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Township of Bloomfield, NJ
Essex County
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A. 
Whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation is such that it covers the street or highway, no vehicle shall be parked on either side of any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XXIII (§ 254-63), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B. 
The above parking prohibitions shall remain in effect after the snow has ceased until the streets have been plowed sufficiently and to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
C. 
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $42 and not more than $100 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days or both.
[Added 10-24-1994]
A. 
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon streets or parts of streets where temporary emergency no-parking signs are displayed. The Chief of Police, or in their absence the ranking police officer, is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting of said emergency no-parking signs when weather conditions, accidents, fires or public celebrations dictate or require the avoidance of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow of traffic.
B. 
Notification that the emergency no-parking signs are being or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting of the signs.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this article shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any peace officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
The effectiveness of this article is contingent upon signs being erected as required by law.
[Added 5-19-2003 by Ord. No. 03-19]
A. 
Upon declaration of an emergency by the Essex County Sheriff's Department Office of Emergency Management or its designee, there shall be no parking on streets or sections of the following streets within the Township of Bloomfield as indicated in Schedule XXV (§ 254-65).
B. 
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $42 and not more than $100 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.