[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 401.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 405.
Impounded vehicles — See Ch. 409.
[Adopted 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 86:72 as Sec. 3-15 of the 1986 Code]
[Amended 9-23-2008 by Ord. No. 2008:26]
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle at any time in the areas described in Schedule A[1] as "no parking fire zones," which locations are designated on the maps on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included in § 285-4.
B. 
All curb and pavement markings and all signage in areas designated as "no parking fire zones" shall be in accordance with the most current edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control. All signage shall read "No Parking Anytime."
C. 
Pavement marking. All curbs within the designated fire zone shall be painted yellow except when Belgian block curbing is utilized, then a four-inch solid line, one foot from the base of the curb, shall be painted.
The maps on file in the Township Clerk's office are adopted by reference as if such maps were attached to and made a part of this article.
The Fire Prevention Bureau of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills is hereby authorized, subject to approval by ordinance adopted by the Township Council, to establish fire zones on properties in the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills devoted for public uses, including, but not limited to, shopping centers, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, public buildings, churches, garden apartment complexes, multifamily dwelling complexes, including condominiums, and similar uses, where the operation and parking of motor vehicles in close proximity to buildings located on such properties would prevent adequate ingress, egress, and operation of fire equipment and other emergency vehicles.
In accordance with the provisions of this article, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the following described locations. (For more complete information refer to the maps on file at the Township Clerk's office.)
Location of Fire Zone
Ordinance No.
ADP/The Partnership (99 Jefferson Road)
94:39, 95:7
Alfred Dunner Corp. (200 Walsh Drive)
88:31, 97:37
Allison Office Building (3621 Hill Road)
87:50
Allstate Can Company (1 Woodhollow Road)
91:53, 97:37
American Home Products/American Cyanamid Company (One Campus Drive)
88:24, 97:37, 98:32
American Home Products (Four Campus Drive)
88:28, 97:37
Andican Brothers (Plaza 53, 976 Tabor Road, Block 27, Lot 11.01)
2011:13
Arlington Plaza
81:43
Arya International (1571 Route 46, Block 726, Lot 1)
2011:27
Atrium Homes
85:52
AT&T (Evans & Shure) (5 Woodhollow Road)
91:60
AT&T (14 Walsh Drive)
88:73, 97:37
Avdel Corporation (50 Lackawanna Avenue)
90:68
Axelrod Family Partners, L.P., c/o Hoffman Floor Covering (799 Route 46 East)
2001:21, 2001:36
B.D.S/Wesford Associates (239 Baldwin Road)
86:54
Baldwin Manor Apartments
85:54
Baldwin Oaks (299 Baldwin Road)
81:34
Baldwin Plaza Associates (199 Baldwin Road)
86:41
BAPS Northeast (3 Entin Road, Block 202, Lot 9.04)
2006:20
Barnes and Noble (Route 10 and 202)
2001:28
Bellemead Development Corp. (Office Building No. 8) (Ten Sylvan Way)
91:17
Bellemead Development Corp. (45 Waterview Boulevard)
98:1
Bennigants Restaurant
86:55
BHB Associates (1279 Route 46)
98:20
Bigelow Quinlan Properties (90 East Halsey Road)
86:55
Board of Fire Commissioners Fire District No. 1 (South Powder Mill Road)
98:42
Board of Fire Commissioners Fire District No. 6 (Firehouse: 60 Littleton Road)
90:68
Borg Warner
86:11, 97:37
Brooklawn School
76:539
Brookside Apartments (1111 Parsippany Boulevard)
83:40
Brookstone Townhouses (Route 53)
86:43
Cabel Corporation (141 New Road)
87:15
Cablevision (6 Eastmans Road)
2001:21
Cambridge Village Condominium Association (180 Littleton Road)
2000:14
Camelot Gardens (649 Littleton Road)
83:69
Camp Meeting Association (Mount Tabor)
81:35
Camp Meeting Association of the Newark Conference (Simpson Avenue)
87:32
Carousel of Learning (244 Kingston Road)
99:11
Cedarbrook Ferncrest Tenants Corporation (2350 Route 10)
90:51, 91:48
Cedar Hill Office Park
85:73
Central School
76:539
Cerdel Construction (2539 Route 10)
94:9
Cerdel Construction Company (56 Fanny Road)
96:1
Chase Bank (53 North Beverwyck Road, Lake Hiawatha)
92:45, 97:37
Chessman Realty Assoc. (Shopping Center) (1082 Route 46)
92:15, 93:36
Chili's Inc. (1540 Route 46 West)
91:60
Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey (232 So. Beverwyck Road)
91:24
Chubb Life America (8 Sylvan Way)
93:45
Citizens Employment Services, Inc. (106 Parsippany Road)
91:62
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc. (Corner of Jefferson and East Halsey Roads)
92:45
Colonial Heights Apartments (300 Parsippany Road)
9 1:33
Color Four (40 Baldwin Road)
16:82
Composition Roofers Union (Local 4, Union Hall, Parsippany Road)
87:32
Congregation Ahavat Torah (113 Hawkins Avenue)
97:23
Corveffi Associates, Inc. (750 Edwards Road)
95:7
Courtyard by Marriott (3769 Route 46, Block 136, Lot 70)
2011:18
Cranberry Plaza (Walsh Drive and Cranberry Road)
87:15
Daily Record (Jefferson Road)
83:52
Daily Record (800 Jefferson Road)
98:20
Dartmouth Village (270 Baldwin Road)
57:82
Day's Inn (3159 Route 46)
81:3, 97:37
D-H Enterprises (Sharkey Road and New Road)
83:34
DBJ Associates, L.L.C. (30 Lanidex Plaza West)
97:4
Dialogic Inc. (1515 Route 10, Block 200, Lot 1.02)
2002:29
Domenico Restaurante (252 Route 46 West)
91:17
Dr. Douglas Main (342 Parsippany Road)
89:53
Dunkin Donuts of America (820 U.S. Highway 46)
81:32
E and M Partnership (50 Cherry Hill Road)
85:66, 86:28
77 East Halsey Road, LLC, (77 East Halsey Road, Block 740, Lot 2)
2011:26
Eastlake School
76:539
5 Eastmans Road LLC, (5 Eastmans Road, Block 739, Lot 4)
2011:19
EBI Medical Systems, Inc. (100 Interpace Parkway)
2001:3
Edwards Gardens Apartments (889 Edwards Road)
83:12, 83:85
819 Edwards Road (Block 767, Lot 14)
2012:49
Eccola Gastroriomia (Route 46 and North Beverwyck Road)
89:2, 97:37
EEC Benson (299 Littleton Road)
90:93
E.H. Jerben Building (1055 Parsippany Boulevard)
87:50
Embassy Suites Hotel (909 Parsippany Boulevard)
90:6
Empire 83 (Empire Plaza) (440 Route 46)
85:5
The Estee Corporation (169 Lackawanna Avenue)
90:32
The Evans Partnership (4 Wood Hollow Road)
92:45
Exeter Associates (Littleton Road)
76:544, 80:9, 97:37
Exeter Associates (120 Littleton Road)
98:12
Exeter Associates, Ltd. (c/o Paul V. Profeta and Assoc.) (199-269 Littleton Road)
91:71, 95:25, 97:23
78 Fanny Road (Block 448, Lot 23)
2012:12
Federal Express Corp. (1 Century Drive)
91:62
Federal Realty Investment Trust (Troy Shopping Center) (Route 46 East)
84:52, 94:9, 97:23
Fox Hill Park/Delau Realty Company
86:10
Frank Martinelli Office Building (20 Ludlow Road)
90:68
Fuddruckers (3159 Route 46)
90:14, 97:37
Gale and Wentworth (800-900 Lanidex Plaza)
97:42
Gale and Wentworth (1 Sylvan Way)
91:29, 97:37
Gale and Wentworth (4 and 6 Century Drive)
2000:11
Gale and Wentworth (5 Century Drive)
2001:15
Gale and Wentworth (3 Century Drive)
2001:15
Gale and Wentworth Property Group, Inc., Center of Morris County (State Farm Building) (300 Kimball Drive, Block 735, Lot 1.05)
2002:29
Gale and Wentworth Property Group, Center of Morris County (200 Kimball Drive, Block 735, Lot 1.04)
2002:29
Galleria Ten (25107 Route 10)
86:42
Gallo & DeCroce (113 Parsippany Road)
90:68
Gatehall Plaza 1 (Littleton Road and Gatehall Drive)
84:8
Gatehall II (2 Gatehall Drive)
87:50
Gatehall Property IV, Inc. (4 Gatehall Drive)
92:14
Gaunt Partners (99 Cherry Hill Road)
90:51
General Motors (9 Sylvan Way)
84:5
Glenmount Commons Pool Area (Spring Hill Drive, Block 14, Lot 41)
2010:05
Grand Union Shopping Center (Lake Hiawatha, Hillside Terrace)
77:596
Grato Restaurant, 2230 Route 10 (Block 174, Lot 35.01)
2009:45
Graybar Electric Company (799 Edwards Road)
96:33
Greenberg Properties, L.L.C. (100 Misty Lane)
97:36
Greenhill Shopping Center
75:517
Greenhill Shopping Center (Parsippany Road)
2000:3
Hampton Inn (3535 Route 46)
86:54, 97:37
Hampton Inn and Suites (3737 Route 46 East, Block 136, Lot 46.1)
2010:05
Harry Howard (3 Green Hill Road)
86:55, 97:37
Hartz Mountain Industries (9 Entin Road)
88:36
Hertz Corporation
86:13
Hilton Court East (Two Hilton Court)
91:33
Hilltop Associates (3835 Route 46)
88:58
Hilltop Plaza (3799 Route 46)
90:68
Hojo Inn (Route 46 East)
88:24, 97:37
Holiday Inn (707 U.S. Highway 46)
81:33
Horizon Trust
85:19
Hospitality Franchise Systems c/o HFS Inc. (6 Sylvan Way)
97:45
Hospitality Franchise (399 Jefferson Road)
90:68, 97:37
Hundal and Company (Troy Office Center) (1259 Route 46)
96:39
Hunting Ridge (North Beverwyck Road and Route 46 West, Block 698, Lot 14.01)
2004:30
Interchange Center, Parsippany Boulevard Associates (1160 and 1140 Parsippany Boulevard)
90:21
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (272 Parsippany Road)
91:53
Intervale Gardens (Garden Apartment Complex)
74:476
Intervale School
76:539
JBL/RAL Associates (50 Route 46)
86:54
Johil Associates II (119 Cherry Hill Road)
84:29
J. D. Carton & Son, Inc. (175 E. Halsey Road)
99:31
James A. McElwain, Inc. (50 Intervale Road)
2001:15
1 Jefferson Road (Block 735.02, Lot 4)
2012:07
100 Kimball Drive (Block 735, Lot 1.06)
2012:06
Knoll Country Club West (Knoll Road)
93:27
Knoll Gardens, Knoll Manor Associates (Mara Road)
88:36, 95:7
Knoll Manor (Lake Developers Inc.) (191, 195, 197, 201, 203, 199A, 199B North Beverwyck Road)
83:64
Knollwood School
76:539
Knoll Executive Center (200 - 700 Lanidex Plaza)
97:42
Lake Hiawatha School
76:539
Lake Hiawatha Volunteer Fire Association, Inc. (Fire District 4) (Lake Shore Drive and North Beverwyck Road)
91:71
Lake Parsippany School
76:539
Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Company (255 Halsey Road, Block 307, Lot 1)
2004:04
Lakeview Gardens (200 Vail Road)
88:31
Lexus Eastern Headquarters Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (205 Jefferson Road)
89:53
Little Par Limited Partnership (300 Littleton Road)
90:37
Littleton Road Associates (160 Littleton Road)
88:2
Littleton School
76:539
Loman Auto Group (3469 Route 46)
98:32
Longhorn Steakhouse (690 Route 46 West, Block 698, Lot 16)
2004:04
L.P. Thebault Company (249 Pomeroy Road)
92:58
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (600 Parsippany Road, Block 738, Lot 1)
2010:05
Maxim's Oriental Food (842 Route 46)
89:53, 97:37
Mazdabrook Senior Care Center (Care One) (100 Mazdabrook Road)
2001:36
McDonald's Corporation (3111 Route 46 East)
97:4
Meadowbrook Gardens (3579 Route 46)
88:36
Medical Arts Plaza (2839 Route 10)
2001:15
Metem Corporation (700 Parsippany Road)
13:82, 90:68
Mohsenin Tract (345 Route 46 East)
90:32
Morris Corporate Center (6 Upper Pond Road)
88:24
Morris Corporate Center III (Office Buildings A, B, C and D) (400 Interpace Parkway)
90:17
Morris County Police and Firefighters Training Academy (West Hanover Avenue)
86:71
Morris Hills Shopping Center (Route 46)
84:67
Morristown Daily Record (Jefferson Road)
83:52
Mountain Club (2467 Route 10)
90:6, 91:17
Mountain 53 Diner (1012 Route 53)
93:57
Mount Tabor School
76:539
The Music Shop (68 Fanny Road)
88:24
Nelson-Ferman Theatres, Inc. (Net Properties Management, Inc.) (Morris Hills Shopping Center) (Route 46 and Route 202)
95:7
New Baldwin Associates, L.L.C. (Baldwin Shopping Center) (200 Baldwin Road)
85:23, 97:45
New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co. (1599 Littleton Road)
97:23
New Road Associates (220 New Road)
87:50
New Road Associates/J.D.M. Construction Co. (295 New Road)
91:62
New Road Builders (259-273 New Road)
86:15, 97:37
New Road Plaza (Lopez) (New Road)
89:65
New York Life Insurance Company (260 Cherry Hill Road)
93:56
Northvail School
76:539
Octagon 10 Office Center (1719 Route 10)
97:42
Office Building (3599 Route 46)
93:7
Office Building (3695 Hill Road)
93:7
Otto H. York Company, Inc. (Intervale Road)
84:30
Otto H. York Co., Inc. (42 Intervale Road)
90:21
Outback Steakhouse (1280 and 3000 Route 46, Block 712, Lots 43.01 and 43.02)
2002:2
Park-Lake Village (350 Baldwin Road)
91:48
Parsippany 46 Mall (3219 Route 46)
94:9
Parsippany Crossroads (181 New Road, Block 770, Lot 3)
2004:04
Parsippany High School and Administration Building
76:539
Parsippany Hills Apartments (384, 386, 388, Parsippany Road)
91:17
Parsippany Hills High School
76:539
Parsippany Hills Village
79:30
Parsippany Hilton (1 Hilton Court)
93:56
Parsippany Lodging Associates, L.P. (Sierra Suites) (Smith Road, Block 735.02, Lot 1)
2004:04
Parsippany Office Center Joseph Lo Bozzo (8 Woodhollow Road)
91:53
Parsippany Office Plaza (239 New Road)
90:68
Parsippany Office Plaza Associates (239 New Road)
2001:21
Parsippany Perk, L.L.C. and Red Roof Inns (855-857 Route 46 E.)
83:35, 2001:31
Parsippany Place (959 Route 46)
86:34, 97:37
Parsippany Rescue and Recovery Unit, Inc. (Crescent Drive, Lake Hiawatha)
91:17
50 Parsippany Road (Block 392, Lot 4)
2012:05
1140 and 1160 Parsippany Road (Block 410, Lot 22.01)
2012:04
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Knoll Community Center (1130 Knoll Road)
2001:28
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Police Headquarters (3339 Route 46)
91:24
Partridge Run Apartments (130 New Road)
91:33
Par-Troy Funeral Home (95 Parsippany Road)
92:14
Par-Troy Hye (2980 Route 10)
91:62
Paul Miller Land Rover Land Rover Parsippany, Inc. (189 Route 46 East)
2001:15
PEP Boys (1449 Route 46)
98:35
Personal Diagnostics (3 Entin Road)
93:36
Pfizer Consumer Health Care Division (400 Webro Road)
94:39
Pfizer, Inc. (100 Jefferson Road)
94:9, 2000:11
P.G. Associates Limited Partnership (Gatehall Corporate Center II) (2 Gatehall Drive)
92:15
Pilot Technologies (10 Pomeroy Road)
85:6, 97:37
Plaza Group (Route 46)
84:68
Plaza Molise (450 N. Beverwyck Road, Lake Hiawatha)
2001:10
Police Athletic League of Parsippany-Troy Hills (33 Baldwin Road)
98:32
Pondview Commercial (629 Parsippany Road)
87:32
Powder Mill Corporate Park (Gibraltar Drive)
86:55
Powder Mill Corporate Park (301 Gibralter/Route 10)
89:65
Powder Mill Heights (Lake Lenore Estates) (Gates Court)
95:7
Powder Mill Plaza West (Route 10W)
90:32
Powdermill Village Professional Building
85:65
Prubeta-3 Child Care Center (Prudential Business Campus) (Dryden Way)
91:24
Prudential Business Campus (7 Campus Drive)
88:24
Prudential Insurance Company of America (Eight Campus Drive)
86:44
Prudential Insurance Company of America (Nine Campus Drive)
85:17
Prudential Insurance Company of America (7 Sylvan Way - 8 Campus Drive)
88:24
PW/MS OP SUB I, LLC (c/o Gale and Wentworth) (10 Sylvan Way)
2000:18
Quick Quality Restaurants, Inc./A Franchisee of Burger King Corporation (1429 Route 46)
92:22
Rainbow Montessori Schools, Inc. (903 South Beverwyck Road)
96:1
Redstone Apartments (369 Vail Road)
95:27
Residence Inn by Marriott (Gateball Drive)
98:25
Rockaway Meadow School
76:539
Rockaway Neck School
76:539
Rotunda at Parsippany (Hill Road at Hillside Lane)
84:9
108-130 Route 46 (Block 693, Lot 24)
2012:15
1479 Route 46 (Block 726, Lot 6)
2013:07
1560 Route 46 (Block 719, Lot 1.2)
2012:08
988 Route 53 (William and Etmis Dickenson)
86:33
Rutgers Shopping Center (Route 46 East)
90:68
Rutgers Village (Garden Apartment Complex)
77:587
R.W. Nolman (1116 Route 46)
85:74, 97:37
Safilo (801 Jefferson Road)
89:53, 97:37
St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church (335 Reynolds Avenue, Block 757, Lot 17)
2004:04
St. Peter the Apostle Church (1330 Route 46)
89:58
St. Peter the Apostle School (1330 Route 46)
96:10
S and M Properties
86:9
S and M Properties (140 Littleton Road)
87:50
Seven Wishers, Inc. (Parsippany and Barnsboro Roads)
86:24
Severna Operations, Amphenol Corporation (3 Eastmans Road)
95:27
Sheraton Tan Hotel (199 Smith Road)
87:50, 93:45
Silcitco (Route 10 and Glacier Drive)
86:16
Silver Burdett (399 Jefferson Road)
86:25, 97:37
SJP Properties (199 Cherry Hill Road)
88:31, 97:37
SJP Properties [300 Interpace Parkway (I)] [1 Upper Pond Road (II)]
88:31, 97:37
SJP Properties (Six Campus Drive)
85:16, 97:37
SJP Properties/Morris Corporate Center IV (Bldg. A, 399 Interpace Parkway and Bldg. B, 389 Interpace Parkway, Block 136, Lot 36.05; Bldg. C, 379 Interpace Parkway and Bldg. D, 369 Interpace Parkway)
2001:15
Skyview Heights - Recreational Area (Meadow Bluff Road)
93:56
Smithkline Beecham, Inc. (1500 Littleton Road)
93:36, 99:11
Smith 287 Limited Partnership (150 Smith Road)
88:31
311 - 401 Smith Road (Block 735.02, Lot 2)
2012:19
Star Enterprise (Texaco) (204 Parsippany Road)
91:62
Sun Refining and Marketing Co. (Route 46 and Littleton Road)
92:45
Sylvan Way Associates, L.L.C. (4 Sylvan Way, Block 202, Lot 1.10)
2002:29
22 Sylvan Way (Block 202, Lot 1.14)
2012:11
Tabor Road Tavern, 510 Tabor Road (Block 174, Lot 36.01)
2009:45
999 Tabor Road (Schecter Building)
89:53
Taco Bell Parsippany (1560 Route 46)
89:53
T&B Car Wash, Inc. (1600 Route 46)
98:42
Ten West Corp. (Route 10 West)
90:32
TGI Friday's (3855 Route 46)
90:68
The Learning Experience/Lojeta Parsippany, LLC (1159 Parsippany Boulevard, Block 412, Lots 10 and 11)
2004:04
Tiffany and Company (15 Sylvan Way)
97:4, 97:36, 2001:15
Time for Tots, De Fillippes, Inc. (3651 Hill Road)
97:3
Tivoli Gardens (1100 Parsippany Boulevard)
92:48
Tocad America, Inc. (300 Webro Road)
92:58
Toshiba Building (20 East Halsey Road)
92:15
Tower Walsh Associates/The Estee Corp. (c/o D.T. Houston Co., 4 Cranberry Road and 260 - 280 Walsh Drive)
89:65, 91:71, 94:39
Townsquare Associates (Route 46)
85:72
Toyota Motor Sales, USA (205 Jefferson Road, Block 736, Lot 7.02)
2002:29
Troy Gardens Apartments (220 Littleton Road)
79:15, 98:42
Troy Hills School
76:539
Troy Hills Village (1480 Route 46)
74:475, 92:14
Troy Hills Village Shopping Center (Route 46)
79:33
Troy Plaza Shopping Center (North Beverwyck Road)
97:36
Trustee of General Electric Pension Trust (1639 Route 10)
94:9
United Parcel Service (799 Jefferson Road)
96:21
United Savings and Loan (240 Baldwin Road)
87:50
United Stor-All Centers, LLC (Littleton Road, Block 393.01, Lots 3, 4 and 5)
2004:04
Vail Gardens (100 Vail Road)
88:31, 92:14
Vail Manor/Westgate Manor (Vail Road)
2001:3
Village Square Associates (280 Route 46W)
84:32
W & P Martin/Kawasaki (160 Route 46)
35:82, 83:20
Walsh Drive Associates (61 Walsh Drive)
86:71
Walsh Drive Associates c/o David T. Houston Co. (71 - 91 Walsh Drive)
94:39
Walsh Drive (260 Walsh Drive, Block 136, Lot 36)
2011:16
Waterview Corporate Centre (Building 1, 10 Waterview Boulevard)
87:50
Waterview Corporate Centre (Office Building No. 2)
89:65
Waterview Corporate Centre (Office Building 3, 35 Waterview Boulevard)
90:51
Watkins Terminals, Inc. (8 Eastmans Road)
98:35
Wayne Young's Service Station (1209 Littleton Road)
88:45, 95:7
Wei Chin Plaza (1110 Route 46)
86:8, 97:37
Weichert Realtors (169 Johnson Road)
98:25
Wendy's Restaurant Arlington Associates (Route 46 West)
87:15
Wendy's (2099 Route 46)
78:3, 97:37
Wendy's (1816 Route 10)
86:6, 97:37
Westbound Homes, Inc. (c/o Westgate Gardens, 350 Parsippany Road)
78:4, 93:45, 98:42
Westmount Plaza - Arlington Plaza, Joint Venture (808 Route 46 West)
83:33, 97:36
White Deer Motel
86:5
Whittington Parsippany, Inc. (199 Pomeroy Road)
84:64
Woodmont Builders (199 Cherry Hill Road)
2001:41
Woodmont Park
86:7
Zamperla Warehouse
85:75
[Adopted 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 87-58 as Sec. 3-17 of the 1986 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HANDICAPPED PERSON
Includes 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 ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery; a podiatrist licensed to practice in this state or a bordering state; a physician stationed at a military or naval installation located in this state who is licensed to practice in any state; or a chiropractic physician licensed to practice in this state or a bordering state.
[Amended 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31]
HANDICAPPED PERSON IDENTIFICATION CARD
A. 
The identification card issued to a handicapped person by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205. "Handicapped person identification card" shall also mean the placard issued by the Township Police Department to an applicant upon the certification of a physician that the applicant is temporarily disabled in one of the ways described in the definition of "handicapped person" above. Placards issued by the Township Police Department pursuant to this article shall remain valid for six months from the date of issuance, with only one extension of six months allowed, and shall have listed upon them the date such placard expires.
B. 
The category. of handicapped person identification card shall also include handicapped nursing home resident identification cards issued to nursing home owners or operators for use by that person in a vehicle owned or operated by the nursing home and used to transport handicapped nursing home residents.
HANDICAPPED PERSON PLACARD or LICENSE PLATE
The placard or license plate issued to a handicapped person pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206, indicating that the person has been issued a handicapped person identification card, such placard or license plate to be displayed on the motor vehicle used to transport the handicapped person when the vehicle is parked in parking spaces designed for use by handicapped persons.
PARKING LOT
Any area, inside or outside a public building or upon private property, set aside for the parking of vehicles with or without charge to the owners of these vehicles.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the general public or to which the general public is invited, including, but not limited to, theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, museums, schools, libraries, hospitals, recreation facilities, office buildings, factories, business establishments, public eating places, motels and hotels, shopping centers and the like, whether publicly or privately owned, except that this term shall not include private family residences, warehouse storage areas and all buildings containing hazardous occupancies that involve highly combustible, highly flammable or explosive materials.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90:76]
Parking spaces restricted for use by handicapped persons who have been issued handicapped person identification cards, and display handicapped person placards or license plates, are hereby established in all parking lots within the Township provided in conjunction with or to serve public buildings, to be designated as such in accordance with the guidelines hereinafter set forth. Any parking lot with less than 20 existing spaces shall be exempt from the provisions of this article, but such exemption shall not apply to newly constructed or remodeled buildings and structures. Handicapped parking spaces which are voluntarily established in parking lots which are exempt from the provisions of this article and which have been properly designated, approved and marked in compliance with this article shall be restricted for the use of handicapped persons and enforceable under this article.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90:76]
A. 
A minimum of one handicapped parking space shall be designated for handicapped parking by each owner of a parking lot as defined hereinabove which contains up to 50 parking spaces. A minimum of two handicapped parking spaces shall be designated in parking lots containing 51 to 200 parking spaces. For lots containing over 200 parking spaces, a minimum of 1% of the total number of spaces in the lot shall be required (rounded to the next higher whole number). These minimum standards shall not preclude a determination by the Township Police Department that additional spaces shall be required to be designated where necessary due to parking lot configuration, number of entrances, distances between buildings or similar considerations.
B. 
The designated handicapped parking spaces shall be located in an area of the parking lot which is most accessible and proximate to the public building(s) the lot serves, as approved by the Police Department of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills pursuant to § 285-8.
C. 
The signing and pavement marking of handicapped parking spaces shall conform to the specifications as prescribed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in the latest revision of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. All signs indicating the existence of handicapped parking spaces shall, no later than June 30, 1991, state the penalties imposed for violations of this article pursuant to § 285-13.
D. 
Each handicapped parking space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width to permit handicapped persons to get in and out of either side of a motor vehicle onto a level, paved surface suitable for wheeling and walking.
E. 
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that handicapped persons are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
F. 
Where applicable, as determined by the Police Department of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, curb ramps shall be provided to permit handicapped persons access from the parking lot to a sidewalk.
The owners of all premises required to provide handicapped parking spaces as specified herein shall submit a sketch plan indicating the present or proposed location of such spaces to the Commander of the Traffic Division of the Township Police Department within 30 days from the effective date of this article. The sketch plan shall require approval by the Commander of the Traffic Division or his designee and shall be retained and kept on file in the Township Police Department. The sketch plan must be approved prior to the installation of any new handicapped parking spaces. Where parking spaces presently exist on property subject to these requirements, they shall be visually inspected by the Commander of the Traffic Division or his designee for conformance with the sketch plan and to insure that they are the proper size and designated and marked according to law. In all cases, once the sketch plan has been approved, the owner shall have 60 days from the date of approval to install and mark new handicapped spaces or correct deficiencies in existing spaces. Any owner failing to submit a sketch plan as required or to provide properly designated and marked handicapped parking stalls within the time periods prescribed in this article shall be subject to penalties in accordance with § 285-13 of this article.
Handicapped parking spaces installed pursuant to an approved sketch plan shall not be altered or moved unless a new sketch plan has been submitted and the change has been approved by the Police Department.
All signing, pavement, markings, depressed curbing and/or ramps shall be maintained in good and proper condition, including but not limited to the condition that required markings and signs should remain distinctly visible at all times. Any owner of premises required to provide handicapped parking spaces who shall fail to maintain such spaces in proper condition shall be subject to penalties in accordance with § 285-13 of this article.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90:76]
A. 
Except when necessary to avoid avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any space appropriately designated for use by the physically handicapped unless the vehicle is authorized by law to park therein.
B. 
Where a passenger or driver of a motor vehicle is authorized by his possession of handicapped person identification card to park in a handicapped parking space, the identification card or placard shall be placed on the top of the dashboard near the steering wheel so as to be visible through the front windshield of the car, and failure to place this identification card as described above when otherwise properly parking in a handicapped parking space will constitute a violation of this article subject to the penalties of § 285-13.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90:76]
A. 
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a parking space appropriately designated as restricted for use by handicapped persons without a special vehicle identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 et seq. and 39:4-197.5, as amended, shall be subject to a fine as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-197(3)c, as amended.
[Amended 11-12-2003 by Ord. No. 03:32]
B. 
No penalty shall be imposed for the parking overtime of any vehicle which has displayed thereon a placard or wheelchair symbol license plate unless such vehicle shall have been parked in one location for more than 24 hours, as long as the driver or a passenger of said car at the time of the overtime parking has a valid placard or special license plate issued to him or her.
C. 
Any person who violates this section by failing to designate or maintain handicapped parking spaces as required hereunder or otherwise fails to comply with any section of this article shall be liable for a penalty of $100. Each and every day of noncompliance shall be considered a separate violation.