City of Garfield, NJ
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2024-01-05
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 226 Parking
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Article III Fire Zones
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 12 Court
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Elections, Municipal
- Ch 19 Employment Separation Program
- Ch 23 Fire Department
- Ch 27 Historic Preservation
- Ch 30 Housing Authority
- Ch 35 Library
- Ch 39 Officers and Employees
- Ch 41 Parking Authority
- Ch 44 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 48 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Safety Communications
- Ch 53 Purchasing
- Ch 56 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 58 Retirement
- Ch 60 Sick Leave Documentation
- General Legislation
- Ch 64 Adult Bookstores and Massage Parlors
- Ch 69 Alarm Systems
- Ch 73 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 77 Amusements
- Ch 80 Animals
- Ch 94 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 100 Cannabis
- Ch 102 Carnivals and Shows
- Ch 105 Certificates of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 109 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 111 Clothing Bins
- Ch 114 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 116 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 119 Curfew
- Ch 120 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 125 Dumping
- Ch 128 Dwelling Certificates
- Ch 131 Dwelling and Rooming Units
- Ch 134 Dwellings, Unlawful
- Ch 140 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 141 Filming
- Ch 142 Fire Prevention
- Ch 144 Flag Etiquette
- Ch 146 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 150 Food Handlers, Mobile
- Ch 151 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 153 Fortune-Tellers
- Ch 157 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 161 Garage Sales
- Ch 164 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 172 Grading of Land
- Ch 176 Graffiti
- Ch 181 Housing Standards
- Ch 185 Junkyards
- Ch 187 Landscaping
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 191 Laundromats
- Ch 195 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 198 Limousines
- Ch 201 Littering
- Ch 208 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 210 Mausoleums, Public
- Ch 213 Meat Packaging
- Ch 216 Moving Permits
- Ch 218 Newsracks
- Ch 220 Noise
- Ch 221 Nuisances
- Ch 224 Parades and Special Events
- Ch 226 Parking
- Ch 226 Art III Fire Zones
- § 226-14 Purpose.
- § 226-15 Statutory authorization.
- § 226-16 Designation of areas.
- § 226-17 Violations and penalties.
- § 226-17.1 Enforcement.
- Ch 230 Parking Lots
- Ch 233 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 237 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 239 Plastic Bag and Straw Regulation
- Ch 242 Property Maintenance
- Ch 243 Property, Vacant and Abandoned, Registration
- Ch 244 Public Property, Obstruction of
- Ch 246 Railroad Use
- Ch 249 Recycling
- Ch 252 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 256 Retail Business Hours
- Ch 260 Sanitation
- Ch 263 Secondhand Merchandise Dealers
- Ch 265 Sewers
- Ch 266 Sex Offenders
- Ch 268 Shopping Carts
- Ch 272 Signs
- Ch 275 Site Plan Review
- Ch 278 Smoking
- Ch 280 Snow Removal
- Ch 284 Stormwater Control
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management Regulations
- Ch 287 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 290 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 294 Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing
- Ch 298 Taxation
- Ch 301 Taxicabs
- Ch 305 Telephones, Public
- Ch 308 Tobacco Retail Establishments; Vape Shops; Retail Electronic Smoking Establishments
- Ch 310 Tow Trucks
- Ch 314 Trapping
- Ch 318 Urination in Public
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unclaimed
- Ch 325 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 328 Vehicle Repair and Auto Body Repair Facilities
- Ch 329 Vehicle Sales Businesses
- Ch 333 Water
- Ch 337 Waterfront Drift and Debris
- Ch 341 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A342 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-24-1981 by Ord. No. 1766 (Ch.
185, Art. I, of the 1979 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to establish
certain areas that are private property that are open to the public
or in which the public is invited that shall prohibit parking in areas
designated as "no stopping or standing (fire zones)."
This article is enacted in accordance with N.J.S.A.
40:48-2.46, which does confer upon the City of Garfield the right
to establish no stopping or standing (fire zones) areas in order to
preserve and safeguard the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
[Amended 4-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2928[1]]
A.
The Fire Official shall designate fire zones on both private and
public property in the City of Garfield as deemed necessary for public
safety.
B.
The Fire Official shall notify, in writing, the owner of said property,
specifically describing the designated area(s).
C.
The marking of fire zones shall be the responsibility of and at the
expense of the property owner and shall be accomplished within 30
days of the receipt of the notification. The property owner shall
thereafter properly maintain the fire zones so as not to reduce their
effectiveness.
D.
Suitable signs and/or markings bearing the words "No Parking —
Fire Zone" shall be posted and marked and striped in accordance with
standards established by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways, as periodically updated by the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
[Amended 3-2-1982 by Ord. No. 1774; 4-16-1985 by Ord. No.
1872; 4-6-1993 by Ord. No. 2113; 4-5-1994 by Ord. No. 2151; 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2457]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding
$2,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days, and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs on a continuous period.
[Added 4-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2928]
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department and
the Fire Prevention Bureau of the City of Garfield.
