A.
No vehicle shall be parked in the off-street parking areas designated for permit parking in Lot 5 in § 166-77, Schedule XXIII during the hours designated, unless:
(1)
The vehicle is owned or operated on a regular basis by a resident
of properties on Franklin Street, known as Lots 8 through 13, Block
62 of the Tax Map of the Borough of Somerville, and the vehicle has
displayed on its dashboard, in such a manner as to be accessible to
visible examination by an officer, a current residential parking permit.
(2)
The vehicle falls under one of the exceptions to the parking ban.
B.
The following vehicles shall be exempt from this parking permit section:
(1)
Visitors. A vehicle displaying a current resident parking permit
may park in the designated off-street parking areas, provided that
the operator of the vehicle is a bona fide guest of one of the residences
within the permit parking area. The permit shall be displayed on the
dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible
by an officer enforcing parking regulations.
(2)
Contractors, services and delivery vehicles. Contractors, service
and delivery vehicles bearing the name and address of a commercial
business may park without a permit during the time they are rendering
service to a residence with the permit parking area.
(3)
Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles and public service, telephone
and other public utility vehicles may park within the permit parking
area during the time they are rendering service or repairs within
that area.
C.
Administration. Application for parking permits under this section
shall be made in writing on forms provided to the Borough Clerk/Administrator
and shall be granted under the following terms and conditions:
(1)
To persons who are owners of the designated residences, one permanent
permit, valid for one year, shall be issued.
D.
Violations. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the permit parking
provisions of this section for any person to:
(1)
Cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in name or
operated by such person to be parked in any of the areas designated
on the attached Schedule "A", Sheet F, as established as a decal parking
zone as herein described unless said vehicle displays a proper and
current decal in accordance with this section.
(2)
Willfully defraud, misuse or improperly obtain any decal so as the
decal is used for a vehicle or person not entitled to use that decal
as described under the provision of this section.
E.
Penalty.
(1)
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of Subsection D(1) as set forth therein shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be punished by a fine of $40.
(2)
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with the provisions of Subsection D(2) as set forth therein or who aids or abets any such violation or failure to comply with the section shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, either or both of those penalties to be imposed at the discretion of the Court.
