[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of North Haledon 6-13-1990 by Ord. No. 12-1990 (Ch. 106 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intention of the Borough to create
and develop municipal parking lots to assist, help and alleviate parking
problems that have developed in the retail, commercial and residential
areas in the community and to provide for the safety and convenience
of its citizens to park in all districts.
The following vehicles shall be permitted to
use the municipal parking lots:
A.
Automobiles and station wagons;
B.
Vans no longer than 18 feet in length;
C.
Pickup trucks no longer than 18 feet in length;
D.
Motorcycles and mopeds;
E.
Delivery trucks no greater than 18 feet in length,
only when making pickups or deliveries at local area properties;
F.
Service vehicles no greater than 18 feet in length,
when providing services to properties within a three-block radius
of the municipal lot;
G.
Recreational vehicles on a temporary basis after notifying
the Police Department.
The following vehicles shall be prohibited from
using the municipal parking lots:
A.
The municipal parking lot shall be open and available
for use for all permitted vehicles without charge.
B.
The public shall be permitted to park their vehicles
upon the lot, and there shall be no limitation as to parking hours,
except no vehicle may be parked for more than 24 continuous hours.
[Amended 7-16-2008 by Ord. No. 5-2008]
C.
All vehicles parked in a municipal parking lot shall
be parked within the lines of a parking stall. A parking stall shall
be considered the designated area bounded by painted lines which will
accommodate one vehicle.
D.
Appropriate signs will be posted in all municipal
parking lots advising the public of any restrictions.
The lots hereby established shall be expressly
limited for the use of parking purposes only, and at no time will
automobile repairs, ball playing, loitering, cleaning, washing or
waxing of vehicles or any other type of such activity be permitted
thereon, except for emergency repairs to a vehicle lawfully parked
upon said premises. No vehicle shall be parked in any municipal parking
lot for the purpose of being sold.
A.
Police officers and parking violation officers, in
accordance with the instructions issued by the Chief of Police, are
to report violation(s) as follows:
B.
In making such report, the police officer or parking
violation officer shall also attach to such vehicle a summons to the
owner thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the
provision(s) of this chapter.
In addition to the penalty imposed for the violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Police Department may
cause said vehicle to be removed to such place as designated by the
Chief of Police. The owner or operator of such vehicle so removed
shall pay the reasonable cost and expense of such removal and the
storage which may result therefrom, and any person, firm or corporation
desiring to reclaim such vehicle may do so by paying the penalty and
expenses of such removal and storage.
