This article is adopted for the purpose of promoting safe and
orderly parking of motor vehicles within areas designated and established
by the Township as commuter parking lots. All areas so designated
as commuter parking lots within the Township are included under this
article, except for the Franklin Lane-New Jersey Transit Park-and-Ride
facility, which is regulated by a separate article in this chapter.[1]
The provisions, rules and regulations of this article pertaining
to commuter parking areas are applicable to all those parcels of land
and premises owned, leased, occupied or controlled by the Township
of Manalapan, now or hereafter, except for any lands or areas within
the right-of-way of any street, road or highway and do not apply to
the Franklin Lane-New Jersey Transit Park-and-Ride facility, which
is regulated by a separate article under this chapter.[1]
A.
Parking on said lands and premises hereinbefore shall be designated
by permit only, which shall be evidenced by a tag issued to an applicant
by the Township.
B.
Such parking areas shall be marked by signs indicating that parking
will be by permit only, Monday through Friday, and vehicles must display
a valid tag. The Franklin Lane commuter lot parking will be by permit
only, Monday through Friday, except between the hours of 6:30 p.m.
and 9:30 p.m.
C.
No vehicle shall be parked in any such parking area unless it displays
on the interior rear view mirror a current and valid permit so issued
by the Township of Manalapan as herein provided.
D.
No vehicle shall be parked in any such parking area displaying a
parking permit that is reported lost, stolen, mislaid or undelivered
or whose identification number is obscured or has been removed.
E.
All vehicles shall be parked within a single designated parking space
as indicated by marked lines on the surface of the parking area or
unless otherwise instructed by a police officer or other attendant
in charge.
F.
Vehicles which, because of size, occupy more than one parking space
or which extend into a traffic aisle shall be excluded from commuter
parking areas.
G.
No vehicle shall be parked within the entrance or exit to any such
commuter parking area or within any of the aisles thereof.
A.
The required permits shall be issued by the Municipal Clerk. Applications
will require the completion of a form supplied by the Clerk to include
a copy of the applicant's current New Jersey driver's license and
vehicle registration certificate. The address on the driver's license
must establish the applicant as a resident of the Township of Manalapan
or as a resident of the Township of Marlboro.
B.
The Municipal Clerk shall issue not more than 100 permits to the
residents of the Township of Marlboro on a first-come-first-served
basis at the Franklin Lane commuter lot. After the issuance of the
authorized 100 permits to said residents of the Township of Marlboro,
no further permits shall be issued in any one year.
C.
Residents of the Township of Manalapan and qualified residents of
the Township of Marlboro shall be provided permits as hereinafter
set forth, but no permits shall be issued to any parking facility
that has been determined by the Township to be filled to capacity.
The issuance of a permit does not guarantee the availability of a
parking space in the municipal parking facility.
[Amended 2-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
D.
Application and renewals thereon shall be for one year or any part
thereof, terminating on March 31, and the annual fee for same shall
be $201. In the event that a tag is issued during the annual period
from April 1 through March 31, then the charge for same shall be at
$16.75 for each month remaining during the aforesaid period. No refunds
shall be made.
[Amended 2-23-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-02]
E.
Only one permit per resident, per car, shall be issued as specified
in this article.
F.
Said permits shall have written thereon, "Manalapan parking permit,"
together with the number of the permit, the date of expiration and
the name of the appropriate parking area.
G.
The Municipal Clerk shall make and keep a record of all permits issued
to include the completed application form, the parking area assignment,
the tag number, and the copies of the applicant's driver's license
and registration certificates.
Any person parking a motor vehicle with such permit affixed
thereto shall be presumed to have properly applied for and received
permission to park said motor vehicle in any such parking area of
the Township of Manalapan.
No person shall permit a disabled vehicle to remain in any commuter
parking area for more than 36 hours without the express permission
of the police.
Any vehicle parked in any such parking area in violation of this article may be removed from the parking area on order of any police officer, and the owner thereof shall pay the reasonable cost of such removal and storage which may result from such removal before being allowed to regain possession of the vehicle, and such costs of removal and storage shall be in addition to any penalty or fine hereinbefore provided in Chapter 216, Towing.
This article shall not apply to any municipal vehicles registered
to the Township of Manalapan.
