Resident parking permits will be valid for a period of two years
from the month of issuance.
Residents may apply for visitor permits. Each visitor permit
shall be $5 and purchased daily.
Any person requesting a resident or temporary visitor's parking
permit will be required to submit a vehicle identification number
and license plate number of the vehicle, the driver's license number
and such other information as may be required by the Police Department
of the City of Garfield.
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours of 3:00 a.m.
and 6:00 a.m. without the required resident parking or visitor permit
upon any street within the City of Garfield.
Any vehicle parked on a street without a valid resident parking
permit or an expired residential parking permit shall be subject to
the following sanctions: Unless another penalty is expressly provided
by N.J.S.A. 39:4-203, every person convicted of a violation of a provision
of this article or any other supplement thereto shall be liable to
a penalty of $55 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days,
or both, for each offense.
The Police Department of the City of Garfield shall have the
authority to formulate and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining
to this article, subject to veto of the City Council, and the Police
Department of the City of Garfield shall be entitled, in its discretion,
to verify any information appropriate to the enforcement of this article.
The Police Department of the City of Garfield shall have the power
to issue summonses for violation of this article.
Enforcement of this article and further rules and regulations
as may be promulgated from time to time shall be under the jurisdiction
of either the Chief of Police or his designee and/or the Parking Enforcement
Official.
[Added 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2826]
Residents of multiunit properties, consisting of five or more
rental or condominium units, and approved for construction after January
1, 2020 shall not be eligible for resident parking permits issues
under this chapter.