[Adopted 8-11-1983 as Ord. No. 19-83 (Ch. 79, Art. III, of the 1974 Code)]
This Article is adopted for the purpose of promoting the use of car pooling and the use of public transportation and for the orderly and safe parking of motor vehicles and the minimizing of traffic congestion by permitting decal parking on township-owned property located within the following boundaries:
A. 
Designated decal parking area between Jones Road and East Lacey Road.
A. 
The provisions, rules and regulations of this Article pertain solely to the premises hereinabove described, which are owned by the Township of Lacey and devoted to the purpose of parking motor vehicles, but do not apply to any land or area within the right-of-way of any public street, road or highway.
B. 
These provisions, rules and regulations shall not be applicable to any other parcels of land and premises owned by the Township of Lacey, now or hereafter.
A. 
Parking on said lands and premises hereinbefore designated shall be permitted by permit only, which shall be evidenced by a decal issued to the owner of the motor vehicle.
B. 
Such parking area shall be marked by signs indicating that parking will be by permit only and that vehicles must bear the required decal, which signs may state "Parking for Vehicles With Decals Only."
C. 
No vehicle shall be parked in any such parking area unless it displays in the lower rear corner of its left rear window a current and valid decal so issued by the Township of Lacey as herein provided.
D. 
No vehicle shall be parked except within a single designated parking space as shall be indicated within said parking area or as may be directed by the police or attendant in charge of the parking area or by a control sign indicating the designated area to park.
E. 
Trailers, trucks or buses shall only be parked in any such parking area as may be specifically designated for the same.
F. 
All vehicles shall be parked in such area with the front of the vehicle facing the control sign, if any, which designates the parking space therefor.
G. 
No vehicle shall be parked within the entrance or exit to any such parking area or within any of the aisles thereof.
A. 
Decals shall be issued by the Township Clerk during the regular hours during which her office is open and only upon display of a current and valid New Jersey motor vehicle registration certificate showing the name and address of the applicant as a resident of the Township of Lacey. Such decal shall be issued only to the owner of the motor vehicle and shall not be transferable. However, a decal may be transferred during the period of its validity to a new vehicle or motor vehicle purchased by the applicant upon the sale or transfer of the original vehicle. In such case of a sale or transfer, the owner shall remove the decal and supply evidence thereof to the Township Clerk to obtain a new decal for transfer to a different vehicle.
B. 
Decals shall be valid from August 1 of the year in which issued to 12:00 midnight of July 31 of the following year.
C. 
The application for a decal and permission to use the same shall be at no charge to the applicant. Any person may obtain a temporary decal good for one (1) day. Further, no decal and no permits shall be issued if the parking area shall already be at full capacity.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 79-16D, regarding the validity of the first decals issued following the adoption of this Article, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
D. 
Said decals shall have written thereon "Lacey Township Parking Permit," together with the number of the decal, motor vehicle registration number and the date issued and the date of expiration.
E. 
The Township Clerk shall make and keep a record of all decals issued by her, including therein the number of the decal, the date of issuance, the name of the person to whom issued, with his address, the motor vehicle registration number and the make, model and color of the motor vehicle for which issued.
Any person parking a motor vehicle with such decal affixed thereto shall be presumed to have properly applied for and received permission to park said motor vehicle in any such parking area of the Township of Lacey.
Further rules and regulations pertaining to such parking areas and the parking of motor vehicles therein may be made from time to time by ordinance of the Township Committee.
No person shall park or place any disabled vehicle or permit any such disabled vehicle to remain in any such parking area without the express permission of the police or the attendant in charge of such parking area.
A. 
Any person parking a vehicle in any other manner than is required by this Article, even though the vehicle bears a valid decal, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding two dollars ($2.), and each day that such violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct violation. Payment of such fine may be made to the Court Violations Clerk of the Township Municipal Court upon a plea of guilty.
B. 
In case of a violation of any other provision of this Article, the person so parking and the owner shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.) or five (5) days in the municipal jail, or both, and each day the violation continues shall be a separate and distinct violation.
C. 
Any vehicle parked in any such parking area in violation of this Article, except a vehicle bearing a valid decal and parked as now herein required, may be removed from the parking area on order of any police officer, and the owner thereof shall pay the reasonable cost of such removal and of storage, which may result from such removal before being allowed to regain possession of the vehicle, and such costs of removal and storage shall be in addition to any penalty or fine hereinbefore provided.
This Article shall not apply to any municipal vehicles registered to the Township of Lacey or to any vehicles engaged in police work.