[Added 11-8-2007 by Ord. No. 21-2007]
A.Â
There is hereby established a residential parking permit program
to be administered by the Police Department of the City of Burlington.
B.Â
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197(f), the Common Council of the City
of Burlington may by ordinance designate a residential area as eligible
for a residential parking permit program.
C.Â
The Police Department of the City of Burlington is hereby authorized
to restrict parking on public streets in certain residential areas
to vehicles displaying valid Residential area parking permits issued
pursuant to this article.
D.Â
This authority shall be in addition to and may be exercised in conjunction
with any other authority that the Police Department of the City of
Burlington may have to regulate parking.
As used in this article, the following words or terms shall
have the meanings set forth below, except when the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
An automobile, truck, motorcycle or other motor-driven form
of transportation.
A person who occupies a dwelling unit within a residential
area as his or her primary residence.
A New Jersey registered motor vehicle owned or leased by
a resident of a residential permit parking zone.
A residential area designated as herein provided, where resident
motor vehicles displaying a valid residential area parking permit
shall be exempt from certain parking restrictions established under
this chapter.
A.Â
The Common Council of the City of Burlington may, by ordinance, designate
or eliminate a residential area as eligible for the residential parking
permit program.
B.Â
The Police Department of the City of Burlington shall issue a residential
area parking permit for a resident of a designated residential permit
parking zone upon application and payment of the applicable fee.
(1)Â
The Police Department will investigate each applicant to determine
if he or she qualifies.
(2)Â
A person eligible to apply for a residential parking permit owns
or operates a motor vehicle and resides on property immediately adjacent
to a street, avenue or other location selected for implementation
within the residential parking zone.
(3)Â
Proof of residency in a residential permit parking zone on a block
designated for implementation must be presented at the time the application
is made.
(4)Â
The application for a residential area parking permit shall contain
the name of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, residential
address, the make, the model, registration and plate number of the
motor vehicle and the number of the driver's license of the applicant.
(5)Â
The motor vehicle registration and the driver's license of the applicant
must be presented at the time of making application in order to verify
the contents thereof.
(6)Â
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle applying for a residential
area parking permit shall have a valid New Jersey State motor vehicle
license.
(7)Â
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle applying for a residential
area parking permit shall have a valid New Jersey State motor vehicle
inspection tag displayed on said motor vehicle.
(8)Â
Residential area parking permits will be issued only to the vehicle
described and to the person named on the application.
(9)Â
No more than one parking residential area parking permit shall be
issued to any residence or household.
(10)Â
Residential area parking permits are not transferable.
(11)Â
All residential area parking permits will be issued by a registration
number and shall be valid and in effect during the year that said
residential area parking permit is issued, and for the year immediately
following.
C.Â
The Police Department of the City of Burlington or its designee shall
install parking signs on the streets designated as residential permit
parking zones. The signs shall indicate the times, locations and conditions
under which parking shall be by residential area parking permit only.
A.Â
Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the
holder of a residential area parking permit shall be permitted to
stand or park a motor vehicle for which a residential area parking
permit has been issued in the residential permit parking zone designated
on the residential area parking permit without being subject to the
limitations imposed on vehicles lacking the residential area parking
permit; provided, however, that how, where and when such vehicle is
parked, such parking is otherwise not prohibited.
B.Â
While a motor vehicle for which a residential area parking permit
has been issued is so parked, such residential area parking permit
shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield
of the vehicle.
C.Â
A residential area parking permit shall not authorize the holder
thereof to stand or park a motor vehicle in such places or during
such times as the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles
is prohibited or set aside for specific types of vehicles.
D.Â
A residential area parking permit shall not exempt the holder from
the observance of any traffic regulations other than the residential
permit parking limitations.
E.Â
A residential area parking permit shall not guarantee to the holder
hereof a reserved on-street parking space within the designated residential
parking permit residential permit parking zone.
A.Â
Police and emergency vehicles shall be exempt from holding a residential
area parking permit and exempt from posted time limits.
B.Â
Service vehicles parked in a residential permit parking zone while
making service calls to residential dwellings within a residential
permit parking zone shall be exempt from displaying a residential
area parking permit if such service vehicles display, in the windshield
on the passenger-side of the vehicle, a work slip, or other document
clearly showing the same address of the residence being serviced.
C.Â
Handicapped parking places designated by statute as assigned to a
specific household shall take precedence over this article when a
conflict exists between the statute and this article, such that an
otherwise lawfully designated handicapped parking place will not be
removed by any action taken under this article.
D.Â
In a residential permit parking zone, a resident of a residential
permit parking zone who does not own a motor vehicle, but who is otherwise
eligible to receive a residential area parking permit, may apply for
a temporary visitor's residential area parking permit.
(1)Â
A temporary visitor's residential area parking permit shall be a
portable permit that will exempt the motor vehicle in which it is
displayed from the residential parking prohibitions set forth in this
chapter to the same extent as would a permanent residential parking
permit.
(2)Â
The portable visitor's permit shall be valid for two years from the
date of issuance.
(3)Â
The portable visitor's permit shall not be transferable from the
person to whom it was issued to any other person.
[Amended 7-21-2009 by Ord. No. 13-2009]
A.Â
Display of residential area residential area parking permits. Such
residential area parking permit must be displayed at all times upon
the inside rear view mirror of the motor vehicle being parked as permitted
herein so that the same shall be visible from the outside of such
vehicle.
B.Â
Any person parking a motor vehicle not displaying a valid residential
area parking permit which has been issued in accordance with the provisions
of this article and who parks such vehicle in a residential permit
parking zone where signs are erected during the posted hours of operation
of a residential permit parking zone shall be subject to receipt of
a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary fine or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both, for each violation and impoundment
in accordance with applicable provisions of the City Code. Any person
convicted of a first offense under this section shall be subject to
a minimum fine of $84 payable through the City Violations Bureau.
C.Â
Any vehicle parked in a residential permit parking zone in violation
of any provision of this chapter requiring immediate removal and impoundment
or which is found to be causing a severe hazard to traffic or public
safety shall be subject to such action without regard to display of
valid residential area parking permit.
D.Â
No person other than the permittee named thereon shall use a residential
area parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated or parked.
Any such use or display by a person other than the permittee shall
constitute a violation of this article by the permittee and by the
person who uses or displays such a parking residential area parking
permit.
E.Â
It shall constitute a violation of this article for any person to
falsely represent himself as eligible for a residential area parking
permit.
F.Â
It shall constitute a violation of this article for any person to
furnish willfully false information on an application to the Police
Department of the City of Burlington in order to obtain a residential
area parking permit.
G.Â
The Police Department of the City of Burlington is authorized to
revoke the residential area parking permit of any permitted found
to be in violation of this article for misrepresentation or illegal
use of a residential area parking permit.
H.Â
Upon written notification thereof, the permittee shall surrender
such residential area parking permit to the Police Department of the
City of Burlington.
A.Â
The Common Council of the City of Burlington is authorized by resolution
to establish a residential area parking permit fee for such residential
parking zones to cover the administrative cost of the residential
area parking permit program pursuant to this article.
B.Â
The fee must be submitted to the Police Department of the City of
Burlington for approval.
C.Â
All residential area parking permits will be issued by the Chief
of Police free of charge.
D.Â
The City will not be responsible for lost or stolen residential area
parking permits, and the cost of replacement is $5.
The Common Council of the City of Burlington may from time to time select or deselect residential permit parking zones for a residential parking permit residential permit parking zone by ordinance amending § 344-26 of this article.
The Common Council of the City of Burlington hereby designates
the following residential permit parking zones for a residential parking
permit residential permit parking zone:
A.Â
Pearl Boulevard.
(1)Â
Pearl
Boulevard and Block 115, Lot 7. Block 115, Lot 7 is hereby designated
for the use of 216, 218 220 and 222 Pearl Boulevard in accordance
with the sketch below.
(2)Â
The
Chief of Police shall designate one on-street parking space in front
of and for the use of 228, 230, and 232 Pearl Boulevard, in accordance
with the sketch below, which sketch is incorporated herein by reference.
B.Â
Stacy Court (Block 117, Lot 2). Block 117, Lot 2 is hereby designated
for the use of the residents of Stacy Court and their visitors in
accordance with the sketch below, which sketch is incorporated herein
by reference.
C.Â
Mitchell
Court (Block 151, Lot 44). Block 151, Lot 44 is hereby designated
for the use of the residents of Mitchell Court and their visitors
in accordance with the sketch below, which sketch is incorporated
herein by reference.