[Adopted 1-7-1997 as Ch. XVII of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances, as amended through Ord. No. 2000-02]
A.
Words and phrases defined. Whenever any words and phrases are used
in this article, the meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle
I of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed
to apply to such words and phrases used herein.
B.
PARKING LOT, PUBLIC
PARKING METER
PARKING METER SPACE
PARKING METER ZONE
Additional definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All areas, lots or facilities owned, operated or conducted
by the Parking Authority and used for public parking.
Any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this
article placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority
of this article. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper
legend the legal parking time established by the City, and when operated
shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time and
at the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime
parking.
Any space within a parking meter zone adjacent to a parking
meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle
by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the
surface of the street or parking lot adjacent to a street and adjacent
to or adjoining the parking meters.
Any restricted street or parking lot contiguous to a street
upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
A.
On-street. Parking meter zones are hereby established in and upon
the streets or parts of streets named in Schedule I attached to and
made a part of this article.
B.
Off-street. Parking meter zones are hereby established in and upon
the off-street parking area described below, where parking will be
permitted for a period not exceeding 180 minutes:
(1)
38th – 39th Streets. All that certain lot, tract or parcel
of land and premises, hereinafter particularly described, situate,
lying and being in the City of Union City, in the County of Hudson
and State of New Jersey: Beginning at a point in the northeasterly
side of 38th Street (formerly Lewis Street) distant 96.74 feet northwesterly
from the corner formed by the intersection of the northeasterly side
of 38th Street with the northwesterly side of Bergenline Avenue and
from the point of beginning running thence (1) north 30 degrees 44
minutes 33 seconds east 200 feet to a point in the southerly side
of 39th Street; thence (2) north 59 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds
west and along the southerly side of 39th Street 150 feet to a point;
thence (3) south 30 degrees 44 minutes 33 seconds west 100 feet to
a point; thence (4) north 59 degrees 15 minutes 27 seconds west 5.50
feet to a point; thence (5) south 30 degrees 44 minutes 33 seconds
west 100 feet to a point in the northerly side of 38th Street; thence
(6) south 59 degrees 15 minutes 27 seconds east and along the northerly
side of 38th Street 155.50 feet to the point or place of beginning.
(2)
36th – 37th Streets.
(a)
All that certain tract or parcel of land and premises, hereinafter
particularly described, situate, lying and being in the City of Union
City, County of Hudson and State of New Jersey.
(b)
Beginning at a point in the northerly side of 36th Street (formerly
Blum Street) the point being distant 191.08 feet westerly from the
intersection of the northerly side of 36th Street, and the westerly
side of Bergenline Avenue and running thence; (1) north 58 degrees
58 minutes 27 seconds west and along the northerly side of 36th Street,
200 feet to a point, the point being the southwesterly corner of hereinbefore
mentioned Lot 17, thence (2) north 29 degrees 52 minutes 33 seconds
east along and beyond the westerly side of Lot 17 149.54 feet to a
point in the southerly side of 37th Street, formerly known as Union
Street, thence (3) South 58 degrees 35 minutes 27 seconds east and
along the southerly side of 37th Street, 206.14 feet to a point, the
point being in the northeasterly corner of hereinbefore mentioned
Lot 52, thence (4) south 32 degrees one minute 24 seconds west and
along the easterly side of the Lot 52, 75 feet to a point, thence
(5) north 58 degrees 35 minutes 27 seconds west 3.33 feet to a point,
the point being the northeasterly corner of hereinbefore mentioned
Lot 24, thence (6) south 29 degrees 52 minutes 33 seconds west and
along the easterly side of the aforesaid Lot 24, 73.20 feet to the
point or place of beginning.
(3)
35th – 36th Streets. All those certain lots, tracts or parcels
of land lying and being in the City of Union City, County of Hudson
and State of New Jersey, which on a certain map on file in the Hudson
County Register's Office entitled Assessment Map of the City
of Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1899, is known and designated
as Lots 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67 in Block
21 and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point
in the northerly side of 35th Street (formerly Jefferson Street) distant
189.55 feet westerly from the intersection of the westerly side of
Bergenline Avenue and the northerly side of 35th Street, the point
being the southeasterly corner of hereinbefore mentioned Lot 33, and
running, thence (1) north 58 degrees 58 minutes 27 seconds west and
along the northerly side of 35th Street 150 feet to a point, the point
being the southwesterly corner of Lot 28 thence (2) north 29 degrees
48 minutes 33 seconds east and along the westerly side of Lot 28 and
62, 200 feet to a point in the southerly side of 36th Street (formerly
Blum Street) thence (3) south 58 degrees 58 minutes 27 seconds east
and along the southerly side of 36th Street 150 feet to a point, the
point being the northeasterly corner of Lot 67, thence (4) south 29
degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds west and along the easterly side of
Lots 67, and 33,200 feet to the point or place of beginning.
(4)
41st – 42nd Streets.
(a)
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being
in the City of Union City, County of Hudson and State of New Jersey,
which on a certain map on file in the Hudson County Register's
Office entitled Map of City of Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey,
1899, is known and designated as Lots 21, 22, 23, 51 and 52 in Block
47 and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point
in the southerly side of 42nd street (formerly Liberty Street) the
point being distant 100 feet westerly from the intersection of the
southerly side of 42nd street and the westerly side of Bergenline
Avenue, running thence (1) southerly and parallel to the westerly
side of Bergenline Avenue 100 feet to a point thence (2) westerly
and parallel to the southerly side of 42nd Street, 25 feet to a point;
thence (3) southerly and parallel to the first course 100 feet to
a point in the northerly side of 41st Street, formerly known as Humboldt
Street, the point being distant 125 feet westerly from the intersection
of the northerly side of 41st Street and the westerly side of Bergenline
Avenue; thence (4) westerly and along the northerly side of 41st Street,
75 feet to a point; thence (5) northerly and parallel to the first
course, 100 feet to a point, thence (6) easterly and parallel to the
northerly side of 41st Street, 50 feet to a point; thence (7) northerly
and parallel to the first Course 100 feet to a point in the southerly
side of 42nd Street; thence (8) easterly and along the southerly side
of 42nd Street, 50 feet to the point or place of beginning.
(b)
The ingress and egress for the off-street parking area are shown
on the plans of the parking areas which are annexed and made a part
of this article.
(5)
Additional off-street parking facilities. Any and all additional
off-street parking facilities owned or operated by the City parking
authority.
A.
On street.
(1)
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with the
adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in the parking space
shall be parked so that the foremost part of the vehicle shall be
nearest to the parking meter; when a parking space in any parking
meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked
in the parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of the
vehicle nearest to the meter.
(2)
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to permit parking
of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which, by other regulations
of the City, parking is prohibited; nor shall anything contained in
this article be construed as prohibiting the City from providing free
parking spaces for loading and unloading, for bus stops, taxicab stands
or for other matters of a similar or emergency nature.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with,
open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking
meter installed under the provisions of this article.
B.
Off street.
(1)
Parking meters shall be so constructed and installed as to conform to the provisions of § 284-17, except that parking time shall be restricted to a period not to exceed 180 minutes in the off-street zones.
(2)
No truck, tractor, trailer or vehicle in excess of 2 1/2 tons
gross weight, whether moved by motor, human or animal power, shall
park in or use any parking area owned, operated or maintained by the
Authority. Trucks up to 2 1/2 tons gross weight, whether having
commercial or passenger registration, may park in a parking area owned,
operated or maintained by the Authority with the permission of and
at the discretion of the Authority.
(3)
No vehicle shall be parked in these areas when it does not fit between
the lines designated as a single parking meter unit.
(4)
No vehicle not equipped with pneumatic tires properly inflated shall
park in or use any parking area owned, operated or maintained by the
Authority.
(5)
The municipal parking areas shall not be used as through streets,
but shall be used only ancillary or incidental to the parking of vehicles
or moving of vehicles on, to or from these parking areas.
(6)
Upon payment to the Authority of a fixed fee not exceeding $40, a
person shall be permitted to park a designated vehicle in a public
parking area for a period of one month or a major fraction thereof.
(a)
Upon acceptance of the fee the Authority shall issue to the
applicant a sticker, sign, permit or meter cover for a meter installed
at the designated area to permit the parking of his vehicle for a
calendar month. A vehicle bearing a sticker, sign or permit, during
the calendar month shown thereon, may park in the public parking area
adjacent to the covered meter. The authority is extended the right
to reasonably limit the extent of monthly parkers in the public parking
areas. No other person is to park any car or vehicle contrary to the
time permitted in a public parking area on Sundays or the legal holidays
named.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit a vehicle
to be parked or remain in a public parking area at any time, except
within the hours specified on the legend attached to each meter and
parking signs in the public parking area adjacent to the covered meter
without a sticker, sign or permit.
(c)
No vehicle shall be parked on a public parking area between
the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any day without a sticker,
sign or permit, and without being entitled to park adjacent to a covered
meter by reason of his having prepaid the monthly fee fixed by the
Authority.
A.
Sixty-minute parking meter zones. Parking meter zones are hereby
established which are restricted to sixty-minute metered parking periods,
as described in Schedule II attached to and made a part of this article.
Each parking meter installed in this metered zone shall be set to
show or display a signal showing legal parking for the space alongside
for a period not exceeding 60 minutes, upon deposit therein of coins
of the United States of America at the rate of $0.25 for each thirty-minute
period in accordance with the directions appearing on the legend affixed
to the meter.
B.
One-hundred-and-twenty-minute parking meter zones. Parking meter
zones are hereby established which are restricted to one-hundred-and-twenty-minute
metered parking periods as described in Schedule III attached to and
made a part of this article.
C.
Twelve-hour parking meter zones. Those streets which border on the
Tunnel Cut are hereby established as twelve-hour parking meter zones
and described in Schedule IV, attached to and made a part of this
article, parking shall be permitted for a period not exceeding 12
consecutive hours. Each parking meter installed in the metered zone
shall be set as to show or display a signal showing legal parking
for the space alongside for a period not exceeding 12 consecutive
hours, upon deposit therein of coins of the United States of America
at the rate of $0.25 for each thirty-minute period in accordance with
the directions appearing on the legend affixed to the meter.
A.
Daily; certain hours. The hours of metered legal parking on the streets
or parts of streets as described in Schedule V, attached to and made
a part of this article, shall be 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., every day
except Sundays and legal holidays.
B.
Certain days; certain hours. The hours of metered legal parking on
the streets or parts of streets as described in Schedule VI attached
to and made a part of this article shall be 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
Monday, Thursday and Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday
and Saturday; 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., every day except Sundays three
weeks before Christmas.
C.
Certain days; certain hours; additional. The hours of metered legal
parking on the streets or parts of streets as described in Schedule
VII, attached to and made a part of this article, shall be 9:00 a.m.
to 9:00 p.m., Monday, Thursday and Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., every day
except Sundays three weeks before Christmas.
A.
Meters required. Parking meters shall be installed in all zones established
as parking meter zones in this article, provided that no parking meters
shall be installed in any of the areas where parking is prohibited
by statute pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.
B.
Placement and setting of meters. Parking meters installed in the
parking meter zones established as provided in this article shall
be placed upon the curb immediately adjacent to the parking places
as described. Each parking meter shall be set to display by a signal
that the parking space adjacent to the meter is or is not legally
in use. Each parking meter shall be set to display a signal showing
legal parking for the space alongside the meter for a period not exceeding
120 minutes, upon the deposit therein of a twenty-five-cent coin of
the United States of America for each 30 minutes, in accordance with
the directions appearing on the legend affixed to the meter and for
a time not to exceed 60 consecutive minutes set in operation. The
timing mechanism on the meter shall not permit a vehicle to be parked
in the zone beyond two consecutive 60 minute periods.
C.
Legal parking time indicator. Each parking meter installed shall
indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by
the City, and when operated shall indicate on its dial and pointer
the duration of the periods of legal parking, and on the expiration
of such period shall indicate illegal overparking.
D.
Time limits; prohibitions.
(1)
When a vehicle is parked in a space adjacent to a parking meter,
the operator of the vehicle shall immediately deposit or cause to
be deposited a twenty-five-cent coin of the United States, in the
parking meter for each 30 minute period in accordance with the directions
appearing on the legend affixed to the meter and for a time not to
exceed 60 consecutive minutes. Failure to move the vehicle from the
parking area after the expiration of the legal limit for the zone
shall constitute a violation of this article. The timing mechanism
on the meter shall not permit a vehicle to be parked in a zone beyond
two consecutive 60 minute periods. Notice of this restriction shall
be affixed prominently to each parking area when such restriction
is in effect.
(2)
It shall be a violation of the provisions of this article to deposit
or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or
substitute for any coin of the United States.
E.
Designation of spaces. The Director is instructed to have markings
placed upon the curb and the street adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of designating the parking space for which the meter
is to be used, and each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter
shall park within markings so established. It shall be unlawful to
park any vehicle across any such marking or to park any vehicle in
a position that shall not be entirely within the area so designated
by such markings.
A.
Reporting of violations. It shall be the duty of the police officers
to inspect and check the use of parking meters and to note and record
the following:
(1)
The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle
occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has
been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
(2)
The state license number of the vehicle.
(3)
Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough
understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
B.
Notice; penalty. Each police officer shall also attach to the vehicle
a notice to the owner that his/her vehicle has been parked in violation
of a provision of this article and instructing the owner to report
to the Municipal Court in regard to the violation. Each owner, within
the time prescribed by law, may pay to the Municipal Court, as a penalty
and in full satisfaction of such violation, the sum of $10. The failure
of the owner to make this payment at the Municipal Court within 48
hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, shall render the owner
subject to the penalties provided for violation of the provisions
of this article.
C.
Serial numbering of notices; report to Board of Commissioners. The
report and notice referred to in this section shall bear corresponding
serial numbers, and all reports issued hereunder shall be accounted
for by the respective police officers to the Municipal Court, and
the Municipal Court shall render written report thereof to the Board
of Commissioners once a month or as often as the Board shall require.
D.
Towing away. In the event an operator shall fail to move his/her vehicle after the expiration of the legal parking period, the vehicle shall be deemed to be illegally parked within the parking zone and may be taken into possession by the City, towed to some proper storage place and where not released until the penalty provided in § 284-18 is paid, and until all reasonable towing and storage charges are paid. The City, its agents or employees shall not be responsible or liable in any manner for damages incurred in the towing, storage, possession or disposition of any vehicle.
A.
Provisions covered by state statute. For any violation of any portion
of this article the enactment of which derives its authority from
N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed $50 or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
