[Adopted 12-15-1969 as Ch. 17, Art. V, Div. 2, of the 1962
Code; amended in its entirety 12-18-1972 (Ch. 187, Art. II, of the 1987 Code)]
[Amended 7-19-1988; 5-21-2018 by Ord. No. 18-20]
A.
The Township Administrator is hereby authorized to set aside and
to designate, in the Glenwood Garage, Conger Street Lot, Farrand Street
Lot, Myrtle Street Lot and Pitt Street Lot of the Township, certain
parking spaces as permit parking areas.
B.
The Township Administrator, from time to time, shall set aside and
designate, in the permit parking areas of the Glenwood Garage, Conger
Street Lot, Farrand Street Lot, Myrtle Street Lot and Pitt Street
Lot, such number of parking spaces as may be reasonably necessary
to accommodate the needs of the public, with regard for the requirements
of the public for metered parking spaces.
[Amended 7-19-1988; 6-5-1991]
A.
The Township Administrator, or their designee, is hereby authorized
to issue to persons applying and qualifying for a parking permit,
which shall entitle the holder to park as determined by the Township
of Bloomfield Parking Utility.
[Amended 5-21-2018 by Ord. No. 18-20]
B.
The issuance of a parking permit/business placard
permit shall not constitute a guaranty to the person to whom issued
that a space will be available for parking of a motor vehicle.
[Amended 6-5-1991]
A parking permit/business placard permit shall
be issued to any person who completes and files the required application
and who pays the designated fee therefor.
[Amended 6-5-1991]
A.
Regular parking permits may be for a period of one
year, commencing on the first day of January and terminating on the
31st day of December, or permits may be issued quarterly for the three-month
periods commencing January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each
year and terminating the last day of the third succeeding month.
B.
Business placard permits will be issued for a period
of one year, commencing on the first day of January and terminating
on the 31st day of December.
[Amended 6-5-1991]
A.
All regular permits shall be in the form of decalcomania
stickers. Every regular permit shall be affixed as a decalcomania
to the motor vehicle for which issued upon the left rear side window,
in such a manner and position as to be clearly visible from the exterior
of the vehicle. Affixing such sticker by use of adhesive tape or any
similar tape or device is prohibited.
B.
All business placard permits shall be in the form
of a hanger permit. Every business placard permit shall be hung on
the inside rear view mirror in such a manner that the permit number
is visible from outside the vehicle.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
The fees for the issuance of the aforesaid parking
permits shall be as follows:
[Amended 7-19-1988; 6-5-1991; 5-16-1994; 9-18-1995; 5-21-2018 by Ord. No.
18-19]
(1)
Business permits: for business owners and their employees in the
Township who must park within the vicinity of their business all day.
Lot
|
Price
|
Availability
|
---|---|---|
Conger Street Lot
|
$300/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Farrand Street Lot
|
$420/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage daytime access card
|
$95/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage overnight access card
|
$85/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Myrtle Street Lot
|
$150/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Pitt Street Lot
|
$210/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
(2)
Resident commuter permits: for those Bloomfield residents who commute
to work by train and must park their car all day within walking distance
of the available train stations within Bloomfield.
Lot
|
Price
|
Availability
|
---|---|---|
Farrand Street Lot
|
$420/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage daytime access card
|
$95/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage overnight access card
|
$85/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Myrtle Street Lot
|
$150/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
(3)
Resident permits: for those Bloomfield residents who reside in apartments/homes
that offer no on-site parking.
Lot
|
Price
|
Availability
|
---|---|---|
Conger Street Lot
|
$300/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Farrand Street Lot
|
$420/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage daytime access card
|
$95/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage overnight access card
|
$85/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage twenty-four-hour access card
|
$110/month Monday through Sunday
|
Waiting list form
|
Myrtle Street Lot
|
$150/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Pitt Street Lot
|
$210/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
(4)
Nonresident commuter permits: a limited number of permits are available
for commuters who live out of town and wish to park their cars near
the available train stations within Bloomfield.
Lot
|
Price
|
Availability
|
---|---|---|
Farrand Street Lot
|
$540/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage daytime access card
|
$95/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Glenwood Garage overnight access card
|
$85/month, Monday through Saturday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
|
Waiting list form
|
Myrtle Street Lot
|
$300/six months
|
Waiting list form
|
B.
The fee for any annual permit issued after January
1 of any year shall not be reduced or prorated.
C.
In the case of quarterly permits issued after the
beginning of the quarterly period, the fee shall be at the rate of
1/3 of the quarterly permit fee for each full month or portion of
a month remaining from the effective date of the permit to and including
the last day of the quarterly period.
[Amended 5-16-1994]
A.
Upon written application therefor and upon the payment
of a fee of $5 to the Collector, any permit may be transferred from
one vehicle to another vehicle owned by the same person at any time
during the period for which the permit is issued for the balance of
the permit period remaining unexpired.
B.
Upon application therefor and upon the payment of
a fee of $5 to the Collector, a replacement sticker may be issued
to any person, provided that such replacement sticker shall cover
only the balance of the period for which the original sticker was
issued.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 187-10,
Refund of fees, was repealed 5-16-1994. No refunds will be given.
[Amended 7-19-1988]
Upon a written application therefor and upon
the payment of an additional fee of $10, a person to whom an annual
rental permit has been issued may obtain one additional annual rental
permit that will entitle them to park a second passenger motor vehicle
in the Farrand Street - Washington Street, North Center, Watsessing
or Burroughs Place Parking Lot of the Township whenever such lot is
not occupied by the first passenger motor vehicle for which the original
annual rental permit has been issued.
[Amended 7-19-1988; 6-17-2013 by Ord. No. 13-22]
A.
Except
as may be otherwise determined by the Parking Utility of the Township
of Bloomfield, during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of
each day except Saturdays and Sundays, it shall be unlawful for any
person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in
the name of or operated by such person to be parked in the permit
parking area of any publicly owned parking facility without an appropriate
permit therefor properly affixed to such motor vehicle as hereinabove
set forth.
B.
Except
as may be otherwise determined by the Parking Utility of the Township
of Bloomfield, during the hours between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of
each day, except Saturdays and Sundays, and all day on Saturdays and
Sundays, it shall be lawful for any person to park a passenger motor
vehicle, not including a bus, in the permit parking area of a publicly
owned parking facility without a permit or any other fee.
[Amended 7-19-1988; 5-19-2003 by Ord. No. 03-17]
Every motor vehicle parked in any parking space
in the Farrand Street - Washington Street, North Center, Watsessing,
Burroughs Place, and Royal Theatre Lackawanna Parking Lots shall be
parked within the space marked upon the pavement for the parking of
a single motor vehicle.
Any vehicle parked in violation of any of the
provisions of this article may be removed from a public parking lot
by any person so authorized by the Police Chief of the Township to
a public garage or other place designated by the Police Chief for
the storing of such vehicle, and such vehicle may be impounded and
held at such public garage or other designated storage place until
the owner thereof shall pay to the public garage owner the cost of
the removal of such vehicle from the parking lot, plus a charge of
$2 for each day or part thereof that such vehicle is impounded.
[Amended 11-2-1987; 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code.