Handicapped parking spaces. Handicapped parking spaces
shall be those spaces which are identified with a clearly visible
sign displaying the international symbol of the handicapped along
with the wording "Handicapped Parking Only," and a designation of
the penalty for violation shall be placed on the sign or parking space.
Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided at the Paulsboro Borough
Hall and all other public buildings constructed by the Borough of
Paulsboro and all other buildings as required by N.J.S.A. 52:32-4.
Only handicapped persons may park in designated areas.
No person shall park, stop or stand a motor vehicle any time in an
area designated as reserved for the benefit of physically handicapped
individuals unless such person is a handicapped person or is driving
such handicapped person for the handicapped person's benefit. Display
of a handicapped person slip, special license plates or special vehicle
identification cards shall entitle the vehicle to park in a handicapped
parking spot.
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 Paulsboro 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 ordinance, shall issue. Such
notice shall be in such form as to enable the operator of the motor
vehicle to insert his explanation.
In the event that the motorist shall fail to reply
on the notice form provided or in the event that the explanation given
evidences violation of this section, the officer or designated person
shall cause a summons to be issued for violation of this section.
The terms and provisions of this section shall be
enforced for all buildings owned and operated by the Borough of Paulsboro
or for those buildings which a private owner has consented to enforcement
in writing.
The terms and provisions of this section shall be
enforced by the Paulsboro Police Department and such other persons
as the Mayor may designate to enforce this section. The Mayor shall
be required to file the name or names of any persons so designated
by him to enforce this section with the Clerk of the Borough of Paulsboro,
who shall maintain a permanent log of the person or persons so designated.
Such person or persons shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
The Mayor shall be required, upon the termination
or resignation of any person or persons so designated to act as an
enforcing officer herein, to so advise the Borough Clerk of that person's
resignation or termination, which the Clerk shall so note on the permanent
log. The term of any person or persons designated to serve as enforcing
officer, notwithstanding any other provisions of this ordinance, shall
terminate as of the expiration of the term of the Mayor.
A person shall be deemed in violation of § 76-60 of this ordinance if, 10 days after written notice is given by a duly designated Borough official, he fails to then comply with § 76-60 of this ordinance. Any person violating § 76-60 may be fined no more than $250. Each day that a person shall be in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.