[Added by Ord. No. 25-82]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
That identification card issued to a person with a disability
by the Director of the Motor Vehicle Commission in the Department
of Law and Public Safety, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205.
Any area, inside or outside a public building or business
district, set aside for the parking of 50 or more vehicles with or
without charge to the owners of these vehicles.
Any person who has lost one or more limbs as a consequence
of paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability and who is
permanently disabled as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of
an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited as certified
by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery
in this state or bordering state.
That placard or license plate issued to a person with a disability
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206, indicating that that person has been
issued an identification card for persons with disabilities, such
placard or license plate to be displayed on the motor vehicle used
to transport the person with a disability when the vehicle is parked
in parking spaces designated for use by persons with disabilities.
Any building or structure, facility, or complex used by the
general public, including, but not limited to, theaters, auditoriums,
libraries, hospitals, recreation facilities, business establishments,
public eating places, motels and hotels, shopping centers and the
like, whether publicly or privately owned.
Parking spaces restricted for use by persons with disabilities
who have been issued identification cards for persons with disabilities,
and display placards or license plates for persons with disabilities,
are hereby established in all parking lots within the Township provided
in conjunction with or to serve public buildings, to be designated
as such in accordance with the guidelines hereinafter set forth.
[Added by Ord. No. 06-06]
A.
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5, the following
street location is designated as a parking space for persons with
disabilities. Such space is for use by persons who have been issued
special identification cards or plates or placards by the Motor Vehicle
Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police.
No other person shall be permitted to park in the following spaces:
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Name of Street
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Location
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Broadway
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Beginning at a point 42 feet east of the easterly curbline of
Diamond Spring Road to a point 12 feet east thereof
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B.
Appropriate signs shall be erected and maintained as required by
the NJ Department of Transportation.
A.
A minimum of one parking space for persons with disabilities only
in lots exceeding 50 parking spaces, and a minimum of one additional
such restricted space for each 75 parking spaces in addition to the
first 50 spaces, shall be designated in each parking lot as such by
the owner thereof.
B.
The designated parking spaces for persons with disabilities shall
be located in an area of the parking lot which is most accessible
and proximate to the public building(s) the lot serves.
C.
Each parking space persons with disabilities or group of such spaces
shall be identified with a clearly visible sign displaying the International
Symbol of Accessibility, along with the appropriate words to indicate
reserved parking for persons with disabilities. A clearly visible
sign shall also be erected with the following words "Motor Vehicle
Commission Identification Required." The center of each space shall
have painted thereon the International Symbol of Accessibility.
D.
Each parking space for persons with disabilities shall be a minimum
of 12 feet in width to permit persons with disabilities to get in
and out of either side of a motor vehicle onto a level, paved surface
suitable for wheeling and walking.
E.
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons with
disabilities are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
F.
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit persons
with disabilities access from the parking lot to a sidewalk.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or
in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or
traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park
the vehicle in any space appropriately designated for use by persons
with disabilities unless the vehicle is authorized by law to park
therein.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department of the
Township.
Where required pursuant to the terms of this article, parking
spaces for persons with disabilities shall be so designated within
180 days of the effective date of this article.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-03]
A.
Any person parking in a space appropriately designated as restricted
for use by persons with disabilities, without an identification card
and placard or license plates for persons with disabilities displayed,
shall be liable for a penalty 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.
B.
No penalty shall be imposed for the parking overtime of any vehicle
which has displayed thereon a placard or wheelchair symbol license
plates, unless such vehicle shall have been parked in one location
for more than 24 hours.
C.
Any person who violates this article by failing to designate parking
spaces for persons with disabilities as required hereunder shall be
liable for a penalty of $100. Each and every day of noncompliance
shall be considered a separate violation.
