[Adopted 3-5-1992 by Ord. No. 92-6]
A.
HANDICAPPED PERSON
PUBLIC PARKING
Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless
the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the words below
shall have the meanings stated below:
A person who qualifies under the definition of N.J.S.A. 39:4-204
or 39:4-206 and who possesses a handicapped person identification
card and a placard (prominently displayed in the front window dashboard
of the vehicle) and/or a handicapped license plate, issued by the
Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the
general public, including but not limited to municipal and/or government-owned
buildings, shopping malls, stores, markets, hotels, recreation facilities,
schools, office buildings and public eating places, whether publicly
or privately owned, with the following exceptions: loading docks and
all buildings that involve highly combustible, flammable or explosive
material.
[Amended 10-31-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop,
park or stand a motor vehicle in a legally designated handicapped
parking space unless such a person is a handicapped person or is transporting
a handicapped person and is using the handicapped parking space for
the benefit of said handicapped person. Any person who shall violate
this section shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense
plus, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90
days of community service on such terms and in such form as the court
shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
Any vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped
parking zone shall be towed to a designated garage when a handicapped
person requests to the police that it be towed. The police, within
their own authority, may have such vehicle towed (all subject to state
statutes). The charges for towing and storing such vehicles shall
be the responsibility of the owner of said vehicle.
This article shall be enforced by the Department
of Police.
