This chapter is hereby established, for public safety purposes, to regulate the parking of motor vehicles and other vehicles on crosswalks on the streets and highways within the City of Camden and on alleys and on sidewalks within the City of Camden.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Camden 12-10-2024 by Ord. No. MC-5532. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The definitions and other provisions of Title 39[1] are hereby incorporated herein, which includes, but is not limited to, the definitions below. Any amendments to Title 39 are also incorporated herein without the need to revise this chapter.
Means a public highway wherein the roadway does not exceed 12 feet in width.
Means that part of a highway at an intersection, either marked or unmarked, existing at each approach of every roadway intersection, included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the shoulder, or, if none, from the edges of the roadway; also, any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other marking on the surface.
Means a raised strip of grass between two lanes of a street or highway generally used for decoration, safety or for drainage purposes.
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks, low-speed electric bicycles, low-speed electric scooters, and motorized bicycles.
Means the standing or waiting on a street, road or highway of a vehicle not actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or merchandise, unless in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals.
Means that portion of a highway intended for the use of pedestrians, between the curb line or the lateral line of a shoulder, or if none, the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent right-of-way line.
Means every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or low-speed electric bicycles, low-speed electric scooters, or motorized bicycles.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 through 39:14-2.
A.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Camden County Police Department officer, other police officer, parking enforcement officer or traffic sign or signal, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle or other vehicle shall park or otherwise leave, standing and unattended, a motor vehicle or other vehicle on a crosswalk on the streets and highways within the City of Camden.
B.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Camden County Police Department officer, other police officer, parking enforcement officer or traffic sign or signal, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle or other vehicle shall park or otherwise leave, standing and unattended, a motor vehicle or other vehicle on an alley within the City of Camden.
C.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Camden County Police Department officer, other police officer, parking enforcement officer or traffic sign or signal, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle or other vehicle shall park or otherwise leave, standing and unattended, a motor vehicle or other vehicle on a sidewalk within the City of Camden.
D.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Camden County Police Department officer, other police officer, parking enforcement officer or traffic sign or signal, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle or other vehicle shall park or otherwise leave, standing and unattended, a motor vehicle or other vehicle on a grass median located on a street or highway within the City of Camden.
A.
Nothing shall prohibit a commercial truck, as this term is defined in Chapter 508, from parking temporarily on an alley for a period of time no longer than is necessary for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise to any business located along the corresponding city street or highway.
B.
Nothing herein shall prohibit a Type A, B, C, D or S school bus or school vehicle, as these terms are defined in Chapter 508, or motor vehicle or other vehicle, with the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers, from parking temporarily on an alley for a period of time no longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers.
C.
Nothing herein shall prohibit a public utility company from parking on a crosswalk, an alley, sidewalk or grass median in connection with the construction, maintenance and/or installation of public utilities.
D.
Noting herein shall prohibit an emergency vehicle from parking on a crosswalk, an alley, sidewalk or grass median at any time.
A.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided for by New Jersey statute, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50 or community service as determined by the court, or both.