[Amended 6-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1251-12]
The following words and phrases, which are not defined in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes of this article:
PARKING METER
Any mechanical or electronic multispace meter device or meter placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this article. Each parking meter or electronic multispace meter device installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the terms of this article and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time and, at the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking. For purposes of this section, the phrases "parking meter" and "electronic multispace meter device" are interchangeable.
PARKING METER SPACE
Any space within a parking meter zone which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining the parking meters.
PARKING METER ZONE
Any restricted on-street parking area or off-street parking lot upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
The Chief of Police is hereby directed and authorized to provide for the marking of individual parking spaces in the parking meter zones designated and described in § 230-41, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street. At each space so marked, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
In said parking meter zones, the Police Department shall cause parking meters to be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or area immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided in § 230-41 of this chapter. No parking meters shall be installed in areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters. Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, credit or debit card, or lawful money of the United States of America, for the period of time prescribed in § 230-41. Each device shall be so arranged that, upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and, in such case, the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease, and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. Each electronic multispace meter, when activated, shall alternately display the parking space number and the expiration time.
[Amended 6-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1441-23]
A. 
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter is located, or otherwise marked to indicate that parking in the parking space is regulated by a parking meter, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering said parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in said meter such proper coin of the United States of America, or credit card or debit card, as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter, and when required by the directions on the meter, the operator of such vehicle, after the deposit of the proper coin, or by credit card or debit card, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with directions properly appearing thereon, and failure to deposit such proper coin and to set the timing mechanism in operation when so required shall constitute a violation of this article. Upon the deposit of such coin (and the setting of the timing mechanism in operation when so required), the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which said parking space is located, provided that any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit a coin or to pay any additional sum by other means, so long as occupancy of said space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space and if the meter shall indicate such illegal parking, then and in that event such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this article.
B. 
Exemptions.
(1) 
Any active volunteer member of the Borough of Caldwell Fire Department, as that term is defined in § 28-3, shall be exempt from payment of any meter within the Borough of Caldwell.
(2) 
The Fire Chief shall annually certify a list of all Borough of Caldwell volunteer firefighters who meet the eligibility requirements of § 28-3 to the Borough Clerk and the Borough Police Chief.
(3) 
Any member of the West Essex First Aid Squad that meets the eligibility requirements in § 28-11 to receive LOSAP shall be exempt from payment of any meter within the Borough of Caldwell.
(4) 
The President shall annually certify a list of all West Essex First Aid Squad members who meet the eligibility requirements of § 28-11 to the Borough Clerk and the Borough Police Chief.
A. 
When a parking meter space is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter space is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter shall have been installed at the head of and immediately adjacent to any parking space on a municipal off-street parking lot, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter.
B. 
Handicapped parking. In spaces so designated by proper signage indicating handicapped parking, only those motor vehicles exhibiting license plates designating the handicapped status of the same shall be entitled to occupy said space.
C. 
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification card shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense, and, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90 days' community service on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to:
A. 
Cause, allow, or permit any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone as herein described or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone.
B. 
Permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C. 
Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
D. 
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
E. 
Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
F. 
Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to designate a person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys deposited in said meters, and it shall be the duty of such person or persons so designated to remove from the parking meters the locked containers therein containing the coins so deposited in said meters and to deliver such locked containers to the Police Department, which shall unlock them and count the funds contained in such containers and deposit such funds in the usual manner provided by law.
[Amended 8-15-2023 by Ord. No. 1443-23]
A. 
On-street parking meter zones. In accordance with § 230-43, parking or standing a vehicle in a parking meter space in the on-street parking meter zones described below shall be lawful for up to three consecutive hours only upon the deposit of such amount (the "meter rate") as is indicated for each specified period of time.
Name of Street
Side
Location
Rate
Academy Road
North
From Bloomfield Avenue to Thomas Street
$1.20 per hour
Bloomfield Avenue
North
From a point 798 feet east from the east curb of Westover Avenue and running east to the west curb of Arlington Avenue
$1.20 per hour
Bloomfield Avenue
South
From a point 688 feet east from the east curb of Prospect Street and running east to a point 571 feet west of the west curb of Arlington Avenue
$1.20 per hour
Brookside Avenue
Both
From Bloomfield Avenue to a point 202 feet south thereof
$1.20 per hour
Forest Avenue
East
From Bloomfield Avenue to Kirkwood Place
$1.20 per hour
Hanford Place
Both
From Bloomfield Avenue to Whitfield Street
$1.20 per hour
Park Avenue
East
From Ward Place to a point 228 feet north of the north curb of Bloomfield Avenue
$1.20 per hour
Smull Avenue
East
From Bloomfield Avenue to a point 800 feet north of the north side of Bloomfield Avenue
$1.20 per hour
Washburn Place
West
From Bloomfield Avenue to a point 138 feet south thereof
$1.20 per hour
B. 
Despite anything contained in this section to the contrary, no person shall be obligated to pay the meter rate as a condition to lawfully park in a meter spot on a Sunday or holiday.
[Amended 8-15-2023 by Ord. No. 1443-23]
Effective September 1, 2023, the meter rates and the days and hours of operation set forth in any other section of the Borough Code are repealed. From and after September 1, 2023, the meter rates and the days and hours of operation for all on-street parking meter zones shall be as set forth herein. All meter rates shall be displayed in the Borough Clerk's office and in the Police Department and posted on the Borough's website.
A. 
Removal authorized. The Chief of Police is authorized, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.13, to immobilize, remove or cause to be removed any vehicle found operating or parked on a public highway, in a municipal parking lot or on other property owned, leased or under the control of the Borough where there are any outstanding warrants against such vehicle. In addition to or in lieu of removal, any such vehicle may be immobilized by use of a device or other mechanism, which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless moved when such device or mechanism is in place. In any case involving immobilization of a vehicle pursuant to this section, the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, shall cause to be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, notice sufficient to warn any individual of the effect that any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle.
B. 
Notice of impoundment and disposition. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his/her designee, within 48 hours, to make every effort to ascertain the identity of the last registered owner and to notify such owner personally or by registered or certified mail of the immobilization, removal and disposition of such vehicle and all charges which must be paid by the owner to redeem the same.
C. 
Any such vehicle so removed pursuant to this section shall be impounded and stored in a place designated by the Chief of Police and shall be held until it is redeemed or disposed of pursuant to § 230-48 below.
A. 
Before the owner or person in charge of any vehicle impounded pursuant to this section shall be allowed to repossess or secure the release of said vehicle, the owner or the agent of such owner shall pay all sums legally due the Borough for warrants issued and outstanding against such vehicle and all sums due for towing and storage of the vehicle and an administrative fee of $25.
B. 
Any vehicle not claimed by its registered owner, or someone authorized in writing to act on behalf of the owner, by the 30th day following the day on which the vehicle was impounded or immobilized, may be sold at public auction in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.13.