[Amended 1-23-1991 by Ord. No. 1-1991]
A.
The provisions of this article imposing a time limit
on parking shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 or any other
New Jersey statutes or as hereinafter provided.
B.
No person shall park a motor vehicle in any parking
space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles
for the physically handicapped unless the vehicle is authorized by
law to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver
or a passenger in the vehicle.
C.
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a parking space
restricted for the physically handicapped without a special vehicle
identification card 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.
[Amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 5-2004]
[Added 7-1-2002 by Ord. No. 19-2002]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide
for the establishment of handicapped parking spaces on public streets
in front of private residences.
B.
Procedure. Parking spaces will be provided upon presenting
a completed application to the City Clerk including the payment of
costs for labor and materials needed for the construction of the sign,
administrative fee for processing the application and verifying that
the applicant has been issued the special identification cards by
the Division of Motor Vehicles. A person whose application is approved
shall, in addition to the above:
[Added 9-4-2002 by Ord. No. 27-2002]
(1)
Provide a certification on an annual basis, or other
form as provided by the Police Department, stating that they still
live at the address where the sign is located and that they are still
in need of the space and that they still possess a valid special identification
card by the Division of Motor Vehicles. (There shall be no fee required
for the renewal of a reserved handicapped parking space).
C.
Legislative authority. This section is enacted in
accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5 and 40:48-2.46, which does confer
upon the City the right to establish handicapped parking spaces in
order to preserve and safeguard the public health, safety, morals
and welfare.
D.
Designation of areas; signs. The spaces shall be marked
by signs indicating the handicapped parking spaces in conformance
with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
Highways, most recent edition, on file with the New Jersey State Department
of Transportation, as may be amended from time to time.
E.
Record of locations. The Chief of Police shall have
the authority and responsibility of maintaining a list of all handicapped
parking spaces approved under this section.
F.
Violations and penalties. The parking of an unauthorized
vehicle shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine not less
than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I (§ 278-32) attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.
In addition, no person shall park a vehicle in a residential
zone on any surface other than surface parking lots, in structured
parking garages or in mechanical parking facilities. For purposes
of this section, a parking space shall be surfaced concrete, asphalt,
or unit pavers.
[Added 6-19-1989 by Ord. No. 12-1989; amended 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 13-2017]
C.
Parking restricted on public highways and rights-of-way.
[Added 10-21-1991 by Ord. No. 17-1991]
(1)
No inoperable vehicle, camper, travel trailer, house
trailer, mobile home, self-propelled housing unit, motorboat, sailboat
or other motor craft or any trailer or apparatus for carrying the
same, truck larger than one ton commercial in size, tractor, trailer,
semitrailer, bus or vehicle exceeding 850 cubic feet in size shall
be parked in the City of Pleasantville on a public street, right-of-way
or highway between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.[2]
(2)
Said vehicles may be parked in legal parking spaces
only for the purpose of providing the service or delivery of goods
and only as long as necessary to complete the delivery. This includes
the parking of vehicles of local business establishments during the
normal business day on the street in a legal parking space during
the course of the normal business day, in accordance with time restrictions
established by the City.
(3)
Police, fire and other municipal vehicles, as well
as county, state and federal vehicles, vehicles of other public bodies
and utility companies shall be exempted from the restrictions hereof,
provided that they are fulfilling legitimate governmental functions.
D.
No parking and/or stopping or standing of vehicles
shall be permitted within five feet of either side of a driveway which
abuts a public right-of-way within the City limits.
[Added 12-20-1993 by Ord. No. 29-1993]
E.
No parking and/or stopping or standing of vehicles
shall be permitted within 50 feet of the bike path, except on streets
that dead end into the bike path. The streets which are the exception
are: Willard Avenue, Maple Avenue and Greenfield Avenue.
[Added 6-4-2001 by Ord. No. 13-2001]
F.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 278-6:
[Added 8-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 13-2017]
(1)
Not more than one commercial motor vehicle in excess of 10,000 pounds
gross vehicle weight (GVW) shall be parked or stored overnight on
any occupied property which is primarily used for residential purposes
or on any property in a residentially zoned area, except for vehicles
engaged in construction parked or stored on an active construction
site. This provision shall not apply to passenger automobiles with
commercial motor vehicle registration.
(2)
Commercial vehicles, such as, any campers, travel, vacation or house
trailer, vacation house, truck, half ton or larger in size, which
is commercially registered; panel van; tractor; trailer, semitrailer;
jitney; bus; or omnibus, plus commercial vehicles in excess of 10,000
pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW) as rated by the manufacturer shall
not be permitted to park on residential streets between 11:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m.
[Amended 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 31-2001]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II (§ 278-33) of any day upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 31-2001]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle during the time specified in Schedule III (§ 278-34) of any day upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule III attached to and made part of this chapter.
[Amended 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 31-2001]
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule IV (§ 278-35) of any day upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule V (§ 278-36) attached to and made a part of this chapter, except at the angle designated and only within the painted white stall lines.
