[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Long Branch 1-26-1971 by Ord. No. 590 as Ch. XII of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 297.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 325.
Zoning — See Ch. 345.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Schedule A, Metered Parking Areas
[1]
Editor's Note: The power of the municipality to adopt ordinances concerning parking is contained in N.J.S.A. 39:4-197, and throughout Title 39 various statutory provisions control the manner in which the municipality may regulate parking.
[Amended 6-9-1971 by Ord. No. 603; 3-13-1973 by Ord. No. 677; 7-10-1979 by Ord. No. 955; 8-28-1979 by Ord. No. 958; 10-9-1979 by Ord. No. 963; 10-27-1983 by Ord. No. 1131; 11-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1249; 12-11-1986 by Ord. No. 1305; 6-23-1987 by Ord. No. 1352; 7-26-1988 by Ord. No. 43-88; 10-27-1998 by Ord. No. 36-98; 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 19-11]
A. 
Zones established. Parking meters are hereby established pursuant to the attached grid (Schedule A).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Installation and placement of parking meter pay stations.
(1) 
The Chief of Police shall cause parking spaces to be striped and numbered, and parking meter pay stations (also referenced as "meters") to be installed at various locations to service the said parking spaces, within the zones established in § 244-1A above (see Schedule A). Parking in the zones shall be controlled by meters during the hours and for the time limits specified for each zone in Subsection A. The meters shall have the legend upon them visible to the person using it, stating that the meters are in effect during such hours, and the time limitation shall be designated by an appropriate sign posted in proximity to the meter in the zone.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]
(2) 
Metered parking shall be effective only between the time period from May 1 through September 30 of each year.
(3) 
The metered rates set forth herein (see Schedule A)[2] shall take effect in the respective areas when the all of following actions have been completed by the Long Branch Parking Agency (LBPA), which agency is a division of the Department of Public Safety:
(a) 
Striping and numbering of on-street and off-street parking spaces;
(b) 
Activation of meters; and
(c) 
Notification of public via publication in an official newspaper, and posting on the City website (www.longbranch.org/parking).
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Markings and signs. The Chief of Police shall have markings painted for the purpose of designating each parking space which is subject to metered parking, and shall have signs erected in the vicinity thereof to alert the public as to the requirements of metered parking. Each vehicle utilizing a metered space shall be parked within the lines or markings. No person shall park any vehicle across any line or marking or park a vehicle in such position that shall not be entirely within the area designated by the lines or markings.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]
D. 
Charges for parking.
(1) 
When any vehicle shall be parked in any metered space, the operator of the vehicle shall, upon entering the parking space, immediately thereafter pay the appropriate parking fee for the desired time through the use of United States cash or currency, or through the use of a credit or debit card, by entering the numbered parking space into the meter and by following the direction on the meter. Failure to make payment for the use of a metered space shall constitute a violation of this chapter. Upon making proper payment, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for a period as set forth on the attached Schedule A.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2) 
If any vehicle shall remain parked in any parking space beyond the parking limit, as fixed by the amount paid for the parking space, the vehicle shall be considered parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time and shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(3) 
For those patrons who utilize a credit or debit card as their mode of payment for a metered space, the City may be charged an administrative or transaction fee by the credit or debit card companies for the transaction. It is hereby recognized that the City shall create a line item in its budget for the gross receipts received from metered parking as well a line item for administrative/transaction costs associated with the use of credit and debit cards for this purpose.
(4) 
The City of Long Branch may offer business owners an automated payment method through a smart card or a mobile application or other electronic device at a discounted rate, which rate shall be determined by resolution of the City Council.
(5) 
No change or refunds will be provided by the City.
E. 
Certain acts prohibited.
(1) 
No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter pay station installed under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
No person shall deposit in any parking meter pay station, any slug device or metallic substitute or any other substitute currently of the United States.
F. 
Enforcement.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]
(1) 
The Chief of Police, or any police officer (including Class I and Class II Special Officers) of the Long Branch Police Department, is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
The Business Administrator of the City of Long Branch shall have the discretion to suspend the enforcement of metered parking at such times and for such periods as he or she deems appropriate.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
[Amended 7-1-1980 by Ord. No. 986; 9-9-1980 by Ord. No. 993]
OPERATOR AND VEHICLE
Shall have the meanings and definitions set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1, which definitions are incorporated in this section as if fully set forth herein.
PARKING
The standing or waiting of a vehicle upon a municipal parking lot, whether or not the vehicle is occupied, whether or not the vehicle be accompanied by an operator, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or merchandise.
PARKING LOT
Any lot now or in the future owned or operated by the city and used for the parking of vehicles.
B. 
Areas established. The following municipal parking lots are established and designated as nonmetered parking areas for the parking of vehicles:
(1) 
Municipal Parking Lot 1. Located on both sides of Russell Court between Grand Avenue and Branchport Avenue in Blocks 245 and 247 on the revised tax map of the city.
(2) 
Municipal Parking Lot 2. Located on the easterly side of Branchport Avenue in Block 256 on the tax map.
(3) 
Municipal Parking Lot 3. Located on the southerly side of Union Avenue between Rockwell Avenue and Third Avenue in Block 274 on the tax map.
(4) 
Municipal Parking Lot 4. Located on the southerly side of Union Avenue between Third Avenue and Liberty Street in Block 274 on the tax map.
(5) 
Municipal Parking Lot 5. Located on the northerly side of Belmont Avenue at its intersection with the westerly side of Memorial Parkway in Block 282 on the tax map.
(6) 
Municipal Parking Lot 6. Located on the northerly side of Belmont Avenue at its intersection with the easterly side of Memorial Parkway in Block 283 on the tax map.
(7) 
Municipal Parking Lot 7. Located on the northerly side of Belmont Avenue west of Academy Street in Block 281 on the tax map.
(8) 
Municipal Parking Lot 8. Located on the northerly side of Belmont Avenue east of Third Avenue, being Block 281, Lot 1 on the tax map.
[Added 11-23-1971 by Ord. No. 619]
(9) 
Municipal Parking Lot 9.
(a) 
Located in designated areas of city-owned property known as the "North End Beach Park area," and bounded on the south by Seaview Avenue and on the east by New Ocean Avenue.
[Added 5-28-1974 by Ord. No. 741]
(b) 
This municipal parking lot shall encompass all of the city-owned lots used for parking in conjunction with Seven Presidents Park.
[Added 7-1-1980 by Ord. No. 986]
(10) 
Municipal Parking Lots 9 and 12. In Parking Lots 9 and 12, a parking charge of $4 per day or part thereof shall be charged for passenger cars, motorcycles, motor scooters and self-contained camper-type vehicles. No parking shall be permitted from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
[Amended 7-1-1980 by Ord. No. 986; 10-27-1998 by Ord. No. 36-98; 4-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2-16]
(11) 
Municipal Parking Lot 11. Located on the west side of Ocean Avenue between South Broadway and Laird Street, and known as "Garfield Park." In Parking Lot 11, a parking charge of $3 per day or part thereof shall be charged for passenger cars, motorcycles and motor scooters and self-contained camper-type vehicles and $10 per day or part thereof for buses or tractor-drawn trailer-type vehicles. No parking shall be permitted between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
[Amended 2-13-1979 by Ord. No. 929A; 7-1-1980 by Ord. No. 986; 4-14-1981 by Ord. No. 1016; 4-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2-16]
(12) 
Municipal Parking Lot 13. Located on the north side of Atlantic Avenue between Ocean Boulevard and Ocean Avenue.
[Added 7-2-1984 by Ord. No. 1176]
(13) 
Municipal Parking Lot 14. Located on the west side of Kossick Way, between Brighton Avenue and West End Court.
[Amended 7-26-1988 by Ord. No. 46-88]
(14) 
Municipal Parking Lot 15. Located on Montgomery Avenue and Second Avenue.
[Added 8-23-2011 by Ord. No. 31-11]
(15) 
Municipal Parking Lot 16. Located on Melrose Terrace and Ocean Avenue.
[Added 8-23-2011 by Ord. No. 31-11]
C. 
Markings.
(1) 
The Chief of Police shall cause lines or appropriate markings to be painted on the surface of the municipal parking lots outlined and designated each parking space. Every vehicle shall be parked within the lines or markings.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any operator to park any vehicle outside of the lines or markings or to park any vehicle in such a position that it shall not be entirely within the space designated by the lines or markings.
D. 
Vehicles permitted in lots. The parking of vehicles on any of the municipal parking lots covered by this section shall be limited to types of vehicles commonly referred to as private passenger automobiles, motorcycles, motor scooters and light commercial vehicles not in excess of 25 feet in length, and it shall be unlawful to park any other vehicles in the lots.
E. 
Time limit.
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked or remain parked in any of the municipal parking lots for a period in excess of two hours, except on Sundays and legal holidays, and except as hereinafter provided.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked in the municipal parking lots or any of the reserved parking areas daily between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
[Amended 4-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2-16]
(3) 
The two-hour time limit imposed by Subsection E(1) shall not apply to the northerly portion of Municipal Parking Lot No. 1, known and designated as "Block 247, Lots 7, 8 and 9" on the Official Tax Map of the City of Long Branch, and to the northerly portion of Municipal Parking Lot No. 2, known and designated as "Block 256, Lot 13A," on the Official Tax Map of the City of Long Branch. Parking on said portions of said municipal parking lots shall be unlimited except as provided for in Subsection E(2).
[Amended 6-7-1976 by Ord. No. 817]
(4) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked in the Municipal Parking Lot No. 13 for a period in excess of 30 minutes during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. any day of the week.
[Added 7-2-1984 by Ord. No. 1176]
F. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, Reserved parking, as amended, was repealed 4-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2-16.
G. 
Tampering prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, damage, tamper with, remove or destroy any sign or marking provided for by this chapter.
H. 
Signs. The effectiveness of this section is contingent upon signs being erected and posted as required by law.
I. 
Enforcing authority. The Police Department shall enforce this section. Any police officer observing any violation shall make a record of the violation, including the number of the municipal parking lot, the area of the same involved, whether general parking or reserved parking, the state license or registration number of the vehicle, the date and hour of the overtime or illegal parking and any other pertinent details. Each police officer shall also attach to the vehicle involved a summons as provided in the rules governing the New Jersey Courts.
J. 
Removal of illegally parked vehicles. If any vehicle is parked in any municipal parking lot in violation of any of the provisions of this section, the Police Department may cause the vehicle to be removed to such place as is designated by the Chief of Police. The owner or operator of any vehicle so removed shall pay the reasonable cost and expense of the removal and storage which may result therefrom, and any person desiring to reclaim the motor vehicle may do so by paying the cost and expense of the removal and storage.
[Added 6-9-2015 by Ord. No. 9-15; amended 5-23-2017 by Ord. No. 8-17]
A. 
Block 288 Lot 1 and Block 287 Lots 1, 2, 22.03, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.01 and 34 being in the same hereby are designated as City-owned metered parking lots. This section shall also apply to any property leased by the City of Long Branch from a private property owner or corporation or other business entity for the purpose of seasonal parking.
(1) 
Parking shall be permitted in said lots between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to midnight, subject to the discretion of the Business Administrator of the City of Long Branch closing of said lot for any reason.
(2) 
There shall be no overnight parking in said municipal City-owned metered parking lot. Any vehicle found on said City-owned metered lot after 3:00 a.m. is subject to summons and towing at the owner's expense.
(3) 
Payment for parking.
(a) 
Payment for parking shall be fixed as follows:
[Amended 4-12-2023 by Ord. No. 10-23]
[1] 
Monday through Thursday: $10 per day or $2 per hour.
[2] 
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays: $20 per day or $3 per hour.
[3] 
Any vehicle registered to a residential address within the City of Long Branch is exempt from parking fees within the metered lot described in § 244-2.1A.
(b) 
If a vehicle leaves the parking lot and re-enters the parking lot, the vehicle is obligated to pay a second parking fee as there is a no re-entry policy.
(4) 
All vehicles must display faceup in the windshield of the parked vehicle the parking metered receipt. Any vehicle that has parking metered receipt facedown in the windshield shall be subject to a summons.
(5) 
Rules and regulations governing the parking on City-owned metered parking lots as set forth in this section shall be subject to rules and regulations that shall be enforceable as posted at the municipal parking lot.
(6) 
Subject to amendment at any time by the City Business Administrator upon the advice of the Chief of Police, the Code Officials of the City of Long Branch, the Fire Marshal of the City of Long Branch the regulations governing this section may be changed at any time.
[Amended 6-26-2019 by Ord. No. 13-19]
(7) 
The rules and regulations shall subject any violators to the violations and penalty provisions of § 244-4.
(8) 
This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage.
(9) 
All other provisions of Chapter 244 shall remain in full force and effect;
(10) 
The City of Long Branch assumes no liability or responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicles or its contents parked in City parking area or facilities.
(11) 
Lot is a self-park facility; please park and lock vehicle and note area in which you have parked.
(12) 
All signs and markings are in the interest of parking control and safety, and must be obeyed under penalty of citation and/or towing at owner's expense. Removal or damage of such signs or markings is illegal; violators are subject to arrest and prosecution. Vehicles parking in NO PARKING ZONES are subject to ticketing/towing. NO PARKING ZONES include but not limited to yellow-curbed areas, driveways, sidewalks, handicapped ramps, fire zones and other designated areas.
(13) 
The speed limits in the City of Long Branch Parking Lots have been restricted to 10 miles per hour. Persons exceeding the posted speed limit may receive a City of Long Branch Municipal Court traffic violation summons.
(14) 
The City of Long Branch reserves the right to close any parking area or part thereof or roadway for reasons of repair, safety, and other instances as needed. Vehicles parked within such areas closed by barricades, signs, or notification may be towed at owner's expense.
(15) 
Absence of signage is not an authorization to park. Parking is permitted in designated area only.
(16) 
If damage is caused to a motor vehicle being towed by an independent contractor, the City of Long Branch is not liable or responsible for any such damage. This does not affect the liability of any independent contractor carrying out the towing.
The City Council of the City of Long Branch is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to exempt controlled metered public streets, or any portion thereof, from the payment of any charges for parking for certain periods.
[Amended 2-27-1979 by Ord. No. 935; 3-8-1994 by Ord. No. 19-94; 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 19-11; 5-15-2014 by Ord. No. 9-14]
A. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each and every violation of this chapter. However, Subsections B and C below prescribe specific fines and penalties for the specific offenses identified therein.
B. 
For persons violating the parking time limits or the parking prohibition requirements specified in this chapter who wish to plead guilty and pay the fine through the Violations Bureau, the fine shall be $48 for each and every violation.
C. 
For persons violating § 244-1E above (Certain acts prohibited), a fine shall be imposed in the minimum amount of $250 and in the maximum amount of $1,000, which shall be determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge, plus restitution to the City in the amount required to repair the parking meter pay station as certified by the LBPA.
[Added 2-27-1973 by Ord. No. 675]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1, providing that institutions of a semipublic character not for pecuniary profit, incorporated under Title 15, may request the provisions of Subtitle I of Title 39 be made applicable to the semiprivate roads, streets, driveways and parking areas used by said institution, the provisions of Subtitle I of Title 39, at the request of Monmouth Medical Center, are hereby made applicable to the following described areas:
A. 
Employees' and visitors' parking: Second Avenue lot bounded by doctors' parking to the north and Dunbar Avenue to the south. Parking restricted to visitors, employees and some vendors.
B. 
Doctors' parking area: bounded on the north by Alexander Pavilion Tunnel and on the east by Second Avenue. Restricted to doctors, clergymen, evening nursing personnel and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
C. 
Driveway and entrance of Alexander's Pavilion Second Avenue: prohibited parking.
D. 
Rear yard and driveway of 124 Pavilion Avenue and rear driveway of Alexander Pavilion Building: restricted for use of authorized house personnel.
[Amended 6-12-1973 by Ord. No. 695]
E. 
Rear yard and driveway of 128 Pavilion: restricted for use of authorized maintenance and security personnel.
F. 
Rehabilitation parking area: bounded on the east by 136 Pavilion and on the south by the Alexander Pavilion Tunnel and situated directly behind physical therapy. Parking restricted to rehabilitation patients, authorized physical therapy employees, hospital courier and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
G. 
Semicircular drive that starts on Pavilion and circles the laundry back into Pavilion in a one-hundred-eighty-degree arc: parking restricted to authorized lab personnel, emergency service vehicles and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
H. 
Steinman-Housman visitors' and doctors' parking: L-shaped area bounded by Third Avenue and Pavilion and the north and west sides of the Steinman-Housman Building. Parking restricted to doctors of Steinman-Housman, their patients, other authorized physicians and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
[Amended 6-12-1973 by Ord. No. 695]
I. 
Dunbar Avenue emergency entrance driveway and ambulance parking area: parking prohibited.
[Amended 6-12-1973 by Ord. No. 695]
J. 
Radiation therapy parking: the gate-controlled parking on the Dunbar Avenue side of therapy as well as that area of the north side of the radiation therapy building. Parking restricted to radiation patients, authorized radiology personnel and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
[Amended 6-12-1973 by Ord. No. 695]
K. 
Interior drive and main entrance driveway fronting the Greenwald Pavilion and exiting into Dunbar Avenue: prohibited parking.
L. 
Patient pickup area: located at the double doors of the Alexander Pavilion Tunnel, at the west end of the doctors' parking lot. Parking restricted to allow patient discharge and pickup.
M. 
Parking strip known as the "tower parking area" and bounded on the north by Dunbar and on the south by Bath Avenue: parking restricted to those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
N. 
Driveway and rear of 130 Dunbar: restricted for use of personnel authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
O. 
Driveway and rear of 134 Dunbar: restricted for use of personnel authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
P. 
Driveway and rear of 156 Dunbar: restricted for use of personnel authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
Q. 
Driveway and rear of 158 Dunbar: limited parking for authorized construction personnel.
R. 
Rear driveway of the P & E Building running north and south from Dunbar to Lowden and bounded on the west by the rear of the P & E Building: prohibited parking.
S. 
Parking area opposite Lowden Avenue tennis courts and bounded on the north by Dunbar and on the south by Lowden: restricted parking for the use of P & E and Steinman-Housman nursing personnel and those authorized by the Parking Coordinator.
T. 
Parking areas on the north, south and west side of the P & E Building: parking restricted to the use of P & E doctors and their patients.
U. 
Borden Apartment and Auxiliary Hall property bounded on the north by Lowden Avenue, on the west by Third Avenue, on the south by Bath Avenue and on the east by the Lowden Garden Apartments: parking restricted for the use of Borden Apartment tenants and authorized Auxiliary Hall personnel.
V. 
Pollack Clinic: parking area to the rear of Pollack Clinic and bounded on the west side by the railroad tracks. Parking restricted for the use of authorized clinic personnel.
W. 
The above-cited parking areas are specifically designated in the plot plan attached to and made a part of the ordinance of 1-26-1971 as amended 2-27-1973, which are hereby incorporated as a part of this section as if fully set forth herein.
X. 
Vehicles will be permitted to park only in designated parking areas and only within the parking stalls delineated by painted fines. All vehicles permitted to park will be properly identified.