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Borough of Runnemede, NJ
Camden County
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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 or in any other New Jersey statute, 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, § 106-15, attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II, § 106-16, of any day, from Monday to Friday inclusive, upon any of the streets or parts of any streets described in Schedule II attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 5-3-1994 by Ord. No. 94-4; amended 7-1-2008 by Ord. No. 08-11; 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
COMMERCIAL TRAILER
Any trailer to be pulled by tractor truck, truck or motor vehicle which extends six feet, regardless of weight. Specifically excluded from this definition are boats, utility and travel trailers and campers.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle which is required by law to bear any license plate, other than that issued for a passenger car, which, by reason of a characteristic color or marking, exceeding one square foot in area, is identified or commonly associated with any business, industry or public agency, shall be considered a commercial vehicle within the terms of this chapter.
DETACHABLE TRAILER
A vehicle of any size or shape, on wheels or other means of support, capable of being transported upon the streets by attachment to a motor vehicle or by the application of some other separate independent power source. Specifically included in this definition are boats, utility and travel trailers and campers.
TRAILER
Any vehicle used or constructed to be used as a conveyance upon public streets, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and so designed as to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place; and non-self-propelled vehicles of any kind or character or intended to be moved under fuel power. This shall also include vehicles known as "recreational vehicles," "rec-vees," "motor homes" "caravans" or "trailers."
B. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial vehicle, bus or tractor, the gross weight of which exceeds 16,000 pounds with load or the number of wheels on which exceeds six, upon any street or portions thereof within the Borough of Runnemede, within the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of everyday.
C. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial trailer, trailer or detachable trailer, boat, travel trailer or camper upon any streets or portions thereof within the Borough of Runnemede, within the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of everyday.
D. 
Nothing within this chapter shall be construed as preventing vehicles of the gross weight exceeding 16,000 pounds from making deliveries of merchandise or property or as prohibiting any vehicles exceeding 16,000 pounds used by any public utility company in connection with the construction, installation, operation or maintenance of any public utility facility from parking while being used for such purposes.
[Added 11-3-2010 by Ord. No. 10-12]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial vehicle, bus or tractor, the gross weight of which exceeds sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds with the load or the number of wheels on which exceeds six, upon any portion of Constitution Avenue, Broadway Avenue or Elm Avenue at any time.
B. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial trailer upon any portion of Constitution Avenue, Broadway Avenue and Elm Avenue at any time.
C. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial vehicle, bus or tractor, the gross weight of which exceeds 16,000 pounds with the load or the number of wheels on which exceeds six, upon any portion of the property of the Runnemede Public Library, the Harry Williams Building or the Borough-owned playing fields located on Broadway and Elm Avenues.
D. 
No person, firm or corporation shall park any commercial trailer upon any portion of the property of the Runnemede Public Library, the Harry Williams Building or the Borough-owned playing fields located on Broadway and Elm Avenues.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule III, § 106-17, at any time between the hours listed in said Schedule III of any day, from Monday to Friday inclusive, upon any of the streets or parts of the streets described in Schedule III attached hereto and made a part hereof.
[Added 10-5-1993 by Ord. No. 93-6]
A. 
Parking by permit only in designated residential areas. No vehicles shall be parked on the streets or parts of streets designated below, made part of this section, during the hours so designated, unless:
(1) 
The vehicle is owned or operated on a regular basis by a resident of that street and the vehicle has displayed a current residential parking permit on its left rear window in such a manner as to be closely examined by an officer; or
(2) 
The vehicle falls under one of the exemptions to the parking ban set forth in Subsection B.
B. 
Exemptions. The following vehicles shall be exempt from this parking permit section:
(1) 
Visitors. A vehicle displaying a current visitor parking permit may park a maximum of two days, provided that the operator of a vehicle is a bona fide guest of a resident within the permit parking area. The visitor's permit shall be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible by an officer enforcing parking regulations.
(2) 
Contractors, service and delivery vehicles. Contractors, service and delivery vehicles, bearing the name and address of a commercial business may park without a permit during the time they are rendering service to a residence within the permit parking area.
(3) 
Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles and public service, telephone and other public utility vehicles may park within the permit parking area during the time they are rendering service or repairs within the area.
C. 
Administration. Application for parking permits under this section shall be made in writing on forms provided to the Chief of Police or his designee. Permits shall be granted only under the following terms and conditions:
(1) 
To persons who are residents on said street or portion thereof upon which parking is restricted by this section, a permanent permit, valid one year for tenants and three years for owner-occupants, shall be issued for every vehicle owned or principally operated by such person, subject to a limit of four permits for each residential dwelling unit.
(2) 
Visitor permits may be issued for each residential structure to any street or portion thereof upon which parking is restricted by this section for use by visitors to a resident of a residential dwelling unit within such structure. Such visitor permits must be obtained by and issued to the owner of the structure and will be valid for a period of one year in cases of owner-occupied structures and six months in cases of non-owner-occupied structures. Such permits may be issued for succeeding years or months as needed.
D. 
Responsibility to traffic rules and regulations. A resident parking permit does not exempt a resident from obeying all traffic rules and regulations, including but not limited to too close to stop signs, intersections and alternate side.
E. 
Limited distance. The visiting permits shall be valid within a reasonable distance from the address for which the permit is issued.
F. 
Schedule of streets for residential parking permit. The following streets or parts thereof are designated as requiring residential parking permits:
Name of Street
Side
Limits
Carlysle Court
Both
Entire street
Drexel Court
[Added 5-2-2000 by Ord. No. 00-4]
Both
Entire street
Harding Avenue
Both
From the intersection of Patricia Lane a distance of 500 feet
Harding Avenue
[Repealed 8-7-2012 by Ord. No. 12-08]
Johnson Avenue
Both
Entire street from the intersection of Patricia Lane a distance of 500 feet
Mitchell Avenue
Both
Entire street from the intersection of Mitchell Avenue and Harding Avenue to Blanchard Avenue
Oak Avenue
Both
From the intersection of Oak Avenue and David Road along Oak Avenue to the Triton High School gate
Patricia Lane
Both
Entire street
Paul Place
Both
Entire street
Royal Terrace
Both
Entire street
G. 
Hours for residential parking permit. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, no vehicles shall be parked between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
H. 
Violations and penalties. Violations and penalties are provided for in § 106-48 of the Code of the Borough of Runnemede.
[Added 6-2-2020 by Ord. No. 20-07]
A. 
Schedule of streets for school employee parking permit. The following streets or parts thereof are designated as requiring school employee parking permits:
Name of Street
Side
Limits
West Third Avenue
North
Beginning at a point 500 feet northwest of the westerly curb line of Hirsch Avenue extending 432 feet northwest thereof. Permit parking on school days between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. All other times parking be open to everyone
B. 
Permits will be issued by the appropriate school officials and are limited to school employees only.