[New]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the
meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to apply to such
words and phrases used herein.
[New]
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall
mean either Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time
as may be in current use in the township.
[New]
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person of the duty to observe other more restrictive
provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking
of vehicles as set forth in R.S. 39:4-138, any other New Jersey statute
or as hereinafter provided.
[New; Ord. #98-11 § 1]
a.
Upon the declaration of an emergency, there shall be no parking upon
streets or sections of streets where temporary EMERGENCY-NO PARKING
signs are displayed. The chief of police or, in his absence, the ranking
officer is authorized to declare an emergency and to direct the posting
of EMERGENCY-NO PARKING signs when weather conditions, accidents,
fires or other emergent situation, dictate or require the avoidance
of hazards or other conditions which interfere with the free flow
of traffic. Notification that the EMERGENCY-NO PARKING signs are being
or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle
which has been parked prior to the posting of signs.
b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation
of traffic and any police officer may provide for the removal of such
vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage
which may result from such removal before regaining possession of
the vehicle.
c.
The effectiveness of this subsection is contingent upon the signs
being erected as required by law.
[Ord. #7/5/49; Ord. #2/4/57; Ord. #11/15/63; Ord. #2/17/69;
Ord. #92-24, § 2; Ord. #98-36, S 1; Ord. #05-03A, S 1]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule I of Chapter 7A.
[New; Ord. #92-24, § 1; Ord. #2000-11, § 1]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II on any day or when the conditions specified in Schedule II are in effect upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule II of Chapter 7A.
[New; Ord. No. 2017-003]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle between the hours and days specified in Schedule III upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule III of Chapter 7A.
[New]
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule IV at any time between the hours listed in Schedule IV on any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any streets or parts of streets described in Schedule IV of Chapter 7A.
[Ord. #2000-08, S 1; Ord. #2000-13, S 1]
a.
Where an application has been filed under Section 13-1006 (Special Use Permits) for a large planned event or a notice has been received by the township under Section 3-12 et seq. (Special Equestrian and Golf Events), the Chief of Police, or, in his absence, the ranking officer, is authorized to place TEMPORARY - NO PARKING signs at locations deemed necessary in his or his designee's reasonable discretion, to protect the safety of the general public. Notification that the TEMPORARY - NO PARKING signs are being or will be posted shall be given to the operator or owner of any vehicle which has been parked prior to the posting of signs.
b.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation
of traffic and any police officer may provide for the removal of such
vehicle. The owner shall pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage
which may result from such removal before regaining possession of
the vehicle.
c.
All of the regulations set forth herein relating to the regulation
of parking and traffic during planned events shall apply to the following
county roads: (1) Washington Valley Road; (2) Pottersville Road; (3)
Lamington Road; (4) Rattlesnake Bridge Road; and (5) Burnt Mills Road.
[Ord. #06-32, S 1]
In the event of a snowfall, which results in the public streets,
highways or thoroughfares to be covered by snow where snow plowing
and/or de-icing is necessary, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle
to be parked on any public street, highway or thoroughfare in the
Township of Bedminster. This parking restriction shall remain in effect
after the snow has ceased until the roadways have been cleared of
snow to the extent that parking will not interfere with the normal
flow of traffic. Vehicles in violation may be subject to a summons
and towed away at the owner's expense. Signage denoting this
parking prohibition shall be placed along all public streets, highways
or thoroughfares which enter the township, at its entrance point into
the township, and at other designated areas as determined by the chief
of police or the principal public works manager.
[Ord. #09-018, S 1]
a.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any real property
owned by the Township of Bedminster, except within a designated parking
space in identified parking areas, or within specified locations pursuant
to special permission granted by the governing body of the Township
of Bedminster, or its designee, with notice to the Township Police
Department.
b.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time within any designated
parking space upon any real property owned by the Township of Bedminster
which is identified as reserved for use by the Township Police Department,
Fire Department, or township employees, unless otherwise authorized
by the township.
c.
In addition to being subject to the penalties provided in this chapter,
any vehicle parked in violation of this subsection shall be deemed
a nuisance and menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic,
the health and safety of citizens, and the protection of adjacent
buildings and structures, and any police officer may order the removal
of such vehicle to be towed at the owner's sole expense, with
such reasonable costs of removal and storage being required to be
paid before regaining possession of the vehicle.
[Ord. #11/4/35, S 1; Ord. #88-2, S 1; Ord. #94-12, S 1; Ord.
#95-24, S 1; Ord. #98-42, S 1; Ord. #2000-33, SS 1, 2; Ord. #2003-37,
S II; Ord. #05-03A, S 2]
Vehicles over the registered gross weight indicated are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule V of Chapter 7A, except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets.
[Ord. #94-12, S 1; Ord. #98-42, S 1]
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained
to effect the gross weight restriction set forth above. These signs
shall be erected and maintained by the principal public works manager
on the recommendation of the township engineer in consultation with
the chief of police and in accordance with a map to be prepared by
said township engineer.
[New]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VI of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
[New; Ord. #05-03A, S 3]
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:4-140, the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule VII of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Through Streets. STOP signs shall be installed on the near right side of each street intersecting the Through Street except where YIELD signs having sides thirty-six (36") inches in length are provided for in the designations.
[Ord. #84-11, S 1; Ord. #92-24, S 3; Ord. #93-20, SS 1, 2;
Ord. #94-31, S 1; Ord. #95-15, S 1; Ord. #95-26, S 1; Ord. #96-24,
S 1; Ord. #2003-26, S 3; Ord. #2003-37, S II; Ord. #05-03A, S 4; Ord.
#2006-13, S 3; Ord. No. 2016-015]
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:4-140, the intersections described in Schedule VIII of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Stop Intersections. STOP signs shall be installed as provided therein.
[New]
Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 39:140, the intersections described in Schedule IX of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Yield Intersections. YIELD signs having sides thirty-six (36") inches in length shall be installed as provided therein.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule X of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Loading Zones.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule XI of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Taxi Stands.
[New]
The locations described in Schedule XII of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as Bus Stops.
[New]
No person shall make a left turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XIII of Chapter 7A.
[New]
No person shall make a U-Turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XIV of Chapter 7A.
[New]
No person shall make a turn at any of the locations described in Schedule XV of Chapter 7A.
[New]
No person shall make a right turn when facing a steady red signal
(STOP) indication whenever an official sign is presented prohibiting
such turn on the red signal as described in Schedule XVI.
[Ord. #9/7/76, SS 1—2; Ord. #12/1/80, S 1-2; Ord. #84-7,
S 1; Ord. #84-14, S 1; Ord. #86-15, S 1; Ord. #87-5, S 1; Ord. #87-11,
S 1; Ord. #87-12, S 1; Ord. #88-11, S 1; Ord. #93-27, SS 1, 2; Ord.
#95-6, S 1; Ord. #95-10, S 1; Ord. #98-30, S 30; Ord. #98-35, S 1;
Ord. #99-05, S 1; Ord. #99-24, § 2; Ord. #2003-37, S II;
Ord. #05-03A, S 5; Ord. #05-31, S 1; Ord. #2006-13, S 1]
The streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVII and Schedule XVIIa of Chapter 7A shall have the speed limits designated in such schedules.
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained
to effect the above designated speed limits as authorized by the Department
of Transportation.
[Ord. #83-15, SS 1—2; Ord. #90-2, S 1; Ord. #95-30,
S 1; Ord. #2001-16, S 1]
Pursuant to Chapter 227 of the Public Laws of 1983 (N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46) fire lanes are hereby established upon those portions of the parking yards and parking places or parts thereof which are open to the public or to which the public is invited as described in Schedule XVIII of Chapter 7A.
[Ord. #90-2, S 1; Ord. #94-27, S 1]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any portion
of a fire lane established by this section.
[Ord. #90-2, S 1]
Appropriate curb and pavement markings together with signs prohibiting
parking in fire lanes shall be designated and installed in order to
outline the areas where parking is prohibited. Said markings and placement
of signs shall be approved by the fire protection subcode official.
Signs and markings shall conform to the specifications as prescribed
by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and The National Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices indicating "No Parking - Fire Zone."
The respective owners of the premises outlined in Schedule XVIII shall
assume full responsibility and expense relative to the said markings
and signs and shall undertake and complete same in accordance with
an approved plan within a period of 10 days from the date of written
order to do so by the fire protection subcode official and shall properly
maintain the same. Any owner of premises required to provide markings
and signage for fire zone regulation and who shall fail to provide
and maintain such markings and signage shall be subject to the penalty
as set forth hereinafter.
[Ord. #90-2, S 1]
Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be deemed
a nuisance and menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic,
the health and safety of citizens and protection of adjacent buildings
and any police officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle.
The owner of the vehicle shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal
and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession
of the vehicle.
[Ord. #83-15, SS 1-2; Ord. #90-2, S 2; Ord. #92-17, S 1;
Ord. #94-27, S 2; Ord. #97-03, S 1; Ord. #98-36, S 2; Ord. #2000-15,
S 1; Ord. #2001-16, S 2]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 and 39:4197.5, no person shall park any vehicle in a handicapped designated parking stall in the locations referred to in Schedule XIX of Chapter 7A of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Bedminster, 1984, as heretofore supplemented and amended, unless the said vehicle displays the official state handicapped license plate or has affixed thereto the special identification certificate or insignia issued by the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and also unless such vehicle is operated by a handicapped person or a passenger in the said vehicle is handicapped and either the operator or passenger is the holder of the said special identification certificate.
Any vehicle parked in a parking stall reserved for handicapped
drivers which does not display the official state handicapped license
plate or special identification certificate or insignia referred to
above shall be presumed to have been parked in such a stall unlawfully.
[Ord. #90-2, S 2]
All signage and markings for handicapped parking and the installation
of the same shall conform to the specifications as prescribed by the
New Jersey Department of Transportation and the National Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Any owner of premises required to
provide parking stalls and signage for handicapped designated vehicles
and who shall fail to provide and maintain such stalls and signage
shall be subject to a penalty as set forth hereinafter.
[Ord. #90-2, S 2]
Any vehicle parking in violation of this section shall be deemed
a nuisance and menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic,
the health and safety of citizens and protection of adjacent buildings
and any police officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle.
The owner of the vehicle shall pay the reasonable costs of the removal
and storage which may result from such removal before regaining possession
of the vehicle.
[Ord. #90-2, S 2; Ord. #2003-29, S 1]
Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this
section or any supplement thereto shall be subject to a penalty of
$250 for the first offense and for a second or subsequent offense
shall be subject to a minimum penalty of $250 and up to 90 days community
service on such terms and conditions as the court may deem appropriate,
or any combination thereof.
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025, S 1]
No vehicle shall be parked on the streets or parts of streets designated in Schedule XX of Chapter 7A during the hours designated in said schedule, unless:
a.
The vehicle is owned or operated on a regular basis by a resident
of that street and the vehicle displays a current residential parking
permit exhibiting a clearly marked expiration date on the driver's
side sun visor in such a manner as to be readily examined by a regular
or auxiliary police officer; or
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025, S 1]
The following vehicles shall be exempt from this parking permit
section:
a.
Contractors, service and delivery vehicles. Contractors, service
and delivery vehicles bearing the name and address of a commercial
business may park without a permit during the time they are rendering
service to a residence within the permit parking area.
b.
Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles, police vehicles, municipal
vehicles and public utility vehicles may park without a permit during
the time they are rendering service to a residence within the permit
parking area.
c.
Temporary permits. Vehicles having been issued a current temporary
parking permit, which shall be clearly displayed on the driver's
side sun visor in such a manner as to be readily examined by a regular
or auxiliary police officer.
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025 S 1]
The township committee may amend Schedule XX at any time to
include any streets or parts of streets primarily serving residential
areas or to remove such streets or parts of streets as a designated
permit parking area. Such inclusion in or removal from Schedule XX
shall be approved by Ordinance #2009-025 of the township committee
after an appropriate study has been performed to investigate the percentage
of parking spaces utilized by nonresidents of the streets or parts
of streets being considered for inclusion or removal. The township
committee shall implement permit parking along any streets or parts
of streets only if no other plausible or practicable parking restriction
as contained in this chapter can be imposed under the circumstances
to regulate the free flow of traffic along said streets or parts of
streets.
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025, S 1]
An application for a resident parking permit under this section
shall be made in writing on forms provided to the township police
department, and shall be accompanied by a fee of $10 for the first
annual permit with a five ($5.00) dollar per permit annual renewal
fee to cover the costs of administering and enforcing this section.
The applicant for each residence may obtain up to a maximum of two
resident parking permits per household.
Resident permits shall only be granted as follows:
a.
Persons who are residents on said street or portion thereof upon
which parking is restricted by this section shall be issued a permanent
permit valid for the vehicle owned or principally operated by such
person. There shall be a limit of two permits which may be issued
to any one household assuming valid proof of residency can be presented.
At the time of application for said parking permit, the applicant
must provide a valid registration for each vehicle for which a permit
is sought. In addition to a valid registration, any tenant applying
for a parking permit must show a current lease for a residence located
on the street or portion thereof upon which parking is restricted.
In no event shall a parking permit be given for a period to exceed
the term of such lease.
b.
If any permit becomes lost or destroyed, such permit shall not be
replaced by the police department until the next annual permit renewal.
[Ord. #09-025, S 1]
An application for a temporary parking permit under this section
shall be made in writing on forms provided to the Township Police
Department, and shall be accompanied by a fee of $2 to cover the costs
of administering and enforcing this section.
a.
Bedminster Terrace. Temporary permits for Bedminster Terrace shall
only be granted as follows:
1.
Persons who are residents on Hillside Avenue, south of its intersection
with Steeplechase Lane, and on Bedminster Terrace shall be issued
a temporary permit valid for a vehicle, upon filing of the required
form, along with valid proof of residency, including a copy of a current
lease for a residence located on said portion of Hillside Avenue or
Bedminster Terrace. At the time of application for said parking permit,
the applicant must affirm that the vehicle(s) are properly registered
with the applicable state.
2.
Temporary permits shall be valid for one continuous 24 hour period,
which expiration shall be designated on the permit by the issuing
authority.
3.
Temporary permits shall not be issued for more than one consecutive
24-hour period.
4.
Not more than six temporary parking permits shall be issued and valid
at any time, regardless of the number of eligible residents who may
hold such permits. Temporary parking permits shall be issued on a
first-come, first-served basis.
5.
In the case when all six temporary parking permits have been issued,
a resident of Hillside Avenue, south of its intersection with Steeplechase
Lane, and on Bedminster Terrace may privately seek a temporary transfer
of a Bedminster Terrace resident permit for one continuous 24 hour
period. Any such temporary transfer of a resident permit shall have
attached to said permit a notice from the permit owner identifying
the expiration of the 24-hour period, clearly marked in such a manner
as to be readily examined by a regular or auxiliary police officer.
No fee or payment shall be charged or collected by the resident permit
owner for providing such temporary transfer.
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025, S 1]
a.
No person shall:
1.
Copy, reproduce or otherwise create a resident parking permit or
visitor parking permit or temporary parking permit authorized by this
section;
2.
Create or facilitate the creation of a facsimile or counterfeit resident
or temporary parking permit;
3.
Display or use a resident or temporary parking permit knowing the
same to have been copied, reproduced or otherwise created in violation
of (1) and (2) above; and
4.
Furnish false information or fraudulent documents in connection with
an application for a resident or temporary parking permit.
b.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed $300 and/or imprisonment for not more than
10 days.
[Ord. #2000-36, S 1; Ord. #09-025, S 1]
A resident parking permit or temporary parking permit does not
exempt a resident from obeying all traffic rules and regulations including,
but not limited to, posted "no parking" areas, distance from stop
signs and fire hydrant regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions
of Ordinance No. 2003-26.
[Ord. #2004-04, S 2]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle upon any of the streets
or parts of streets described below, except in areas covered by other
parking restrictions.
|
Name of Street
|
Sides
|
Hours
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hills Drive
|
Both
|
All
|
Entire length
|
[Ord. #2004-04, S 2]
a.
The speed limit for both directions of travel on the following roadways
are:
|
Name of Street
|
MPH
|
Limits
|
|---|---|---|
|
Hills Drive
|
25
|
Entire length
|
b.
Regulatory and warning signs shall be erected and maintained by the
association to effect the above designated speed limits authorized
by the Department of Transportation.
[Ord. #2004-04, S 2]
Any vehicle parked or standing as to obstruct or impede a normal
flow of traffic, block entrances or exit ways, loading zones, oil
fills, any grass area, pedestrian walkway, or present in any way a
safety or traffic hazard may be removed by towing the vehicle at the
owner's or operator's expense.
[Ord. #2004-04, S 2; Ord. #14-006]
Motor vehicles shall not cross over the painted line delineating
the separation of the Hills Drive traveled way from the hike and bike
path extending on both sides of Hills Drive five feet from the edge
of the pavement inward toward the centerline of Hills Drive for its
entire length.
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Lane Width
|
Limits
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hills Drive
|
Both
|
5 feet
|
Entire length
|
a.
Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject
to a penalty of $100.00 for the first offense and for a second or
subsequent offense shall be subject to a penalty of $250.00.
[Ord. #90-2, S 2; Ord. #2000-36, S 2; Ord. #2003-26, S 4;
Ord. #2004-04, S 3; Ord. #09-018, S 2]
[Ord. #06-16, S 1]
The locations described in Schedule XXI of Chapter 7A are hereby designated as pedestrian crosswalks.
[Ord. #06-32, S 2]
No person or entity shall obstruct the free and lawful passage
of pedestrians and vehicles on the public sidewalks, streets, highways,
thoroughfares or rights-of-way within the Township of Bedminster by
placing thereon any kind of permanent or temporary structure or object
of any nature whatsoever, without prior approval being granted by
the township.
[Ord. #06-32, S 2]
No person or entity shall plow, shovel, throw, deposit, or otherwise
place any snow or ice which has accumulated upon private property
into or upon any public sidewalk, parking area, street, highway or
thoroughfare, or any other public right-of-way within the Township
of Bedminster, including the township's "hike and bike" trails,
unless specifically granted permission by the township.
[Ord. #06-32, S 2]
No person or entity shall blow, rake, throw, deposit, or otherwise
place, or direct, instruct, or allow any other person or entity on
his/her behalf, to blow, rake, throw, deposit, or otherwise place,
any grass, brush, leaves, branches, landscape mulch, or the like into
or upon any public sidewalk, parking area, street, highway or thoroughfare,
or any other public right-of-way within the Township of Bedminster,
including the township's "hike and bike" trails, unless specifically
granted permission by the township.
[Ord. #06-32, S 2]
All portable sports equipment and apparatus used in the public
streets, highways or thoroughfares within the Township of Bedminster
are prohibited at all times.
[Ord. #06-32, S 2]
The owner of any permanent or temporary structure or object of any nature whatsoever, including portable sports equipment and apparatus, which is deemed to be in violation of this Section 7-18, which constitutes a safety hazard in the opinion of the chief of police, or his/her designee, shall remove the same within 24 hours of receipt of written notice of such violation signed by the chief of police, or his/her designee. If any owner shall fail to remove such obstruction within the time required, he or she shall be liable under the penalties set forth in Section 1-5. In addition thereto, any such obstruction, if not removed within the time required, may be removed by the township department of public works, under the direction of the chief of police or the principal public works manager, at the sole expense of the owner.
