[Ord. #801; Ord. #904; Ord. #1216; Ord. #1307, §§ 2,
3; Ord. #1335, § 1; Ord. #1377, § 1; Ord. #1496]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, the areas described
below are designated Parking Meter Zones.
a.
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Name of Street
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Sides
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Location
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Beachway
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1.
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North
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Starting at a point 526 feet East of Bay Avenue to a point 120
feet West of Carr Avenue
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2.
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South
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Starting at a point East of the intersection of Highland Avenue
to a point 120 feet West of Carr Avenue
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3.
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South
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Starting at a point 70 feet East of Carr Avenue to a point 28
feet West of Raritan Avenue
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Carr Avenue
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1.
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Both
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Between Beachway and Seabreeze Avenue
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2.
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Both
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Between Center Avenue and Beachway at a point 20 feet in each
direction from the corner of every intersecting street
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3.
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Both
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Between Beachway and Center Avenue
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Center Avenue
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1.
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North
[Repealed 2-20-2019 by Ord. No. 1634] | ||
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2.
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South
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Between Carr Avenue and the North extension of Raritan Avenue
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Highland Avenue
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West
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Starting at a point 20 feet South of Beachway to a point 20
feet North of Bay Avenue
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Raritan Avenue
[Added 2-20-2019 by Ord. No. 1634] |
East
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Beachway to Center Avenue
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Note: Parking meters will be in force between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.
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b.
(Reserved)
c.
Parking
Lots
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Designations:
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Lot #1
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Belvedere Parking Lot
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Lot #2
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Raritan Avenue Parking Lot
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Lot #3
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Baywalk East Parking Lot
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[Ord. #376, § 1]
As used in this Chapter:
Shall mean a mechanical device located upon a parking lot
in a space regularly designed for the same, which device shall record
a certain number of minutes by use of a clock mechanism determining
the period for which parking privilege may be extended to the person
depositing a coin.
Shall mean a certain designated and marked off section of
a parking lot within the marked boundaries where the vehicle may be
temporarily parked and allowed to remain for such period of time as
the parking meter attached thereto may indicate.
Shall mean any device by which any person or property may
be transported upon a public highway, except those operated upon rails
and permanent tracks.
[Ord. #376, §§ 3, 4; Ord. #1307, § 4]
a.
In the parking meter zones the Borough Manager shall cause parking
meters to be installed in such numbers and at such places as in his
judgment may be necessary to the regulation, control, and inspection
of the parking of vehicles therein, including the reservation of loading
zones for commercial vehicles and shall cause parking meter spaces
to be designated as hereinafter provided.
b.
The Borough Manager of the Borough is hereby authorized to carry
out the terms of any contracts heretofore or hereafter entered into
by the Municipal Council of the Borough for the purchase, leasing,
acquiring, installation, operation, maintenance, supervision, regulation,
and use of the parking meters provided for in this Chapter.
c.
The Borough Manager may hire parking enforcement officers and assign
them in any manner deemed necessary by the Borough Manager for the
enforcement of this Chapter.
[Ord. #376, § 5]
The parking meters installed in the parking meter zones as established and provided for in subsection 8-2.2 shall be placed upon the pavement 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 and 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. #376, § 6; Ord. #1202; amended 2-20-2019 by Ord. No. 1634]
a.
Parking Meter Zones: The Borough shall have markings painted or placed
upon the pavement adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of
designating the parking space for which the meter is to be used and
each vehicle parking adjacent or next to any parking meter shall park
within the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful
and a violation of this chapter to park any vehicle across any such
line or marking 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. All vehicles when using metered parking spaces must park
head in. It shall be unlawful and a violation for any vehicle which
does not park head in only.
b.
Parking Lots: All vehicles must park head in. It shall be unlawful
and a violation for any vehicle which does not park head in only.
[Ord. #376, § 7]
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which
a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter, the operator of the vehicle shall, upon entering the parking
space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited a $0.25 coin of
the United States, in such parking meter, and put such meter in operation,
and failure to deposit such coin and put the meter in operation shall
constitute a violation of this Chapter and shall subject such person
to the penalties prescribed hereinafter.
[Ord. #376, § 8; Ord. #962, AI; Ord. #1307, § 5;
Ord. #1335, § 1; Ord. #1435; Ord. No. 2017-1597]
Meter fees shall be not less than $0.25 and no more than $0.50
per 15 minute increment or fraction thereof as indicated on the meter
with the exception of Lot #1, the Belvedere Parking Lot. Said fees
shall be set annually by resolution.
Parking fee for Lot #1, the Belvedere Parking Lot, shall not
be less than $0.30 and not more than $0.50 per 15 minute increment
or fraction thereof, as set annually by resolution.
The parking fee in any designated municipal lot for any buses
(any motor vehicle designed for more than 15 passengers) shall be
$50. The manner of payment of said fee shall be prescribed by directive
of the Borough Manager or his designee.
[Ord. #376, §§ 9, 10]
a.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Chapter
for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under
the provisions of this Chapter.
b.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Chapter
to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter, any slug,
device or metallic substitute, or any other substitute for a $0.25
coin.
[Ord. #376, § 11; Ord. #388, § 1; Ord.
#1307, § 6]
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough and
the parking enforcement officers of the Borough to enforce the provisions
of this Chapter.
[Ord. #376, § 12; Ord. #1129; Ord. #1216; Ord.
#1229, § 1; Ord. #1307, § 7; Ord. #1366, § 1;
Ord. #1534]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter
and any person who aids, abets, or assists therein, shall, upon conviction
thereof (by the Police Court) be subject to a fine of not to exceed
more than $100 for each offense or violation, or imprisonment in the
County Jail for a term not exceeding 30 days, or both.
a.
The following penalties are hereby established for these designated
offenses:
[Amended 8-21-2019 by Ord. No. 1642; 4-22-2020 by Ord. No. 1651]
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Parking meter only: Not to exceed
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$50
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Overtime meter only: Not to exceed
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$50
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No parking 3:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.: Not to exceed
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$50
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Violation of head-in parking only: Not to exceed
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$50
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No parking 1 1/2 ton vehicle from 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.:
Not to exceed
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$50
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Parking without designated municipal permit (Raritan Avenue
Parking Lot):
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$50
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[Ord. #376, § 13; Ord. #1307, § 8; Ord.
#1335, § 1]
The coins required to be deposited in parking meters as provided
herein are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide for the proper
regulation and control of traffic upon the parking lot and also the
cost of supervision and regulation of the parking of vehicles in the
parking meter zones created hereby, and to cover the cost of the purchasing,
leasing, acquiring, installation, operation, maintenance, supervision,
regulation and control of the parking meters described herein. These
funds may also be used to supplement the General Revenues of the Borough.
All monies shall be deposited in the Borough's treasury and shall
be deemed a revenue of the Municipality.
[Ord. #376, § 14; Ord. #1307, § 9]
The Borough Manager shall designate such collectors and methods
as are necessary to properly collect all coins deposited in the meter
boxes. Such collectors shall be only such employees as are bonded
in a sum not less than $1,000 for the faithful performance of their
duties. All money so collected shall be deposited with the Chief Financial
Officer of the Borough.
[Ord. #376, § 15; Ord. #388, § 2]
All penalty fees of $2 collected by the Police Department of
the Borough shall be deposited with the Collector of the Borough.
[Ord. #592, §§ 1 through 5; Ord. #683; amended 2-19-2020 by Ord. No. 1650]
A municipal parking lot has been created on premises owned by
the Borough on Raritan Avenue between Seabreeze Way and Center Avenue
and is known as the "Raritan Avenue Parking Lot."
The Raritan Avenue Parking Lot shall be open at all times. The
Borough reserves the right to close the Raritan Avenue Parking Lot
as necessary.
The following fee schedule shall be in effect at the Raritan
Avenue Parking Lot:
a.
$100 per year: all commercial establishments and attached residential
units. Commercial and residential units at 250 through 252 Beachway
are specifically excluded from this fee.
b.
$200 per year: all commercial and residential units located at 250
through 252 Beachway, now known as "Cove on the Bay."
[Amended 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1671]
Vehicles with a seasonal parking tag shall not be allowed to
park in the Raritan Avenue Parking Lot.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough and
the parking meter enforcement officers of the Borough to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
Vehicles parked in the Raritan Avenue Parking Lot are subject to the penalties set forth in § 8-2.9 and subject to towing and impounding at the cost of the vehicle owner.
[Ord. #885, § 4]
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 by the New Jersey Director
of the Division of Motor Vehicles. Parking in a handicapped space
without the vehicle identification shall create a rebuttable presumption
that use of the space was not for the physically handicapped.
[New]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-197(3) (c), any person found
guilty of violation of the provisions of this subsection concerning
handicapped parking spaces shall be liable to a penalty of not more
than $50.
[Ord. #885, § 2]
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 Code Enforcement Officer.
Any parking facility with less than 16 existing spaces shall be exempt
from the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. #885, § 3]
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 physically handicapped spaces 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 Code Enforcement Officer in conjunction
and consultation with the owner. In shopping centers and other multi-store
facilities, the handicapped spaces shall be as near to the flagship
store as possible and/or at such other locations as may be agreeable
between the Code Enforcement Officer 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 parking area to sidewalk.
[Ord. #1087, § 1]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1, providing that
the Board of Directors of any corporation or the Board of Trustees
of any corporation or other institution of a public or semi-public
character not for pecuniary profit incorporated under N.J.S.A 15:1-1,
et seq. may request that the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.
shall be made applicable to the semi-public or private roads, streets,
driveways, trails, terraces, bridle paths, parkways, and other roadways
open to or used by the public, tenants, employees and the members
of such institutions for purposes of vehicular travel by such person,
and not as a matter of public right, the Borough Council of the Borough
of Keansburg does hereby approve the request of those named entities
located in the Borough of Keansburg, set forth on the schedule incorporated
herein by reference, which have filed a written request that the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq. be made applicable to the properties described
on said schedule.
[Ord. #1087, § 2; Ord. #1197; Ord. #2015-1559]
All of the general provisions of Subtitle 1, Title 39, of the
Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey are hereby made applicable
to the following designated and particularly described areas and the
police department of the Borough of Keansburg is hereby authorized
to enforce said provisions on these areas:
[Ord. No. 1444]
Begins on March 1 and concludes on October 31 annually. March
1 and October 31 shall be included as boardwalk season dates.
Shall mean and include only the entire length of Beachway,
including the Belvedere Parking Lot; Carr Avenue between Beachway
and Center Street; and the entire length of Highland Avenue.
Are those persons whose primary residence is in the Borough
of Keansburg. Said residency shall be proven by the applicant's driver's
license and/or the registration documentation of the vehicle for which
the application is made.
[Ord. #1444]
a.
Residents of the Borough may purchase a vehicle identification tag
(hereinafter "parking tag"), which will permit them to park at parking
meters in designated areas during the boardwalk season.
b.
Any resident who wishes to purchase a parking tag shall complete
the Borough's application form which will include, inter alia, the
name and address of the applicant, make and model of the vehicle for
which the parking tag is requested, a photocopy of the registration
for said vehicle.
c.
Each application shall be accompanied by a $25 fee.
[Amended 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1670]
d.
Parking tags are nontransferable as between vehicles. Should the
holder of a parking tag wish to transfer a parking tag to a new vehicle,
that resident must immediately notify the Borough as to that change.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection e, regarding renewal fees,
which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 4-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1670
