The applicant shall provide for proper pedestrian and vehicular traffic movement within and adjacent to the site. The reviewing board shall insure that all parking spaces are usable and safely and conveniently arranged. The design and layout of buildings and parking areas shall be reviewed so as to provide an aesthetically pleasing design and efficient arrangement. Particular attention shall be given to safety and fire protection, and the impact of the facilities on adjacent buildings and land.
Drives shall be limited to a maximum of two to any street, except when the frontage of a property along any one street exceeds 500 feet, the number of drives to that street may be based on one drive for each 250 feet of property frontage. Each drive shall handle no more than two lanes of traffic in each direction; be at least 50 feet or 1/2 the lot front, whichever is greater, but need not exceed 300 feet from the street line of any intersecting street; and be at least 20 feet from any property line. The width of the curb cut shall be determined by the type of traffic to be handled. Driveways shall be reviewed by the approving authority giving consideration to the width, curbing, direction of traffic flow and radii of curves, except that in driveways exceeding 24 feet in width, consideration shall be given to a traffic flow divider. Depressed curbing shall extend across the driveway opening. Radii of standard curbing shall be provided to both sides of the driveway opening.
Individual parking and loading spaces shall be served by on-site drive aisles designed to permit each motor vehicle to and from each parking and loading space without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle, the larger required aisle width shall prevail.
Parking and loading areas for commercial and industrial uses shall be buffered and screened from adjoining streets, an existing residential use, or any residential zoning district in a manner meeting the objectives of Article 26, Buffers and Screening, of this chapter.
A. 
All off-street parking areas containing six or more spaces and all off-street loading areas shall have concrete or Belgian block curbing around the perimeter of the parking and loading areas, and to separate major interior driveways from the parking and loading spaces. Curbing shall also be installed within the parking or loading area to define segments of them. Precast concrete wheel blocks shall be installed on all parking spaces which are not required to be curbed.
B. 
All curbing shall be located in conjunction with an overall drainage plan. Curbing installed at locations requiring pedestrian access shall be designed in accordance with the Barrier Free Design Regulations of the State of New Jersey, and the complimentary standards issued by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Off-street parking spaces shall be 10 feet wide and a minimum of 20 feet in length.
A. 
Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be provided as follows:
(1) 
One space for parking lots containing up to 20 spaces;
(2) 
Five percent of all spaces, but not more than 20 spaces, for parking lots with more than 20 spaces.
B. 
Designated parking spaces for handicapped drivers shall be as close as possible to the route of travel to the accessible principal entrance or entrances to the building, and shall be identified with a clearly visible sign mounted off the ground and displaying the International Symbol of Access and containing appropriate wording, e.g., "Disabled Drivers Only."
C. 
Where the designated space cannot be within 200 feet of the accessible principal entrance or entrances, a dropoff area is to be provided within 100 feet of such entrance or entrances.
D. 
Parking spaces for individuals with physical handicaps shall be 12 feet wide with an unobstructed, near-level, paved surface that is suitable for wheeling and walking.
E. 
Such parking spaces shall allow room for individuals in wheelchairs or individuals on braces, canes and crutches to get in and out of either side of an automobile.
F. 
A standard parking space parallel to a curb shall constitute an acceptable space for handicapped parking providing it allows sufficient area for individuals in wheelchairs or individuals on braces and crutches to get in and out of either side of an automobile onto a near-level, paved surface that is suitable for wheeling and walking, and affords route of travel accessibility to the building.
G. 
Care in planning shall be exercised so that individuals in wheelchairs and individuals using braces and crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
H. 
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit handicapped people access from parking area to sidewalk.
Drive aisle widths in parking areas shall conform to the following minimum requirements:
Angle of Parking Spaces
Spaces: 10 feet x 20 feet
One-Way Aisle
(feet)
Two-Way Aisle
(feet)
90°
22
25
60°
18
20
45°
15
20
30°
12
18
Parallel
12
18
Off-street loading areas shall have a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet and be designed in accordance with the following schedule:
Loading Space
Aisle Width
Length
(feet)
Width
(feet)
90°
(feet)
60°
(feet)
60
10
72
66
60
12
63
57
60
14
60
54
All parking and loading areas shall have drainage facilities installed in accordance with good engineering practice as approved by the reviewing board engineer and in accordance with Article 28, Drainage. Where subbase conditions are wet, spongy, or of such nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first treating the subbase, these areas shall be excavated to a depth of at least six inches to 12 inches below the proposed finished grade and filled with a suitable subbase material as determined by the reviewing board engineer. Where required by the engineer, a system of porous concrete pipe, subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the paving and connected to a suitable drain. After the subbase material has been properly placed and compacted, the parking area surfacing material shall be applied.
Surfacing shall be approved as part of the plan approval.
A. 
Areas of ingress and egress loading and unloading areas, major interior driveways, aisles and other areas likely to experience similar heavy traffic shall be paved with not less than five inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous stabilized base course constructed in layers not more than 2 1/2 inches compacted thickness, and prepared and constructed in accordance with Division 3, Section 2A, of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridge Construction (1961) and amendments thereto. A minimum two-inch-thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC) or equivalent, shall be constructed thereon in accordance with Division 3, Section 10, of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Specifications and amendments thereto.
B. 
Parking space areas and other areas likely to experience light traffic shall be paved with not less than three inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous stabilized base course, or equivalent, prepared and constructed in accordance with Division 3, Section 2A of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction (1961) and amendments thereto. At least two-inch compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC), or equivalent, shall be constructed thereon in accordance with Division 3, Section 10, of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Specifications and amendments thereto.
Landscaping in parking and loading areas shall be shown on the landscaping plan. Trees shall be staggered and/or spaced so as not to interfere with driver vision, have branches no lower than six feet, and placed at the rate of at least one tree for every 20 parking spaces. All areas between the parking area and the building shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs and ground cover. Any plantings which do not live shall be replaced within two years, or two growing seasons. A majority of the parking areas for more than 50 cars shall be obscured from streets by buildings, landscaped berms, natural ground elevations, or plantings, singularly or in combination.
A. 
Loading spaces shall be located at the side or rear of the building and on the same lot as the use being served, may abut the building, and shall be located to directly serve the building for which the space is being provided.
B. 
No off-street parking or loading space shall have direct access from a street but shall have provided adequate driveways and turning areas.
C. 
No loading or parking spaces shall be located in any required buffer area.
D. 
No required off-street parking shall be permitted in streets, fire lanes, driveways, aisles, sidewalks or turning areas, or within 20 feet of the building being served.
Adequate off-street loading and maneuvering space shall be provided for every use. Loading space shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space. The number of spaces shall be based on the following schedule:[1]
A. 
Commercial, general business. For every building, structure or part thereof having over 4,000 square feet of gross floor area erected and occupied for commerce, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, places of public and quasi-public assembly, and other similar uses involved in the receipt and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and permanently maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Every building, structure or addition thereto having a use which complies with the above definition shall be provided with at least one loading space, one additional truck space shall be provided for every additional 20,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross area in the building.
B. 
Shopping centers and industrial. Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets. Each space shall be at least 15 feet by 40 feet. One space shall be provided for the first 7,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building and one additional space for each additional 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof. There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
(1) 
Loading area requirements may be met by combining the floor areas of several activities taking place under one roof and applying the above ratios.
(2) 
Shopping centers shall provide sufficient loading areas to adequately service the activities within the shopping center.
C. 
There shall be at least one central point for trash/garbage pickup in multifamily and nonresident uses which shall be separated from parking and loading areas by locating such facility outside the building in totally enclosed metal containers, obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, approval of trash/garbage storage facility shall be obtained from the Board of Fire Engineers. If a container is used for trash/garbage collection functions, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading areas, provided the containers do not interfere with or restrict in any manner loading and unloading functions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original 16.74.020.M.1, Minimum Parking Requirements, which was previously included in this section, was repealed 11-16-2006 by Ord. No. 17-2006. See now § 310-16-6, Off-street parking.
A. 
Authorization. The reviewing board, in its review of the site plan for a project required to furnish parking pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall review the adequacy of the provisions called for to achieve proper planning objectives for the site. Where the reviewing board shall determine that less than the entire area called for is necessary to achieve proper traffic flow, prevent traffic congestion, provide proper customer area for parking of vehicles, and in general, where the reviewing board is satisfied by the competent proofs produced that the public is protected with regard to its interest in the standard of health, safety and welfare by the production of parking areas less than those required under the strict application of the standards contained under this title, it shall have the right to modify the requirement to the extent and under the provisions hereinafter stated.
B. 
Proofs required. Prior to allowing the modification referred to under Subsection A of this section, the reviewing board shall take expert testimony concerning the parking needs of the tract under consideration. This testimony shall be placed in the reviewing board minutes in the form of written reports, studies or statistics or a detailed abstract of oral comments. The reviewing board shall place in the record any previous history known to the reviewing board concerning the site or adjacent or surrounding areas which affects the reviewing board's determination. The reviewing board shall make specific findings in writing concerning the needs of the tract with regard to parking area and all such findings shall be supportable in and by the record established before the reviewing board. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for site plan approval to pay prior to site plan approval the costs of all professional expert witnesses, professional assistance or evidence needed by the reviewing board to reach its decision. In addition to the above, the applicant at his expense may produce additional testimony other than that produced by the reviewing board to bring all factors needed to make a proper, reasonable decision to the attention of the reviewing board.
C. 
Action. If upon the record the reviewing board shall determine that the proper development of the tract would require less than the called-for parking requirement, the reviewing board may reduce the requirement to the level which the reviewing board determines meets the needs of the tract conditioned upon the requirements hereinafter stated.
D. 
Requirements.
(1) 
Maximum modification. In no event shall the reviewing board reduce the parking requirement by more than 75% of the original requirements set forth in this title for the tract involved.
(2) 
Landscaped parking. All land resulting from the reduction of the parking requirements elsewhere contained in this title shall be specifically noted on the site plan as "landscaped parking" and shall not be built upon nor considered in computing the front, side, or rear yard areas, nor the buffer area.
(3) 
Landscaping. All land resulting from the reduction of the parking requirement elsewhere contained in this title shall be suitably improved with landscaping in accordance with requirements elsewhere found in this title to provide additional drainage area, open green space, additional area to enhance percolation of the site and/or better aesthetics for the site.
(4) 
Performance bonds. The posting of a performance bond or other acceptable security device acceptable to the Township Committee of the Township shall be issued to the Township to cover 120% of the costs of improving the landscaped parking area with paved parking equal to that required elsewhere on the tract. Said bond or other security device shall run for a period of two years from the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until said bond or other security device is posted.
(5) 
Maintenance bond. The posting of a maintenance bond or other security device acceptable to the Township Committee of the Township calculated by the reviewing board engineer is to be sufficient in the amount to assure the Township that the landscaped area will be properly maintained in accordance with the site plan approval. Said bond or other security device shall run for a period of two years from the issuance of a certificate of occupancy permit and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until this bond or other security device is posted.
E. 
Change in approval.
(1) 
Application procedure. At any time during the period that the bonds or security devices required above are in effect, the applicant or the reviewing board may require a hearing with regard to the adequacy of the parking facilities in existence. Such a hearing shall be treated as a continuation of the original development plan hearing and no new application, application fee, or escrow shall be requested, except that the applicant shall still be required to pay for all the costs of experts, or professionals deemed necessary to properly review the plan in question.
(2) 
Notice or hearing request. Any applicant requesting a hearing shall make his request at least 14 days prior to the meeting at which consideration is sought. Where the reviewing board requests the hearing, a notice sent certified mail, return receipt requested, shall issue from the Board at least 10 days prior to the hearing date.
(3) 
Hearing. At the hearing, proofs to the same extent required under Subsection B of this section shall be produced in reviewing the needs of the site. In addition, the reviewing board may take into consideration the actual operational experience incurred with the site as proven through witnesses and police records and subsequent developments involving tracts adjacent to, nearing or surrounding the site in question.
(4) 
Order. After the hearing, the reviewing board may allow or require additional parking to be provided; said action shall be deemed an order and shall include a time period in which compliance is to occur. Said time period shall be based on reasonable engineering estimates. If necessary, the performance bond or other security device shall be extended to cover a period of 14 days after the completion date set forth in the order and failure of the applicant to comply with the Board's order shall grant the Township the right to obtain funds from the bonding company or surety to perform the work involved.
[Added 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote and encourage the use of electric vehicles by requiring the safe and efficient installation of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces through municipal parking regulations and other standards. EVSE and make-ready parking spaces will support the state's transition to an electric transportation sector, reducing automobile air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and stormwater runoff contaminants. The goals are to:
(1) 
Provide adequate and convenient EVSE and make-ready parking spaces to serve the needs of the traveling public.
(2) 
Provide opportunities for residents to have safe and efficient personal EVSE located at or near their places of residence.
(3) 
Provide the opportunity for nonresidential uses to supply EVSE to their customers and employees.
(4) 
Create standard criteria to encourage and promote safe, efficient, and cost-effective electric vehicle charging opportunities in all zones and settings for convenience of service to those that use electric vehicles.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
The certificate provided for in N.J.A.C. 5:23-2, indicating that the construction authorized by the construction permit has been completed in accordance with the construction permit, the act and the regulations. See the State Uniform Construction Code Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.), and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
CHARGING LEVEL
The amount of voltage provided to charge an electric vehicle varies depending on the type of EVSE as follows:
(1) 
Level 1 operates on a fifteen- to twenty-amp breaker on a 120-volt AC circuit.
(2) 
Level 2 operates on a forty- to 100-amp breaker on a 208- or 240-volt AC circuit.
(3) 
Direct-current fast charger (DCFC) operates on a sixty-amp or higher breaker on a 480-volt or higher three-phase circuit with special grounding equipment. DCFC stations can also be referred to as "rapid charging stations" that are typically characterized by industrial-grade electrical outlets that allow for faster recharging of electric vehicles.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation on public and private highways, roads, and streets; and operates either partially or exclusively using an electric motor powered by an externally charged onboard battery.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY/SERVICE EQUIPMENT or EVSE
The equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connectors, couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics, transformer, switchgear, switches and controls, network interfaces, point-of-sale equipment, and associated apparatus designed and used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system to a plug-in electric vehicle. "EVSE" may deliver either alternating current or, consistent with fast charging equipment standards, direct-current electricity. "EVSE" is synonymous with "electric vehicle charging station."
MAKE-READY PARKING SPACE
The prewiring of electrical infrastructure at a parking space, or set of parking spaces, to facilitate easy and cost-efficient future installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle service equipment, including, but not limited to, Level Two EVSE and direct-current fast chargers. "Make-ready" includes expenses related to service panels, junction boxes, conduit, wiring, and other components necessary to make a particular location able to accommodate electric vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle service equipment on a "plug and play" basis. "Make-ready" is synonymous with the term "charger ready," as used in P.L. 2019, c. 362 (N.J.S.A. 48:25-1 et seq.).
PRIVATE EVSE
EVSE that has restricted access to specific users (e.g., single- and two-family homes, executive parking fleet parking with no access to the general public).
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EVSE
EVSE that is publicly available (e.g., park and ride, public parking lots and garages, on-street parking, shopping center parking, nonreserved parking in multifamily parking lots, etc.).
C. 
Approvals and permits.
(1) 
An application for development submitted solely for the installation of EVSE or make-ready parking spaces shall be considered a permitted accessory use and permitted accessory structure in all zoning or use districts and shall not require a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70.
(2) 
EVSE and make-ready parking spaces installed pursuant to Subsection D below in development applications that are subject to site plan approval are considered a permitted accessory use as described in Subsection C(1) above.
(3) 
All EVSE and make-ready parking spaces shall be subject to applicable local and/or Department of Community Affairs permit and inspection requirements.
(4) 
The Zoning Officer shall enforce all signage and installation requirements described in this section. Failure to meet the requirements in this section shall be subject to the same enforcement and penalty provisions as other violations of the Township of Edgewater Park's land use regulations.
(5) 
An application for development for the installation of EVSE or make-ready spaces at an existing gasoline service station, an existing retail establishment, or any other existing building shall not be subject to site plan or other land use board review, shall not require variance relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., or any other law, rule, or regulation, and shall be approved through the issuance of a zoning permit by the administrative officer, provided the application meets the following requirements:
(a) 
The proposed installation does not violate bulk requirements applicable to the property or the conditions of the original final approval of the site plan or subsequent approvals for the existing gasoline service station, retail establishment, or other existing building;
(b) 
All other conditions of prior approvals for the gasoline service station, the existing retail establishment, or any other existing building continue to be met; and
(c) 
The proposed installation complies with the construction codes adopted in or promulgated pursuant to the State Uniform Construction Code Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.), any safety standards concerning the installation, and any state rule or regulation concerning electric vehicle charging stations.
(6) 
An application pursuant to Subsection C(5) above shall be deemed complete if:
(a) 
The application, including the permit fee and all necessary documentation, is determined to be complete;
(b) 
A notice of incompleteness is not provided within 20 days after the filing of the application; or
(c) 
A one-time written correction notice is not issued by the Zoning Officer within 20 days after filing of the application detailing all deficiencies in the application and identifying any additional information explicitly necessary to complete a review of the permit application.
(7) 
EVSE and make-ready parking spaces installed at a gasoline service station, an existing retail establishment, or any other existing building shall be subject to applicable local and/or Department of Community Affairs inspection requirements.
(8) 
A permitting application solely for the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment permitted as an accessory use shall not be subject to review based on parking requirements.
D. 
Requirements for new installation of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces.
(1) 
Multiple dwellings.
(a) 
As a condition of preliminary site plan approval, for each application involving a multiple dwelling with five or more units of dwelling space, which shall include a multiple dwelling that is held under a condominium or cooperative form of ownership, a mutual housing corporation, or a mixed-use development, the developer or owner, as applicable, shall:
[1] 
Prepare as make-ready parking spaces at least 15% of the required off-street parking spaces and install EVSE in at least 1/3 of the 15% of make-ready parking spaces;
[2] 
Within three years following the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, install EVSE in an additional 1/3 of the original 15% of make-ready parking spaces; and
[3] 
Within six years following the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, install EVSE in the final 1/3 of the original 15% of make-ready parking spaces.
(b) 
Throughout the installation of EVSE in the make-ready parking spaces, at least 5% of the electric vehicle supply equipment shall be accessible for people with disabilities.
(c) 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict the ability to install electric vehicle supply equipment or make-ready parking spaces at a faster or more expansive rate than as required above.
(2) 
Parking lots and garages.
(a) 
As a condition of preliminary site plan approval, each application involving a parking lot or garage not covered in Subsection D(1) above shall:
[1] 
Install at least one make-ready parking space if there will be 50 or fewer off-street parking spaces.
[2] 
Install at least two make-ready parking spaces if there will be 51 to 75 off-street parking spaces.
[3] 
Install at least three make-ready parking spaces if there will be 76 to 100 off-street parking spaces.
[4] 
Install at least four make-ready parking spaces, at least one of which shall be accessible for people with disabilities, if there will be 101 to 150 off-street parking spaces.
[5] 
Install at least 4% of the total parking spaces as make-ready parking spaces, at least 5% of which shall be accessible for people with disabilities, if there will be more than 150 off-street parking spaces.
(b) 
In lieu of installing make-ready parking spaces, a parking lot or garage may install EVSE to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
(c) 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict the ability to install electric vehicle supply equipment or make-ready parking spaces at a faster or more expansive rate than as required above.
(d) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a retailer that provides 25 or fewer off-street parking spaces or the developer or owner of a single-family home shall not be required to provide or install any electric vehicle supply equipment or make-ready parking spaces.
E. 
Minimum parking requirements.
(1) 
All parking spaces with EVSE and make-ready equipment shall be included in the calculation of minimum required parking spaces pursuant to § 310-16-6 of the Township Code.
(2) 
A parking space prepared with EVSE or make-ready equipment shall count as at least two parking spaces for the purpose of complying with a minimum parking space requirement. This shall result in a reduction of no more than 10% of the total required parking.
(3) 
All parking space calculations for EVSE and make-ready equipment shall be rounded up to the next full parking space.
(4) 
Additional installation of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces above what is required in Subsection D above may be encouraged but shall not be required in development projects.
F. 
Reasonable standards for all new EVSE and make-ready parking spaces.
(1) 
Location and layout of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces is expected to vary based on the design and use of the primary parking area. It is expected flexibility will be required to provide the most convenient and functional service to users. Standards and criteria should be considered guidelines, and flexibility should be allowed when alternatives can better achieve objectives for provision of this service.
(2) 
Installation.
(a) 
Installation of EVSE and make-ready parking spaces shall meet the electrical subcode of the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.16.
(b) 
Each EVSE or make-ready parking space that is not accessible for people with disabilities shall be not less than nine feet wide or 18 feet in length. Exceptions may be made for existing parking spaces or parking spaces that were part of an application that received prior site plan approval.
(c) 
To the extent practical, the location of accessible parking spaces for people with disabilities with EVSE and make-ready equipment shall comply with the general accessibility requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23, and other applicable accessibility standards.
(d) 
Each EVSE or make-ready parking space that is accessible for people with disabilities shall comply with the sizing of accessible parking space requirements in the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23, and other applicable accessibility standards.
(3) 
EVSE parking.
(a) 
Publicly accessible EVSE shall be reserved for parking and charging electric vehicles only. Electric vehicles parked in EVSE spaces are to be parked in those spaces only while connected to the EVSE.
(b) 
Electric vehicles may be parked in any parking space designated for parking, subject to the restrictions that would apply to any other vehicle that would park in that space.
(c) 
Public parking. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2, publicly accessible EVSE parking spaces shall be monitored by the municipality's police department and enforced in the same manner as any other parking. It shall be a violation of this section to park or stand a nonelectric vehicle in such a space or to park an electric vehicle in such a space when it is not connected to the EVSE. Any nonelectric vehicle parked or standing in an EVSE parking space or any electric vehicle parked and not connected to the EVSE shall be subject to fine and/or impoundment of the offending vehicle as described in the general penalty provisions of this Municipal Code. Signage indicating the penalties for violations shall comply with Subsection F(5) below. Any vehicle parked in such a space shall make the appropriate payment for the space and observe the time limit for the underlying parking area, if applicable.
(d) 
Private parking. The use of EVSE shall be monitored by the property owner or designee.
(4) 
Safety.
(a) 
Each publicly accessible EVSE shall be located at a parking space that is designated for electric vehicles only and identified by green-painted pavement and/or curb markings, a green-painted charging pictograph symbol, and appropriate signage pursuant to Subsection F(5) below.
(b) 
Where EVSE is installed, adequate site lighting and landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the Township of Edgewater Park's ordinances and regulations.
(c) 
Adequate EVSE protection, such as concrete-filled steel bollards, shall be used for publicly accessible EVSE. Nonmountable curbing may be used in lieu of bollards if the EVSE is set back a minimum of 24 inches from the face of the curb. Any stand-alone EVSE bollards should be three to four feet high with concrete footings placed to protect the EVSE from accidental impact and to prevent damage from equipment used for snow removal.
(d) 
EVSE outlets and connector devices shall be no less than 36 inches and no higher than 48 inches from the ground or pavement surface where mounted, and shall contain a cord management system as described in Subsection F(4)(e) below. Equipment mounted on pedestals, lighting posts, bollards, or other devices shall be designed and located as to not impede pedestrian travel, create trip hazards on sidewalks, or impede snow removal.
(e) 
Each EVSE shall incorporate a cord management system or method to minimize the potential for cable entanglement, user injury, or connector damage. Cords shall be retractable or have a place to hang the connector and cord a safe and sufficient distance above the ground or pavement surface. Any cords connecting the charger to a vehicle shall be configured so that they do not cross a driveway, sidewalk, or passenger unloading area.
(f) 
Where EVSE is provided within a pedestrian circulation area, such as a sidewalk or other accessible route to a building entrance, the EVSE shall be located so as not to interfere with accessibility requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23, and other applicable accessibility standards.
(g) 
Publicly accessible EVSEs shall be maintained in all respects, including the functioning of the equipment. A twenty-four-hour on-call contact shall be provided on the equipment for reporting problems with the equipment or access to it. To allow for maintenance and notification, the Township of Edgewater Park shall require the owners/designee of publicly accessible EVSE to provide information on the EVSE's geographic location, date of installation, equipment type and model, and owner contact information.
(5) 
Signs.
(a) 
Publicly accessible EVSE shall have posted regulatory signs, as identified in this section, allowing only charging electric vehicles to park in such spaces. For purposes of this section, "charging" means that an electric vehicle is parked at an EVSE and is connected to the EVSE. If time limits or vehicle removal provisions are to be enforced, regulatory signs, including parking restrictions, shall be installed immediately adjacent to, and visible from, the EVSE. For private EVSE, installation of signs and sign text is at the discretion of the owner.
(b) 
All regulatory signs shall comply with visibility, legibility, size, shape, color, and reflectivity requirements contained within the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as published by the Federal Highway Administration.
(c) 
Wayfinding or directional signs, if necessary, shall be permitted at appropriate decision points to effectively guide motorists to the EVSE parking space(s). Wayfinding or directional signage shall be placed in a manner that shall not interfere with any parking space, drive lane, or exit and shall comply with Subsection F(5)(b) above.
(d) 
In addition to the signage described above, the following information shall be available on the EVSE or posted at or adjacent to all publicly accessible EVSE parking spaces:
[1] 
Hours of operations and/or time limits if time limits or tow-away provisions are to be enforced by the municipality or owner/designee;
[2] 
Usage fees and parking fees, if applicable; and
[3] 
Contact information (telephone number) for reporting when the equipment is not operating or other problems.
(6) 
Usage fees.
(a) 
For publicly accessible municipal EVSE:
[1] 
In addition to any parking fees, the fee to use parking spaces within the municipality identified as EVSE spaces shall be established by a resolution adopted by the governing body.
[2] 
This fee may be amended by a resolution adopted by the governing body.
(b) 
Private EVSE. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude a private owner/designee of an EVSE from collecting a fee for the use of the EVSE, in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations. Fees shall be available on the EVSE or posted at or adjacent to the EVSE parking space.