[Adopted 11-8-1982 as Ord. No. 597[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Part
2, Parking Meters, adopted 3-14-1955 as Ord. No. 374, as amended.
For the purpose of this Part 2, the terms used herein shall
be defined as follows:
A device which shall indicate thereon the length of time
during which a vehicle may be parked in a particular place, which
shall have as a part thereof a receptacle for receiving and storing
coins of United States money, a slot or place in which such coins
may be deposited, a timing mechanism which shall indicate the period
of time during which parking is permissible and which shall display
an appropriate signal when such period of time shall have elapsed
and also brief instructions as to the operation of such device.
[Amended 4-8-1996]
The streets and areas described in Schedules VIIA and VIII of
this chapter are hereby designated as streets and areas authorized
for the installation of parking meters.
The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall cause
lines or appropriate markings to be painted upon the surface of said
streets in the locations where parking meters are installed, outlining
and designating the space for which each parking meter is to be used,
and each vehicle parking adjacent to any such meter shall be parked
within said lines or markings. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park any vehicle across or without such lines or markings or in
such a position that it shall not be entirely within the space designated
thereby.
[Amended 4-8-1996]
Whenever a vehicle shall be parked in an individual parking space where a parking meter has been installed, and where such vehicle does not display a permit issued under Chapter 55, the person parking such vehicle shall deposit in said meter a five-cent coin or coins, a ten-cent coin or coins or a twenty-five-cent coin or coins of United States money, if such meter indicates that legal parking is permitted only on such deposit, and place such meter into operation.
[Amended 4-8-1996; 10-10-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09; 3-27-2006 by Ord. No. 06-01; 10-20-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-07]
A.
For the streets described in Schedule VIIA of this chapter, upon
depositing the coin or coins as required and placing such meter into
operation, such parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle
for 12 consecutive minutes for each five-cent coin so deposited, for
24 consecutive minutes for each ten-cent coin so deposited, and for
60 consecutive minutes for each twenty-five-cent coin so deposited;
provided, however, that such parking shall be limited to not more
than two hours at any one time.
B.
For the areas described in Schedule VIII of this chapter, upon depositing
the coin or coins as required and placing such meter into operation,
such parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle for two
consecutive hours for each twenty-five-cent coin so deposited; provided,
however, that such parking shall be limited to not more than 10 hours
at any one time.
C.
The owner of a commercial business within the Borough may purchase a decal from the Borough Clerk for any vehicle owned by it, or a regular employee of the business, which is regularly used in the delivery of goods and services sold by the business, which permits an identified motor vehicle to park in the metered parking spaces as described in Section 86-30 of this chapter, without the requirement to deposit the coin or coins as required, and such parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle without time limitation. The costs of this decal shall be in the sum of $120.00 per year, per identified motor vehicle.
D.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 86-33A, for the streets described in Schedule VIIA of this chapter, a meter may be placed into operation and such parking space lawfully occupied by a vehicle for the first 12 consecutive minutes of lawful occupancy without depositing the coin or coins as required.
If such vehicle shall remain parked in said parking space beyond
the time limit fixed therefor or parts thereof, the parking meter
shall so indicate, and in that event the vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime. Such overtime parking shall be a violation of
this Part 2 and shall subject the operator of such vehicle to the
penalty prescribed herein.
A.
Said parking meters shall be operated Monday through Saturday during
the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., prevailing time.
[Hours were amended 10-10-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09 and repealed
3-27-2006 by Ord. No. 06-01]
B.
The meters shall not be operated on Sunday. In addition, the Borough
Council may, by resolution, for special circumstances, suspend the
operation of the parking meters in all or a portion of the areas in
which they are operating for a period or periods not to exceed 40
days.
C.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Part
2 for any person, partnership or corporation to cause, permit or suffer
any vehicle registered in his, her or its name to be parked overtime
in any space adjacent to a parking meter.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Part 2 to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any
slug, metal disk or other substitute for a five-cent, ten-cent or
twenty-five-cent coin of the United States.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Part 2 for any person to deface, tamper with or willfully break, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the
authority of this Part 2.
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough of Merchantville,
acting in accordance with the instruction of the Director of the Department
of Public Safety, to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle
occupying the parking space adjacent to it is or has been parked in
violation of the provisions of this Part 2, and issue a summons for
same.
(2)
The state license number of such vehicle.
(3)
The time during which such vehicle is or has been parked in violation
of the provisions of this Part 2.
(4)
Any other facts or knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough
understanding of all the circumstances attending such violation.
B.
Each such police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice
to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked
in violation of the provisions of this Part 2.
The Chief of Police shall designate some member or members of
his Department to collect the coins deposited in parking meters in
such manner as he shall from time to time designate and to deliver
them promptly to the Borough Treasurer.
[Amended 12-10-1984 by Ord. No. 619; 4-8-1996; 10-15-1997; 2-28-2000 by Ord. No. 00-01; 12-8-2003 by Ord. No. 03-18; 10-13-2004 by Ord.
No. 04-20]
A.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute,
any person who violates or who aids, abets or assists in the violation
of any of the provisions of this Part 2 shall, upon conviction, be
liable for a fine of $24.
B.
Any person who violates Section 86-33A of this Part 2 by parking in a metered zone, as designated by Schedule VIIA of this Part 2, in excess of two hours or any person who violates Section 86-33B of this Part 2 by parking in a metered zone, as designated by Schedule VIII of this Part 2, in excess of 10 hours shall be subject to a fine of $34.
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Editor's Note: Former § 86-41, Additional meter
zones, was repealed 4-8-1996.
