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Township of Washington, NJ
Gloucester County
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In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the following street locations are designated as handicapped parking spaces. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards or plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Name of Street
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.6, the following on-street locations are designated as handicapped parking spaces in front of private residences occupied by handicapped persons. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards or plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted in these spaces.
Name of Street
Location
Permit Number
910 Howe Street
[Added 5-11-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
Southern side beginning at a point 26 feet east of the eastern curbline of Livingston Street and extending to a point 22 feet east thereof
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the following off-street parking yards and Board of Education property are designated as handicapped parking areas. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these areas.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
A. 
Any owner of a public building within the Township for which off-street parking is provided shall provide no less than one handicapped parking space for every 15 spaces of public parking available to it until the total number of spaces totals 60. Thereafter, one handicapped parking space shall be provided for every additional 50 parking spaces. The handicapped parking spaces shall be conveniently located adjacent to the public building entrance.
B. 
Prior to the designation of such handicapped parking spaces, the owner shall be required to submit a location plan to the Police Department of the Township for approval. Failure of the Police Department to approve or deny within ten days after receipt of such plan shall be deemed a plan approval. If the Police Department disapproves the plan, (s)he shall notify the owner and the Township Clerk. Thereafter, within 30 days the Township Council shall hold a public hearing on the owner's proposed handicapped parking plan. At that time, the owner and Police Department shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The Township Council, by resolution, shall accept or modify the owner's proposed handicapped parking plan. The terms and conditions of the resolution shall constitute the approved handicapped parking plan. The decision of the Township Council shall be rendered within 30 days after the public hearing. Failure of the Township Council to render a decision, by resolution, within the required thirty-day period, shall constitute an approval of the owner's proposed handicapped parking plan.
C. 
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any building or structure defined as a public building until such time as the required handicapped parking space(s) are provided by the owner thereof.
D. 
Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided at the municipal building and all other public buildings constructed by the Township, and all other buildings as required by N.J.S.A. 52:32-4.
E. 
A person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section if, after ten days' written notice is given by the Police Department or other duly designated Township official, said person fails to then comply with this section. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject to the payment of a fine not to exceed $250. If such violation continues after such ten-day period, it shall constitute a separate offense.
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, the following off-street parking yards are designated as handicapped parking areas. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1, the following off-street parking locations are designated as handicapped parking. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-4, the following off-street parking locations are designated as handicapped parking. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates or placards by the Division of Motor Vehicles, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Property
Number of Spaces
Location
(Reserved)
The owners of the premises referred to in §§ 260-39, 260-40 and 260-42 shall provide and install signs and pavement markings for each parking space reserved for the use of handicapped persons, which signs and markings shall be in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The cost of procurement and installation of the signs and pavement markings shall be the responsibility of the owner of said property. The owner shall, subsequent to initial procurement and installation, maintain such signs and pavement markings in good condition at no cost or expense to the municipality. The owner shall be responsible for the repair and restoration of same.
A. 
Prior to the issuance of any summons, the officer or other designated person shall place on the vehicle a notice of intention to issue a summons. The notice shall advise the vehicle operator that, unless satisfactory explanation is made within 10 days to the Police Department as to why that motor vehicle was so placed in a space reserved for handicapped persons, a summons for a parking violation, as defined by this article, shall issue. Such notice shall be in such form as to enable the operator of the motor vehicle to insert his/her explanation.
B. 
In the event that the motorist shall fail to reply on the notice form provided or in the event the explanation given evidences a violation of this article, the officer or designated person shall cause a summons to be issued for violation of this article.