[Adopted 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2610]
A. 
Whenever the Chief of Police or his designee shall determine that certain streets exclusively or primarily servicing residential land uses, or portions of such streets, are being used for parking by the operators of vehicles, which operators do not reside on said streets, and that the average number of such vehicles parking in such manner is in excess of 25% of the number of parking spaces on such streets and that the total number of parking spaces actually occupied exceeds 5% of the total number of parking spaces on such streets, as disclosed by an engineering and/or traffic study, then the Chief of Police, or his designee, shall prohibit parking, except by permit as hereinafter provided, during the hours when the above-stated conditions have been found to exist on those streets or portions affected thereby as established by such engineering and/or traffic study.
B. 
In such cases, the Chief of Police shall cause appropriate signs to be posted on those streets or portions thereof affected prohibiting all parking thereon during the hours when the above-stated conditions have been found to exist, except parking by the holders of permits to be granted only under the following terms and conditions:
(1) 
To persons who are residents on any street or portion thereof upon which parking is so restricted, for every vehicle owned by such person and registered in the State of New Jersey.
(2) 
To persons who are visitors of any persons who are residents on any street or portion thereof upon which parking is so restricted, subject to the proviso, however, that not more than three such permits shall be issued and outstanding at any one time for the use of visitors of any one dwelling unit on any said street or portion thereof upon which parking is so restricted.
(3) 
To persons who do business with any persons who are residents on any street or portion thereof upon which parking is so restricted, subject to the provison, however, that the parking prohibitions and restrictions of this article shall not apply to service or delivery vehicles which are being used to make service calls or deliveries.
C. 
On the application of any person who resides on any said street upon which parking is so restricted, the Chief of Police, or his designee, may issue permits to be valid for only one day and for no more than eight hours on that day upon a showing by such person that during the hours for which any such permit is to be issued for such person's residence will be used in such a way as to be consistent with its residential character and with municipal ordinances and regulations restricting the use thereof to residential purposes and that visitors to such person's residence will not be able to park in the immediate vicinity thereof without violating the restrictions imposed by this article. If the Chief of Police shall approve such application and further find that the issuance of any such requested permits will not unduly impair traffic safety during the time of their validity, then he shall issue such permits and may limit the streets or portions of streets for which they shall be valid. The total number of such permits issued shall not at any time exceed 35% of the total number of parking spaces on any street or portion thereof for which such permits are valid.
[Amended 2-24-2015 by Ord. No. 2705]
Pursuant to the provisions of this article and based upon the findings of the Chief of Police, or his designee, made in accordance therewith, no person who does not hold a parking permit issued in accordance with the terms of this article shall park any vehicle on the following described streets or portions thereof in the City of Garfield between the hours and on the days indicated:
Name of Street
Side
Hours/Days/Duration
Location
Alaska Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
Bergen Street
[Added 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2960]
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From Plauderville Avenue to Hartman Avenue
Dewey Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From Walnut Street to Cherry Street
Harding Court
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
Harrison Avenue
[Added 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 3002]
West
1 hour
Charles Street to Frederick Street
Hartman Avenue
[Amended 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2960]
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From the west curbline of Bergen Street to Midland Avenue
Henrietta Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
Jacob Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
Palisade Avenue
[Added 10-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2906]
Both
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday
Midland Avenue to Passaic Street
Plauderville Avenue
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From Midland Avenue to Bergen Street western curbline
Railroad Avenue
[Repealed 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2960]
Union Avenue
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
From Dead Street to Alaska Street
Walnut Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
Williams Street
Both
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Entire length
A. 
Application for parking permits under this article shall be made in writing to the Chief of Police, or his designee, upon such forms as may be provided.
B. 
An applicant for a parking permit under this article shall show to the Chief of Police, or his designee, satisfactory evidence that he fulfills all the conditions required for the issuance of such permit. Whenever such conditions no longer exist, any person holding such permit shall surrender the same to the Chief of Police, or his designee. It shall be unlawful for any person to represent that he is entitled to a permit under this article when he is not so entitled, to fail to surrender a permit to which he is no longer entitled, or to park a vehicle displaying such permit at any time when the holder of such permit is not entitled to hold it.
C. 
The fee for each parking permit granted under § 226-22 shall be $2. Each parking permit granted under § 226-22B(1) shall remain valid during the ownership period of such vehicle by the applicant. Each visitor parking permit granted under § 226-22B(2) shall remain valid during the residency of the applicant.
[Amended 12-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2622; 2-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2624]
Any person who violates the provisions of this section of the Code shall be punished by a fine in the amount of $55. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day the vehicle remains parked in violation of this article.
The Police Department of the City of Garfield shall have the authority to formulate and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to this article, subject to the veto of the City Council, and the Police Department of the City of Garfield shall be entitled, in its discretion, to verify any information appropriate to the enforcement of this article. The Police Department of the City of Garfield shall have the power to issue summonses for violation of this article.
Enforcement of this article and further rules and regulations as may be promulgated from time to time shall be under the jurisdiction of either the Police Department of the City of Garfield and/or the Chief of Police of the City of Garfield as determined by the City Manager of the City of Garfield.