(Ord. #96-11, § I)
There is hereby established within the Township of Plumsted
the Handicapped Parking Enforcement Unit under the supervision of
the Senior Law Enforcement Officer of the Township of Plumsted, members
of which shall have the full power and authority to issue warnings
or summonses for violation of any law, regulation, ordinance or resolution
pertaining to illegal parking in restricted parking spaces for the
handicapped within the Township of Plumsted. Such unit shall concentrate
its enforcement activity to include, but not limited to, all business
establishments and municipal parking areas within the Township; however,
its powers as set forth herein shall not be restricted to those areas.
Members of the Handicapped Parking Enforcement Unit shall:
A. Have no criminal record as a result of the state criminal history
record background check through the State Bureau of Identification,
Division of State Police, Department of Law and Public Safety;
B. Be a resident of the Township of Plumsted:;
C. Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
D. Successfully complete a course of instruction designed to prepare
such person to properly fulfill his/her responsibilities, such course
of instruction to fulfill the requirements of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.9 et seq.;
E. Be provided, at the expense of the Township, with a distinctive uniform
on which shall be affixed a special patch designating the function
of the member of the Handicapped Parking Enforcement Unit;
F. Be subject to the supervision and direction of the Senior Law Enforcement
Officer of the Township of Plumsted or his/her designee;
G. Receive such compensation as may be provided in the Salary Ordinance
of the Township;
H. Preference for participation in this program may be given to persons
who are handicapped as defined in P.L. 1949, c. 280 (C. 39:4-204,
et seq.).