[Adopted 9-17-1984 by Ord. No. 663 (Ch. 129 of the 1981 Code)]
In all public parking areas, the governing body of the Borough
of Lindenwold shall designate and cause to be marked and posted in
accordance with law parking spaces for the physically handicapped,
in accordance with the following guidelines:
A.
A minimum of 1% of the total number of parking spaces, but not less
than two parking spaces, shall be used for handicapped parking in
a parking facility.
[Amended 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01]
B.
The location of the physically handicapped spaces shall be in an
area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate
to the building or buildings which the facility serves. The determination
of said location shall be made by the Code Enforcement Officer in
conjunction and consultation with the owner, except where the location
has been determined by the Joint Land Use Board of the Borough of
Lindenwold. In shopping centers and other multistore facilities, the
handicapped spaces shall be as near to the flagship store as possible
and/or at such other locations as may be agreeable between the Code
Enforcement Officer and the owner.
[Amended 12-12-2012 by Ord. No. 1331]
C.
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified with a clearly
visible sign displaying the international symbol of access along with
the following wording: "These spaces reserved for physically-handicapped
drivers." The lines designating the area shall be painted in fluorescent
yellow paint, and the center of the space shall have painted thereon
the capital letter H.[1]
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.
Upon the request of the owner or possessor of private property,
the governing body shall also designate appropriate spaces for handicapped
parking, the use thereof to be subject to the provisions of this article
and the statutes of the State of New Jersey.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space designated and
marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped in any parking
facility unless said vehicle shall have affixed thereto an identification
certificate or marker issued by the New Jersey Director of the Division
of Motor Vehicles.
B.
Parking in a handicap space without the aforesaid vehicle identification
shall create a rebuttable presumption that use of the space was not
for the physically handicapped.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197(3)(c), every person convicted
of a violation of a provision of this article or any supplement thereto
shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent
offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90 days' community service
on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate,
or any combination thereof.
