A. 
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:
PARKING METER
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.
PARKING METER SPACE
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.
PARKING METER ZONE
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.
Name of Street
Side
Time Limit/Hours
Location
Ball Street
East
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Nye Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Becker Terrace
Both
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 35 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 145 feet
Chancellor Avenue
Both
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Cornell Street to Sheridan Street
Civic Square
[Repealed 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. MC 2845]
Civic Square
[Added 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. MC 2845]
East
3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
From Clinton Avenue to 289 feet south of Clinton Avenue
Civic Square
[Added 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. MC 2845]
East
3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
From 589 feet south of Clinton Avenue to Springfield Avenue
Civic Square
West
3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
From Clinton Avenue to 273 feet south of Clinton Avenue
Civic Square
West
3 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Sunday
From Springfield Avenue north for 613 feet
Clinton Avenue
Both
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Washington Avenue to Orange Avenue
Clinton Avenue
Both
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Washington Avenue to the Newark line
Clinton Avenue
North
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 35 feet west of Stuyvesant Avenue west for 66 feet
Clinton Avenue
South
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Stuyvesant Avenue to Grant Place
Elmwood Avenue
North
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Grant Place to Sherman Place
Forty-Third Street
West
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 35 feet south of Springfield Avenue south for 150 feet
Franklin Terrace
Both
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 35 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 100 feet
Frederick Terrace
West
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 50 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 95 feet
Linden Avenue
[Repealed 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3155]
Myrtle Avenue
[Amended 4-26-1988 by Res. No. DP 88-0426-11; repealed 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3155]
New Street
Both
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Nye Avenue
North
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From New Street to Nesbit Terrace
Orange Avenue
Both
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Prospect Avenue
[Repealed 12-27-2000 by Ord. No. 3161]
Sharon Avenue
East
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Smith Street
East
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Springfield Avenue to Clinton Avenue
Springfield Avenue
North
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Civic Square to the Maplewood line
Springfield Avenue
North
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Eastern Parkway to the Newark line
Springfield Avenue
[Amended 10-22-1985 by Ord. No. MC 2797; 12-27-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3160]
South
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Lincoln Place to the Maplewood line, except in front of 1211 Springfield Avenue
Springfield Avenue
South
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Sharon Avenue to the Newark line
Springfield Avenue
[Added 8-10-2004 by Ord. No. MC 3270]
South
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
In front of 1387 Springfield Avenue
Springfield Avenue
[Added 8-10-2004 by Ord. No. MC 3270]
South
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
In front of 1393 Springfield Avenue
Stuyvesant Avenue
East
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 45 feet north of Clinton Avenue north for 66 feet
Thirty-Eighth Street
Both
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 35 feet south of Springfield Avenue south for 100 feet
Union Avenue
Both
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
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Chancellor Avenue to Berkshire Place
Union Avenue
[Added 5-24-1988 by Res. No. DP 88-0524-19]
East
1 hour; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From Paine Avenue to Chancellor Avenue
Washington Avenue
[Amended 4-26-1988 by Res. No. DP 88-0426-11]
West
2 hours; 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m., except Sunday
From 184 feet north of Springfield Avenue north for 78 feet
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; 10-14-2025 by Ord. No. MC 3923]
Name of Lot
(Location)
Hours
Time Limit/Rate
Plaza No. 3, Civic Square Plaza; adjacent to northwest corner of Springfield Avenue and Civic Square
All
12 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
Plaza No. 4, Lehigh Place Plaza; Union Avenue between Chancellor Avenue and Lehigh Place
All
10 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
Plaza No. 5, Washington Avenue Plaza; bounded by Irvington Terminal, Clinton Avenue, Springfield Avenue and Washington Avenue
All
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
All
10 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
Plaza No. 6, Orange Avenue Plaza, shall also include two-hour limit
All
2 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
Plaza No. 7, Union Avenue, shall also include a two-hour limit
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mon. through Sat.
2 hours; $0.75/30 mins.
[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.
C. 
In parking meters located on parking plazas 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 parking space may be occupied by such vehicle for 20 minutes.
D. 
In parking meters located on parking plazas as set forth in § 620-57, a $0.75 coin of the United States of America. The deposit of a $0.75 coin will allow the parking space to be occupied for 20 minutes.
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.
[Amended 10-14-2025 by Ord. No. MC 3923]
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.
C. 
Except as herein provided for, parking in Plaza No. 7, Union Avenue Plaza, a vehicle parking under the authority of a residential parking permit may be parked upon any available portion of the designated municipal parking plaza between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday, and no area shall be reserved for such vehicle nor shall any parking space be guaranteed for the use of such residential parking permit vehicle.
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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Ch. 192, Art. XVII, Cruising, added 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. MC 3152, consisting of §§ 192-72 through 192-77, which previously followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).