The position of Parking Enforcement Officer
is hereby created, ratified and confirmed in the Borough of Maywood.
No person may commence duties as a Parking Enforcement
Officer unless that person has successfully completed a training course
conducted or approved by the Borough; provided, however, that the
Mayor and Council may waive this training requirement for any person
otherwise eligible to be appointed as a Parking Enforcement Officer
if the person possesses substantially equivalent training and background,
as determined by the Chief of Police.
A Parking Enforcement Officer shall have the
power and authority to enforce state, county or Borough statutes,
resolutions, ordinances or regulations relating to the parking of
vehicles within the Borough of Maywood, and, in connection therewith,
may:
A. Issue a "parking ticket" for a "parking offense,"
as those two terms are defined in the Parking Offenses Adjudication
Act, P.L. 1985, c. 14 (N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.2 et seq.).
B. Serve and execute all process for any parking offense
issuing out of the court in the municipality having jurisdiction over
the complaint.
C. Cause any vehicle parked, stored or abandoned in the
Borough of Maywood in violation of a statute, resolution, ordinance
or regulation to be towed away from the scene of the violation and
to collect from the vehicle owner or the owner's agent, on behalf
of the Borough, the costs of the towing and subsequent storage of
the vehicle before surrendering the vehicle to the owner or agent.
Prior to the commencement of duties, every Parking
Enforcement Officer shall be furnished by the Borough with a uniform
which shall clearly identify the officer's function. The uniform shall
include, but not be limited to, a hat and appropriate badges which
shall bear an identification number or name tag and the name of the
Borough of Maywood. The uniform shall also include an insignia issued
by the Borough which clearly indicates the officer's status as a Parking
Enforcement Officer. The uniform shall be distinct in color from the
uniform of a regular police officer or special law enforcement officer.
Parking Enforcement Officers shall be employees
at will. The Mayor and Council shall have the authority to summarily
dismiss any such officer for any reason the Mayor and Council find
sufficient. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to discipline
and suspend, for up to three days, such officers and to recommend
that the Mayor and Council approve a longer suspension or dismissal
of such officer whenever it is found to be in the best interests of
the Borough.
The terms of compensation for Parking Enforcement
Officers shall be as set forth in the Borough's current Salary Ordinance.