[Adopted 4-9-1996 (Ch. 82, Part 7, of the 1966 Code)]
As used in this Part 7, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOROUGH OF RARITAN PARKING AREA
The parking lot located to the east side of the Municipal Building, located at 22 First Street, in the Borough of Raritan, which is herein designated as a parking area only for police vehicles.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon or in the designated parking area otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs or signals or any involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of causes beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
POLICE VEHICLE
Any vehicle which the Borough of Raritan Police Department owns or leases, whether marked or unmarked, and is used by the Police Department to effectuate its day-to-day duties within the Borough of Raritan.[1]
VEHICLE
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks. For the purpose of this article, "vehicle" shall also include any trailer (boat, house, utility, etc.) which can be towed by any vehicle permitted by the laws of this state.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
"Parking area" is defined as the area located to the east side of the Borough of Raritan Municipal Building, where the entrance to the Police Department is located, and includes the curbline along the side of the building which measures approximately 123 feet in length and also includes the parking area at the far east portion of the Borough Municipal Building parking lot which has approximately 10 parking spaces and is approximately 97 feet in length, all located at 22 First Street in the Borough of Raritan, which said site is paved and constitutes a portion of the parking lot for the Borough of Raritan Municipal Building.
With the exception of Borough of Raritan police vehicles, it shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Part 7 for any person to:
A. 
Park any vehicle at or on any place in the parking area on the east side of the Borough of Raritan Municipal Building.
B. 
Obstruct, impede or interfere with, in any manner whatsoever, the free and orderly passage of traffic in the parking area of vehicles parked or reserved for the movement of traffic within or to or from the parking area.
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Part 7 or shall counsel, aid or abate any such offense or failure to comply shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the provisions of this Part 7 and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $200 or by imprisonment of a term not to exceed 30 days. Any vehicle which is not immediately removed from the no-parking area in violation of this Part 7 and is not moved and continues to be parked in this parking area shall be subject to be removed and towed from the parking area and impounded, and any and all cost for said towing, impounding and/or storage thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or operator of said vehicle. No vehicle shall be returned to the lawful owner until said costs for towing, impounding and/or storage thereof is paid in full.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this Part 7 are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects this Part 7 shall be cumulative of all other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this Part 7.
If any section or provision or parts thereof of this Part 7 shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not effect the validity of this Part 7 as a whole or of any other section, provision or part therein.
This entire article shall be deemed and constructed to be an exercise of the police power of the Borough of Raritan, in the County of Somerset, for the preservation and the protection of the public safety so as to keep these parking areas clear of civilian vehicles so they do not interfere with the patrol vehicles entering and leaving the designated parking areas so as to allow the patrol vehicles to respond to any and all emergency calls, and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed with a view to effectuation of such purpose.