[Added 4-7-2010 by Ord. No. 10-07]
There shall be a Department of Borough government to be known
as the Parking Services Agency. The Parking Services Agency shall
have oversight over and control of the Borough's parking system consisting
of on-street parking and parking within garages, lots and other facilities,
and fixtures and equipment owned, leased, or otherwise under the control
of the Borough of Seaside Heights.
The functions of the Department shall be to provide and manage
parking within the Borough, including but not necessarily limited
to on-street parking and parking within garages, lots, or other facilities
owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the Borough.
The head of the Parking Services Agency shall be the Parking Meter Supervisor as created by § 166-26, et seq.[1] The officers and employees of the Department shall include
the Parking Meter Supervisor, the Parking Enforcement Officers and
such support, maintenance, and enforcement staff as may be approved
from time to time by the governing body.
Enforcement of parking regulations in the Borough, including
but not limited to time limits and general prohibitions, shall be
by the Parking Meter Supervisor, the Parking Enforcement Officers
and Borough Police Officers.
The Parking Meter Supervisor shall be responsible for management
of the Department, its employees, facilities and equipment, including
assigning tasks to employees. Subject to approval by the Borough Administrator,
the Parking Meter Supervisor may establish rules and regulations for
parking services within the limits of policies set by the Governing
body. In establishing rules and regulations, provision of effective,
efficient, economical, convenient parking services to the community
shall be of paramount concern.
There is hereby established the office of Parking Meter Supervisor
for the Borough of Seaside Heights.
The Parking Meter Supervisor shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, and shall serve
for a term of one year, commencing on January 1 of the year of appointment
and ending on December 31 of that year, or until a successor or successors
shall be appointed and qualified.
To be appointed as Parking Meter Supervisor for the Borough
of Seaside Heights, an individual must have three years of experience
in the repair of parking meters or other coin-regulated machines,
one year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity during
which time he or she has had charge of, directed, and worked with
a group of employees engaged in the installation, removal, repair,
maintenance, and adjustment of parking meters and/or in work involved
in collecting, counting, and depositing monies from parking meters.
The Parking Meter Supervisor shall supervise the establishment,
development, and execution of work plans and procedures for the installation,
maintenance, repair, inspection, and removal of parking meters. The
Parking Meter Supervisor shall also give assignments and instruction
to staff; supervise their work, investigate and make reports on damages
to meters, maintain records of meters in service, receive complaints
and requests for repairs, obtain, store, and safeguard equipment,
materials, and supplies, establish and maintain essential records
and files and maintain records of monies collected from meters.
There is hereby established an office of Parking Enforcement
Officer for the Borough of Seaside Heights pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.7
et seq.
Minimum qualifications, uniform and duty shall be as prescribed
by N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.9.
The Parking Enforcement Officer shall have all of the powers,
duties and responsibilities established by the aforesaid statute which
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
A.
Issue a parking ticket for a parking offense, as those two terms
are defined in the Parking Offenses Adjudication Act (N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.2
et seq.).
B.
Serve and execute all process for any parking offense issuing out
of the court and the municipality having jurisdiction over the complaint.
C.
Cause any vehicle parked, stored or abandoned in the municipality
in violation of a statute, resolution, ordinance or regulation to
be towed away from the scene of the violation and to collect from
the vehicle owner or owner's agent, on behalf of the municipality,
the cost of the towing and subsequent storage of the vehicle before
surrendering the vehicle to the owner or agent.
No Parking Enforcement Officer, by virtue of his appointment
as such shall be or become a member of the Police Department.
