[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Town Council) of the Town of Phillipsburg 6-19-1969 by Ord. No. 998 (Ch. 38 of the 1969 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 67.
Handicapped parking — See Ch. 414.
Abandoned and inoperable vehicles — See Ch. 597.
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 Director of Public Safety, or in his absence the Chief of Police, is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting of said "Emergency No-Parking" signs when weather conditions, accidents, fires or public celebrations dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow of traffic.
B. 
Notifications that 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.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any peace officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal, before regaining possession of the vehicle.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of provision of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.