A.
PARKING METER
PARKING METER SPACE
PARKING METER ZONE
The following words and phrases, which are not defined in Subtitle
1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey,[1] shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
in this section for purposes of this article:
A mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this article
placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this
article. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend
the legal parking time established by ordinance 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.
Any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking
meter and 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 or lot adjacent to or adjoining the parking
meters.
Any restricted street or off-street parking lot upon which
parking meters are installed and in operation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.
B.
Whenever any words and phrases except those defined above are used
in this article, the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle
1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed
to apply to such words and phrases used herein.
A.
On-street parking meter zones. Parking or standing a vehicle in a
parking meter space in the on-street parking meter zones described
below shall be lawful during the hours specified only upon the deposit
of such amount as is indicated for each specified period of time.
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Name of Street
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Side
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Time Limit/Hours
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Location
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|---|---|---|---|
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Ball Street
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East
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Nye Avenue to Clinton Avenue
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Becker Terrace
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Both
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 35 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 145 feet
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Chancellor Avenue
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Both
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Cornell Street to Sheridan Street
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Civic Square
[Repealed 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. MC 2845] | |||
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Civic Square
[Added 1-12-1988 by Ord.
No. MC 2845] |
East
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3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
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From Clinton Avenue to 289 feet south of Clinton Avenue
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Civic Square
[Added 1-12-1988 by Ord.
No. MC 2845] |
East
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3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
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From 589 feet south of Clinton Avenue to Springfield Avenue
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Civic Square
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West
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3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
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From Clinton Avenue to 273 feet south of Clinton Avenue
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Civic Square
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West
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3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
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From Springfield Avenue north for 613 feet
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Clinton Avenue
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Both
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Washington Avenue to Orange Avenue
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Clinton Avenue
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Both
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Washington Avenue to the Newark line
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Clinton Avenue
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North
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 35 feet west of Stuyvesant Avenue west for 66 feet
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Clinton Avenue
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South
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Stuyvesant Avenue to Grant Place
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Elmwood Avenue
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North
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Grant Place to Sherman Place
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Forty-Third Street
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West
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 35 feet south of Springfield Avenue south for 150 feet
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Franklin Terrace
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Both
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 35 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 100 feet
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Frederick Terrace
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West
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 50 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 95 feet
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Linden Avenue
[Repealed 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3155] | |||
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Myrtle Avenue
[Amended 4-26-1988 by Res. No. DP 88-0426-11; repealed 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3155] | |||
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New Street
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Both
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
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Nye Avenue
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North
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From New Street to Nesbit Terrace
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Orange Avenue
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Both
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
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Prospect Avenue
[Repealed 12-27-2000 by Ord. No. 3161] | |||
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Sharon Avenue
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East
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
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Smith Street
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East
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
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Springfield Avenue
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North
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Civic Square to the Maplewood line
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Springfield Avenue
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North
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Eastern Parkway to the Newark line
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Springfield Avenue
[Amended 10-22-1985 by Ord. No. MC 2797; 12-27-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3160] |
South
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Lincoln Place to the Maplewood line, except in front of
1211 Springfield Avenue
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Springfield Avenue
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South
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
|
From Sharon Avenue to the Newark line
|
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Springfield Avenue
[Added 8-10-2004 by Ord.
No. MC 3270] |
South
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
|
In front of 1387 Springfield Avenue
|
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Springfield Avenue
[Added 8-10-2004 by Ord.
No. MC 3270] |
South
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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In front of 1393 Springfield Avenue
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|
Stuyvesant Avenue
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East
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 45 feet north of Clinton Avenue north for 66 feet
|
|
Thirty-Eighth Street
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Both
|
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 35 feet south of Springfield Avenue south for 100 feet
|
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Union Avenue
|
Both
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
|
From Nye Avenue to Springfield Avenue
|
|
Union Avenue
[Added 5-24-1988 by Res.
No. DP-88-0524-19] |
East
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From Chancellor Avenue to Berkshire Place
|
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Union Avenue
[Added 5-24-1988 by Res.
No. DP 88-0524-19] |
East
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1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
|
From Paine Avenue to Chancellor Avenue
|
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Washington Avenue
[Amended 4-26-1988 by Res. No. DP 88-0426-11] |
West
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2 hours; 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
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From 184 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 78 feet
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B.
Off-street parking meter zones. Parking or standing a vehicle in
a parking meter space in the off-street parking meter zones described
below shall be lawful only when not in excess of the maximum parking
time indicated during the hours of operation specified, on each entire
day, and only upon the deposit of such amount as is indicated for
each specified period of time. No allowance shall be made for payments
of lessor amounts for lessor amounts of time.
[Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. MC 3027; 12-14-1999 by Ord. No. MC 3134; 11-9-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3158; 8-8-2022 by Ord. No. MC 3795]
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Name of Lot
(Location)
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Hours
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Time Limit/Rate
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|---|---|---|
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Plaza No. 3, Civic Square Plaza; adjacent to northwest corner
of Springfield Avenue and Civic Square
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All
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12 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
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Plaza No. 4, Lehigh Place Plaza; Union Avenue between Chancellor
Avenue and Lehigh Place
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All
|
10 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
|
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Plaza No. 5, Washington Avenue Plaza; bounded by Irvington Terminal,
Clinton Avenue, Springfield Avenue and Washington Avenue
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All
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3 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; $0.75/30 mins.
|
|
Plaza No. 6, Orange Avenue Plaza; between Smith Street and Orange
Avenue, except that portions of this plaza are limited to two-hour
metered parking
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All
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10 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
|
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Plaza No. 6, Orange Avenue Plaza, shall also include two-hour
limit
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All
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2 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
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[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
A.
In parking meter zones established pursuant to the provisions of
this article, the Irvington Public Safety Department shall have the
authority to cause parking meters to be installed and shall cause
parking meter spaces to be designated as provided by this article.
No parking meter shall be installed in any location where standing
or parking therein would infringe upon or violate the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.
B.
The Irvington Public Safety Department is hereby authorized to provide
for the supervision, control, repair and replacement of parking meters
installed pursuant to this article and for the maintenance of such
meters in good working order.
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones referred to in § 620-57 shall be placed upon the curb immediately adjacent to the individual parking places described by this article. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally in use. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established.
A.
Street parking areas provided for by this article shall have lines
or markings painted or placed upon the curb or upon the street adjacent
or next to the parking meter and each vehicle shall be parked within
the lines or markings so established.
B.
The parking areas in municipally operated parking plazas shall have
lines or markings adjacent to each parking meter installed for the
purpose of designating the parking space regulated by each parking
meter, within the limits of which every vehicle shall be parked.
C.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such lines or
markings or to park such vehicle in such a position that the same
shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines
or markings.
D.
All vehicles shall be parked "front end" (head on) to such parking
meters in all of the aforesaid municipally owned and operated parking
plazas, and it shall be unlawful for any such vehicle to be backed
into any such meter zone in such municipally owned and operated parking
plazas.
[Amended 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. MC 3027; 12-14-1999 by Ord. No. MC 3134; 11-9-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3158; 9-14-2010 by Ord. No. MC 3427; 8-8-2022 by Ord. No.
MC 3795]
Whenever any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to
which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions
of this article, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering
such parking space, deposit or cause to be immediately deposited:
A.
In parking meters located on public streets as set forth in § 620-57, a $0.75 coin of the United States of America. Upon the deposit of a $0.75 coin and the placing of such parking meter in operation, such street parking space may be occupied by such vehicle for 20 minutes, unless parking on such streets is prohibited by other ordinances as reflected by posted signs.
B.
In parking meters located on public streets as set forth in § 620-57, a $0.75 coin of the United States of America. Upon the deposit of a $0.75 coin and the placing of such parking meter in operation, such street parking space may be occupied by such vehicle for 20 minutes, unless parking on such street is prohibited by other ordinances as reflected by posted signs.
A.
If any vehicle shall remain parked in any metered parking space beyond
the parking limit fixed for such space, or in the event that such
parking meter provides for the deposit of five-, ten- or twenty-five-cent
coins, then beyond the time provided for any such meter as a result
of such deposit, the parking meter shall, by its dial and pointer,
indicate such illegal parking, and in that event such vehicle shall
be considered as parking overtime and beyond the legal parking time
in any such area where such meter is located, which shall be a violation
of this article and punished as provided by this article.
B.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article
for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered
in the name of or driven by such person to be parked overtime or beyond
the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter
zone as described by this article.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking
meter any coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking
time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established
for the parking space adjacent to which such meter is placed.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to permit a vehicle to remain or be placed
in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such meter
is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such
parking space has already been parked beyond the period of time prescribed
for such parking space.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any
slug, device or metallic substitute for a proper coin of the United
States of America.
Metered parking shall be further limited within certain hours
or prohibited entirely during specified hours whenever so provided
or authorized by this chapter or any other ordinance and as indicated
by signs posted in the particular area.
Every parking meter installed upon the public streets or upon
the municipally operated parking plazas shall contain a legend indicating
the number and types of coins which must be deposited for the respective
periods, if there is more than one.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
The Director of Public Safety is authorized to designate areas
for parking on municipal parking plazas for vehicles used for municipal
purposes or municipally sponsored or approved purposes. No such vehicle
shall be parked in such designated areas without the express authority
of the Director of Public Safety, and when so authorized such vehicles
shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this article
relating to time regulations and the depositing of coins in such parking
meters while parked in such designated areas. All vehicles used for
municipal purposes or for municipally sponsored or approved purposes
shall be properly identified.
[Amended 10-25-2021 by Ord. No. MC 3782]
The parking of motor vehicles on any of the parking plazas covered
by this article shall be limited to types of vehicles commonly referred
to as private passenger automobiles and motorcycles, and it shall
be unlawful to park any commercial or other type of vehicle thereon.
Any commercial vehicle or other nonpassenger automobile, such as vehicles
used in mass transport and vehicles used in the transportation of
other vehicles and/or goods, shall be subject to ticketing and towing
from any municipal-owned parking plaza or lot.
A.
The Parking Division of the Township of Irvington is hereby authorized to issue a limited number of one-month or three-month parking permits or tickets for the parking of motor vehicles upon each of the municipally operated parking plazas. The number of parking permits and the fees for the same are described in § 620-117, attached to and made part of this chapter.
[Amended 10-27-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2643; 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. MC 2928]
B.
The charge or fee is payable in advance at the time of issuance and
such permit or ticket shall be valid for a full twenty-four-hour period
during each day of the period of the permit. The parking permit shall
be used only on the parking plaza for which it is indicated and said
permit shall not be reserved but shall be issued to the first person
appearing to pay the fee for same.
[Amended 10-27-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2643]
C.
The Division of Parking shall not issue any permit prior to seven
days before the month for which the permit shall be in force.
The permit or ticket issued pursuant to the provisions of § 620-70 shall be attached to the vehicle which is being so parked, to indicate that the same is authorized by virtue of such monthly parking permit.
A monthly parking permit or ticket authorized by § 620-70 shall be valid only for the parking of the vehicle for which it has been issued upon all of the municipally operated parking plazas during the effective period for which it has been issued.
No refund shall be made of the monthly parking permit fee specified by § 620-70, or any part thereof, for any reason.
A.
Except as herein provided for parking on Parking Plaza No. 6, Orange
Avenue Plaza, a vehicle parking under the authority of a monthly parking
permit may be parked upon any available portion of the designated
municipal parking plaza, and no area shall be reserved for such vehicle
nor shall any parking space be guaranteed for the use of such monthly
permit vehicle.
B.
On Parking Plaza No. 6, Orange Avenue Plaza, any vehicle parking
under the authority of a monthly permit shall be limited to parking
only in those spaces specifically set aside and metered for ten-hour
parking.
It shall be unlawful to park or attempt to park any vehicle
upon a municipally operated parking plaza with an outdated or expired
monthly parking permit unless the required coins are deposited in
the parking meter as specified by this article.
While a vehicle is being parked under authority of a valid monthly
parking permit or ticket, the provisions of this article relating
to the deposit of coins in parking meters and the parking time allotted
for such coin deposit shall not apply to such vehicle.
The municipal parking plazas contiguous to the Irvington Municipal
Building are hereby declared to be exempt from the provisions of this
article.[2]
