[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Vernon 8-6-1984 by Ord. No. 84-13. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 99.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
Any person who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a
consequence of paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability,
or who is permanently disabled so as to be unable to walk without
the aid of an assisting device or another person assisting them, or
whose mobility is otherwise limited as certified by a physician and
who has qualified for the issuance of a handicapped person identification
card through the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 39:4-205.
Any building, structure, facility, or complex used by the
general public, including, but not limited to, theaters, concert halls,
auditoriums, museums, schools, libraries, recreation facilities, public
transportation terminals and stations, factories, office buildings,
business establishments, passenger vehicle service stations, shopping
centers, hotels, motels and public eating places. Private residences
of less than four units, warehouse storage areas, and buildings containing
the manufacturing of hazardous products are specifically excluded
from this definition.
A.
The owners of property upon which new public buildings are proposed
to be built shall provide in the plans for the public buildings and
the public parking areas serving the public buildings for the creation
of parking spaces for handicapped persons in accordance with the provisions
and standards set forth in this chapter. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for said premises unless it meets the standards of
and provides for the required parking spaces for handicapped persons.
B.
All owners of public buildings that are served by parking facilities
shall create parking spaces for handicapped persons in accordance
with the standards provided in this section and complete the installation
of said parking spaces no later than one year from the effective date
of this chapter.
A.
Number of parking spaces required. Parking spaces for handicapped
persons shall be constructed according to the following guidelines:[1]
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Total Parking Spaces in Lot
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Required Number of Spaces for Handicapped Persons
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1 to 55 spaces
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2
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56 and more
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1% of total spaces rounded up to next whole number
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B.
The location of the parking spaces for handicapped persons shall
be in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and
closest to the entrance to the public building that the facility serves.
The determination of the location of these spaces shall be made by
the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township
of Vernon when site plan applications for public buildings are made
to these Boards. The Code Enforcement Officer, in conjunction and
consultation with the owner of the premises, shall determine the location
for these spaces for public buildings that have already been completed.
In shopping centers and other multistore facilities, the handicapped
spaces shall be as near to the flagship store as possible and/or at
such other locations as may be agreed upon between the Code Enforcement
Officer and the owner.
C.
Each space shall be identified with a clearly visible upright sign
which has been made according to the specifications and requirements
of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the New Jersey
Administrative Code, and New Jersey statutes.
D.
Each parking space for handicapped persons shall be 12 feet wide
to allow additional room for persons in wheelchairs or on braces or
crutches to get in or out of either side of the automobile on a level,
paved surface suitable for wheeling and walking.
E.
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons in wheelchairs
or using braces or crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind
parked cars.
F.
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit handicapped
people access from the parking area to the sidewalk.
A.
Any individual or entity that fails to provide parking spaces for
handicapped persons as required in this chapter, or who fails to properly
maintain said parking spaces so that they are properly marked as parking
spaces for handicapped persons, shall be subject to a fine of not
more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or
both, or as is otherwise specified in N.J.S.A. 39:4-203.
B.
Any person who parks, stops or permits a motor vehicles to stand
in a parking space designated for handicapped persons, unless the
vehicle in that space has affixed to it an identification certificate
or marker issued by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles
of the State of New Jersey as described in N.J.S.A. 39:4-206, is in
violation of this chapter. Fines for parking in a handicapped parking
space without legal authority from the Director of the Division of
Motor Vehicles shall be as follows:
[Amended 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 03-38]
