Editor's Note: Former § 71-28, Enumeration of restricted areas, was repealed 4-1-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-12.
[Adopted 9-21-81 by Ord. No. 1981-30]
[Amended 6-4-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-23; 11-3-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-38; 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-44; 7-6-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-18; 7-3-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-21; 4-1-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-12]
A.
Identification. No persons shall park a vehicle in any parking space designated and marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped in any parking facility unless the operator of the vehicle is the holder of an identification card issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 and the operator's vehicle shall have affixed thereto an identification certificate or marker issued by the New Jersey Director of the Motor Vehicle Commission, or temporary permits issued for one hundred eighty (180) days by the Police Chief for handicapped individuals upon verification by physician.
B.
(Reserved)
C.
Any vehicle permitted to park in accordance with this section shall display a windshield placard or wheelchair symbol license plate corresponding to the handicapped person identification card.
D.
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification card shall be liable for a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and for subsequent offenses, a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) and up to ninety (90) days community service on such terms and in such form as the Court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
Signing shall conform to state standards.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final adoption and publication as provided by law.