[Adopted 3-5-1970]
[Amended 6-4-1970; 7-5-1974; 3-5-1998 by Ord. No. 3-1998; amended 4-23-2015 by Ord. No. O08-2015]
No motor-driven or motor-drawn bus or omnibus vehicle, pole
trailer, road tractor, truck or truck tractor or trailer, including
all commercial vehicles, over the gross weight of five tons (10,000
pounds) shall park on any street within the City of Gloucester City
or on or in any municipal parking lot of the City of Gloucester, at
any time.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked in violation of § 87-36 of this ordinance shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and any police officer may provide for the removal and storage of such vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable cost of the removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
[Amended 3-3-1983 by Ord.
No. 3-1983; 12-4-1997 by Ord. No. 32-1997; 5-2-2002 by Ord. No. 8-2002]
Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of
not less than $100 and not more than $1,250 for the first offense;
for repeat offenses within a one-year period of the date of the first
offense, there shall be an additional fine imposed which shall not
be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation
of the ordinance, which shall be calculated separately from the fine
imposed for the violation of the ordinance. For each repeat offense,
the additional fine shall double until it reaches the maximum of $1,250.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication
as required by law and upon the approval of the Director of Motor
Vehicles of the State of New Jersey.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Approved by Camden County Board of Freeholders
5-5-1970 and the New Jersey Department of Transportation 6-18-1970.
