[Adopted 12-2-1976 as Ch. 107 of
the 1976 Code]
Within the limits of the Township of South Hackensack,
no person, firm or corporation shall conduct or carry on the business
of the parking of motor vehicles for hire in any parking lot, other
than in a garage entirely walled and roofed, or work in, occupy or
utilize, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, any place
or premises in or upon which is conducted or carried on the parking
of motor vehicles for hire in other than a garage entirely walled
and roofed, unless and until there shall be granted by the Township
Committee of the Township of South Hackensack, in accordance with
the terms of this chapter, and shall be in force and effect a license
to conduct said business for the place and premises in or upon which
said business shall be conducted and carried on.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any fee, charge, cost, expense or other consideration of
any kind or character which shall be paid, given or promised, either
directly or indirectly, as the result of which permission is granted
or obtained for the parking of a motor vehicle.
The license shall be applied for by written
application filed with the Township Committee. Such application shall
set forth the full name of the applicant, the location of the premises
in or at which the business is to be conducted, the total area of
the ground space thereof and a detailed diagram of the same, setting
forth the manner in which said business is to be operated. Said application
shall also be accompanied by a deposit to cover the license fee for
the current year in the amount hereinafter provided.
[Amended 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-14]
There shall be charged and collected for said license an annual fee as provided in Chapter 108, Fees. Said license shall expire on January 1 in each year, and in the case of the first license issued to any applicant hereunder the fee therefor shall be prorated as to the balance of the year then remaining. Said license fee shall be payable in advance for each year or part thereof.
For sufficient cause, after notice and hearing,
the Township Committee may refuse to grant any application for a license
hereunder or may revoke any such license previously granted.
Means of access or egress for such licensed
premises shall be limited to a driveway of not more than ten (10)
feet in width. Additional driveways may be located not less than two
hundred (200) feet apart. Each such driveway shall be properly guarded
by an attendant at all times during which such business shall be operated.
Such licensed place or premises shall at all
times comply with all proper police and fire regulations imposed by
the Township of South Hackensack police and fire authorities.
Said business and the place and premises where
conducted shall be subject to reasonable inspection by the police
and fire authorities of the Township of South Hackensack. It shall
be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of the
Police Department to immediately report, in writing, to the Township
Committee any violation of any regulation imposed by their respective
Department. Said report shall set out the specific regulation violated
and the nature of such violation.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the terms or provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days, a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof.
[Amended 12-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-14; 2-14-2008 by Ord. No.
2008-02]
B.
Each day that a violation of any of the terms or provisions
of this article shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
