For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Shall mean and include every individual who shall operate
a vehicle.
Individual meters at each space; or spaces designated and
properly signed so as to be paid spaces when payments are to be made
at a common station.
[Added 2-18-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03]
Any individual, firm, copartnership or corporation.
Any public street, avenue, road, highway or other public
place within the Borough of Seaside Heights established for the use
of vehicles.
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported upon a street, except devices moved by human
power or operated exclusively upon stationary rails.
A.
There is hereby authorized to be established a parking-meter
zone, which consists of both sides of all streets and avenues located
in the Borough of Seaside Heights.
B.
No parking meters shall be placed where parking is
now or may hereafter be prohibited.
C.
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Seaside
Heights shall cause parking meters to be installed on streets and
avenues in the Borough at their discretion.
D.
It shall be unlawful to park more than one vehicle
of any description at any location in the Borough of Seaside Heights
where a parking meter has been installed; that is to say, one vehicle
shall be parked for each meter installation and no combination of
vehicles such as motorcycles, motor bikes, miniature vehicles, wagons
or any other self-propelled vehicle or vehicles shall be permitted
except one such vehicle for each parking meter space.
E.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle having an
overall length of more than 15 feet at any location where a parking
meter has been installed within the Borough of Seaside Heights and
where the parking space is clearly marked compact cars only or where
some other similar designation is clearly marked upon the parking
space.
F.
Angle
parking. Vehicles parked on the street must park with the front towards
the curb, head on, and at an angle as marked. The following streets
within the Borough of Seaside Heights are approved for angle parking:
[Added 3-15-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-05]
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Bay Boulevard
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Central Avenue
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Grant Avenue
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Hiering Avenue
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Ocean Terrace
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It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon portions of streets or avenues
designated where parking meters have been installed, unless specific
payments are made as hereinafter designated.
[Amended 4-16-2014 by Ord. No. 14-09]
A.
On the streets so designated, the Borough shall, by appropriate markings,
outline individual parking spaces, adjoining each of which parking
spaces there shall be erected a parking meter which, upon the deposit
of coins, as hereinafter provided, will indicate the duration of the
legal parking period and the time when such period has elapsed.
B.
Any owner of property within the Borough who, in order to address
the parking of vehicles in front of such property for an extended
period of time and/or some other valid reason, desires to have a parking
meter installed at any location on the public street adjacent to such
property, which location may be located no less than 50% in front
of such property, may provide a written request to the Borough Council
for such parking meter installation. The approval of such request
shall be made by the Borough Administration upon consideration of
parking conditions in the requested location, and the time of such
installation shall be solely at the convenience of the Borough.
[Amended 5-17-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8; 2-7-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5; 3-5-2003 by Ord. No.
03-02; 4-7-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03; 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 06-16; 5-21-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07; 2-18-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03; 6-3-2009 by Ord. No.
09-08; 3-3-2010 by Ord. No. 10-5; 2-16-2011 by Ord. No. 11-03; 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 11-14; 2-6-2013 by Ord. No. 13-06; 5-15-2013 by Ord. No. 13-12; 5-7-2014 by Ord. No. 14-11; 10-15-2014 by Ord. No. 14-18]
A.
Twenty-four-hour metered parking. For all areas between the Boulevard
and the Boardwalk, including streets, street ends, and in municipally
owned and metered lots (with the exception of the municipal lot located
at Webster Avenue and Bay Boulevard, for which no fee is charged),
metered parking shall be in effect 24 hours a day at a rate of $3
per hour from April 1 to October 31.
[Amended 5-16-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-09; 4-7-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06; 5-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-06; 4-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
B.
In all locations other than those specified in Subsection A above, meters are in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., 30 minutes per quarter, maximum of 20 coins for 10 hours.
C.
Parking meters installed on all streets and avenues in the Borough
shall be in operation on every day of the week, including Sundays
and holidays, for the period April 1 through October 31 of each year.
D.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the Borough of Seaside Heights is upgrading all parking meter mechanisms to an electronic type. As electronic mechanisms are installed, they will be set, by resolution, at a rate not to exceed $2 per hour at all locations in the Borough, other than those identified in Subsection A above.
E.
From time to time, the Borough Council may, via resolution, establish
temporary charges for parking in certain metered areas. Any such resolution
shall be published in the official newspaper of the Borough of Seaside
Heights no less than one week prior to effectuation of such temporary
parking charges.
F.
The owner or operator of any retail establishment may submit a written
request to the Borough Administrator of the Borough of Seaside Heights
asking that certain parking space(s) on a street or streets near that
business be designated as nonexclusive short-term parking spaces (15-minute
parking). If the Borough Administrator approves this request, the
requesting business owner or operator shall, to cover the loss of
revenue from designating the space as short-term, pay a non-prorated
fee of $500 per annum per parking space prior to designation of the
short-term spaces. If said request is denied by the Borough Administrator,
the requesting party may appeal the denial, in writing, to the governing
body. If the governing body reverses the decision of the Borough Administrator,
the above-referenced $500 shall be paid and the space be designated
as short-term.
[Added 5-18-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-06]
[Amended 12-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-13; 5-20-1998 by Ord. No. 98-12; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No.
99-35; 5-17-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8; 2-7-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5; 6-6-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-11; 4-3-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-10; 5-15-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-14; 2-18-2009 by Ord. No.
09-03]
A.
The operator of a vehicle shall, immediately upon
entering a parking space, deposit one or more coins of the United
States, as designated, in the parking meter assigned to that space
and turn the lever, if so equipped, to cause the meter to operate.
In the case of pay stations that are installed for several spaces,
the operator shall immediately proceed to the nearest station and
pay for time on the space in which he or she has parked.
B.
Parking fee for municipally owned unmetered parking lot. The following
fees shall be charged for all unmetered parking lots owned and operated
by the Borough when a parking lot attendant is present at the time
a car enters the lot, with the exception of the municipal lot located
at Hamilton Avenue and Bay Boulevard for which no fee is charged:
[Amended 4-7-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03; 5-16-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-09]
(1)
All weekday days (from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.): $5 per day, regardless
of time of entry.
(2)
All weekend and holiday days (from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.): $10 per
day, regardless of time of entry.
(3)
The Borough Administrator may determine and set a daily fee for any
given day in the range of $3 to $20. Said fee as set by the Borough
Administrator shall be recorded by the Chief Financial Officer. All
fees set pursuant to this subsection shall be presented by the Borough
Administrator for review and approval by the governing body at the
Council meeting next following the dates on which the fees were set.
(4)
Where no fee has been set for a particular day, the fees as set forth in § 146-20B(1) and (2) above shall be charged.
[Added 5-15-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-14; 3-5-2003 by Ord. No. 03-02; amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No.
06-16; 2-16-2011 by Ord. No. 11-03; 2-6-2013 by Ord. No. 13-06]
A.
Annual parking permits. The owner or operator of a vehicle may obtain an annual parking permit for the current calendar year from the Borough Clerk's office during normal business hours. The parking permit shall be for use on a single vehicle and shall be properly adhered to the vehicle on the driver's side rear bumper of said vehicle. The parking permit shall allow the owner or operator of said vehicle displaying a valid parking permit to park at any metered spot within the Borough of Seaside Heights, except for those spots specifically set forth in § 146-19A at which a coin deposit shall be required. The fee for said annual parking permit shall be $250.
B.
Advertising via parking permit prohibited. Parking permits may not
be utilized for vehicles that are wrapped, painted, or otherwise decorated
in a fashion for the purpose of advertisement of a business in town.[1]
[Added 5-5-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-11]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Lease of parking space,
as amended, was repealed 12-4-2013 by Ord. No. 13-26.
[Added 10-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-13; amended 10-15-2014 by Ord. No. 14-16]
A.
The owner of any property seeking the removal of any parking space
to accommodate a driveway cut or other property change or enhancement
shall apply to the governing body for the removal of such space. Approval
by the governing body shall be conditioned on the level of pedestrian
and vehicular traffic in the area, traffic and/or pedestrian safety
concerns, proximity of commercial establishments to the space in question
and the prior approval, where applicable, of the Planning Board and
state agencies.
B.
Should the governing body agree to the removal of any metered parking
space after consideration of the above-referenced factors, a fee of
$2,500 for removal of the space shall be charged to compensate for
parking meter revenue loss.
No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to
remain in or to be parked in a parking space adjacent to any parking
meter while such meter displays a signal indicating that the period
of time prescribed for such parking space has expired.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause,
allow, permit or suffer any such vehicle, registered in his or her
name, to be parked adjacent to a parking meter in violation of the
provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across
any line or marking designating a parking space, or to park said vehicle
in any way that the same shall not be wholly within a parking space
as designated by said markings.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to
be deposited in any parking meter a slug or device or metallic substitute
for a coin of the United States.
It shall be unlawful to deface or tamper with,
damage, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness
of any parking meter installed under the terms of this chapter.
Nothing contained in this chapter or in any
ordinance hereinafter establishing parking meter zones shall be construed
to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which
by other ordinances of the Borough parking is prohibited.
[Amended 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 99-35; 3-5-2003 by Ord. No. 03-02; 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-14; 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 03-30; 8-18-2004 by Ord. No. 04-13; 12-17-2008 by Ord. No.
08-16; 2-18-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article, and any person aiding, abetting or assisting in said
violation, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Judge of the
Municipal Court of this municipality, be fined $45, together with
costs of court, and, in default thereof, shall undergo imprisonment
in the county jail for a period not to exceed 10 days.
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this
chapter, the meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of
Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to
apply to such words and phrases used herein.
