[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 09-02, adopted March 23, 2009, abolished the North Plainfield Parking Authority, formerly codified in Section 2-26. At the direction of the Borough, all references to the Parking Authority contained herein will be addressed by a future ordinance. See Chapter 7, Traffic, for additional parking regulations.
[Ord. #520M; Ord. #91-10, S 11]
The North Plainfield Parking Authority has been duly created
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:11A-1, et seq., for the purposes of promoting
the free movement of traffic and relieving the traffic congestion
on the streets of the Borough so as to promote the public safety and
welfare. The Parking Authority of the Borough, in fulfilling its ordained
functions pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and provided,
has established off-street parking facilities in the Borough. In operating
the off-street parking facilities, the Parking Authority of the Borough
has rented and continues to rent the spaces for parking either on
a meter basis or a monthly basis; and notwithstanding the requirement
that the prescribed fee for parking to be paid to use the off-street
parking facilities, motor vehicles are being parked without the operator
thereof paying the prescribed fee, the actions being in derogation
of the program for off-street parking facilities in the Borough. There
are no means available by which the Parking Authority of the Borough
may effectively enforce the regulation of parking in the off-street
parking facilities without the aid of the Borough. The Parking Authority
has by Resolution requested municipal aid to enforce parking regulations
in those designated off-street parking facilities so as to promote
the purposes for which the Parking Authority of the Borough was created.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the Borough is empowered to provide
for the regulation of parking of vehicles upon premises owned or leased
by the Parking Authority of the Borough and it is essential and necessary
in efficiently implementing the functions of the Parking Authority
of the Borough that regulations be passed regulating parking at off-street
parking facilities operated by the Parking Authority of the Borough.
In the course of regulating parking at these facilities it is also
essential and necessary that Parking Enforcement Officers be appointed
for the purpose of issuing summonses pursuant to this Section to enforce
parking regulations on off-street parking facilities operated by the
Parking Authority of the Borough.
[Ord. #520M, S 1; Ord. #04-11]
On properties owned or leased by the Parking Authority of the
Borough upon which the Parking Authority of the Borough has installed
parking meters requiring the payment of a fee for such parking privileges
on the days and hours specified on the meters, failure to pay the
prescribed fee for such parking privileges shall be a violation of
this Section, subject to the penalties as provided herein.
[Ord. No. 04-11; Ord. No. 2018-07]
[Ord. No. 04-11; Ord. No. 2018-07]
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 8-1.2B, the Borough is hereby authorized to designate long-term meter and permit parking in lots described in subsection 8-1.2A and for lengths of time as may be determined appropriate by the Borough. The long-term meter and permit parking in lots described in subsection 8-1.2A shall be $40 per month, or $35 per month if purchased for a six month period. The Borough is further authorized to install signs and pavement markings for the purpose of designating long-term meter and permit parking spaces in the aforesaid lots. Parking in long-term meter and permit parking lots shall be free on Sundays.
[Ord. No. 2018-07]
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 8-1.2B and 8-1.2C, the Borough is hereby authorized to designate daily meter and permit parking in the Somerset/Pearl Street lot for lengths of time as may be determined appropriate by the Borough. The Borough is further authorized to install signs and pavement markings for the purpose of designating daily meter and permit parking spaces in the aforesaid lots. The daily rate for the Somerset/Pearl Street Lots shall be $5 per day. Parking in the Somerset/Pearl Street lot shall be free on Sundays.
[Ord. #520M, S 2; Ord. #520S, S 1]
On properties owned and/or leased by the Parking Authority of
the Borough upon which the Parking Authority of the Borough has rented
space on a monthly or other periodic basis for a prescribed fee and
has issued stickers, decals or some other type of marking or designation
to persons who are authorized to park in such designated space at
the off-street parking facilities, parking in such space without a
valid sticker, decal or other authorized marking or designation duly
issued by the Parking Authority of the Borough shall constitute a
violation of this Section. Any person who violates or fails to comply
with any provision of this Section shall, upon conviction therefor,
be liable to a fine not to exceed $10 together with court costs, or
be imprisoned in the County Jail for a period not to exceed 10 days,
for each offense.
[Ord. #520M, S 3; Ord. #91-10, S 12; Ord. #04-11]
This Chapter shall be enforced by the Police Department and
by Parking Enforcement Officers with full power and authority:
a.
To enforce on behalf of the Borough all applicable laws, ordinances
and regulations respecting the parking of vehicles in on-street metered
parking areas or off-street parking facilities owned and/or maintained
by the Parking Authority of the Borough;
b.
To issue summonses for violations of any provisions of the law, ordinances
or regulations;
c.
To serve and execute all processes with respect to any such violation
issuing out of the court of a municipality; and
d.
To cause any vehicle parked, stored or abandoned in violation of
any provision of this Chapter to be towed away from the scene of such
violation and to collect from the owner of the vehicle the cost of
the towing and subsequent storage of the vehicle.
[Ord. #520M, S 4; Ord. #520S, S 2; Ord. #520PP-84-13, S 1;
Ord. #04-11; Ord. #05-20; Ord. No. 2018-07]
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision
of this Section for which no other specific penalty is provided shall,
upon conviction or guilty plea therefor, be liable to a fine not to
exceed $25 together with court costs, or imprisonment in the County
Jail for a period not to exceed 10 days for each offense.
[Ord. #520M, S 5]
Signs identifying this Section and the penalties for the violation
thereof shall be placed upon all off-street parking facilities operated
by the Parking Authority of the Borough that are subject to this Section.
[Ord. #520M, S 7; Ord. #04-11]
a.
The summons issued under this Chapter shall be in the form of "Uniform
Traffic Ticket" or such other summonses as may be designated by the
Director of the Motor Vehicle Commission of the State of New Jersey
as the "Uniform Traffic Ticket."
b.
The summons issued under this Chapter may be issued by means of an
automated ticket system.
[Ord. #97-08; Ord. #04-11]
a.
The Parking Authority of the Borough of North Plainfield shall receive
from the Borough of North Plainfield a sum equal to 60% of the dollar
amount of each summons written by the Parking Authority's parking
enforcement officers for violations of the revised general ordinances
of the Borough of North Plainfield and for violations of Title 39
of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey for parking violations.
Said sum shall be paid to the Parking Authority only for those parking
violations where the applicable fine has been collected by the Borough
of North Plainfield Municipal Court and paid to the Borough of North
Plainfield.
b.
The Parking Authority shall utilize the funds paid to the Parking
Authority by the Borough of North Plainfield to carry out the Parking
Authority's statutory purposes, including, but not limited to,
the payment of salaries for parking enforcement officers; the purchase
and repair of parking meters; and, the purchase and/or lease of property
for parking facilities.
[1]
Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions
of Ordinance Nos. 520M and 520PP.
[Ord. #84-16, S 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a
motor vehicle on the premises described in Schedule "A" annexed hereto
and made a part hereof without first having obtained a permit therefor
from the Department of Administration of the Borough.
[Ord. #84-16, S 2]
The Department of Administration is hereby authorized to adopt
rules and regulations providing for the issuance of parking permits
to officers and employees of the Borough.
[Ord. #84-16, S 3]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $25.
[Ord. #84-16, S 4]
|
Schedule A
|
|---|
|
Beginning at a point on the northerly sideline of Race Street
being N 47° 42' E a distance of 52.26' from the intersection
of the easterly sideline of Somerset Street and the northerly sideline
of Race Street thence running.
|
|
Along the sideline of Race Street N 47° 42' E a distance
of 93.32' to a point and corner of Lot 11, thence running.
|
|
N. 41° 7' W a distance of 114.93' to a point and
corner of Lot 11, thence running.
|
|
S 45° 37' W a distance of 80.51' to an angle point
along the northerly property line thence running.
|
|
S 49° 24' W a distance of 13.03' thence running.
|
|
S 41° 12' E a distance of 112.64' to the point
of beginning.
|
[Ord. #85-18, S 1]
Except during a snow emergency as defined in Chapter 7, Traffic, it shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a motor vehicle in the parking area or driveway of Lot 14, Block 131, as shown on the Tax Map of the Borough, unless such stopping, standing or parking is for the purpose of utilizing the facilities of the North Plainfield Memorial Library.
[Ord. #85-18, S 2]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $25.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.9; Ord. #520-B, S 3; Ord. #98-16, SS
1—3; Ord. No. 2018-07]
The Council does hereby establish zones to be known as parking
meter zones, in the following streets of the Borough:
b.
Streets running east to west.
1.
Craig Place, from Grove Street to Somerset Street, north side.
2.
Pearl Street, from Somerset Street to Watchung Avenue, both sides.
3.
The south side of Linden Avenue from Somerset Street to a point 150
feet west.
4.
Harmony Street, between Somerset Street and Watchung Avenue from
the designated loading zone west to Somerset Street, north side.
5.
Chatham Street from Warren Street to Watchung Avenue, north side.
And hereafter, as traffic conditions require, in such other
streets as may be designated by proper action of the Council.
And in the parking meter zones, the Council shall cause parking
meters to be installed and shall cause parking meter spaces to be
designed as hereinafter provided, and shall fix the time limitations
for legal parking in such zones and the hours during the day or night
when the parking meter or meters must be used and when the time limitations
shall be effective in compliance with the provisions of this Section
and of the ordinance or ordinances as hereinafter set forth; and shall
indicate the time limitations by designating the same on the parking
meter or meters and by appropriate signs posted in proximity to the
meter or meters in the zones.
The time limitation for parking and the period during which parking limitations are effective, shall be as is provided in Chapter 7, Section 7-3, Parking; and parking time limit, in parking meter zones, shall coincide with Chapter 7, Section 7-3, Parking; and the installation of the parking meters on the above streets shall be subject to such exceptions as bus stops, taxicab stands and prohibited and restrictive parking areas as are designated by ordinance or regulations of the Council of this Borough and no parking meter shall be installed within any of the areas where parking is prohibited by Statute R.S. 39:4-138.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.10]
Authority is hereby given to provide for the installation, regulation,
control, operation and use of the parking meters provided for in this
Section, and to maintain meters in good workable condition and the
Mayor and Borough Clerk are hereby invested with power and authority
to enter into a contract after approval of the terms and conditions
thereof by the Council of the Borough for the purchase and installation
of parking meters, the payment of such parking meters and installation
to be provided for solely from the receipts, funds, and revenues obtained
from the operation of the parking meters, without in any manner obligating
the Council of the Borough to pay for the same from any other source.
And the Mayor and Borough Clerk are further authorized and empowered
to enter into a contract or contracts, after approval of the terms
and conditions thereof by the Council of the Borough for such protection
and maintenance of the parking meters as may be necessary to maintain
the same in good operating condition and to pay for such parts, protection
and maintenance, exclusively from the receipts, funds, and revenues
received from the operation of the parking meters.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.11]
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in subsection 8-4.1 of this Section shall be placed upon the curb immediately adjacent to the individual parking places hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally in use. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough and when operated shall indicate on or by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or over parking.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.12]
The Borough Engineer shall have lines or markings painted or
placed upon the curb and/or upon the street adjacent to each parking
meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which the
meter is to be used and each vehicle parked adjacent or next to any
parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established.
It shall be unlawful and in violation of this Section to park any
vehicle against any such line or markings or to park the vehicle in
such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area
so designated by such lines or markings.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.13]
When a parking space in any parking meter zone shall be parallel
with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking
space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall
be nearest to the parking meter.
[Ord. #520, A 3, S 17.14; Ord. #04-11]
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the operator of the vehicle shall, upon entering the parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited a coin or coins of the United States as designated on the parking meter and in accordance with the time designated thereon, and failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a violation of this Section, and shall subject such person to the penalty prescribed in subsection 8-4.12. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins, and placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of the parking time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which the parking space is located. If such vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time fixed for such parking space, and the parking meter shall indicate such illegal parking, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time and the parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time in any such part of the street where any such meter is located shall be a violation of this Section and the operator thereof shall be subject to the penalty hereinabove prescribed.
[Ord. #89-1, S 1; Ord. #04-11]
The rate for on-street parking meters shall be twenty-five ($.25)
cents for every 30 minutes or part thereof.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.15]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Section for any person to cause, allow or permit any vehicle registered
in the name of or operated by such person, to be parked for a period
of time longer than that paid for, in accordance with the designation
on the parking meter, or beyond the period of legal parking time established
for any parking meter zone within any parking space.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.16]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Section for any
person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter a second
or other coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking
time of any vehicle beyond that which has been established for the
parking space adjacent to which the meter is placed.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.17]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Section for any person to cause or permit a vehicle to be placed and
remain in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such
meter displays a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying the
space has been parked beyond the period of time paid for or prescribed
for such parking space.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.18]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Section to deposit or cause to be deposited any slug, device or metallic
substitute or any other substitute for a proper coin of the United
States.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.19]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
Section for any person to efface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. #04-11; Ord. #05-20]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted
of or who pleads guilty to a violation of a provision of this Section
or any supplement thereto shall be liable for a penalty of not less
than $25 and not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days or both.
[Ord. #520, A3, S 17.21]
The coins required to be deposited in the parking meters as
provided herein are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide
for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets,
and also the cost of supervising and regulating the parking of vehicles
in the parking meter zones created hereby, and to cover the cost of
purchases, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operating,
maintenance, control and use of the parking meters described herein,
or the regulations of parking and provisions for other parking places
as may be deemed necessary by proper action of the Council.
