The power of the municipality to adopt ordinances concerning
traffic and parking is contained in R.S. 39:4-197. Various statutory
provisions throughout Title 39 control the manner in which municipalities
may regulate parking and traffic. R.S. 39:4-8 requires that all traffic
and parking ordinances be approved by the Department of Transportation.
[Ord. 226, Art. I, S 1]
The terms used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in R.S. 39:1-1 as amended.
In addition, the following terms not defined in R.S. 39:1-1
as amended, are defined with reference to this chapter as follows:
a.
The
term "curb" shall mean the lateral boundary of that portion of the
street designated for the use of vehicles, whether marked by curbing
or not.
b.
The
term "side" as used herein shall mean the curb line as defined above.
c.
All
distances contained herein are measured distances from the point of
intersection of extended curb lines unless otherwise stated.
[Ord. 226, Art. I, S 2]
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall
mean either Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Saving Time,
as may be in current use in the borough.
[Ord. 295; Ord. 304; Ord. 378; Ord. 392; Ord.
477; Ord. 552; Ord. 590]
[New]
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time on parking shall
not relieve any person of the duty to observe other more restrictive
provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing, or parking
of vehicles as set forth in R.S. 39:4-138, any other New Jersey statute
or as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. 226, Art. III, S
6; Ord. 188, SS 2, 3]
a.
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon
streets or sections of streets where temporary EMERGENCY NO PARKING
signs are displayed. The chief of police, or in his absence the ranking
police officer, is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct
the posting of EMERGENCY NO PARKING signs when weather conditions,
accidents, fires, or public celebrations dictate or require the avoidance
of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow
of traffic.
Notification that EMERGENCY NO PARKING signs are being or will
be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle which
has been parked prior to the posting of the signs.
b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this subsection
shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation
of traffic and any police officer may provide for the removal of the
vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage
which may result from the removal, before regaining possession of
the vehicle.
c.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent upon signs being
erected as required by law.
[Ord. 226, Art. III, S
1; Ord. 232, S 1; Ord. 243, S 2; Ord. 297; Ord. 301; Ord. 381, S 1; Ord. 492, S 1; Ord. 513, S 1; Ord. 574, S 1; Ord. 589, S 1; Ord. 598, S 1; Ord. 666, S 1; Ord. 742; Ord. No. 786]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I which can be found in Chapter 7A.
[Ord. 226, Art. III, S
2; Ord. 301; Ord.
721]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule II which can be found in Chapter 7A.
[Ord. 226, Art. III, S
5; Ord. 228, S 1; Ord. 232, S 4; Ord. 235, S 1; Ord. 243, SS 5,
6; Ord. 686, S 1; Ord. 720; Ord. 723; Ord. No. 811]
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule III at any time between the hours listed in Schedule III of any day except Sundays upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in the schedule which can be found in Chapter 7A.
[Ord. 226, Art. V, S 1]
The parking time-limit provisions in this chapter shall not
be operative on Sunday, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
a.
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers
the street or roadway, an emergency shall exist and no vehicle shall
be parked on any street or roadway or portion thereof. Such parking
prohibitions shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased and
until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent
that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic or
impede the passage of ambulance, fire or other emergency vehicles.
During this period of parking prohibition, vehicles may park
in any municipal parking yard including those behind borough hall
and at the railroad station.
b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this subsection
shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper clearing
and removal of snow and regulation of traffic. Any police officer
may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the
reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from
such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
No operator of a vehicle shall stand or park a vehicle in any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped, or as specified in any schedule, which can be found in Chapter 7A, unless the vehicle is authorized by law to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle.
Except during periods of snow emergency as described in subsection
7-3.7a., or while fire, ambulance or other emergency personnel are
responding to fire or other emergency calls, no vehicles shall be
parked in the municipal parking yards located behind borough hall
and at the railroad station on any day between the hours of 2:00 a.m.
and 6:00 a.m.
[Ord. 226; Ord. 338; Ord. 482; Ord. 556; Ord.
562; Ord. 701]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV-A which can be found in Chapter 7A.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle during the hours designated upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV-B which can be found in Chapter 7A.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle, other than a school bus, during the hours designated upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV-C which can be found in Chapter 7A.
[Ord. 226; Ord. 243]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule V, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as one-way streets.
[Ord. 226; Ord. 432; Ord. 447; Ord. 494; Ord.
574; Ord. 670]
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as through streets. STOP signs shall be installed on the near right side of each street intersecting the through street.
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule VII, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as stop intersections. STOP signs shall be installed as provided therein.
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule VIII, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as yield intersections. YIELD signs shall be installed as provided therein.
[Ord. No. 251, Ord. No. 791]
The locations described in Schedule IX, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as loading zones.
[Ord. 226]
The locations described in Schedule X, which can be found in Chapter 7A, are hereby designated as bus stops.
[Ord. 226; Ord. 525; Ord. 562; Ord. 588]
[Ord. 226]
No person shall park any vehicle upon any municipally controlled
street in the borough for the purpose of:
[Ord. 226; Ord. 477; Ord. 630]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey Statute, every person convicted of a violation of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both. Every person convicted of a violation of subsection 7-3.8, concerning restricted parking for handicapped, 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.
[Ord. No. 614; Ord. No. 810]
a.
Trucks over four tons gross weight are hereby excluded from the streets
or parts of streets described except for pickup and delivery of materials
on such streets:
|
Name of Street
|
Weight
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Blackwell Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Center Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Columbia Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Cook Place
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
East Prospect Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Ege Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Elm Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
First Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Front Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Golden Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Hamilton Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Maple Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Mercer Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Model Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Newell Place
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
North Lanning Avenue
[Ord. No. 810] |
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Pierson Place
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Railroad Place
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Second Street
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Seminary Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Shaftsbury Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
South Greenwood Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
South Lanning Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Walnut Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Washington Avenue
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
|
Windsor Way
|
4 tons
|
Entire length
|
b.
This section shall not apply to school buses operated in connection
with the transportation of students to or from any school or in connection
with any school-related activity, any vehicle registered with the
New Jersey Commission of Motor Vehicle as farm machinery or a farm
vehicle, any vehicle owned or operated by the borough or to any vehicle
owned and operated by a public utility that may be engaged in the
installation, repair or maintenance of utilities on such streets.
[Ord. 594]
The following described location is hereby designated as a mid-block
crosswalk:
West Broad Street beginning 135 feet east of the easterly curb
line of Mercer Street and extending 15 feet easterly thereof.
