The provisions of this article, imposing a time
limit on parking, shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe
other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the
stopping, standing or parking of vehicles as set forth in N.J.S.A.
39:4-138 and other New Jersey statutes or as hereinafter provided.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon
any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I, attached
to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 2-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-19]
A restricted parking zone shall be established in front of a residence occupied by a handicapped person if a windshield placard or wheelchair symbol license plates have been issued for a vehicle owned by the handicapped person, or by another occupant of the residence who is a member of the immediate family of the handicapped person as issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles. Said restricted parking is described in § 201-34 (Schedule XV) of this chapter.
[Added 11-15-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-96]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours
specified in Schedule II of any day, except Sundays and public holidays,
upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said Schedule
II, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-96]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours
specified in Schedule IIA of any day, including Sundays and public
holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of the streets described
in said Schedule IIA, attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle for
the times specified in Schedule III of any day, except Sundays and
public holidays, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described
in said Schedule III, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than
the time limit shown in Schedule IV at any time between the hours
listed in said Schedule IV of any day, except Sundays and public holidays,
upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule
IV, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall park a truck,
tractor, trailer or omnibus, having a weight in excess of 12,000 pounds,
on any street located in a nonresidential zone in the Township of
Stafford between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing
time, of any day. This section shall not apply to self-propelled recreational
vehicles.
[Amended 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall park a truck,
tractor, trailer or omnibus, having a weight in excess of 12,000 pounds,
on any street in any residential zone in the Township of Stafford.
In addition, no person, firm or corporation shall park a trailer on
any street in a residential zone in the Township of Stafford under
any circumstances if it is unattached or not connected to a towing
vehicle by at least one chain or cable, in addition to the hitch bar,
of sufficient strength to hold the motor-drawn vehicle on a hill if
the hitching bar becomes disconnected, or provided with an adequate
device to prevent its rolling backward, as required under N.J.S.A.
39:4-54 for highway operation.
[Added 12-21-1999 by Ord. No. 99-84; amended 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23; 10-1-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-83]
C.
No person shall permit any truck or other vehicle
designed to transport flammable or toxic substances, and carrying
such substances, to be parked within 200 feet of any residential zone,
except when making a delivery of such substance to a residential dwelling.
If any truck or other vehicle is being used to deliver said flammable
or toxic substance, it shall be permitted to park in the vicinity
of the delivery place only for such time as is necessary to make such
delivery.
D.
(Reserved)
E.
Nothing contained within this section shall be construed
to prevent any such vehicle from making deliveries of merchandise
or other property to the premises on the street along which said vehicle
is so parked, nor to prevent the parking of any such vehicle by any
public utility company in connection with the construction, installation,
operation and maintenance of public utilities, nor to prevent the
parking of vehicles attending to an emergency.
F.
Signs with the following specifications shall be posted
on all streets and highways at the entrance to the Township:
(1)
The signs shall be in red letters on white background
and reflectorized, incorporated on a single plate 30 inches in width
and 24 inches in height, with the legend COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AND BUSES,
lettering to be six inches.
(2)
On a plate below said COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AND BUSES,
which plate shall be 36 inches in height and 30 inches in width, shall
appear the legend NO PARKING ANY STREET 9 p.m.--6 a.m., the lettering
therefor to be five inches for NO PARKING and four inches for ANY
STREET 9 p.m.--6 a.m.
G.
For the purposes of this section, unless another meaning
is clearly apparent, the classes of vehicles hereinabove enumerated
shall be defined by the laws of the State of New Jersey, Motor Vehicles
and Traffic Regulations, N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
H.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the Judge. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
