[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Hampton 12-28-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this chapter, the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle I of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used herein.
Whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall mean either Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time, as may be current in the Township.
[Amended 4-26-1977; 4-14-1992; 11-28-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8; 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-9; 4-29-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-05]
A. 
Regulations not exclusive. 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 N.J.S.A. 39:4-138, any other New Jersey statute or as hereinafter provided.
B. 
Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets and highways. No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or highways described in Schedule I attached hereto and made a part of this chapter.
C. 
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule II attached to and made a part of this chapter.
D. 
Handicapped parking. No person shall park a vehicle in and upon any parking space designated or reserved for the handicapped as listed in Schedule V attached hereto and made part of this chapter, unless the person so using parking space shall have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of P.L. 1949, c. 280 (N.J.S.A. 39:4-205), and unless using a motor vehicle on which is displayed a certificate for which a special vehicle identification card has been issued pursuant to Section 3 of said law. (N.J.S.A. 39:4-206).
E. 
No person shall park any vehicle in any fire lane which has been so designated on an approved site plan and which has been so marked as a fire lane.
F. 
No operator of a vehicle shall park, stand (occupied or unoccupied), load or unload a vehicle upon any of the streets or highways (including the rights-of-way) described on Schedule VI attached hereto; provided, however, that the loading and unloading of passengers shall be permitted, provided further that the loading and unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes.
G. 
Parking of vehicles on Township streets during snow removal and/or salting operations, or when there is 1/4 inch or more of accumulation of snow or ice on the roadway, is prohibited. Parking shall be prohibited under this subsection for the four-hour period following the cessation of such snowfall.
[Added 4-26-1977]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to operate a motor vehicle within the Township of Hampton at speeds exceeding those speed limits established in Schedule III attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 4-10-1979]
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to operate a motor vehicle within the Township of Hampton at a weight exceeding those established in Schedule IV attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 6-29-1983]
A. 
Findings. The Hampton Township Committee has determined that it is necessary for the preservation of the public safety, health and welfare that Spiral Road be closed to motor vehicle traffic.
B. 
Declaration of closing.
(1) 
Pursuant to the authority granted in N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, Spiral Road is hereby temporarily closed to motor vehicle traffic.
(2) 
No person shall drive any vehicle over, upon or within Spiral Road while this section is in effect.
C. 
Exemptions. This section shall not preclude those persons owning property fronting on Spiral Road from using said road for ingress and egress to and from their property.
D. 
Posting of warning signs. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-16.9, the Hampton Township Road Foreman is hereby directed to post proper warning signs of such closing upon the effective date of this section.
[Added 1-30-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
The mid-block crosswalks located and described in Schedule VII, attached hereto and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as mid-block crosswalks. Such crosswalks are to be installed with associated advanced warning signage.
[Added 4-29-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-05]
Any vehicle parked in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic, and the Code Enforcement Officer or their designee may provide for the removal of such vehicle. The owner shall bear the reasonable costs of removal and storage, which may result from such removal before regaining possession of the vehicle.
[Amended 4-29-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-05]
A. 
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, any person convicted of a violation of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
B. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated above in this section, every person convicted of a violation of § 100-3G of this chapter shall be liable for a penalty of $100 for a first offense; $250 for a second offense, provided that the person is convicted thereof within 12 months after conviction of a first offense of § 100-3G of this chapter; and $500 for each subsequent offense, provided that the person has been convicted thereof within 12 months after conviction of a prior offense of § 100-3G of this chapter.
In the event that any clause, sentence, section or other part of this chapter is declared to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this chapter.
A. 
Schedule I: No Parking Anytime. In accordance with the provisions of § 100-3B, no person shall park any vehicle on any of the following described streets or highways:
Schedule I: No Parking Anytime
Name of Street
Sides
Location
All fire lanes which have been so designated on an approved site plan and which have been marked as a fire lane
[Added 11-29-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-8]
—
—
Newton-Swartswood Road
Both
From Vail Road to Ridge Road
Old Swartswood Road
[Added 6-25-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-5]
Both
Entire Township
Rumsey Way
[Amended 10-29-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-15]
Both
Entire Township
B. 
Schedule II: No Parking Certain Hours. In accordance with the provisions of § 100-3C, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified upon any of the following described streets or parts of streets:
Schedule II: No Parking Certain Hours
Name of Street
Side
Hours
Location
All streets and roads in the Township, except state highways and county highways
Both
6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily, from November 15 to April 15
Entire Township
C. 
Schedule III: Speed Limits.
[Added 4-26-1977]
(1) 
In accordance with the provisions of § 100-4, the following speed limits for both directions of traffic on the following streets or parts of streets are hereby established:
Schedule III: Speed Limits
Name of Street
Speed limit
(mph)
Location
Chandler Road
[Added 12-11-1984]
40
Entire length
Church Road
[Amended 8-29-1995; 4-30-1996]
  Zone 1
30
Between Halsey - Myrtle Grove Road and School Road, except 25 when passing through the Marian McKeown Elementary School Zone during recess when the presence of children is clearly visible from the roadway or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours
  Zone 2
40
Between School Road and Branchville - Lawson Road
Copley Road
[Added 10-10-1995; amended 4-30-1996]
40
From the Stillwater Township - Hampton Township line to Kemah-Mecca Lake Road
Dove Island Road
[Added 4-14-1992; amended 4-30-1996]
  Zone 1
30
From the Stillwater Township - Hampton Township line to Ridge Road
East Shore Drive
[Added 7-31-1984]
30
Entire length
Haggerty Road
[Added 5-14-1996]
30
Entire length
Halsey - Myrtle Grove Road (Route 626)
[Added 6-26-1979]
  Zone 1
40
From Branchville - Lawsons Corner Road to Church Road
  Zone 2
20
From Church Road to Spirol Road
  Zone 3
40
From Spirol Road to Route 206
Ike Williams Road
[Added 9-30-1980]
15
Entire length
Kemah-Mecca Lake Road (Route 521)
[Added 12-27-1977; amended 10-10-1995; 4-30-1996]
45
Entire length
Junction Road
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
35
Entire length
Lakeview Drive
[Added 5-14-1996]
30
Entire length
Mary Jones Road
[Added 5-31-1988; amended 4-30-1996]
  Zone 1
40
From the Stillwater Township - Hampton Township line to Lake Ann Road
  Zone 2
35
From Lake Ann Road to Kemah-Mecca Lake Road (County Route 521)
Minisink Road
[Added 7-31-1984]
30
Entire length
Old Swartswood Road
[Added 3-8-1988; amended 3-26-1996]
35
Entire length, except 20 mph school speed limit in the Salesion Sisters School Zone when the presence of children is clearly visible from the roadway or while children are going to or leaving school during opening and closing hours.
Parsons Road
[Added 9-30-1980]
  Zone 1
20
Between Spirol Road and 2,575 feet north thereof
  Zone 2
35
Between 2,575 feet north of Spirol Road and Halsey - Myrtle Grove Road
Plotts Road
[Added 2-23-1982]
  Zone 1
30
Entire length
Ridge Road
[Amended 5-8-1990]
35
Between the Stillwater Township - Hampton Township line and County Route 622
Sid Taylor Road
30
From Route 206 easterly to Route 94
Upper Dam Road
[Added 7-31-1984]
30
Entire length
West Shore Drive
[Added 7-31-1984]
30
Entire length
(2) 
In all other areas than the above, the lawfully posted speed limits and those applicable in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq. shall apply.
D. 
Schedule IV: Weight Limitations.
[Added 4-10-1979]
(1) 
In accordance with the provisions of § 100-5, the following weight limitations for both directions of traffic on the following streets or parts of streets are hereby established:
Schedule IV: Weight Limitations
Name of Street
Weight Limitation
Location
Taylor Road
4 tons, except for pickup and delivery of materials on such street
From Route 206 easterly to Route 94
(2) 
Vehicles over the registered gross weight are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of streets described except for the pickup and delivery of materials of such streets.
[Added 8-30-1994]
Name of Street
Weight
Location
Church Road
4 tons
From Branchville -Lawson Road to Halsey Road
Kline Road
4 tons
From Halsey Road to Church Road
Old Stage Coach Road
4 tons
From Halsey Road to Church Road
E. 
Schedule V: Handicapped Parking. In accordance with the provisions of § 100-3D, the parking places duly marked pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-198 on the properties listed herein are designated as handicapped parking places within the Township of Hampton:
[Added 4-14-1992]
Schedule V: Handicapped Parking
Block
Lot
Number of Parking Spaces
2207
5
1
2702
4
2
2702
7 and 8
1
2702
16.01
1
2702
16.03
1
3106
2
1
3202
24
1
3301
2.01
2
3301
17
1
3301
18
1
3501
1.02
1
3501
2
1
3501
30.03
2
3501
30.04
4
3501
30.07
4
3501
30.08
2
3501
30.09
2
3501
30.10
4
3501
31
2
3501
42
1
3501
44.04
1
3501
44.05
1
3501
47
1
3501
51
1
3501
52
1
3602
5.02
1
3602
10
1
3603
1.01
1
3603
1.02
1
3603
7
1
3603
7.01
1
3603
9.01
1
3603
10
1
3603
11
1
3603
20.04
1
3603
20.05
1
3603
21
1
3603
22
1
3603
25.01
2
3603
25.03
1
3603
25.04
1
3603
25.06
1
F. 
Schedule VI: No Parking, Standing, Loading, and Unloading on Certain Streets and Highways.
[Added 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-9]
Schedule VI: No Parking, Standing, Loading, and Unloading on Certain Streets and Highways
Name of Street
Sides
Location
State Rt. 206 (Including right-of-way)
Both
Entire Township
G. 
Schedule VII: Mid-Block Crosswalks.
[Added 1-30-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
Schedule VII: Mid-Block Crosswalks
Location
Existing driveway of Baleville Church at 6 Church Road