[Adopted 12-15-1981 by Ord. No. 709A-81 (Ch. 186A, Art. I,
of the 1975 Code)]
For the purposes of interpretation and enforcement of this article,
the following words have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:
Any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle
or who causes a vehicle to be operated, whether the owner thereof
or his agent, employee, licensee or invitee.
A person who holds legal title of a vehicle or in whose name
a vehicle is currently registered or was last registered with the
Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of New Jersey.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, company or organization
of any kind.
Passenger automobiles, motorcycles, and trucks weighing less
than 1/2 ton. It shall not include trailers, recreational vehicles,
trucks over 1/2 ton, buses, or farm machinery or equipment.
[Amended 3-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1405-2009]
The following described lots or tracts of land in the Borough
of Edgewater are hereby designated as municipal parking lots:
[Added 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 1439-2010]
A.
Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle at the municipal parking facility opposite Borough Hall on River Road, designated as Block 43, Lot 1, and Block 46, Lot 2, as depicted on the Tax Assessment Map of the Borough of Edgewater,[1] for a period of more than two consecutive hours between
6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, inclusive.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the Borough Clerk's
office.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle in
the municipal parking facility on Hilliard Avenue which is designated
as Block 54, Lots 10 and 11, as depicted on the Tax Assessment Map
of the Borough of Edgewater, for a period of more than two consecutive
hours between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, inclusive.
D.
No person shall park any vehicle in the parking area immediately
to the west of Borough Hall and known as Block 54, Lots 5, 6 and 7,
as depicted on the Tax Assessment Map, except for emergency vehicles
and the vehicles of municipal employees.
The parking of vehicles in all municipal-owned parking lots
in the Borough of Edgewater, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., is hereby limited to a period of two hours; provided, however,
that after 6:00 p.m., vehicles may park thereon for a period longer
than two hours. No vehicle may be parked in any municipal parking
lot for a period longer than 24 consecutive hours.
The use of any municipal parking lot in the Borough of Edgewater
shall be expressly limited to parking purposes only, and no auto repairs,
ballplaying or any other type of activity shall be permitted thereon.
[Amended 3-20-2017 by Ord. No. 1541-2017]
In addition to the penalty that may be imposed for the violation
of any of the provisions of this article, if any vehicle is parked
in any municipal-owned parking lot in violation of any of the provisions
of this article, the Police Department may cause such vehicle to be
removed to such place as is designated by the Chief of Police and/or
Police Director or other officer acting in such capacity. The owner
or operator of any vehicle so removed shall pay the reasonable cost
and expense of such removal and storage which may result therefrom,
and any person, firm or corporation desiring to reclaim such vehicle
may do so by paying the expenses of such removal and storage.
[Amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 1439-2010]
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
in the amount of $50 for each violation.
