The provisions of this chapter imposing a time
limit 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 N.J.S.A. 39:4-138,
any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.
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 the Chief of Police's 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 and public celebration
dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which
interfere with the free flow of traffic. Notification the 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 section 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 such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable
costs of removal and storage which may result from such removal before
regaining possession of the vehicle.
C.
The effectiveness of this section is contingent upon
the signs being erected as required by law.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIV (§ 168-69) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer having registered gross weight in excess of four tons upon any street between the hours specified as listed in Schedule XV (§ 168-70) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule XVI (§ 168-71) of any day (except Sundays, Saturdays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVI attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule XVII (§ 168-72) of any day (except Sundays, Saturdays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVII attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule XVIII (§ 168-73) at any time between the hours listed in Schedule XVIII of any day (except Sundays, Saturdays and public holidays) upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVIII attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The locations described in Schedule XIX (§ 168-74) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as loading zones.
The locations described in Schedule XX (§ 168-75) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as taxi stands.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 168-76) attached to and made a part of this chapter are hereby designated as bus stops.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
B.
Towing of vehicles. Any vehicle parked or standing
so as to obstruct or impede a normal flow of traffic, block entranceways
or exitways, block dempsey dumpsters, loading zones, fire hydrants,
oil fills, any grass area or pedestrian walkway, parked or standing
in violation of these regulations or any vehicle which in any way
presents a safety or traffic hazard may be removed by towing the vehicle.
The owner or operator shall pay the reasonable cost of the removal
and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession
of the vehicle.
