[1]
Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions of
Ordinance Nos. 245, 266, 451, 576, 669 and 834.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2001-1254 § 1; Ord. No. 2005-1380 § 2; Ord. No. 2007-1473 § 1]
The following named and described lots or areas within the Borough
are hereby designated as municipal parking lots for the off-street
parking of vehicles:
a.
Railroad
Plaza Parking Lot, located on the southerly side of Mine Brook Road
and consisting of the following three parcels:
b.
Quimby
Lane Parking Lot, located at the southeasterly corner of Mill Street
and Quimby Lane and known as Block 70, Lot 4 on the Borough tax maps.
c.
Mount
Airy Road Parking Lot, located on the easterly side of Mount Airy
Road abutting the railroad right of way and known as Block 124, Lot
1 on the Borough tax maps.
d.
Borough
Library Parking Lot, located behind the Borough Library with entrances
from Anderson Hill Road and Church Street and known as Block 66, Lot
22 on the Borough tax maps.
e.
Kiwanis
Field, located on the southerly side of Pine Street and known as Block
100, Lot 4 on the Borough Tax Maps.
f.
Polo
Grounds Ballfields and Tennis Courts Parking Lot located on the southerly
and easterly side of the municipal swim pool/Bernardsville Middle
School driveway off of Seney Drive and known as Block 35, Lot 2 on
the Borough Tax Maps.
[1]
Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2007-1462 § 1]
The following parking spaces are hereby designated as parking decal spaces and are subject to the regulations set forth in Section 8-5 below:
a.
Twenty parking spaces designated by signs and located on the gravel
area on the south side of the railroad tracks.
b.
Ten parking spaces designated by signs and located on the north side
of the parking lot between the easterly and westerly driveway entrances
to the parking lot. (Designated as parking spaces 53 through 62 on
attached map.[1])
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Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
c.
Twenty-six parking spaces (including one handicapped parking space described below in Section 8-17) designated by signs and located on southerly property line extending from the east side of railroad station building to east sideline of the parking lot. (Designated as parking spaces 133 through 158 on attached map[2] (including handicapped space #133)).
[2]
Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
d.
Twenty-six parking spaces designated by signs and located in the
middle of the parking lot and extending from the easterly driveway
entrance to the lot line between the Borough owned property and the
property leased from New Jersey Transit. (Designated as parking spaces
85 through 97 and 119 through 132 on attached map.[3])
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Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2007-1462 § 1]
The following parking spaces are designated as daily parking spaces and are subject to the regulations set forth in subsection 8-6.1 below.
a.
Nineteen parking spaces designated by signs located on the north side of the tracks extending from Depot Square east to the ten minute tenant parking spaces described in subsection 8-2.4 below. (Designated as parking spaces 27 through 45 on attached map.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
b.
Twenty-two parking spaces designated by signs and located on the
north side of the parking lot extending from Depot Square to the westerly
driveway entrance to the parking lot. (Designated as parking spaces
1 through 22 on attached map.[2])
[2]
Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
c.
Four parking spaces located in the middle of the parking lot between
the spaces described in paragraphs a and b above. (Designated as parking
spaces 23 through 26 on attached map.[3])
[3]
Editor's Note: All references to parking space numbers are to the map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot. The map referred to herein is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2005-1393 § 1; Ord. No. 2007-1462 § 1]
The following parking spaces are designated as three-hour shopper parking spaces and are subject to the regulations set forth in subsection 8-6.2 below:
a.
Twelve parking spaces designated by signs located in the north side
of the lot extending in an easterly direction from the easterly driveway
entrance. (Designated as parking spaces 73 through 84 on attached
map.)
b.
Twenty-two parking spaces (including one handicapped parking space (109) described in Section 8-17 below) designated by signs and located on the middle of the lot leased from New Jersey Transit. (Designated as parking spaces 98 through 118 on attached map (including handicapped space #109)).
The map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot may be found at the
end of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2007-1462 § 1]
The following parking spaces are designated as ten-minute parking spaces and are subject to the regulations set forth in subsection 8-6.3 below:
a.
Seven parking spaces designated by signs along the tracks and immediately
to the west of the station building. (Designated as parking spaces
46 through 52 on attached map.)
b.
Ten spaces designated by signs and located in front of the station
building. (Designated as parking spaces 63 through 72 on attached
map (including handicapped space #72)).
The map of the Railroad Plaza parking lot may be found at the
end of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2016-1714]
a.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her
name to be parked in any of the following described parking spaces
from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on any Saturday, from the first Saturday
in June of each year through the third Saturday in November of each
year:
1.
Twenty-two parking spaces designated by signs and located on the
north side of the parking lot extending from Depot Square to the westerly
driveway entrance to the parking lot. (Designated as parking spaces
1 through 22 on attached map which may be found at the end of this
chapter.)
2.
Four parking spaces located in the middle of the parking lot between
the spaces described in paragraph 1 above. (Designated as parking
spaces 23 through 26 on attached map which may be found at the end
of this chapter.)
3.
Sixteen parking spaces designated by signs located on the north side of the tracks extending from Depot Square east to the ten-minute tenant parking spaces described in subsection 8-2.4 below. (Designated as parking spaces 27 through 42 on attached map which may be found at the end of this chapter.)
b.
Any vehicle parked in violation of this subsection shall be deemed
a nuisance and menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic,
and any peace officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle.
The owner shall bear the reasonable cost of removal and storage which
may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
c.
The areas described above and designated as no parking zones during
the operation of the farmers' market shall be so marked by signs in
conformance with the current manual on uniform traffic control devices
for streets and highways.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
All parking spaces in the Quimby Lane parking lot are designated as two-hour parking spaces and are subject to the regulations set forth in subsection 8-6.2 below.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2010-1536 § 1; Ord. No. 2010-1543 § 1; Ord. No. 2018-1789; Ord.
No. 2019-1802]
Four hours free parking shall be permitted in the Mt. Airy parking lot at all times. No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her name to be parked for more than four hours in the Mt. Airy parking lot unless such vehicle has a current Borough parking decal in accordance with the regulations set forth in Section 8-5 herein below.
[Ord. No. 2001-1254 § 2; Ord. No. 2016-1730 § 1]
The following parking spaces are designated as employee parking
spaces:
a.
The 11 parking spaces designated by signs on the north side of the
driveway from Anderson Hill Road (spaces 13 through 23) shall be restricted
to employees of the Bernardsville Public Library. All vehicles parking
in this area shall display employee parking decals issued by the Borough
Clerk in accordance with the following regulations:
1.
The decals must be affixed to the left rear bumper of the vehicle
in accordance with instructions provided by the Clerk.
2.
Decals are not transferable, except to other qualified employees.
3.
Only one vehicle per employee shall be parked in the lot at any one
time.
4.
There shall be no charge for employee parking decals.
b.
The 10 parking spaces designated by signs located on the south side
of the Church Street driveway are restricted to employees and tenants
of the old library building located at 2 Morristown Road. Use of these
parking spaces shall be monitored by the tenants of the old library
building who shall notify the Bernardsville Police Department if there
is a violation.
c.
One parking space designated by a sign located to the northeast of
the northeast corner of the old library property is restricted to
the tenant(s) of the new library building to whom the space is assigned
by the Borough facilities manager. Use of this parking space shall
be monitored by the tenant to whom the space is assigned, who shall
notify the Bernardsville Police Department in case of a violation.
d.
Two parking spaces designated by signs located to the northeast of
the northeast corner of the old library property are restricted to
the tenant(s) of the new library building to whom these spaces are
assigned by the Borough facilities manger. Use of these parking spaces
shall be monitored by the tenant to whom the spaces are assigned,
who shall notify the Bernardsville Police Department in case of a
violation.
[Ord. No. 2001-1254 § 2; Ord. No. 2016-1730 § 1; Ord. No. 2017-1753; amended 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-1846]
a.
The three parking spaces designated by signs located just north of
the two shared handicapped parking spaces located at the southwest
corner of the parking lot and the seven parking spaces designated
by signs located across the driving aisle are restricted to clients,
customers and patrons of the tenant(s) of the new library building
to whom these spaces are assigned by the Borough facilities manager.
Use of these parking spaces shall be monitored by the tenant to whom
the spaces are assigned, who shall notify the Bernardsville Police
Department in case of a violation.
b.
The 10 parking spaces designated by signs located to the northeast
of the northeast corner of the old library property are restricted
to clients, customers and patrons of the old library building.
c.
The 26 parking spaces designated by signs located to the north side
of the driveway from Church Street are restricted to patrons of the
Bernardsville Public Library and shall be subject to a four-hour time
limit. The Borough Council, in its sole discretion, from time to time,
may also authorize the Somerset Hills Board of Education to issue
parking decals to not more than 15 Bernards High School students to
park their vehicles for more than four hours in these parking spaces.
These parking decals shall be non-transferable and must be affixed
to the left rear bumper of the vehicle in accordance with instructions
given by the Police Department to the administration of the high school.
d.
The first 17 parking spaces designated by signs on the north side of the driveway from Anderson Hill Road shall be restricted to the employees and patrons of the Borough Offices. The first 4 spaces at Anderson Hill Road will be reserved for Borough Visitors Only between the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 6: 00 p. m., weekdays. The remaining 13 spaces will be reserved for Borough Employees Only between the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m., weekdays. The visitors' spaces shall be subject to a four-hour parking limit. All employees' vehicles shall display a decal pursuant to § 8-10.4k below.
e.
The remaining parking spaces in the library parking lot are restricted
to patrons of the Borough Library and clients, customers and patrons
of the subtenants of the lower level of the new library building and
the clients, customers and patrons of the tenants of the old library
building and shall be subject to the following restrictions:
f.
In special circumstances, the Borough Clerk, in her sole discretion,
may issued special daily parking permits that are not subject to the
four-hour parking limit.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 97-1115 § 1; Ord. No. 2019-1802]
a.
1.
Except as permitted in Section 8-7, it shall be unlawful for any registered owner to park or permit any vehicle to remain parked in any area designated in subsection 8-2.1 unless such vehicle has a current Borough parking decal for that parking lot, displayed in accordance with the instructions issued by the Borough Clerk.
2.
Except as permitted in Section 8-4, it shall be unlawful for any registered owner to park or permit any vehicle to remain parked in the Mt. Airy parking lot for more than four hours unless that vehicle has a current Borough parking decal for that parking lot, displayed in accordance with the instructions issued by the Borough Clerk.
b.
The
fees for decals shall be set by resolution of the Borough Council.
c.
The
Borough Council may limit, by resolution, the number of permits to
be sold for each parking lot.
d.
Permits
shall be valid from January 1 through December 31 of the year for
which they are issued. A decal purchased after June 30 shall be issued
at a fee of 1/2 of the annual fee established by resolution of the
Borough Council.
e.
Decals
for the Railroad Plaza parking lot are not transferable. Upon payment
of a fee of $2, a second decal may be issued for a second vehicle
owned by the holder of a permit, but only one vehicle belonging to
any such owner shall be parked in the parking lot at any one time.
License plate numbers shall be noted on all decals.
f.
The
Borough Council may limit, by resolution, the number of nonresidents
to whom parking decals will be sold.
g.
Parking
decals must be affixed to the left rear bumper of the vehicle in accordance
with instructions provided by the Borough Clerk.
[Ord. No. 2005-1416 § 3; Ord. No. 2006-1433 § 3]
a.
The governing body in its sole discretion may authorize the Borough Clerk to issue daily parking permits which will allow the holder of such permit to park his or her vehicle on the day indicated on the permit in one or more of the following parking lots: Quimby Lane parking lot, Mt. Airy Road parking lot and/or the library parking lot as those areas are described in Section 8-1 of this chapter.
b.
The fees for such daily permits shall be set by resolution of the
Borough Council.
c.
The Borough Council may limit by resolution the number of daily permits
that the Borough Clerk may sell for any given day.
d.
Permits shall be valid only on the day designated on the permit.
Daily parking permits must be affixed to the vehicle in accordance
with instructions provided by the Borough Clerk.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
Daily parking spaces designated in subsection 8-2.2 shall be subject to the following regulations:
a.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her
name to be parked in any daily parking space without first depositing
the required fee in the parking meter or coin slot box controlling
the parking space used, nor shall any vehicle be parked for a longer
period than that covered by such coin. The daily parking fee shall
be set by the Borough Council by resolution.
b.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her
name to be parked in any daily parking space for more than 12 consecutive
hours (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.)
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
Three-hour parking spaces designated in subsection 8-2.3 shall be subject to the following regulations:
a.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her
name to be parked in any three-hour parking space for more than three
consecutive hours.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
Ten minute parking spaces designated in subsection 8-2.4 shall be subject to the following regulations:
a.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle registered in his or her
name to be parked in any 10 minute parking space for more than 10
consecutive minutes.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 97-1115 § 2; Ord. No. 98-1123 § 1; Ord. No. 2019-1802]
a.
Two
hours free parking shall be permitted in all parking spaces in the
Railroad Plaza parking lot and the Quimby Lane parking lot between
the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, except those
parking spaces regulated by parking meters or coin slot boxes and
those designated as 10 minute tenant parking spaces.
b.
Free
parking shall be permitted in the Railroad Plaza, and Quimby Lane
parking lots between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing
time. Fifteen minute free parking shall be permitted in the Quimby
Lane parking lot between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., prevailing
time.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
The Police Chief is authorized to mark off individual parking spaces in the parking lots designated and described in Section 8-1 of this chapter, the parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or durably marked on the curbing or surface of the pavement. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the spaces so designated. No parking space shall be so marked as to have any portion of it fall within any area where parking is prohibited pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
a.
The Police Chief shall cause parking meters or coin slot boxes to be installed upon the curb or sidewalk or pavement immediately adjacent to the parking spaces designated as time limit spaces in Section 8-6. The Police Chief shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters and coin slot boxes. Each parking meter or coin slot box shall display a sign or signal showing the legal parking time to be in effect upon the deposit of the appropriate coin or coins, lawful money of the United States of America.
b.
If any vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond
the parking time limit set for that parking space and if the parking
meter or coin slot box shall indicate illegal parking, then the vehicle
shall be considered as being parked overtime and beyond the period
of legal parking time and such shall be deemed a violation of this
chapter.
c.
It shall be the duty of the Police Chief to designate some member
or members of the Police Department to make regular collections of
the coins deposited in parking meters and coin slot boxes and to deliver
all such coins to the Chief Financial Officer of the Borough.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
a.
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire
or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police
officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall
be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking
meter or coin slot box is located, the operator of the vehicle shall
upon entering the parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause
to be deposited in the parking meter or coin slot box such proper
coin of the United States as is required for such meter or coin slot
box and as is designated by proper directions on the parking meter
or coin slot box, and, when required by the directions on the parking
meter or coin slot box, the operator of such vehicle, after the deposit
of the proper coin or coins, shall also set in operation the timing
mechanism on the parking meter or coin slot box in accordance with
the directions properly appearing thereon, and failure to deposit
such proper coins, and to set the timing mechanism in operation when
so required, shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
b.
Upon the deposit of such coin and the setting of the timing mechanism
in operation when so required, the parking space may be lawfully occupied
by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed
for the part of the parking lot in which the parking space is located,
provided that any person placing a vehicle in a parking space adjacent
to a meter or coin slot box which indicates that the previous occupant
of the space has not used up the prescribed parking time shall not
be required to deposit a coin so long as his occupancy of the space
does not exceed the unused parking time.
Former subsection 8-8.4, Commercial Vehicles Prohibited; Exception
for Taxicabs, previously codified herein and containing portions of
Ordinance Nos. 95-1043 and 97-1115, was repealed in its entirety by
Ord. No. 2012-1609.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 97-1115 § 3]
The Railroad Plaza parking lot, Quimby Lane parking lot and
Mount Airy parking lot shall remain open 24 hours a day throughout
the year.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
chapter for any person:
a.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name
of, or operated by such person to be parked overtime, or beyond the
period of legal parking time established for any parking area as herein
described, or to deposit in any parking meter or coin slot box any
coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time
for the particular parking area or part thereof.
b.
To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space
adjacent to any parking meter or coin slot box while the meter is
displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking
space has already been parked beyond the period described for such
parking space.
c.
To park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking space
or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within
the area designated by such lines or marking.
d.
To deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or coin slot box installed
under the provisions of this chapter.
e.
To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter or coin
slot box any slug, device or metal substance, or other substitute
for lawful coins.
f.
To park any vehicle at or in any place within any parking area other
than a duly marked parking space.
g.
To obstruct, impede or interfere with in any manner whatsoever, the
free and orderly passage of traffic in the spaces designated or reserved
for the movement of traffic within, to or from any parking area.
h.
To drive a vehicle within any parking area on any part or parts thereof
other than the spaces designated or reserved for the movement of traffic,
within, to or from such parking area, or to drive a vehicle within
any parking area in any direction other than as indicated by signs
or as directed by a police officer or other duly designated attendant
directing the movement of traffic.
i.
To engage in any commercial or business activity within any parking
area other than to render any emergency service or make emergency
repairs to any vehicle which has been lawfully parked there.
j.
To park any vehicle or leave any vehicle unattended on any space
within any parking area designated or reserved for the movement of
traffic within, to or from the parking area.
k.
To distribute literature or throw handbills in any parking area or
into any vehicle while parked there.
l.
To park any vehicle in such a manner as to interfere with the removal
of snow or the repair or maintenance of the parking lot.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-1043 § 1; Ord. No. 2003-1329 § 1]
a.
Except as set forth in paragraph b hereof, any person who shall violate
or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or shall
counsel, aid or abet any such violation or failure to comply with
the term of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof, be liable
to a fine of not more than $50 or to imprisonment in the County Jail
for a term of not more than 15 days or to both, such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
b.
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification card in violation of subsections 8-17.1, 8-18.1 or 8-18.2 shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent offenses, a fine or at least $250 and up to 90 days community service on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
