[1976 Code § 74-43; Ord. No. 7-79]
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Shall mean a physical impairment which confines a person
to a wheelchair, causes a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity,
affects the sight or hearing to the extent that a person functioning
in public areas is insecure or exposed to danger, causes faulty coordination
or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination and perception to the
extent that facilities are needed to provide for the safety of that
person.
Shall mean any building, structure, facility or complex used
by the general public or to which the general public is invited, including
but not limited to theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, museums,
schools, libraries, recreation facilities, public transportation terminals
and stations, factories, office buildings, businesses, shopping centers,
hotels or motels and public eating places, whether privately or publicly
owned, except that this term shall not include private family residences,
warehouse storage areas and all buildings conducting hazardous occupancies
that involve highly combustible, highly flammable or explosive material.
[1976 Code § 74-44]
The owners of all public buildings which provide parking spaces
adjacent to or used in conjunction with the public building shall,
within 180 days of notice thereof, provide for parking spaces for
handicapped persons in accordance with the guidelines herein set forth
and in a location and manner as determined by the Construction Official.
Any parking facility with less than 16 existing spaces shall be exempt
from the provisions of this section.
[1976 Code § 74-45]
Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be constructed
according to the following guidelines:
a.
A minimum of 1% of the total number of parking spaces in the parking
facility shall be used for handicapped parking, but these shall be
not less than two parking spaces in each such facility.
b.
The location of the spaces for the physically handicapped shall be
in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate
to the building or buildings which the facility serves. The determination
of the location shall be made by the Construction Official in conjunction
and consultation with the owner. In shopping centers and other multistore
facilities, the spaces for the handicapped shall be as near to the
flagship store as possible and/or at such other locations as may be
agreeable between the Construction Official and the owner.
c.
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified with a clearly
visible sign displaying the international symbol of access along with
the following words: "These Spaces Reserved for Physically Handicapped
Only. Special Vehicle Identification Required." The lines designating
the area shall be painted in fluorescent yellow paint, and the center
of the space shall have painted thereon the capital letter H.
d.
Each space shall be 12 feet wide to allow room for persons in wheelchairs
or on braces or crutches to get in or out of either side of the automobile
on a level, paved surface suitable for wheeling and walking.
e.
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons in wheelchairs
or using braces or crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind
parked cars.
f.
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit handicapped
people access from the parking area to the sidewalk.
[1976 Code § 74-46; Ord. No. 7-79]
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space designated
and marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped in any
parking facility unless the vehicle shall have affixed thereto an
identification certificate or marker issued either by the New Jersey
Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles and/or a local certificate.
Parking in a space for the handicapped without the aforesaid vehicle
identification shall create a rebuttable presumption that use of the
space was not for the physically handicapped.
[1976 Code § 74-47]
The Police Department shall issue free of charge a Township special vehicle identification card to any physically disabled person (resident or nonresident) who may not qualify for such identification under N.J.S. 39:4-204 but does qualify under the definition of "physical handicap" in subsection 7-30.1 of this section. A physician's certificate shall be necessary to establish the qualifying status of each applicant.
