The parking of trailers, boats, dumpsters, storage containers,
recreational vehicles, or any other wheeled vehicle not registered
as an automobile, motorcycle or noncommercial truck with the New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Commission on public streets within the Borough is prohibited.
This prohibition does not include temporary parking for the immediate
purpose of loading or unloading or making a delivery.
[Amended 8-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12; 10-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17]
In the event that it is physically impossible to park a dumpster
or storage container off street, an application for a temporary on-street
parking permit may be made to the Borough's Construction Official
and/or designee, who shall issue the permit if he/she concurs with
the impossibility of off-street parking. The permit shall be valid
for a period of 10 days.
A. Permit
valid for 10 days.
B. Must be
approved prior to placement.
C. If over
10 days, application for extension must be submitted prior to the
expiration of the existing permit. Maximum of two extensions are permitted.
D. Off-street
parking of dumpsters and storage containers limited to a maximum of
30 days.
The following definitions shall apply to this article:
AUTOMOBILE
A passenger automobile or a private passenger sedan, station
wagon, sports utility vehicle or van of a noncommercial type, that
is used and designed for the transportation of passengers, other than
omnibuses and school buses, or used for livery conveyance for passengers.
COMMERCIAL TRUCK
Includes every type of motor-driven vehicle used for commercial
purposes on the highways, such as the transportation of goods, wares
and merchandise, excepting such vehicles as are run only upon rails
or tracks and vehicles of the passenger-car type used for touring
purposes or the carrying of farm products or milk, as the case may
be.
LOW-SPEED VEHICLE (LSV)
A four-wheeled vehicle with an attainable speed of more than
20 miles per hour but no more than 25 miles per hour on a paved surface.
It cannot be powered by gas or diesel fuel and must comply with federal
safety standards.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscle
power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks and
motorized bicycles.
MOTORCYCLE
Includes motorcycles, motorbikes, bicycles with motor attached
and all motor-operated vehicles of the bicycle or tricycle type, except
motorized bicycles as defined in this article, whether the motive
power is a part thereof or attached thereto, and having a saddle or
seat with driver sitting astride or upon it or a platform on which
the driver stands.
MOTOR-DRAWN VEHICLE
Includes trailers, semitrailers or any other type of vehicle
drawn by a motor-driven vehicle.
MOTORIZED BICYCLE
A pedal bicycle having a helper motor characterized in that
either the maximum piston displacement is less than 50 cubic centimeters
or said motor is rated at no more than 1.5 brake horsepower or is
powered by an electric-drive motor and said bicycle is capable of
a maximum speed of no more than 25 miles per hour on a flat surface.
NONCOMMERCIAL TRUCK
Every motor vehicle designed primarily for transportation
of property and which is not a commercial motor vehicle otherwise
defined in this article.
OMNIBUS
Includes all motor vehicles used for the transportation of
passengers for hire, except commuter vans and vehicles used in ride-sharing
arrangements and school buses, if the same are not otherwise used
in the transportation of passengers for hire.
POLE TRAILER
Every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by
another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach,
or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle,
and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads,
such as poles, pipes or structural members capable generally of sustaining
themselves between the support connections.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A self-propelled or towed vehicle equipped to serve as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping or travel purposes and used
solely as a family or personal conveyance.
SCHOOL BUS
Every motor vehicle operated by, or under contract with,
a public or governmental agency or religious or other charitable organization
or corporation, or privately operated for the transportation of children
to or from school for secular or religious education, which complies
with the regulations of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission affecting
school buses, including School Vehicle Type 1 (any vehicle designed
to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver) and School
Vehicle Type 2 (any vehicle designed to transport fewer than 16 passengers
including the driver).
SEMITRAILER
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
TRAILER
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other then a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight
rests upon the towing vehicle.
TRUCK
Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily
for the transportation of property.
TRUCK TRACTOR
Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than
a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway, except devices moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or motorized
bicycles.
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties as set forth in Chapter
1, §
1-1, of this Code.