[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Lacey
9-4-1980 as Ord. No. 23-80 (Ch. 70 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-11 and N.J.S.A. 52:32-12, this chapter provides
for restricted parking spaces for handicapped persons in all parking facilities
under the jurisdiction of the Township of Lacey.
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
A physical impairment which confines a person to a wheelchair, causes
a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity, affects the sight or hearing
to the extent that a person functioning in public areas is insecure or exposed
to danger, causes faulty coordination or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination
and perception to the extent that facilities are needed to provide for the
safety of that person.
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the general
public or to which the general public is invited, including, but not limited
to, theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, museums, schools, libraries, recreation
facilities, public transportation terminals and stations, factories, office
buildings, businesses, shopping centers, hotels or motels and public eating
places, whether privately or publicly owned, except that this term shall not
include private family residences, warehouse storage areas and all buildings
conducting hazardous occupancies that involve highly combustible, highly flammable
or explosive material.
[Amended 4-2-1981 by Ord.
No. 15-81]
The owners of all public buildings which provide parking spaces adjacent
to or used in conjunction with the public buildings shall, within ninety (90)
days of notice thereof, provide for parking spaces for handicapped persons
in accordance with the guidelines herein set forth and in a location and manner
as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be constructed in
accordance with the following guidelines:
A.
In all instances where parking lots are provided for
public buildings or facilities as defined herein, designated parking spaces
for handicapped persons shall be required as follows:
[Amended 4-2-1981 by Ord.
No. 15-81; 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
|
Total Parking in Lot
|
Required Number of Accessible Spaces
| |
|---|---|---|
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Up to 200
|
2
| |
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Over 200
|
1% of the total spaces in lot (to nearest whole number)
|
B.
The location of the physically handicapped spaces shall
be in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate
to the building or buildings which the facility serves. The determination
of said location shall be made by the Construction Official in conjunction
and consultation with the owner. In shopping centers and other multistore
facilities, the handicapped spaces shall be as near to the flagship store
as possible and/or at such other locations as may be agreeable between the
Construction Official and the owner.
[Amended 4-2-1981 by Ord.
No. 15-81]
C.
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified with
a clearly visible sign displaying the international symbol of access, along
with the following words: THESE SPACES RESERVED FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
DRIVERS ONLY. SPECIAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED. The lines designating
the area shall be painted in fluorescent yellow paint, and the center of the
space shall have painted thereon the capital letter H.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
D.
Each space shall be twelve (12) feet wide to allow room
for persons in wheelchairs or on braces or crutches to get in or out of either
side of the automobile on a level, paved surface suitable for wheeling and
walking.
E.
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that
persons in wheelchairs or using braces or crutches are not compelled to wheel
or walk behind parked cars.
F.
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit
handicapped people access from the parking area to the sidewalk.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space designated
and marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped in any parking
facility unless said vehicle shall have affixed thereto an identification
certificate or marker issued by the New Jersey Director of the Division of
Motor Vehicles.
B.
Parking in a handicapped space without the aforesaid
vehicle identification shall create a rebuttable presumption that use of the
space was not for the physically handicapped.
[Amended 4-2-1981 by Ord.
No. 15-81; 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute,
every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter or any
supplement thereto shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.), be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days
and/or serve a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days.
