[Amended 4-26-1988 by Ord. No. MC 2853; 4-24-2001 by Ord. No. MC 3170; 4-21-2004 by Ord. No. MC 3260; 11-10-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3587]
A.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
PARK or PARKING
PERSON
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Includes, but is not limited to, vehicles with the following
types of registrations: commercial, contractor, and bus. For the purposes
of this chapter, any vehicle containing advertising matter intending
to promote the interest of any business, or any vehicle used in connection
with the business, whether or not said vehicle is registered as a
commercial vehicle with the New Jersey State Division of Motor Vehicles,
is considered a commercial vehicle.
The standing, idling or waiting on a street, road or highway
of a vehicle not actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers
or merchandise, unless for the purpose of complying with traffic regulations
or traffic signs or signals.
Natural persons, firms, associations, partnerships and corporations.
B.
Overnight parking of commercial vehicles is prohibited.
C.
Overnight parking of trucks and/or buses. No person shall park the
following vehicles overnight on any public street in the Township
of Irvington:
(1)
Any tractor truck cabs with or without trailers attached; or any
trailer or combination of trailers incapable of being moved on its
or their own power.
(2)
Pickup trucks, vans or trucks or any type of commercial markings.
Trucks or any type loaded or equipped in a manner that would lead
a reasonable observer to believe that same was being used for commercial
or industrial purposes.
(3)
Buses of any type. Jitneys and taxicabs.
D.
No person, firm or corporation who owns or operates a commercial vehicle, excluding emergency vehicles, or those permitted pursuant to § 620-46, shall park or let stand said vehicle on any public roadway or street in the Township between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. If any such vehicle should be disabled, that shall not be grounds for any changes to the effect of this section, and any such vehicle so disabled shall be promptly removed by the owner or operator so as not to constitute a violation as herein set forth.
E.
Exceptions. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the parking
or storing of commercial vehicles, or equipment related thereto, on
a residential street while it is being used in the transaction of
business with the owner or occupant of residential property in the
area. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles owned
by a public utility, as defined in N.J.S.A. 48:2-13, when such vehicles
are being used for work in connection with the furnishing or supplying
of the commodity which by law the public utility is authorized to
furnish or supply.
F.
Enforcement. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility
of the Irvington Department of Public Safety. After the issuance of
a summons, such vehicle may be towed or otherwise removed from the
public street, with the owner of such vehicle being responsible for
the cost of such removal.
G.
Penalties. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be
liable to a fine of $150 for each such violation, and each day in
which such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation
or offense.
H.
Any vehicle in violation of this section is subject to being towed
with the owner of such vehicle being responsible for all costs.
I.
It shall be unlawful to park any commercial truck, tractor, trailer or omnibus in residential driveways in the Township of Irvington. Parking of such vehicles inside an attached or detached garage shall not be considered a violation of this chapter. The definition of the above vehicles shall be those as described in the Irvington Municipal Code. The same penalties as outlined in Subsection G of this section shall apply to this provision.
[Amended 3-13-2018 by Ord. No. MC 3635]
J.
No person shall park a recreational vehicle, motor home, trailer
or camper on any municipal street in the Township of Irvington between
the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day. Signs shall be posted
on all highways and streets at the Township limits to such effect.
Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the Irvington
Department of Public Safety. After the issuance of a summons, such
vehicle may be towed or otherwise removed from the public street,
with the owner of such vehicle being responsible for the cost of such
removal.
[Amended 11-8-2018 by Ord. No. MC 3673]
[Added 9-25-2001 by Ord.
No. MC 3179; amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. MC 3192]
A.
Any individual shall be permitted to park one regular vehicle (car) with commercial plates or markings overnight upon the receipt of a permit from the Irvington Public Safety Department and submission of an annual fee to the Township of $50. Trucks, buses of any sort, vans and stretch limousines are not included in this provision and are subject to the restrictions previously set forth in § 620-45. A transfer fee of $1 shall be assessed to an applicant desiring to use his or her permit on another or substitute vehicle.
[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
