[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Howell
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Ord. No. O-78-18, as amended
through Ord. No. O-90-20 (§ 3-11 of the 1974 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any person, male or female, who has lost the use
of one or more limbs as a consequence of paralysis, amputation, or
other permanent disability or who is permanently disabled so as to
be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose
mobility is otherwise limited as certified by a physician with a plenary
license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey or a bordering
state.
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 family residences,
warehouse storage areas and all buildings conducting hazardous occupancies
that involve highly combustible, highly flammable or explosive material.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
The owners of all public buildings which provide
parking spaces adjacent to or used in conjunction with the public
building shall, within 180 days of notice by the Construction Code
Official or his/her designee in the Township, provide for parking
spaces for handicapped persons in accordance with the requirements
set forth in this article. All existing buildings at the time of a
change of ownership or change of tenant shall be required to update
the handicap accessible parking to meet the regulations set forth
herein.
Parking spaces for the physically handicapped
shall be constructed according to the following guidelines:
A.
Parking spaces in the parking facility shall be used
for handicapped parking in accordance with the Uniform Construction
Code Schedule 5:23-7.10(c)(d) and (e), but there shall be not less
than one parking space in each such facility which is required to
be van accessible. For every eight accessible spaces, an additional
van-accessible space is required.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
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 owners. In shopping
centers and other multistore facilities, the handicapped spaces shall
be as near to the principal store, if any, as possible or at such
other location as may be agreeable between the Construction Official
and the owner so as to provide the easiest accessibility to said buildings.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
C.
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified
with a clearly visible vertical sign which shall meet the following
requirements:
(1)
Each accessible parking space shall be marked with
a R7-8 sign from the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and
shall display the international symbol for accessibility. Beneath
each R7-8 sign, each accessible parking space shall be marked with
an R7-8P sign as required by N.J.S.A. 39:4-198, containing the following
language:
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
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Penalty: $250 first offense
Subsequent offenses: $250 minimum and/or up to 90 days community
service
Tow-away zone
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(a)
The bottom of the R7-8 sign shall be mounted approximately 60 inches
above the parking lot or sidewalk surface when the sign is parallel
to the sidewalk and approximately 72 inches above the parking lot
or sidewalk when the sign is perpendicular to the sidewalk.
(b)
The R7-8 sign shall be centered and mounted at the head of each parking
space.
(2)
Signpost. The sign shall be mounted on a "U" steel
channel signpost. The post shall weigh three pounds per foot and have
three-eighths-inch holes, one inch on center. The post shall be painted
with baked-on deep green enamel. The post shall be 11 feet in length.
The sign shall be secured to the post with vandal-resistant bolts.
(3)
Post sleeve. The signpost shall be placed in a protective
steel pipe sleeve with a nominal inside diameter of four inches. The
signpost and sleeve shall be placed in the ground to a depth of three
feet above the ground. The space between the signpost and sleeve shall
be filled with sand mix Portland cement concrete to the top of the
sleeve. The portion of the sleeve above the ground shall be painted
with traffic yellow enamel paint.
(4)
The lines designating the area shall be painted in
fluorescent blue paint, and the center of the space shall have painted
thereon the universal accessible symbol.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
(5)
Where a handicapped parking space is to be located
immediately adjacent to the wall of a structure or a continuous curb
and sidewalk, the owner of the public building may elect to mount
the sign required by this section in alternate fashions as follows:
(a)
Where the proposed space is adjacent to the
wall of a structure, the sign may be mounted in a secure fashion on
the wall of said structure at a point 60 inches from grade to the
space between the R7-8 and the R7-8P signs and so as to be clearly
visible from the handicapped parking space which it controls.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
(b)
Where the proposed handicapped parking space
will be adjacent to a continuous curb and sidewalk, the property owner
may install the sign as required by this section, except that no post
sleeve shall be required if the sign is installed in such a position
as to be insulated by the curb and sidewalk from vehicle impact, and
provided that the parking sign shall be located so as to be clearly
visible from the parking space which it controls.
D.
Each space shall be eight feet wide with an eight-foot-wide striped aisle, or 11 feet wide with a five-foot-wide striped aisle (see Chapter 5, Section 502, in ICC/ANSI A117.1-2003) 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.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
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.
The following regulations shall be observed
with regard to parking spaces designated and marked as being set aside
for the physically handicapped:
A.
No person shall stand or park any vehicle on public
or private property in any parking space designated and marked as
being set aside for the physically handicapped unless a Division of
Motor Vehicles license plate or identification card or Howell Township
identification card has been secured for said vehicle in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 and 39:4-206 and the vehicle is marked with
such identification card or license plates bearing the national wheelchair
symbol and a physically handicapped person is either the driver of
or a passenger in such vehicle.
B.
An eligible handicapped person may request the Howell
Township Police Department to arrange for the removal and storage
of any motor vehicle on public or private property which does not
display a Division of Motor Vehicles identification card or license
plate or Howell Township identification card and is parked in a space
designated as being set aside for the physically handicapped. It shall
be the obligation of the owner of such motor vehicle to pay the reasonable
cost of removal and storage which may result therefrom. Such removal
and storage costs shall be in addition to any other penalty which
may be assessed against the owner of such motor vehicle.
C.
"Eligible handicapped person" shall mean a physically
handicapped person who is the holder of either an identification card
or license plate bearing the national wheelchair symbol issued by
the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 and 39:4-206
or an identification card issued by the Township of Howell pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.7.
D.
The parking restrictions on spaces designated and
marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped may be enforced
by the Howell Township Police Department on both public and private
property.
A.
In the event that the owner of a public building fails
to comply with the requirements of this article within the time specified
herein, he shall pay a fine of $50 per day for each and every day
after the expiration of the appointed time that he fails to comply
with the requirements of this article.
B.
Any person who parks a motor vehicle in a space designated
as being set aside for the physically handicapped in violation of
this article shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense
and up to a minimum fine of $250 and up to 90 days of community service
for subsequent offenses.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-04]
[Adopted by Ord. No. O-82-18 (§ 3-12
of the 1974 Code)]
No person shall park or otherwise operate a
motor vehicle on Board of Education property as hereinafter defined
except in accordance with the terms of this article.
As used in this article the following words
shall have these meanings:
The Howell Township Board of Education, Howell Township,
Monmouth County, New Jersey.
All land owned or leased and maintained by the Board of Education,
including but not limited to rights-of-way, entrances to and exits
from parking areas, paved and unpaved areas, athletic fields and open
land surrounding and/or contiguous to Aldrich School, Ardena School.
Griebling School, Land O'Pines School, Newbury School, Ramtown School,
Southard School, Taunton School and the Board of Education administrative
offices.
The provisions of this article imposing parking
and other restrictions on Board of Education property shall not relieve
any person of the obligation to observe other more stringent provisions
prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
as set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:4-1 or any other statute of the State
of New Jersey or as otherwise set forth in this article.
No person shall park or otherwise leave a motor
vehicle in any position or area on Board of Education property except
for designated areas for parking.
No person shall park or otherwise leave a motor
vehicle on Board of Education property if the Board of Education has
posted any area as a no-parking zone.
No person shall enter or exit from Board of
Education property except by way of roadways and ingress and egress
provided for those purposes.
