[Editor's Note: For additional provisions regarding parking, see Chapter 7, Section 7-3. For regulations regarding parking on posted lands, see Chapter 3, Section 3-3. For regulations regarding parking by peddlers, see Chapter 4, subsection 4-9.11.]
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 1]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this section the meaning respectively ascribed to them in N.J.S.A. 39:1 shall be deemed to apply to such words used therein.
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 2]
The purpose of the section is to establish certain areas upon land owned or leased and maintained by the Borough and the New Milford Board of Education, including any lands devoted to the public parking of vehicles restricting parking in the areas designated as handicapped parking spaces.
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 3; Ord. No. 2017:02]
Pursuant to the Authority granted to this municipality by N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the following locations as shown on the attached site plans which are listed below and are hereby made a part of this section are hereby designated as restricted parking spaces for use by persons who have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles. No other person shall stand, park or cause to be parked any vehicle in these spaces.
a. 
New Milford Borough Hall;
b. 
New Milford Public Library;
c. 
Berkley School;
d. 
New Milford Middle School;
e. 
B.F. Gibbs School;
f. 
New Milford High School;
g. 
New Milford Board of Education;
h. 
Memorial Field;
i. 
213 River Road: Municipal lot adjacent to Ambulance Corps building.
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 4]
The Traffic Division of the Borough Police Department is hereby directed to have proper signs calling attention to the provisions of this section erected or placed at each location.
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 5]
The damaging or defacing of a sign or marking designating handicapped parking spaces is hereby prohibited and shall be punishable as set forth below.
[Ord. No. 87:6 § 6]
Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section and any supplement thereto shall be subject to a fine of $50.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to establish certain areas that are private property that are open to the public or in which the public is invited that shall prohibit parking in the areas designated as handicapped parking spaces. This section applies to all such parking areas with at least 15 parking spaces.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 2]
This section is enacted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, which does confer upon the Borough that right to establish handicapped parking spaces in order to preserve and safeguard the public health, safety and welfare.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 3]
No person shall stand, park or cause to be parked any vehicle which is not operated by a handicapped individual who has been issued special vehicle identification by the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles in an area or parking place which has been specifically designated as a parking area or parking place for vehicles of handicapped persons.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 4; Ord. No. 90:19 § 1]
Such notice shall consist of a sign not smaller than twelve (12") inches by eighteen (18") inches upon which there shall be written the words 'Parking for Handicapped Persons Only' and the state-prescribed insignia shall be painted on the ground within the parking space.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 5]
Notice in the form described shall be posted at the parking area or parking places so designated for the parking of handicapped persons by the owner or occupant, lessee or licensee.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 6]
The owners, occupants, lessees, licensees and/or persons in control of the parking areas shall prepare and submit to the Traffic Division of the New Milford Police Department a site plan indicating the layout of handicapped parking spaces. Upon approval of the site plan by the Traffic Division the handicapped parking zone shall become effective under this section. Failure to prepare and submit the site plan within 30 days of a direction to do so by the Traffic Division shall be punishable as set forth below.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 7]
All owners, occupants, lessees, licensees and/or others in control of the parking areas shall be responsible for the painting, posting and maintenance of the signs and systems within the parking areas under the direction of the Traffic Division. Failure to post and mark the parking areas within 30 days of a direction to do so by the Traffic Division shall be punishable as set forth below.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 8]
The damaging or defacing of such a sign is hereby prohibited.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 9]
a. 
One specifically designated parking space for handicapped persons shall be provided for the first 15 parking spaces in any parking area which is open to the public and to which the public is invited and one additional space for every 30 parking spaces in such parking area.
b. 
The parking spaces set forth in subsection 8-2.1 shall be in front of or adjacent to the entrance to the public facility which the parking area serves. Each space shall be twelve (12') feet wide to allow room for persons in wheelchairs or braces or crutches to get in and out of either side of an automobile onto a level, paved surface suitable for wheelchairs and walking.
[Ord. No. 87:7 § 10; Ord. No. 90:19 § 2]
Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section and any supplement thereto shall be liable to the maximum penalty allowed by State statute. Each day that an owner, occupier, lessor, license and/or persons in control of a parking area shall invite the public to park within its area without submitting a site plan pursuant to subsection 8-2.6 of this section or without providing the handicapped parking spaces (with appropriate signs and markings) pursuant to subsection 8-2.9 of this section shall be deemed a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 94:17 § I]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this section, the meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to apply to such words used therein.
[Ord. No. 94:17 § III; Ord. No. 2003:08; Ord. No. 2012:12; Ord. No. 2017:02]
Pursuant to the authority granted to this municipality by N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5, the following locations are hereby designated as "restricted parking zones" for the use of persons who have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the N.J. Motor Vehicle Commission. No other person shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
Baldwin Avenue
South side of Baldwin, 50 feet from the corner of River Road
Bulger Avenue
In front of:
17 Bulger Avenue
33 Bulger Avenue
Dilworth Road
In front of:
183 Dilworth Road
Faller Drive
In front of:
201 Faller Drive
[Added 1-28-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:01]
247 Faller Drive
259 Faller Drive
307 Faller Drive
309 Faller Drive
Grand Street
Northerly side Beginning at a point 128 feet east of the easterly curb line of Elm Street in Oradell, N.J. and extending to a point 44 feet thereof.
Pacific Street
In front of:
945 Pacific Street
Easterly curbline 30 feet north of Reichelt Road.
Prospect Avenue
[Added 5-29-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:15]
In front of:
242 Prospect Avenue
Reichelt Road
[Amended 5-29-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:15]
In front of:
201 Reichelt Road
217 Reichelt Road
237 Reichelt Road
269 Reichelt Road
271 Reichelt Road
281 Reichelt Road
287 Reichelt Road
River Road
In front of:
435 River Road
Summit Avenue
South of Center Street, adjacent to the Art Center of NJ
[Ord. No. 94:17 § IV]
The New Milford Police Department is hereby directed to have proper signs calling attention to the provisions of the section erected upon the street.
[Ord. No. 2003:08]
Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section and any supplement thereto shall be liable to the maximum penalty allowed by State Statute. Each day that a vehicle owner allows the violation to exist shall be a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 85:8 § 1; Ord. No. 2006:08; Ord. No. 2006:14; Ord. No. 2014:02; Ord. No. 2014:14]
In the lot owned by the Borough of New Milford which is north of Main Street on the east side of River Road, no person, persons, firms or corporations shall park or leave standing any vehicle, either attended or unattended as follows:
a. 
North and east sides of the lot — two hours between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, as duly marked.
b. 
South and east sides of the lot — Ambulance Corps personnel only, at all times, as marked.
c. 
No parking or storage of any commercial vehicle for any purpose, including but not limited to temporary storage, with the exception of local delivery, pickup or patronage.
d. 
No parking of vehicles awaiting or undergoing repair or awaiting retrieval by customers.
e. 
Violations and Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of a provision of this subsection or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of $57 for each day of occurrence.
[Ord. No. 89:3 § 1; Ord. No. 2006:08; Ord. No. 2007:15; Ord. No. 2014:02; Ord. No. 2018:23]
a. 
The parking of any vehicle in the following parking areas is hereby prohibited between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. except in those instances of persons having legitimate business to transact with the Borough or any of its agencies or departments.
1. 
Parking lot adjacent to the Municipal Building (River Road).
2. 
Parking lot adjacent to the New Milford Public Library (Dahlia Avenue).
3. 
Lot owned by the Borough of New Milford which is between Cleveland Street and Fulton Street on the east side of River Road.
4. 
Parking area adjacent to recreational facilities and the Babe Ruth field.
5. 
Williams Field at Rambler Avenue.
6. 
Senior Center (River Road and Milford Avenue).
b. 
Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the parking of any vehicle in the parking lot adjacent to the Senior Center (River Road and Milford Avenue) is limited to only persons having legitimate business to transact with, or attending or using the services and facility of the New Milford Senior Center. All other parking is hereby prohibited and subject to penalties in paragraph c.
c. 
Violations and Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of $57 for each day of the occurrence.
[Ord. No. 2006:08; Ord. No. 2014:02]
a. 
The parking of any vehicle in the following parking areas is hereby prohibited at all times except by authorized municipal personnel.
1. 
Fire Company #1 (Center Street and Frank Matagrano Way).
[Amended 1-28-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:02]
2. 
Fire Company #2 (Trenton Street).
b. 
Violations and Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of a provision of this subsection or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of $57 for each day of occurrence.