[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hillsborough as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 87-17 (Ch. 96 of the 1977 Code)]
Designation, regulation and enforcement of parking
stalls for handicapped persons is hereby made in accordance with N.J.S.A.
40:48-2.46, 52:32-6 et seq., 39:4-197.5, 52:32-5, 39:4-1, and 39:4-197(1)(g).
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
definitions shall be applicable:
Any person who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a
consequence of paralysis, amputation or other permanent disability
or who is permanently disabled as to be unable to ambulate without
the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited
as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine
and surgery in this state or bordering state in accordance with N.J.S.A.
39:4-204 and who possesses a handicapped person identification card
issued by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or the Municipal
Chief of Police in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 and 39:4-206.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
A.
Category 1 : Any building, structure, facility or
complex which contains parking yards and parking places and which
is open to the public or to which the public is invited and which
is required under municipal site plan and/or subdivision approval
and/or the Uniform Construction Code and or N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 to
contain handicapped parking spaces pursuant to the authority delineated
in N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 and N.J.S.A. 52:32-6 et seq.
B.
Category 2: The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any publicly owned buildings, including public schools, owned by any state, county or municipal government agency or instrumentality which contain parking yards or parking places which have handicapped parking spaces, where said governmental agency has requested of the municipality that Title 39 of the New Jersey statutes be made applicable to their roads, streets, driveways, parkways, parking areas or other roadways. Enforcement with respect to handicapped parking spaces on these properties shall occur through the application of Chapter 143 of the Hillsborough Township Municipal Code pursuant to the authority set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1.
C.
Category 3: The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any privately owned building, structure, facility or complex, whether open to the public or not or whether the public is invited to it or not, which contains parking yards or parking places which have handicapped parking spaces whose owners have requested of the municipality that Title 39 of the New Jersey statutes be made applicable to their roads, streets, driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways, parking areas or other roadways. Enforcement with respect to handicapped parking spaces on these properties shall occur through the application of Chapter 143 of the Hillsborough Township Municipal Code pursuant to the authority set forth in N.J.S.A 39:5A-1.
Parking spaces for the physically handicapped
where lawfully required or voluntarily installed shall be constructed
in accordance with the following guidelines.
A.
Designated parking spaces in parking lots for handicapped
persons shall be required as follows:
Total Parking in Lot
|
Required Number
of Handicapped Spaces
| |
---|---|---|
1 to 50
|
1
| |
51 to 200
|
2
| |
Over 200
|
2 plus 1% of the total spaces in lot over 200,
rounded off to the next highest number
|
B.
Said handicapped parking spaces shall be provided
in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate
to the building or buildings which the facility serves. In shopping
centers and other multistore facilities, the handicapped parking spaces
shall be as near to the flagship store as possible and/or at such
other locations as may be agreeable between the Construction Official
and the owner.
C.
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified
with clearly visible sign detail and stall detail in accordance with
the prerequisite set forth in MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices), which are attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively.[1] In addition, all such signs shall notify the public that
parking in a space reserved for the handicapped may result in the
imposition of a fine of $100 for the first offense and, for subsequent
offenses, a fine of at least $100 and up to 90 days' community service
on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate,
or any combination thereof. Any sign erected after the date of adoption
of this ordinance[2] shall contain this language setting forth the penalty,
and any signs erected prior to the effective date of this amendatory
ordinance shall be modified as delineated hereinabove by June 1, 1991.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
D.
Each space shall be 12 feet wide to allow room for
persons in wheelchairs or on braces or crutches to get in or out of
either side of the automobile on a level, paved surface suitable for
wheeling and walking.
E.
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that
persons in wheelchairs or using braces or crutches are not compelled
to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
F.
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to
permit handicapped people access from the parking area to the sidewalk.
G.
Signs shall be posted and maintained, and said signs
shall conform to regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation
and/or be in conformance with MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices).
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
All signing, pavement markings, depressed curbing
and/or ramps shall be maintained in good and proper condition, including
but not limited to the condition of required markings and signs which
should remain distinctly visible at all times.
A.
Any owner of premises required to provide handicapped
parking spaces or who voluntarily provides handicapped parking spaces
and requests of the municipality the enforcement of Title 39 of the
New Jersey statutes on his property and who shall fail to install
and/or maintain spaces in proper condition shall be subject to penalties
in accordance with this chapter. No person shall deface or remove
any sign erected pursuant to this chapter.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop
or stand a motor vehicle in a parking space designated to the exclusive
use of handicapped persons unless such person is a handicapped person
or is transporting a handicapped person and is utilizing the handicapped
parking space for the benefit of said handicapped person.
D.
Any person convicted of a violation of § 218-6B shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent offenses a fine of at least $100 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.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5; 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-28]
E.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Police Department
of the Township of Hillsborough.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
A.
Private sites, designated areas, Category 1. The following
areas shall be designated as handicapped parking spaces pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 and N.J.S.A. 52:32:
Site
|
Location
|
Block
|
Lot
|
Exhibit[1]
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alard
|
Hillsborough at Stryker
|
200.04
|
7
|
0
| |
Amwell Center
|
611 Amwell Road
|
163
|
38
|
1
| |
Amwell Chiropractor Center
|
Amwell at Rine
|
177A
|
19
|
1A
| |
Atwal (Carteret Savings)
|
Route 206 at New Amwell
|
163
|
23A
|
2
| |
Avolio's (Rent-all)
|
Route 206
|
152
|
25
|
3
| |
Bothers Woodworking
|
Dukes Parkway
|
58
|
67.02
|
4
| |
Burger King
|
Route 206 at Andria
|
181
|
1
|
5
| |
Carriage Farm
|
Amwell Road at Clerico
|
20DB
|
4
|
6
| |
Charlie Brown's
|
Route 206 at Andria
|
181
|
2
|
7
| |
Concept Omega
|
Sunnymead Road
|
67
|
18G
|
8
| |
Corner, The
|
Amwell Road at south branch
|
175
|
1, 2 and 3
|
9
| |
Core States Bank
|
Route 206 at Raider
|
200.06
|
1
|
9A
| |
Courtyard
|
Route 206
|
61
|
3 and 4
|
9B
| |
Cusick Funeral Home
|
Route 206
|
177
|
15
|
10
| |
DeCanto Medical Center
|
Route 206 at Doctor's Way
|
182
|
38A, B and C
|
11
| |
DeCanto Medical Center
|
Route 206 at Doctor's Way
|
182
|
38A
|
11A
| |
DeVan (DeCicco)
|
Route 206
|
200B
|
23B
|
12
| |
Domino Pizza
|
Route 206
|
163
|
31
|
12A
| |
Dunkin Donuts
|
Route 206 at New
|
199
|
57, 58 and 59
|
13
| |
(Woods Tavern Center)
|
Amwell
| ||||
Errico and Doswald Doctors
|
Route 206
|
153
|
17
|
14
| |
Exxon
|
Route 206
|
152
|
36A
|
15
| |
Fenton
|
Route 206
|
153
|
16
|
16
| |
Fraser
|
Dukes Parkway East
|
58
|
67
|
16A
| |
Gateway Park (Hillsborough Campus I)
|
Route 206 at Harvard
|
58
|
1
|
17
| |
Gateway Park (Hillsborough Campus II)
|
Route 206 at Harvard
|
58
|
1.09
|
17A
| |
Gateway Park (Hillsborough Campus III)
|
Route 206 at Harvard
|
58
|
1.05
|
17B
| |
Gitman Shirt
|
Route 206
|
152
|
28
|
18
| |
Hiller (Amwell Mall)
|
Amwell Road
|
178
|
12.01
|
19
| |
Hillsborough Club Plaza (Foodtown)
|
Route 216
|
155
|
66 and 67
|
20
| |
Hillsborough Executive (Days Inn)
|
Route 206
|
142
|
10
|
20A
| |
Hillsborough Florist
|
Route 206
|
199
|
62
|
20B
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200B
|
1
|
21
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200B
|
7
|
22
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200B
|
8
|
23
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.04
|
2
|
24
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.04
|
3
|
25
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.04
|
4
|
26
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.05
|
1
|
27
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.05
|
3
|
28
| |
Hillsborough Industrial Park
|
Ilene Court
|
200.05
|
4
|
29
| |
Hillsborough Square (K-Mart)
|
Route 206
|
152
|
27C
|
30
| |
Horvatz/Getz (Kar Parts)
|
Amwell Road
|
200A
|
3
|
30A
| |
Icote Industrial Park
|
Roycefield Road
|
143
|
11A
|
31
| |
IHOP
|
Route 206
|
152
|
27.02
|
31A
| |
Keller/Kern Valley Park
|
Route 206
|
142
|
34
|
32
| |
Kindred
|
Old Camplain Road
|
67
|
16
|
33
| |
Krinck, Doctor
|
Route 206
|
155
|
64
|
34
| |
Lapinski
|
Amwell Road
|
163C
|
76
|
35
| |
Lincoln Federal Savings
|
Amwell Road
|
163
|
36A
|
36
| |
Maltese
|
Route 206 at Meadow-
brook
|
161
|
11
|
36A
| |
Massaro
|
Route 206
|
178
|
5
|
36B
| |
McDonald's
|
Route 206
|
161
|
13
|
37
| |
Montgomery National Bank
|
Route 206
|
199
|
57
|
38
| |
Mountain View Crossing
|
Route 206 at Mt. View
|
202
|
4
|
38A
| |
Mountain View Crossing
|
Route 206 at Mt. View
|
202
|
4.01
|
38B
| |
Mountain View Plaza
|
Route 206 at Mt. View
|
177
|
24B and 24N
|
39
| |
Nelson's Corner
|
Route 206 at Amwell
|
200A
|
1
|
40
| |
New Brunswick Savings
|
Route 206
|
199
|
55
|
41
| |
New Center Village Square
|
Auten at Triangle
|
150.01
|
17
|
41A
| |
Now Fancy That
|
Route 206
|
200B
|
25
|
41B
| |
P.N.J.
|
Route 206
|
66
|
1A and 1B
|
42
| |
Poletti
|
Route 206
|
17B
|
7
|
42A
| |
Pooch Palace
|
Route 206
|
182
|
42
|
42B
| |
Pheasant's Landing
|
Amwell at Willow
|
198
|
SB
|
43
| |
Pioneer Realty
|
Route 206
|
161
|
12
|
44
| |
Rainbow Rascals
|
Amwell Road
|
199
|
38
|
45
| |
Rhoda Office Complex
|
Township Line Road
|
202
|
19
|
46
| |
Rhoda (Longships)
|
Township Line Road
|
202
|
19
|
46A
| |
S & C Construction
|
Beekman Lane
|
150
|
8A
|
46B
| |
Schlott Realty
|
Route 206 at Raider
|
178
|
21
|
47
| |
Summit Associates
|
Route 206 at Raider
|
200.08
|
1
|
47A
| |
Suriano Welding
|
Weston Road
|
185
|
1.03
|
47B
| |
Supon Shopping Center/
Hillsborough Pharmacy
|
Route 206
|
163
|
33
|
48
| |
Supreme Petroleum
|
Route 206
|
61
|
4 and 4A
|
49
| |
Walker/
Worden (Suburban Bank)
|
Amwell Road
|
162
|
21
|
50
| |
Triangle Campus
|
Auten Road
|
150
|
4Q and 4A
|
50A
| |
Triangle Center
|
Route 206 at Triangle
|
152
|
36C
|
51
| |
Triangle Center
|
Route 206 at Triangle
|
152
|
35.01
|
51A
| |
Tushak Professional
|
Route 206
|
152
|
34
|
52
|
Note: Exhibits 0 through 52 delineating the
above-referenced sites are on file in the office of the Township Clerk
and are hereby incorporated herein and made an official part hereof
for the purposes of adoption and publication in accordance with law.
|
[1]
Editor's Note: The exhibits referred to are
on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
B.
Category 1 sites to be added after effective date
of this ordinance.[2] Private sites and designated areas in Category 1 which are not included within § 218-7A at the time of adoption of this ordinance[3] shall be added to this ordinance pursuant to municipal
site plans or subdivision approval, Uniform Construction Code and/or
N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 by a periodic amendment to this ordinance by the
governing body of the Township of Hillsborough.
[2]
Editor's Note: "This ordinance" refers to
Ord. No. 91-5, adopted 6-11-1991, which provided that it shall take
effect after final adoption by the Township Committee and publication
thereof.
[3]
Editor's Note: "This ordinance" refers to
Ord. No. 91-5, adopted 6-11-1991, which provided that it shall take
effect after final adoption by the Township Committee and publication
thereof.
[Adopted 3-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-7]
A.
PARKING PERMIT
PARK or PARKING
PARKING SPACE
PERMIT PARKING LOT
VEHICLE
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A sticker issued by the Township of Hillsborough which allows
the parking of a vehicle in a permit parking lot.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon
or in any parking space.
Any space within the parking lot designated for the parking
of a single vehicle and delineated by lines painted on the surface.
Any municipal parking lot in the Township of Hillsborough
requiring a permit to park a vehicle.
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported upon a roadway.
Permit parking lots shall be designated as follows:
A.
Park and Ride Lot A: The parking lot located at Block
178, Lot 3.02, more commonly known as the South side of Amwell Road
between Route 206 and Estate Drive, hereinafter designated as Park
and Ride Lot A, shall require permits for the parking spaces so designated
on the attached site plan, and identified in the lot by appropriate
notice, including but not limited to signage and striping.
[Amended 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-20]
The Clerk of the Township of Hillsborough shall
issue parking permits for permit parking lots to applicants upon the
filing of a permit application and payment of the required fee. Permits
shall be issued semiannually subject to availability. The semiannual
permits shall be valid from August 1 to January 31 and February 1
to July 31.
[Amended 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-20]
The fee for obtaining a semiannual parking permit
for the Park and Ride Lot A on Amwell Road shall be $25. The permit
fee shall not be prorated based on the time of application and issuance.
[Amended 12-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-20]
A.
Parking permits are assigned to the vehicle identified
on the application and are nontransferable.
B.
Parking permits must be adhered to the rear window
of the driver’s side of the vehicle.
C.
Vehicles must be parked head-on in a designated parking
space.
D.
Signs or advertisements identifying a vehicle is for
sale may not be displayed in or upon a vehicle or be made visible
in any way while a vehicle is parked in a permit parking lot.
A.
The site plan originally produced on July 2, 1996, by Paul M. Sterbenz of Maser Sosinski & Assoc. and subsequently marked up by Mark Hiestand of the NJDOT on October 26, 2001, to delineate the areas regulated by § 143-81A and this section is hereby approved and adopted as an official finding and record of the location and areas within the Park and Ride Lot A which are to be used for permit parking, nonpermit parking, handicapped parking and other parking and traffic regulations as contained in § 143-81.A and this section and shall hereinafter be referred to as the “site plan for Park and Ride Lot A."
B.
The site plan for Park and Ride Lot A approved and
adopted pursuant to this section shall continue to constitute an official
finding and record as to the location and boundaries of the areas
regulated by Section 143-81.A and this section until such time, if
any, that this section shall be amended to reflect any additions or
deletions of the regulated portions of Park and Ride Lot "A". The
Township Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the
original of the site plan for Park and Ride Lot A approved and adopted
pursuant to this section.
C.
The following additional matters are hereby determined,
declared, recited and stated:
(1)
It is understood that the site plan for Park and Ride Lot A was prepared and is intended to be used as evidence in prosecutions arising under the laws of this state, and the ordinances of this Township, and that such site plan shall constitute prima facie evidence of the location and boundaries of areas which are regulated by § 143-81A and this section.
(2)
A prosecutor is not precluded from introducing or
relying upon any other evidence or testimony to establish a violation
of the offense defined in the laws of this state, and the ordinances
of this Township, including use of a map or diagram other than the
one approved and adopted pursuant to this section.
A.
Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall upon conviction for a first offense be punished by a fine not
to exceed $100 and/or a sentence of community service of not more
than 15 days.
B.
Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall upon conviction for a second offense be punished by a fine not
to exceed $200 and/or a sentence of community service of not more
than 30 days.
C.
Upon the second violation of the provisions of this
section the vehicle will be towed and impounded at the owner's expense.