This chapter is hereby established, for public safety purposes,
to regulate the parking of commercial trucks, Type B, C and D school
buses or school vehicles, freight containers, portable storage containers,
roll-off containers, tractor-trailers and trailers on the streets
and highways within the City of Camden.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL TRUCK
Refers to a truck which has more than two axles and has more
than four tires and which may also be equipped with any of the following:
commercial signage on the truck, ladder or other equipment racks,
a flat bed, a trailer, a liftgate, a lift bucket, a plow attachment,
or other equipment contained on or in the vehicle.
FREIGHT CONTAINER
Refers to a container which may also be referred to as "cargo
container" or "shipping container," and which is generally made of
metal or steel and is used for transporting goods, supplies or equipment
through various modes of transportation including by ocean-going vessel,
train or truck.
SCHOOL BUS or SCHOOL VEHICLE
Are those listed as Types A, B, C, D and S, as defined at
N.J.A.C. 13:20-30.2, and this definition which is hereby incorporated
herein refers to a motor vehicle operated by, or under contract with,
a public or governmental agency, or religious or other charitable
organization or corporation, or privately operated for the transportation
of children to or from school for secular or religious education,
school-connected activity, day camp, summer day camp, nursery school,
child-care center, preschool center, or other similar places of education,
classified in the following manner:
A.
A "Type A" school bus is a conversion or body constructed and
installed upon a van-type compact truck or a front-section vehicle
chassis, with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less, originally designed
by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 16 passengers.
B.
A "Type B" school bus is constructed utilizing a stripped or
cutaway chassis with a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds, originally
designed by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 54 passengers. Part
of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the
driver's seat. The service door is behind the front wheels.
C.
A "Type C" school bus is a body installed upon a flat back cowl
chassis with a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds, originally designed
by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 54 passengers. The engine is
in front of the windshield, or part of the engine is beneath and/or
behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat. The service
door is behind the front wheels.
D.
A "Type D" school bus is a body installed upon a chassis, with
the engine mounted in the front, middle, or rear, with a GVWR of more
than 10,000 pounds, originally designed by the manufacturer for carrying
10 to 54 passengers. The engine may be behind the windshield and beside
the driver's seat; it may be at the rear of the school bus, behind
the rear wheels; or it may be in the middle of the school bus between
the front and rear axles. The service door is ahead of the front wheels.
E.
A "Type S" school bus is a motor vehicle with a GVWR of 3,000
pounds or more, originally designed by the manufacturer with a maximum
seating capacity of nine passengers or less excluding the driver.
TRACTOR-TRAILER
A combination trucking unit consisting of a truck or tractor
hooked up or connected to a full trailer or semitrailer.
TRAILER(S)
A road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle,
truck or tractor used for the transportation of equipment, goods,
wares or merchandise.
No person shall park a commercial truck as defined in this chapter,
upon the streets and highways within the City of Camden during the
hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Signs shall be installed on the streets and highways within
the City of Camden thereby advising of the parking prohibitions of
this chapter.
The violations and penalties, as provided for in §
508-7 herein, shall take effect only after 30 days following the effective date, to allow the City, the Camden County Police Department and the Parking Authority the opportunity to inform the public and provide the public with information with regard to the provisions of this chapter, which may include, but is not limited to, the use of verbal and written warnings for potential violations of this chapter.