[Adopted 6-18-1974 by Ord. No. 1819 (Ch.
167, Art. I, of the 1978 Code)]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley on
the southerly side of William Street in the rear of premises fronting
on Franklin Avenue and Centre Street and known as Lots 8, 34 and formerly
Lots 25 and 26 in Block 176 on the Assessment Maps of the Township
of Nutley is hereby dedicated and referred to as "Municipal Parking
Lot No. 1" of the Township of Nutley, to be used by the public for
the parking of motor vehicles.
[Added 5-3-1988 by Ord. No. 2232]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley on
the westerly side of Franklin Avenue in the rear of premises fronting
on Franklin Avenue between William Street and Centre Street and known
as Lots 15, 21B, 25, 51A, 51B, 65 and 66 in Block 172 on the Assessment
Maps of the Township of Nutley is hereby dedicated and referred to
as "Municipal Parking Lot No. 2" of the Township of Nutley, to be
used by the public for the parking of motor vehicles.
[Added 5-3-1988 by Ord. No. 2232]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley located
between William Street, New Street and Vincent Place and known as
Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 18A, 19, 20, 22 and 23 in block 175 on the
Assessment Maps of the Township of Nutley is hereby dedicated and
referred to as "Municipal Parking Lot No. 3" of the Township of Nutley,
to be used by the public for the parking of motor vehicles.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley on
the southerly side of Chestnut Street and known as Lots 39, 40, 41,
42 and 43 in Block 185 on the Assessment Maps of the Township of Nutley
is hereby dedicated and referred to as "Municipal Parking Lot No.
4" of the Township of Nutley, to be used by the public for the parking
of motor vehicles.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley on
the easterly side of Franklin Avenue and known as Lots 2A, 14A, 16
and 16A in Block 112 on the Assessment Maps of the Township of Nutley
is hereby dedicated and referred to as "Municipal Parking Lot No.
5" of the Township of Nutley, to be used by the public for the parking
of motor vehicles.
[Added 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078]
The land owned by the Township of Nutley on
the northerly side of East Plaza and known as Lot 1 in Block 308A
on the Assessment Maps of the Township of Nutley be and the same is
hereby dedicated and referred to as "Municipal Parking Lot No. 6"
of the Township of Nutley, to be used by the public for the parking
of motor vehicles.
The Director of the Department of Public Works
is hereby authorized to regulate, control and operate said municipal
parking lots and to maintain the parking meters installed therein
in good, workable condition.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078; 7-7-1987 by Ord. No.
2200; 9-5-1989 by Ord. No. 2289; 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 2812; 8-7-2007 by Ord. No. 3017; 4-7-2009 by Ord. No. 3096; 1-15-2019 by Ord. No. 3406]
Said parking lots shall be metered 24 hours each day and shall
provide for designated space in the parking meter zone for parking
vehicles in said designated space as follows:
A. Parking meters: $0.25 per 1/2 hour.
B. Parking pay stations:
(1) Cash payments: $0.50 per hour.
(2) Credit card payments: $1 per hour.
C. Monthly municipal parking fees:
(1) Eight-hour period from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: $50.
(2) Twelve-hour period from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.: $70.
(3) Twelve-hour period from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.: $60.
(4) Twenty-four-hour period: $100.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078]
The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the fees for all parking meters to be collected
by the Department of Public Works, under his supervision and direction,
which fees are to be collected regularly at least once each week and
transmitted to the Collector of Accounts, who shall have said collections
properly deposited in the Township account and recorded.
The Director of Public Safety is hereby directed
to provide suitable lines or markings upon the parking area adjacent
to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space
for which said meter is to be used and for the use of the vehicle
parking therein. It shall be a violation of this article to park any
vehicle across any such line or marking or to park said vehicle in
such a position that the same shall not be entirely within the area
so designated by such line or marking, or to park any vehicle in any
manner except head-in.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any parking meter space within the parking meter zones, the operator thereof shall immediately upon entering said parking space deposit the required fee, as set forth in §
484-8 of this article, in the parking meter. Upon deposit thereof and the placing of the meter in operation, the parking space occupied by the vehicle may be legally so occupied through such period of time for which payment has been made. Failure to deposit the prescribed coin in the parking meter shall constitute a violation of this article.
A. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this article for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any
vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be
parked beyond the period of time for which payment has been made in
any parking meter space.
B. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this article for any person to cause or permit a vehicle to remain
in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such meter
displays a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such space
has been parked beyond the period of time for which payment has been
made.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
provisions of this article for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited in any parking meter any counterfeit coin or slug.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface,
injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair any
parking meter.
The police officers of the Township of Nutley,
acting under instructions of the Chief of Police, shall report:
A. The number of each parking meter which indicates that
the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent thereto is or has
been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
B. The state license number of such vehicle.
C. The length of time during which such vehicle is parked
in violation of the provisions of this article.
D. Any other facts necessary to an understanding of the
circumstances attending such violation.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 2078]
Each such police officer shall attach to the
vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this article a summons
directing the owner thereof to appear before the Municipal Court of
the Township of Nutley, Public Safety Building, Nutley, New Jersey. If the charge
is a parking violation and not another violation of this article,
the person so charged, if guilty of the offense, may bring the summons
within 48 hours, if a resident of New Jersey, (or, if a nonresident,
on or before the appearance date noted in the summons) to the Violation
Bureau, located in the Public Safety Building, Nutley, New Jersey.
The Violation Bureau may dispose of the offense if the summons is
turned in, with appearance, plea of guilty and waiver of trial duly
signed and executed before the Clerk of the Bureau and the fine and
costs fixed by the court for such offense are paid. In the case of
a parking violation, the person so charged may telephone the Violations
Clerk to determine the amount of fine and costs and then mail the
fine and costs, together with the summons after signing, giving address
and driver's license number.
The coins required to be deposited in the parking
meters as herein provided are hereby levied and assessed as fees to
provide for the proper regulation and control of said municipal parking
lots, together with the cost of supervising and regulating the parking
of vehicles in said parking lot and the cost of installation, operation,
maintenance, control and use thereof.
The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the fees from all monthly parking stalls to
be collected under his supervision and direction, which fees are to
be collected regularly once each month and transmitted to the Collector
of Accounts, who shall have said fees properly deposited in the Township
account and recorded.
The Director of Public Safety is hereby directed
to provide suitable lines or markings upon the parking area for the
purpose of designating the monthly parking space for the use of the
vehicle parking therein. It shall be a violation of this article to
park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park said vehicle
in such a position that the same shall not be entirely within the
area so designated by such line or marking.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any designated
parking space upon payment of the monthly parking fee, the parking
space occupied by the vehicle may be legally so occupied throughout
such period of time for which payment has been made. Failure to pay
the necessary monthly parking fee shall constitute a violation of
this article.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
provisions of this article for any person to cause, allow, permit
or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such
person to be parked between the period of time for which payment has
not been made in any designated monthly parking space.
The monthly parking fees are hereby levied and
assessed as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control
of said parking lots, together with the cost of supervising and regulating
the parking of vehicles in said parking lots and the cost of installation,
operation, maintenance and use thereof.
[Amended 5-15-1979 by Ord. No. 1973]
For each and every violation of the provisions
of this article, the person so violating shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days, or both.