Effective immediately upon the adoption of these Articles, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or business entity to utilize or use a privately owned parking area, open to the public and to which the public is invited, whether as a primary use or as a secondary use, within borough limits unless it meets the following regulations:
A. 
The sizes of all parking spaces and aisles shall be in accordance with Section 111-13 of this Code. This section shall not apply to motor vehicle dealers.
B. 
All parking areas shall be striped (painted). All vehicles shall park only in designated areas and between the painted lines provided and maintained by the owner of the property. This section shall not apply to motor vehicle dealers.
C. 
Parking areas shall be kept clean at all times and shall include waste disposal bins, to minimize littering at the property.
D. 
No parking space shall be located within five feet of any property line.
E. 
A five-foot landscaped buffer shall be provided between any parking area and any adjoining residential use.
F. 
No vehicle parked in a privately owned parking area shall obstruct the passage of pedestrian traffic on any sidewalk in the borough. This provision shall be enforced as a violation of the Property Maintenance Code by the Code Official or duly authorized representative notwithstanding the penalties provided in N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 as to the operator of the vehicle.
G. 
No pits, racks, lifts or repair work shall be permitted out-of-doors in any parking area.
H. 
No disabled vehicles shall be permitted to remain on the premises for more than four weeks and no more than four disabled vehicles shall be stored or parked on the premises.
I. 
No vehicles shall be placed or parked on unpaved areas.
J. 
All unpaved areas shall be planted and maintained with grass, trees or shrubs.
The Police Department and/or Code Official or his designee may enter upon lands and shall inspect and enforce all of the provisions of this Article.
Whenever the Police Department and/or Code Official or his designee, by inspection or otherwise, discovers a violation of this Article, notice in writing shall be given to the owner of the premises to abate the same within the time specified in such notice.
No building permit, certificate of occupancy and/or certificate of compliance shall be issued for any building unless the Borough Engineer and Construction Official have determined that the parking area meets the provisions of this chapter, or the specific terms of a Land Use Board resolution relating to the property on which the parking area is located.
Site plan approval from the Land Use Board is required for any exception from this Article except for a pre-existing motor vehicle dealer possessing a valid mercantile license as of the effective date of this Article.
Any person, firm, corporation or business entity that violates the provisions of this Article shall be subject to a penalty as provided for in Chapter 1 of the Code of the Borough of Neptune City for each day of such violation.