 17-2005; 5-21-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-19; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-05; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
The parking meter rates in the Township are set forth in Chapter A565, Fees, per hour up to a maximum of two or four hours as designated by the Township Manager.
A.
The fees for parking permits are set forth in Chapter A565, Fees.
[Amended 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 3-2005; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Permits may be obtained from the Municipal Treasurer's office, which
is responsible for the administration and control of permits.
C.
Permits may be color coded for use in specific municipal parking
lots as approved by the Township Manager or his designee.
[Amended 8-6-2001 by Ord.
No. 6-2001; 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 16-2004]
D.
Criteria for the issuance of permits.
[Added 12-6-2004 by Ord.
No. 16-2004]
