A.
No vehicle shall be permitted to park for a period
exceeding 15 minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
daily, except Sundays, in the following designated areas of the following
streets:
(1)
From a point on the southeasterly curbline of Park
Avenue, 35 feet northeasterly from the intersection of Donaldson Avenue
and Park Avenue, distant thereon 237 feet and running along the northeasterly
curbline of Park Avenue a distance of 50 feet.
[Amended 12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 2182-75; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(2)
Southwest side of West Passaic Avenue beginning 52
feet from the northwesterly terminus of the radius turn constituting
the intersection of said southwest side of West Passaic Avenue with
the northwest side of Park Avenue and running northwesterly a distance
of 22 feet.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(3)
Westerly side of Erie Avenue commencing at a point
25 feet southerly from the intersection of the same with the southwesterly
side of Union Avenue and running southerly thereon a distance of 57
feet.
(4)
Northwesterly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 35 feet northerly from the intersection of the same with the
northeasterly side of Riverview Avenue and running northerly thereon
a distance of 21 feet.
[Added 11-19-1996 by Ord. No. 2779-96]
(5)
Easterly side of Chestnut Street commencing at a point
95 feet northerly from the intersection of the same with West Passaic
Avenue and running northerly thereon a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 2835-98]
(6)
Southwesterly side of Union Avenue commencing at a
point 35 feet westerly from the intersection of the same with Santiago
Avenue and running westerly a distance of 20 feet.
[Added 6-2-1998 by Ord. No. 2843-98]
(7)
Northeasterly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 42 feet northerly from the intersection of the same with Glen
Road and running northeasterly for a distance of 21 feet.
[Added 6-2-1998 by Ord. No. 2843-98]
(8)
Northeasterly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 40 feet southeasterly from the intersection of the same with
Spring Dell Avenue and running southeasterly for a distance of 22
feet.
[Added 6-2-1998 by Ord. No. 2843-98]
(9)
West side of Park Avenue commencing at a point 39
feet northwesterly from the intersection of same with Addison Avenue
and running northwesterly for a distance 23 feet.
[Added 6-2-1998 by Ord. No. 2843-98; amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(10)
Westerly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 224 feet northwesterly from the intersection of same with West
Park Place and running northwesterly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 11-10-1998 by Ord. No. 2866-98]
(11)
Easterly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 38 feet southeasterly from the intersection of same with Highland
Cross and running southeasterly for a distance of 23 feet.
[Added 11-10-1998 by Ord. No. 2866-98]
(12)
[1]West side of Park Avenue commencing 80 feet northerly from
the intersection of the same with Ames Avenue and running a distance
of 22 feet.
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(12), regarding the northerly
side of Spring Dell, added 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 2916-99, was repealed
4-26-2011 by Ord. No. 3225-11.
(13)
Northeasterly side of Park Avenue commencing
at a point 215 feet from the intersection of Park Avenue with the
northeasterly side of Spring Dell and running northeasterly for a
distance of 20 feet.
[Added 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 2916-99; amended 8-27-2002 by Ord. No. 3014-02]
(14)
Northwesterly side of Park Avenue commencing
at a point 293 feet southwesterly from the intersection of same with
Franklin Place and running southwesterly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 2926-00]
(15)
South side of Station Square commencing at a
point 29 feet east from the intersection of same with Park Avenue
and running easterly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 2926-00]
(16)
Southeasterly side of Park Avenue commencing
at a point 27 feet southeasterly from the intersection of same with
Ridge Road and running southeasterly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 2926-00]
(18)
Northeasterly side of Park Avenue commencing
at a point 97 feet southeasterly from Station Square and running southeasterly
for a distance of 21 feet.
[Added 8-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2945-00]
(20)
North side of Franklin Place commencing at a
point 46 feet westerly from the westerly curbline of Park Avenue and
running westerly for a distance of 18 feet.
[Added 7-23-2002 by Ord. No. 3010-02]
(22)
Southwesterly side of Union Avenue commencing
at a point 41 feet easterly from the intersection of the same with
Springfield Avenue and running easterly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 8-27-2002 by Ord. No. 3014-02]
(24)
Westerly side of Park Avenue commencing at a
point 102 feet northerly from the intersection of Park Avenue and
Riverview Avenue and running northerly for a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 3112-06]
(25)
South side of Highland Cross commencing at a
point 25 feet easterly from the intersection of Highland Cross and
Park Avenue and running easterly for a distance of 20 feet.
[Added 12-16-2008 by Ord. No. 3174-08]
(26)
West side of Park Avenue commencing at a point 173 feet southerly
from the intersection of the same with Donaldson Avenue and running
southerly for a distance of 18 feet.
[Added 4-27-2015 by Ord.
No. 3362-15]
B.
No vehicle
shall be permitted to park for a period exceeding 15 minutes between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, except
holidays. Parking shall be reserved for visitors to the Municipal
Building or the Municipal Annex in the following designated areas
of the following streets:
[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3601-22]
(1)
Northerly
side of Donaldson Avenue commencing at a point 43 feet westerly from
the intersection of the same with Park Avenue and running westerly
for a distance of 22 feet.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 126-4, Thirty-minute parking,
was repealed 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19.
[Amended 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; 5-16-1978 by Ord. No. 2227-78; 12-5-1978 by Ord. No. 2243-78; 10-1-1985 by Ord. No. 2417-85; 7-5-1989 by Ord. No. 2541-89; 12-19-1989 by Ord. No. 2563-89; 4-17-1990 by Ord. No. 2569-90; 6-6-1990 by Ord. No. 2572-90; 2-18-1992 by Ord. No. 2637-92; 11-1-1994 by Ord. No. 2717-94; 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 2815-97; 3-3-1998 by Ord. No. 2830-98; 2-20-2001 by Ord. No. 2959-01; 7-26-2011 by Ord. No. 3233-11; 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 3111-06; 7-9-2013 by Ord. No. 3299-13; 8-26-2014 by Ord. No. 3334-14; 8-22-2016 by Ord. No. 3401-16; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
B.
No vehicle shall be permitted to park between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays and school
holidays, in the following designated areas of the following streets:
(1)
Pierrepont Avenue, southerly side, commencing at a
point 35 feet from the intersection of the same with the southeast
side of Lincoln Avenue and running easterly thereon a distance of
195 feet.
(2)
Lincoln Avenue, easterly side, commencing at a point
39 feet southerly from the intersection of the same with the southeast
side of Pierrepont Avenue and running southerly thereon a distance
of 70 feet.
(3)
Wood Street on the easterly side, commencing at a
point 62 feet southerly from the intersection of Wood Street with
the southeast side of Washington Avenue and running southerly thereon
for a distance of 170 feet.
(4)
Washington Avenue on the southerly side, commencing
at a point 35 feet from the intersection of Washington Avenue with
the southeast side of Wood Street and running easterly thereon for
a distance of 106 feet.
(5)
Montross Avenue on the westerly side, commencing at
a point 53 feet northerly from the intersection of Montross Avenue
with the northwest side of West Pierrepont Avenue and running northerly
thereof for a distance of 304 feet, with the exception of the handicap
parking space commencing 169 feet from West Pierrepont Avenue and
running northerly for a distance of 24 feet.
(6)
Vreeland Avenue on the southerly side, commencing
at a point 60 feet from the intersection of Vreeland Avenue with the
southwest side of Montross Avenue and running westerly thereon for
a distance of 80 feet.
(7)
Sylvan Street on the easterly side, commencing at a point 35 feet
northerly from the intersection of Sylvan Street with the northeast
side of Highland Cross and running northerly thereon for a distance
of 106 feet.
(8)
Highland Cross on the northerly side, commencing at a point 35 feet
from the intersection of Highland Cross with the northeast side of
Sylvan Street and running easterly thereon for a distance of 235 feet.
(9)
East Van Ness Avenue on the northerly side, commencing at a point
35 feet from the intersection of East Van Ness Avenue with the northwest
side of Wilson Avenue and running westerly thereon for a distance
of 120 feet.
(10)
Ames
Avenue on the southerly side, commencing at a point 68 feet from the
intersection of Ames Avenue with the southwest side of Chestnut Street
and running westerly thereon for a distance of 57 feet.
[Added 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 3622-22]
(11)
Chestnut
Street on the westerly side, commencing at a point 34 feet from the
intersection of Chestnut Street with the southwest side of Ames Avenue
and running southerly thereon for a distance of 53 feet.
[Added 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 3622-22]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 126-6, One-hour parking,
was repealed 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19.
[Added 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; amended 3-19-1996 by Ord. No. 2757-96; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
A.
Vehicles shall not park for a period exceeding two
hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time,
except Sundays and holidays, nor shall any vehicle be allowed to be
moved from parking space to parking space in an attempt to circumvent
the time limits established in the areas where parking is permitted,
in the following streets and avenues:
(1)
North side of Union Avenue between Ayer
Place and Chestnut Street and the south side of Union Avenue between
Chestnut and West Erie.
(3)
Both sides of Ames Avenue between Chestnut
Street and Kip Avenue.
(4)
Both sides of Chestnut Street between Ames
Avenue and Union Avenue.
(5)
West side of Agnew Place between Union
Avenue and West Erie Avenue.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 126-7, Two-hour
parking, was repealed 10-7-1975 by Ord. No. 2179-75.
[Amended 12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 2182-75; 12-7-1976 by Ord. No. 2199-76; 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; 8-6-1985 by Ord. No. 2410-85; 8-4-1987 by Ord. No. 2480-87; 12-28-1988 by Ord. No. 2522-88; 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 2743-95; 3-19-1996 by Ord. No. 2757-96; 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 2814-97; 2-20-2001 by Ord. No. 2959-01; 4-26-2005 by Ord. No.
3076-05; 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 3112-06; 10-25-2011 by Ord. No.
3239-11; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
A.
Vehicles shall not park for a period exceeding three
hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time,
except Sundays and holidays, nor shall any vehicle be allowed to be
moved from parking space to parking space in an attempt to circumvent
the time limits established, in the areas where parking is permitted
in the following streets and avenues:
(1)
(Reserved)
(2)
(Reserved)
(3)
(Reserved)
(4)
(Reserved)
(5)
(Reserved)
(6)
Southeast side of Lincoln Avenue between Park Avenue
and Summit Cross.
(7)
Northwest side of Lincoln Avenue between Park Avenue
and East Park Place.
(8)
West Park Place between Park Avenue and Mortimer Avenue.
(9)
East Park Place between Park Avenue and Lincoln Avenue.
(10)
(Reserved)
(11)
Chestnut Street between Union Avenue and West
Erie Avenue.
(12)
Darwin Avenue between Union Avenue and Hobart
Avenue.
(13)
Marginal Road from Stuyvesant Avenue to Park
Avenue and Park Avenue to East Gouverneur Avenue.
(14)
Park Avenue between Gouverneur Avenue and Marginal
Road.
(15)
Ridge Road between Van Riper Avenue produced
northwesterly and Marginal Road.
[Amended 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; 2-6-1979 by Ord. No. 2250-79; 12-29-1986 by Ord. No. 2461-86; 6-7-1989 by Ord. No. 2537-89; 8-1-1989 by Ord. No. 2546-89; 10-3-1989 by Ord. No. 2555-89; 8-7-1990 by Ord. No. 2579-90; 12-4-1990 by Ord. No. 2591-90; 8-6-1991 by Ord. No. 2612-91]
A.
No person or persons or firms or corporations shall
park or cause to be parked any vehicle of any kind between the hours
of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing time, in the following streets
and avenues:
(1)
Both sides of Park Avenue between Pierrepont Avenue
and Erie Avenue.
(2)
Northeast side of Union Avenue between Wells Place
and Carmita Avenue.
(3)
Southwest side of Union Avenue between Springfield
Avenue and Carmita Avenue.
(4)
Northeast side of Union Avenue between Chestnut Street
and Ayer Place.
(5)
Southwest side of Union Avenue between Chestnut Street
and Erie Avenue.
(6)
Station Square between Park Avenue and Orient Way.
(7)
Both sides of Riverview Avenue between Park Avenue
and Mortimer Avenue.
[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 2987-01]
(8)
Both sides of Veterans Boulevard between
Highland Cross and North Service Road aka "Thomas E Dunn Memorial
Highway."
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(9)
Both sides of Borough Street between State
Highway 17 and its easterly terminus.
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(10)
Both sides of Altman Drive, also
known as "Howmedica Way," between Veterans Boulevard and its easterly
terminus.
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(11)
Both sides of Industrial Drive between
Veterans Boulevard and its westerly terminus.
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
[Added 12-29-1986 by Ord. No. 2461-86; amended 2-3-1987 by Ord. No. 2462-87; 6-2-1998 by Ord. No. 2841-98; 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 2930-00; 5-16-2000 by Ord. No.
2934-00; 12-16-2003 by Ord. No. 3036-03; 4-13-2015 by Ord. No. 3359-15]
A.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall park any vehicle using commercial license plates or having advertising affixed to its exterior surfaces or trailers on any streets for more than one hour within the limits of the Borough of Rutherford; except, however, those vehicles parked to provide services and effect delivery to same or as provided in § 126-9.2 of this chapter.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(1)
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall park an omnibus, school bus (all types), school vehicle (all types), taxi, limousine, commuter van, ambulance, recreational vehicle (RV) over 18 feet, camper vehicles and vehicles altered for campers over 18 feet, mobile home over 18 feet, any trailer coupled to a vehicle over 18 feet, any truck and/or coupled trailer, including, but not limited to, fire truck, garbage truck, truck tractor, tow truck, road tractor, boom truck, pole trailer, double trailer, farm trailer, semitrailer, any vehicle with more than two axles or dual rear wheels, any vehicle with overhead or side equipment racks, dump body, any vehicle using commercial license plates or having advertising affixed to its exterior surfaces or trailers or any combination thereof on any streets for more than one hour within the limits of the Borough of Rutherford; except, however, those vehicles parked to provide services and effect delivery to same or as provided in § 126-9.2 of this chapter.
(2)
No person or persons, firm or corporation
at no time shall park any uncoupled trailer of any type on any streets
within the limits of the Borough of Rutherford.
(3)
Camping trailers, mobile homes or
recreational vehicles in excess of 18 feet in length may be parked
on a street of a residential district for 48 consecutive hours when
said vehicle is being loaded or unloaded in anticipation of or following
active use. Said vehicle shall be parked on that portion of the street
immediately contiguous to the property of the vehicle's owner or operator.
B.
Any vehicle or trailer parked or standing in violation of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance and menace to the safe and proper regulation
of traffic, and any peace officer may provide for the removal of such
vehicle or trailer. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the
removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining
possession of the vehicle.
[Added 10-3-1995 by Ord. No. 2741-95; amended 5-16-2000 by Ord. No. 2934-00; 12-16-2003 by Ord. No. 3036-03; 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 2930-00; 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3602-22]
A.
The parking of any passenger vehicle or truck or vehicle
using commercial license plates or having advertising affixed to exterior
surfaces, while unloading or loading or providing services to local
commercial/business establishments or residents, on any streets within
the limits of a business zone district by any person other than agents
or employees of the borough is hereby prohibited, unless:
(1)
When any such vehicle shall be parked in any
space adjacent to a parking meter, the operator of said vehicle shall,
upon entering the said parking space, immediately deposit or cause
to be deposited in such parking meter the coin or coins of the United
States of America required for such parking, in accordance with the
directions for the same attached to said meter; or
(2)
An application for a permit pursuant to this
chapter shall be made on forms approved and made available by the
Borough Clerk, which application shall include but not be limited
to the following information:
(a)
The name and address of the applicant and the
name and address of the registered owner of the motor vehicle.
(b)
The make, model number, year, vehicle identification
number and license plate number of the motor vehicle.
(c)
The length of time the applicant plans to park
said motor vehicle at the parking meter, such time not to exceed three
consecutive days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. All
other Borough ordinances and state statutes shall remain if full effect.
[Added 10-3-1995 by Ord. No. 2741-95; amended 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 2930-00; 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3602-22]
A.
Commercial
vehicle, contractor, commercial/business establishment fee:
(1)
A fee of $25 per day for each parking space shall be paid to the Borough Clerk before any permit or renewed permit is issued pursuant to § 126-9.2A(2).
B.
Passenger
vehicle, resident fee:
(1)
A fee of $25 per day for each parking space shall be paid to the Borough Clerk before any permit or renewed permit is issued pursuant to § 126-9.2A(2).
[Added 10-3-1995 by Ord. No. 2741-95]
No permit shall be granted by the Borough Clerk
for a term longer than three consecutive days; although, for good
cause shown, a permit previously issued may be renewed for an additional
three-day period.
[Added 12-11-2018 by Ord.
No. 3481-18; amended 3-13-2023 by Ord. No. 3640-23]
A.
CHARGING STATION
CHARGING STATION EQUIPMENT
CHARGING STATION SPACE
ELECTRIC SCOOTER and/or ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE
NONELECTRIC VEHICLE
PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE or PHEV
Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A location that is fitted with charging station equipment.
The conductors, including ungrounded and grounded, and the
electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings,
devices, power outlets, charging status or apparatus installed specifically
for the purpose of delivering electrical energy from the charging
station to the electric vehicle.
A dedicated, marked parking space that is fitted with charging
station equipment and exclusively used for the charging of electric
vehicles.
A two-wheel or three-wheel electric vehicle that operates
exclusively on electrical energy stored in the vehicle's batteries.
A vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively,
on electrical energy from a charging station or other electrical energy
source that is stored in the vehicle's battery for propulsion purposes.
"Electric vehicle" includes a battery electric vehicle; a plug-in
hybrid electrical vehicle; a neighborhood electric vehicle; and electric
scooters or electric motorcycles.
An electric vehicle that is a low-speed vehicle, built to
have a top speed of 25 miles per hour and to have a maximum loaded
weight of 3,000 pounds.
A vehicle that does not meet the definition of "electric
vehicle" as provided herein.
An electric vehicle that contains an internal combustion
engine and also allows power to be delivered to drive wheels by an
electric motor; charges its battery primarily by connecting to a charging
station or other electrical source not on board the vehicle; may additionally
be able to sustain a battery charge using an on-board internal-combustion-driven
generator; and has the ability to be propelled through the use of
electricity.
B.
The municipality has designated parking spaces at each of the following
locations for use as charging stations: two at the Kip Avenue Parking
Garage; and two at the Memorial Field Parking Lot. Fees for use of
the charging station spaces in the Kip Avenue Parking Garage shall
be in addition to any applicable parking permit fees assessed for
parking in these locations.
C.
The following fees shall also apply to use of parking spaces in the Kip Avenue Parking Garage and Memorial Field Parking Lot that are identified as charging station spaces, as that term is defined in § 126-9.5A of this chapter, 24 hours a day except for fifteen-minute courtesy parking at Memorial Field as described in § 126-9.5C(2):
D.
Use of said charging station spaces shall be limited and restricted
as follows:
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing
a vehicle in a stall or space in the Kip Avenue Parking Garage that
is designated as a charging station space unless the vehicle is an
electric vehicle as defined in this section and is connected for electric
charging purposes; and
(2)
When no other spaces are available there will be allowed fifteen-minute
courtesy parking of nonelectric vehicles in designated charging station
spaces at the Memorial Field Parking Lot at any time for pickup and
dropoff only.
(3)
Electric vehicles are authorized to park in spaces designated
as charging station spaces only during the time when the vehicles
are connected for electric charging purposes or up to four hours,
whichever is less. Within 15 minutes of the time the vehicle is no
longer charging, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall be required
to remove the vehicle from the charging station space. If the owner
or operator of said vehicle allows his or her vehicle to remain in
a charging station space while the vehicle is no longer charging past
the fifteen-minute grace period, then said owner or operator shall
be in violation of this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 126-9.5, Permit Only Parking
Zones, added 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 3221-11, was repealed 3-9-2015
by Ord. No. 3354-15.
