[Ord. 10/15/56 § 1; Ord. 1/4/65 § 1; Ord. No. 18-2016]
a.
For
the purposes of this chapter, all definitions of all words and phrases
shall be defined as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1, as presently enacted,
or as amended hereafter, to the end that the definitions hereunder
shall conform with the New Jersey State Motor Vehicle Act, N.J.S.A.
39:1-1.
b.
PAID PARKING SPACE
PAID PARKING ZONE
PARKING METER
PARKING OCCASION
PARKING PAY STATION
PAY AND DISPLAY STATION
PAY BY SPACE STATION
As
used in this chapter:
Shall mean a space that is delineated on a public right-of-way
for which payment is required to park a vehicle.
Shall mean a group of parking spaces, on a public right-of-way
or on Town property, that are delineated by a posted sign and for
which payment is required to park a vehicle.
Shall mean any mechanical or electronic device that the Town
places or erects on Town property, adjacent to a paid parking space
for the purpose of managing and controlling the use of paid parking
spaces and that requires payment for use.
Shall mean the uninterrupted period of time that a vehicle
is parked in a paid parking space or a paid parking zone while paid
parking time limits are in effect.
Shall mean any electronic device, except a parking meter,
that the Town places or erects on Town property, for the purpose of
managing and controlling the use of paid parking spaces and paid parking
zones and that requires payment for use.
Shall mean a parking pay station that dispenses a receipt,
as proof of payment, to be displayed as required.
Shall mean a parking pay station that measures the lawful
parking occasion and its expiration for specific paid parking spaces
without issuing a receipt for display on a vehicle.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 2; Ord. 2/2/76 § 1; 3/1/76 § 1;
5/17/76 § 2; Ord. #011/99; Ord. #04-12; Ord. No. 06-2015; Ord. No. 06-2015]
The following named and described areas and streets, or portions
of streets of the Town, together with such additional, or altered
areas, streets, or portions of streets in Guttenberg as may hereafter
be included in this subsection by a duly adopted ordinance of the
Mayor and Board of Council, shall constitute a parking meter zone.
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Name of Street
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Side
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Time Limit
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Location
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Bergenline Avenue
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Both
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2 hours**
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From the south Avenue limits of Town to the north limits of
Town
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Broadway
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East
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2 hours
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Beginning at the northeast corner of 70th Street & Broadway
to the north limits of the Town of Guttenberg
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Broadway
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West
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2 hours
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From the northwest corner of 70th and Broadway to the south
west corner of 71st Street and Broadway
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Broadway
[Added 8-22-2022 by Ord. No. 15-2022] |
West
|
2 hours
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Beginning at the southwest corner of 70th Street and Broadway towards 69th Street a distance of 170 feet or three parking spaces as designated per Section 8-2.2.
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John F. Kennedy Boulevard West
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East
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2 hours
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Beginning 34 feet from the northeast corner of 68th Street &
Kennedy Boulevard continuing to 25 feet south of the southeast corner
of 70th Street and Kennedy Boulevard
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John F. Kennedy Boulevard East
[Ord. No. 06-2015] |
Both
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2 hours
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From the South Boulevard limits To the north limits of Town
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Park Avenue
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Both
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2 hours**
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From the southerly to the northerly boundaries of Guttenberg
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68th Street
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2 hours**
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curbline of Bergenline Avenue
to a point 58 feet westerly therefrom
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North
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Beginning 50 feet from the easterly curbline of Bergen-line
Avenue to a point 36 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curbline of Bergenline Avenue
to a point 62 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 36 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 50 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 40 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 62 feet therefrom
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69th Street
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2 hours**
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North
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Beginning 50 feet from the easterly curb line of Bergenline
Avenue to a point 58 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Bergenline
Avenue to a point 58 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 62 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 50 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 62 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 40 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue
to a point 18 feet therefrom
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70th Street
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2 hours**
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North
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Beginning 50 feet from the easterly curb line of Bergenline
Avenue to a point 40 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Bergenline
Avenue to a point 36 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 39 feet from the westerly curb line of Bergenline
Avenue to a point 62 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 36 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 20 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 36 feet therefrom
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71st Street
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2 hours**
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the westerly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 36 feet therefrom
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North
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 58 feet therefrom
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South
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Beginning 35 feet from the easterly curb line of Park Avenue,
to a point 39 feet therefrom
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*Not applicable on Sundays and holidays.
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** 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday.
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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[1]
Not applicable on Sundays and holidays.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 3]
a.
The Chairman of the Police Committee, when directed by the Mayor and Board of Council, is authorized to mark off individual parking spaces in parking meter zones designated under subsection 8-2.1 of this section, and in such other zones as may hereafter be established. The parking spaces shall be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street, sufficient to contain one average vehicle within such markings. At each space so marked, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle unless the vehicle is entirely within the limits of the space so designated. Larger vehicles requiring more than one such space, shall be parked only if the vehicle can be parked within the lines of two such spaces, with the use of two parking meters, as hereinafter described. No vehicle which cannot be parked within the lines of two such spaces, can be parked in a parking meter zone.
b.
Each vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked within
the lines of such space, and with the appropriate part of such vehicle
nearest to the parking meter established for the parking space.
[Ord. No. 18-2016]
The Department of Public Safety may use parking meters and parking
pay stations to assist in the enforcement of parking time restrictions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history: Ordinances 10/15/56,
4/1/57, 1/4/65.
[Ord. No. 18-2016]
a.
A parking meter must:
1.
Be installed adjacent to the parking space it monitors or be labeled
to indicate the space.
2.
Indicate the maximum uninterrupted time a vehicle may remain parked
in the space during any parking occasion.
3.
Display the amount of time a vehicle may remain legally parked in
the space after the deposit of payment.
b.
A parking pay station must:
1.
Be installed on the same Town block or at the same Town-owned or
controlled parking lots or facilities as the paid parking space or
paid parking zone it monitors.
2.
Indicate the maximum uninterrupted time a vehicle may remain parked
within the paid parking space or the paid parking zone during any
parking occasion.
c.
Either a parking meter or parking pay station must:
1.
Measure and store the amount of time a vehicle may remain legally
parked after the deposit of payment; or
2.
Issue a receipt that indicates the amount of time a vehicle may remain
legally parked after the deposit of payment.
3.
Shall indicate the hours and days that paid parking time limits are
in effect.
4.
Shall indicate the amount of the fee for parking a vehicle.
[Ord. No. 18-2016]
[Ord. No. 18-2016]
a.
Paid parking time limits are in effect as posted.
b.
The Mayor and Council shall establish the maximum uninterrupted time
a person may continuously park a vehicle for each parking occasion.
c.
When paid parking time limits are in effect, a person may not park
a vehicle for more than the maximum parking time limit established
by the Town for each parking occasion.
d.
A vehicle may not be moved and reparked in the same paid parking
space or paid parking zone to avoid violating the maximum parking
time limit for each parking occasion.
e.
When paid parking time limits are in effect, a person may not allow
a vehicle to remain parked in a paid parking space or a paid parking
zone when the authorized parking time has expired.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 6; Ord. 4/1/57 § 2; Ord. 5/20/74 § 1; Ord.
5/20/90 § 1; Ord. #011-09; Ord. No. 12-2015; Ord. No. 19-2016; Ord. No. 03-2018]
a.
Parking or standing a vehicle in a designated parking space in parking
meter zone where a parking meter has been placed under this article
shall be lawful for a maximum period of 120 minutes only upon the
deposit of lawful and genuine coin of the United States of America
in the amount of $0.25 for each thirty-minute period or part thereof
of parking or standing a vehicle.
1.
A person parking a vehicle in a paid parking space or paid parking
zone shall immediately pay the parking fee due.
2.
A person must deposit U.S. coins in denominations accepted by the
parking meter or parking pay station to pay the parking fee. A credit
card payment must be for the maximum payment allowed.
3.
If parking a vehicle in a space monitored by a pay and display station,
a person shall immediately locate the pay station receipt on the dashboard
inside of the vehicle's windshield adjacent to the driver side.
4.
The receipt must be placed in a position so that it is as close to
the street as possible and can be read from outside of the vehicle
while standing on the street.
5.
No more than one receipt shall be displayed in the windshield at
a time.
6.
No other items shall be placed in proximity of the displayed receipt
in such a way that they are confusing or impair the ability to read
the receipt.
7.
A person may not park in a paid parking zone monitored by a pay and
display station without a receipt from the nearest operable pay and
display station.
b.
The parking meters and parking time limits hereunder shall apply
and be operative in the parking meter zones on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of
7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time, with Sundays and legal holidays
excepted.
Holidays shall mean the following days only: New Year Day, Memorial
Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas of
each year, and such other days as are designated by the Guttenberg
Mayor and Council as legal holidays.
c.
At all parking meters for the Town of Guttenberg, any Guttenberg
resident with a valid Guttenberg residential parking permit, shall
be permitted, without penalty, to park at any Guttenberg parking meter
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and 10:00
p.m. except Sundays and legal holidays. At all other times, all persons,
including Guttenberg residents with valid residential parking permits,
shall follow all rules and regulations as set forth in this subsection
concerning the enforcement of Guttenberg parking meters.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 7; Ord. 1/4/65 § 3; Ord. 12/6/71 § 1; Ord.
5/21/84 § 1; Ord. #002/04; Ord. #023/04]
a.
The legal practice and procedure under this article shall be as set
forth under Part VIII of the Rules Governing Practice and Procedure
in Local Criminal Courts as presently existing or as hereafter amended
and set forth in the "Revised Rules Governing the Courts of the State
of New Jersey" promulgated by the Supreme Court of the State of New
Jersey.
b.
Such police officer shall attach to such vehicle a summons or notice
that such vehicle has been parked in violation of this article, and
instructing the owner to appear in the Municipal Court in regard to
such violation. Such owner may, within 48 hours of the time that such
notice was attached to such vehicle, exclusive of Sundays and legal
holidays, pay to the Municipal Court as a penalty and in satisfaction
of such violation, the sum of $29. The failure of such owner to make
such payment within that time, shall render such owner, on proof of
such violation, subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. The
notice or summons and report thereof shall bear corresponding serial
numbers and such other material as is required by law.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 9]
Any vehicle unlawfully parked within any parking meter zone
in excess of 30 minutes may at the direction of the Mayor and Board
of Council, or the Chairman of the Police Committee, or the Chief
of Police be taken into possession by the Town and towed to some proper
storage place, and there held until the penalties provided under this
article are paid, and until a reasonable towage, or all reasonable
storage charges, shall also have been paid.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 8]
Each parking meter shall contain a removable cylinder for receiving
deposited coins, which cylinders shall be collected at such times,
and in such manner, as the Mayor and Board of Council shall designate.
The collections of coins shall be counted and recorded, in the manner
and form designated by the Mayor and Board of Council, with such safeguards
as the Mayor and Board of Council direct, and the funds shall be ultimately
delivered to the Town Treasurer at the time and in the manner specified
by the Mayor and Board of Council, for ultimate deposit in the general
fund in the Town. Payment for the purchase of the parking meters and
the installation thereof, when authorized by the action of the Mayor
and Board of Council, shall be made from the funds and such other
funds duly provided in accordance with law.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 10]
The coins to be deposited as required herein are hereby levied
and shall be used to defray the cost of procuring and installing the
parking meters and repair and maintenance of same; the cost of Police
regulation, inspection, operation, control and use of said parking
meters and designation of parking spaces; and applicable signs; and
for general purposes of the Town.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 13]
It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Police Committee
to enforce the provisions of this article.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 14]
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the
Town from providing bus stops, taxicab stands and all other matters
of street and traffic regulations, including the loading and unloading
of vehicles, and all other related matters, and all powers are reserved.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 17]
This entire article shall be deemed and construed to be an exercise
of the Police power of the Town for the regulation of traffic and
the preservation and protection of public safety, and all of its provisions
shall be liberally construed to effectuate such purposes.
[Ord. No. 27-2016]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article I for any person:
a.
To
park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space
or in such a position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within
the area designated by such lines and markings.
b.
To
deface, injure, damage, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or parking pay station
or parking meter assembly or pay station assembly, installed under
the provisions of this chapter.
c.
To
deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter or parking pay
station, any slug, device, or any other matter or substance whatsoever
other than lawful coins or other lawful payment as specified in this
chapter.
[Ord. 10/15/56 § 2; Ord. 1/4/65 § 4; Ord. No. 27-2016]
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of Section 8-7 shall be deemed guilty of violating those provisions and be assessed a payable fine of $60.
[Ord. #003/06; amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 19-20; amended 3-22-2021 by Ord. No. 09-21]
a.
The Town Administrator is hereby authorized to set aside and to designate
as permit parking areas ("permit parking areas") during the hours
designated by the Town Administrator the following areas:
b.
The Town Administrator shall set aside and designate in permit parking
areas such number of parking spaces as may be reasonably necessary
to accommodate the needs of the public, in accordance with any agreements
by the Town.
[Ord. #003/06; amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 19-20]
The Town Administrator or his or her designee is hereby authorized
to issue parking permits to persons applying and qualifying for a
parking permit, which shall entitle a parking permit holder to park
a passenger motor vehicle within a permit parking area, according
to any rules promulgated by the Town Administrator.
[Ord. #003/06]
A parking permit placard shall be issued to any Guttenberg residents as defined in subsection 7-3.8b and who completes and files the required application and who pays the designated fee thereof.
[Ord. #003/06]
Regular parking permit placards may be for a period of one month,
commencing on the 15th day of each month and terminating on the 14th
day of the next month.
[Ord. #003/06]
All regular permits shall be in the form of placard. Every regular
permit placard shall be placed upon the dashboard of the driver's
side of the vehicle, in such a manner and position as to be clearly
visible from the exterior of the vehicle.
[Ord. #003/06]
a.
The fees for the issuance for the aforesaid parking permit placard
shall be $100 per month or the pro rata share of the remaining part
of the first month when issued.
b.
The monthly fee for the parking permit is due on the 15th day of
the month. If the fee is not paid after the 15th day but before the
25th day of each month, there shall be a $10 late fee, which must
be paid with the monthly fee. If the fee is not paid by the 25th day,
then the parking permit is revoked and the space shall be available
to any member of the public.
[Ord. #003/06; amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 19-20]
a.
Any vehicles parked in violation of these provisions, and in violation
of any of the rules promulgated by the Town Administrator under this
section, may be removed from any permit parking area, at the request
of the Town, by any towing company authorized to do so by the Police
Department or the Town.
b.
Any vehicles parked in violation of any rules or regulations of the
Guttenberg Housing Authority for the use of any parking lot or parking
area owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the Guttenberg Housing
Authority ("Housing Authority parking area") may be removed from any
Housing Authority parking area, at the request of the Town, by any
towing company authorized to do so by the Police Department or the
Town.
[Ord. #003/06; amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 19-20]
a.
Any person, whether they possess a parking permit or not, parked
in violation of the provisions of this section, or in violation of
any of the rules promulgated by the Town Administrator pursuant to
this section, shall be liable for a fine of up to $100 and/or towed
as provided by this section.
b.
Any vehicle parked in any Housing Authority Parking Area in violation
of any rules or regulations of the Guttenberg Housing Authority may
be subject to a fine of up to $100 and/or towed as provided by this
section.
