Parking spaces restricted for use by persons
with physical handicaps who have been issued special vehicle identification
license plates or windshield stickers by the New Jersey Division of
Motor Vehicles pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 when operating or using
a motor vehicle on which is displayed such license plate or windshield
sticker shall be provided by all owners of a place of public accommodation,
as defined to include all commercial and office facilities open to
the public for the purpose of purchasing goods and/or services which
have a parking lot or parking area solely within the boundary lines
of its property.
The Chief of Police of the Borough shall designate parking spaces restricted for use by handicapped individuals as set forth in §
347-18 of this article at public buildings of the Borough, other than the firehouses.
No less than one restricted parking space as
required by this article shall be provided for every 100 parking spaces
within a parking lot or parking area of a place of public accommodation,
provided that a minimum of one space shall be provided where the total
number of parking spaces is less than 100.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park
a vehicle at any time within the parking spaces designated and reserved
for physically handicapped parking unless the driver of said vehicle
is physically handicapped and unless the vehicle displays a physically
handicapped sticker or license provided by the State of New Jersey.
Any unoccupied vehicle parked or standing in violation of this section
shall be deemed a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety and
welfare of the residents of the Borough, and its removal may be provided
for by any police officer, the reasonable cost of such removal and
storage to be paid by the owner of the vehicle prior to regaining
possession of it.