[Adopted by Ord. No. O-79-21 (Ch. 11A of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended
through Ord. No. O-97-27]
This chapter shall apply to any and all areas
within the Township set aside for the parking of motor vehicles and
designated by the Freehold Township Transportation Board as a municipal
parking lot.
Any person owning or operating a motor vehicle
who shall park same in a designated municipal parking lot without
a current permit as provided for in this chapter shall be subject
to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
[Amended 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. O-08-32; 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-15]
Fees for municipal parking lot permits shall be charged in accordance with Chapter
150, §
150-56, of the Code.
Application for parking permits shall be made
to the Township Clerk, who shall collect the appropriate fee and issue
a decal to the applicant. The decal shall be displayed upon the vehicle
to which the permit applies in such a location as shall be designated
on the instructions provided by the Clerk. Failure to display the
decal shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this chapter.
No motor vehicles shall be parked in any designated municipal parking
lot without a decal properly issued by the Township Clerk covering
the motor vehicle for the current time.
Whenever the designated commuter parking area
provided by the Township shall apply to a portion of a parking lot,
which designated area shall be appropriately marked, no motor vehicle
displaying a decal issued hereunder shall be parked outside of the
designated commuter parking area. Any person owning or operating a
motor vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine
not less than $50 nor more than $100.
[Adopted 4-27-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-7]
Unless authorized by a sworn law enforcement officer, no person
shall operate, park, leave or be in possession of a motor vehicle
which is unregistered or has a suspended registration in any parking
yards (lots) and parking places, which are open to the public or to
which the public is invited, whether owned or maintained by a governmental
entity or in conjunction with any business or enterprise, whether
public, quasi-public or private.
This article shall not apply to:
A. Private property to which the public is not invited, such as residential
lots.
B. Motor vehicles which are exempted from registration under Title 39
of the New Jersey Statutes, such as car dealer inventory.
Any police officer is authorized to order the removal of any
unregistered vehicle in violation of this article to a storage space
or garage, and the expense involved in such a removal and storage
of the vehicle shall be borne by the owner of the vehicle, except
that the expense shall be borne by the lessee of a leased vehicle.
[Amended 5-22-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-9]
The violation of this article shall subject the person so convicted,
or pleading guilty, to a fine of $100 for an unregistered vehicle
and $175 for a vehicle which has a suspended registration.