For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING LOT
Any public place or area established by the Borough of Rutherford
for the parking of vehicles.
[Amended 12-7-1976 by Ord. No. 2199-76]
A. The establishment of zones, to be known as "parking
meter zones," in the following streets and parking lots is hereby
authorized:
(1) Park Avenue, on both sides, from Erie Avenue to Park
Place.
[Amended 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77]
(2) Ames Avenue, on both sides, from Park Avenue to Chestnut
Street.
[Amended 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(3) Franklin Place, both sides, from Park Avenue to Kip
Avenue.
[Amended 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; 7-3-2002 by Ord. No. 3010-02]
(4) Southeasterly side of Station Square from Park Avenue
to Orient Way.
(5) Orient Way from Station Square to Passaic Avenue.
[Amended 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3084-05; 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 3093-05]
(6) Spring Dell from Park Avenue to Orient Way.
(7) The Terrace from Park Avenue to Sylvan Street.
(8) Sylvan Street from Park Avenue to The Terrace.
(9) Glen Road from Park Avenue to Orient Way.
(10)
Kip Garage Parking Lot located on the first
level.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(11)
Southerly side of Ettrick Terrace.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(12)
Westerly side of Agnew Place between Union Avenue
and West Erie Avenue.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(13)
Highland Cross from Park Avenue to Lincoln Avenue.
(14)
Ridge Road from Park Avenue to East Passaic
Avenue.
(15)
Northeast side of Union Avenue between Carmita
Avenue and a point 90 feet southeasterly from the intersection of
the same with Wells Place.
(16)
Southwest side of Union Avenue between Carmita
Avenue and Springfield Avenue.
(17)
Northwest side of Kip Avenue.
(18)
Southwest side of Franklin Place from Kip Avenue to Chestnut
Street.
[Added 7-23-2002 by Ord. No. 3010-02]
(21)
Park Avenue from Pierrepont Avenue to Park Place.
(22)
Riverview Avenue from Park Avenue to Mortimer
Avenue.
(24)
North side of Union Avenue between Chestnut Street and
Ayer Place and the south side of Union Avenue between Chestnut Street
and West Erie Avenue.
[Added 10-6-1981 by Ord. No. 2304-81; amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(25)
The southerly side of Santiago Avenue commencing
65 feet from the intersection of Santiago Avenue with Union Avenue
and continuing westerly for a distance of 107 feet.
[Added 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; amended 12-5-1978 by Ord. No. 2243-78]
(26)
The northerly side of Santiago Avenue commencing
39 feet from the intersection of Santiago Avenue with Union Avenue
and continuing westerly for a distance of 20 feet.
[Added 12-5-1978 by Ord. No. 2243-78]
(27)
Public Park and Ride lot on the northerly side
of West Erie Avenue, except those spots designated as "Park and Ride
permit holders only."
[Added 7-1-1986 by Ord. No. 2445-86; amended 9-11-2012 by Ord. No. 3269-12; 4-27-2015 by Ord. No. 3363-15; 9-12-2016 by Ord.
No. 3405-16; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
(28)
West Erie Avenue, south side, from Union Avenue
to Agnew Place.
[Added 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3084-05]
B. The Mayor and Council may from time to time suspend or alter the public’s ability to park in metered spaces for any and all parking meter zones established by Borough §
126-24A(1) through (29). In addition, the Mayor and Council may convert any and all parking meter zones to permit parking zones for special events.
[Added 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. 3306-13]
From time to time hereafter as traffic conditions
require, said zones in such other streets and parking lots may be
designated by ordinance.
Upon the installation of parking meters in said
parking zones, parking meter spaces shall be designated as hereinafter
provided, and the time limitations for legal parking in such zones
shall be pursuant to and in compliance with the time limitations fixed
by ordinance now in force and effect or hereafter to be adopted.
Authority is hereby given to provide for the
installation, regulation, control, operation and use of parking meters
and to maintain them in good workable condition. The Mayor and Borough
Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into a contract, after the approval
of the terms and conditions thereof by the Borough Council, for the
purchase and installation of said parking meters. The Mayor and Borough
Clerk are further authorized to enter into a contract or contracts,
after approval of the terms and conditions thereof by the Borough
Council, for such protection and maintenance of said parking meters
as may be necessary to maintain the same in good operating condition.
The placement of parking meters shall be as
follows:
A. Parking meters shall not be installed in areas where
parking is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.
B. Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established in §
126-24 hereof shall be placed immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally in use. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established or hereafter established by ordinance.
A. The Police Department shall have lines or markings
placed adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating
the parking space for which said meter is to be used, and each vehicle
parked adjacent to or next to any parking meter shall park within
the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful to park
any vehicle across any such lines or markings. It shall be unlawful
to park in any metered zone, except between any two parking meter
street lines or markings.
[Amended 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 3609-22]
B. The Police Department shall have lines or markings
placed adjacent to each angle parking space for the purpose of designating
the angle parking space, and each vehicle parked adjacent to or next
to any angle parking space shall park within the lines or markings
so established. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any
such lines or markings.
[Added 12-6-1977 by Ord. No. 2218-77; amended 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 3609-22]
C. The Police Department shall have lines
or markings placed adjacent to each permit parking space for the purpose
of designating the permit parking space for which said permit is to
be used, and each vehicle parked adjacent to or next to any permit
parking space shall park within the lines or markings so established.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such lines or
markings.
[Added 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
D. The Police
Department shall have lines or markings placed adjacent to each reserved
parking space, time limited parking space, or any other marked parking
space for the purpose of designating the parking space for such use,
and each vehicle parked adjacent to or next to such parking space
shall park within the lines or markings so established. It shall be
unlawful to park any vehicle across any such lines or markings.
[Added 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 3609-22]
Any vehicle parked in a parking space in any
parking meter zone shall be parked so that the foremost part of such
vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
When any vehicle shall be parked, stopped or
standing in any space adjacent to a parking meter which is located
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, 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 directions for the same attached to said
meter, and failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute
a violation of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
chapter for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle
registered in his name or operated by such person to be parked overtime
or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking
meter zone herein described.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
chapter to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any
slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States
of America.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
chapter for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that this
section shall not apply to the collection of coins therefrom or to
the repair and maintenance thereof.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which
parking is prohibited by law, nor shall anything contained in this
chapter be construed as prohibiting provision for free parking spaces
for loading and unloading, bus stops, taxicab stands or for other
matters of a similar or emergency nature.
The coins required to be deposited in parking
meters as provided herein are levied and assessed as fees to provide
for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets
and the cost of supervision and regulation for the parking of vehicles
in the parking meter zones hereby erected on certain of the public
streets and on public parking lots, and to cover the cost of the purchase,
supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance,
control and use of the parking meters described herein.
[Amended 10-7-1975 by Ord. No. 2179-75; 6-4-1987 by Ord. No. 2469-87; 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 2521-88; 2-7-1989 by Ord. No. 2525-89; 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 2743-95; 2-6-1996 by Ord. No. 2753-96; 3-19-1996 by Ord. No. 2757-96; 9-8-1999 by Ord. No. 2911-99; 4-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3076-05; 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3084-05; 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 3093-05; 2-14-2012 by Ord. No. 3247-12; 5-8-2012 by Ord. No. 3256-12; 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
Vehicles shall not park, stop or stand for a
period exceeding the time limits established by this section between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Sundays
and holidays, in a parking space regulated by a parking meter; nor
shall coins be deposited in parking meters beyond the period of legal
parking time established and nor shall any vehicle be moved from parking
space to parking space in an attempt to circumvent the time limits
established, in the areas where parking is permitted on the below
listed streets, avenues and roads, and the charge for parking a motor
vehicle on said public streets, avenues and roads shall be at the
following rates:
A. Park Avenue (Station Square to Pierrepont Avenue);
Station Square; Ames Avenue; Franklin Place (Park Avenue to Chestnut
Street); Orient Way (Station Square to Glen Road); Glen Road; Ridge
Road (Park Avenue to East Passaic Avenue); Sylvan Street (Spring Dell
to The Terrace); The Terrace (Park Avenue to Sylvan Street); Highland
Cross (Park Avenue to Lincoln Avenue); West End District (Union Avenue
and Santiago Avenue); West Erie Avenue, south side (Union Avenue to
Agnew Place); Union Avenue (West Erie Avenue to Ayer Place); and Agnew
Place (Union Avenue to West Erie Avenue).
(1) Fees on all meters shall be as follows: $0.25 for each 15 minutes
of parking time.
[Amended 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3602-22]
(2) The parking of any vehicle in excess of two hours
is hereby prohibited.
B. Orient Way (Glen Road to East Passaic Avenue); Spring
Dell (Sylvan Street to Orient Way); Ettrick Terrace (Spring Dell to
Orient Way).
(1) Fees on all meters shall be as follows: $0.25 for each 15 minutes
of parking time.
[Amended 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3602-22]
(2) The parking of any vehicle in excess of three hours
is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 10-7-1975 by Ord. No. 2179-75; 10-6-1981 by Ord. No. 2304-81; 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 2398-85; 9-5-1985 by Ord. No. 2413-85; 2-18-1986 by Ord. No. 2429-86; 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 2521-88; 4-18-1989 by Ord. No. 2532-89; 11-15-1994 by Ord. No. 2719-94; 9-8-1999 by Ord. No. 2911-99; 4-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3076-05; 5-8-2012 by Ord. No. 3256-12; 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 3602-22]
Fees for use of public parking lots shall be
computed as follows:
A. Kip Avenue lot.
(1) Fees on all meters shall be as follows: $0.25 for each 15 minutes
of parking time.
(2) The parking of any vehicle in excess of three hours
is hereby prohibited.
B. Erie Avenue Park N' Ride lot. Fees on all meters shall
be as follows:
(1) One dollar for each hour of parking time for a period
of time not exceeding 12 hours.
(2) The parking of any vehicle in excess of 12 hours is
hereby prohibited.
[Added 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 2521-88; amended 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 2743-95]
A. The schedule of charges herein established for the
parking of motor vehicles on a public street in a parking space regulated
by a parking meter herein designated shall be in full force and effect
during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day, except Sundays
and holidays, except as provided in § 126-39B.
The rates of charges herein established for
the parking of a motor vehicle in a parking meter zone shall be designated
on each parking meter in accordance with the area in which said parking
meter is located.
[Amended 10-6-1981 by Ord. No. 2304-81; 2-18-1986 by Ord. No. 2429-86; 12-6-1988 by Ord. No. 2521-88]
The schedule of charges herein established for
the parking of motor vehicles in the public parking lots herein designated
shall be in full force and effect during the following hours:
A. Kip Avenue parking garage facility: between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. every day, except Sundays and holidays.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 3501-19]
B. Erie Avenue Park N' Ride lot: between the hours of
7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. every day, except Sundays and holidays.
[Added 4-27-2010 by Ord. No. 3201-10]
No vehicle shall be parked on the following streets, or parts
of streets, except pursuant to a permit issued under this section,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday,
with the exception of recognized legal holidays.
A. Location; area boundaries. The areas which this section affects shall
be (and which shall not affect metered parking and payable permit
parking areas):
[Amended 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 3355-15; 12-9-2019 by Ord. No. 3516-19]
(1) The first phase, which was adopted on March
9, 2015, encompasses the following areas:
(a)
All streets east of Ridge Road to
Route 17 South and Barrows Avenue to East Erie Avenue, not including
the metered areas. (See map.)
(2) The second phase, which was adopted on
October 28, 2019, encompasses the following areas:
(a)
The northern border shall be and
include Washington Avenue from Carmita Avenue to West Erie Avenue.
(See map.)
(b)
The western border shall be and include
Carmita Avenue from Washington Avenue to Fairview Avenue. (See map.)
(c)
The southern border shall be and
include Fairview Avenue in its entirety, and Franklin Place from Home
Avenue to Park Avenue. (See map.)
(d)
The eastern border shall be West
Erie Avenue from Washington Avenue to Station Square and Park Avenue
from Station Square to Franklin Place. (See map.)
B. Permits.
(1) A parking permit of a design specified by the Borough of Rutherford
will be issued to the resident owner of a specific vehicle upon submission
of the appropriate application and supporting documents. The permit
shall display the permit number, the make, model, and color of the
vehicle, and the date the permit expires. No permit shall be issued
to a vehicle having more than four wheels. The vehicle must be owned
by a person residing in the Borough of Rutherford.
(2) The following proof of residency of the vehicle's owner must be presented
and approved by the Rutherford Police Department before a permit is
issued:
(a)
A copy of a valid New Jersey driver's license for the applicant
which, except for leased or company-owned vehicles, reflect an address
with the Borough of Rutherford;
(b)
Except for leased vehicles [see Subsection
B(2)(e) below] and company vehicles [see Subsection
B(2)(f) below], a copy of a valid New Jersey motor vehicle registration for the vehicle for which the permit is sought, reflecting an address within the Borough of Rutherford;
(c)
Proof of the vehicle being insured in the state of New Jersey;
(d)
A current utility or telephone bill with the resident's name,
and with the same address as described on the driver's license and
motor vehicle registration;
(e)
If the vehicle for which a permit is sought is leased, then
a copy of the lease agreement must be exhibited;
(f)
A resident who requests a permit for a company vehicle must
provide a letter from a reasonable company official, under oath, confirming
that the vehicle is assigned to that person.
(3) The permit is to be displayed on the front driver's side dashboard
or rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked. The permit shall be
removed when the vehicle is in motion.
(4) If a person to whom a permit is issued changes his or her resident
address, but remains a resident of the Borough of Rutherford, a new
permit must be obtained.
(5) All permits will automatically be revoked if the assigned vehicle
ceases to qualify for the permit, or if a person to whom a permit
has been issued ceases to be a resident of the Borough. If revoked,
the permit shall be promptly returned to the Rutherford Police Department.
(6) The following shall apply to employees of businesses located within the permit-only parking zone (see Subsection
A above):
[Added 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 3355-15]
(a)
Employees of businesses located within the permit-only parking zone (see Subsection
A above) shall be entitled to one permit.
(b)
Employees of businesses located within the permit-only parking zone (see Subsection
A above) shall submit proof of employment with business covered under this section prior to a permit being issued.
(c)
Subsections B.(2)(a), (b), and (d) shall not apply to employees of businesses located within the permit-only parking zones (see Subsection
A above) requesting permits.
C. Visitor's permits.
(1) Two visitor permits per household may be issued for use by visitors
to residents on the streets, or parts of streets, listed in Schedule
A Map only while visitors are actually visiting the household
to which they were issued. There shall be a rebuttable presumption
that any vehicle parked more than one block from the household for
which the visitor permit has been issued is not visiting such household.
(2) The visitor permit is to be displayed on the front driver's side
dashboard above the steering wheel, and must be fully readable from
the exterior of the vehicle.
(3) The visitor permit shall be returned to the resident at the conclusion
of the visit.
(4) The visitor permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issue.
The expired visitor permit must be returned to the police department
before a new one can be issued.
(5) No visitor permit shall be issued to any person residing in any building
exclusively used by students and affiliates of a college.
D. New permits required for changes in residency or vehicles.
(1) A new permit must be obtained in the event of change of residency
or change of any vehicle or license plate on a previously registered
automobile.
E. Revocation of permits.
(1) Parking permits will automatically be revoked if a vehicle ceases
to qualify, if affixed to a car other than the one so designated at
the time of application, or if the vehicle registration number on
the parking permit is different than the one on the vehicle.
(2) Any vehicle bearing a revoked parking permit and parked on a street
posted "permit only" will be subject to the same penalty as a vehicle
parked in that location without a valid permit.
F. Expiration of permits.
(1) Permits will be valid for two years from the date of issue. Visitor
permits shall be valid for one year from the date of issue.
(2) Any vehicle bearing an expired visitor permit and parked on a street
posted "permit only" will be subject to the same penalty as a vehicle
parked in that location without a valid permit.
G. Violations and penalties.
(1) Any vehicle parked in violation of the parking permit regulations
will be subject to a fine of $50.
(2) Residents in possession of parking permits who misuse them are subject
to revocation of the permits for one year and a fine of $100.
(3) Any person(s) found to possess a valid, expired, temporary, visitor,
or business permit, not belonging to that person, or a counterfeit
permit shall be subject to a fine of $100.
[Amended 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 3355-15]
(4) Vehicles shall be granted a three-hour grace period, after which
time they will be ticketed.
H. Zone designated.
(1) The phrase "parking permit zone" shall mean such street or area upon
which parking is permitted only for vehicles displaying a valid permit.
I. To the extent the streets covered by this ordinance are covered by
other section establishing restrictions, those ordinances are hereby
amended to exclude these streets from those restrictions between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, with the
exception of alternate-side-of-the-street parking, snow-emergency
parking, and designated legal holidays.
If any provision of this article shall be held
to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall remain in full
force and effect.