The following words and phrases, which are not defined in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes of this article:
PARKING METER
A. 
Any mechanical or electronic multispace device or meter not inconsistent with this article placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this article. Each "parking meter" installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the terms of this article and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time and, at the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
B. 
An "electronic multispace meter box" shall be defined as a meter box placed on a pedestal whose time and parking space number display are activated by the deposit of the appropriate coin or coins or the insertion of a magnetic stripe card in lieu of actual coinage.
PARKING METER SPACE
Any space within a parking meter zone, which is adjacent to a parking meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street or lot adjacent to or adjoining the parking meters.
PARKING METER ZONE
Any restricted on-street parking area or off-street parking lot upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
[Amended 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-34]
The Director of Community Services is hereby directed and authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking meter zones designated and described in § 327-38, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street or lot. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
[Amended 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-34; 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-68]
In said parking meter zones, the Director of Community Services, or the Township if the meters are within the jurisdiction of the Township, shall cause parking meters to be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or area immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided in § 327-32 of this article. No parking meters shall be installed in areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138. The Director of Community Services, or the Township if the meters are within the jurisdiction of the Township, shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters. Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, lawful money of the United States of America, for the period of time prescribed in § 327-34. Each device shall be so arranged that upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease, and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. Each electronic multispace meter, when activated, shall alternately display the parking space number and the expiration time.
Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter is located, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering the said parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in said meter such proper coin of the United States of America as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter, and when required by the directions on the meter, the operator of such vehicle, after the deposit of the proper coin, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with directions properly appearing thereon, and failure to deposit such proper coin and to set the timing mechanism in operation when so required shall constitute a violation of this article. Upon the deposit of such coin (and the setting of the timing mechanism in operation when so required), the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which said parking space is located, provided that any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit a coin so long as his occupancy of said space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space and if the meter shall indicate such illegal parking, then and in that event such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this article.
A. 
When a parking meter space is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter space is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; when a parking meter shall have been installed at the head of and immediately adjacent to any parking space on a municipal off-street parking lot, no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking meter; provided, however, that in municipal off-street parking lots, signs shall be erected indicating that "head-on" parking only is permitted. In any event, a vehicle shall be parked within the lines marked on the pavement measuring such parking space.
B. 
Handicapped parking. In spaces so designated by proper signage indicating handicapped parking, only those motor vehicles exhibiting license plates designating the handicapped status of the same shall be entitled to occupy said space.
C. 
Any person parking a motor vehicle in a restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification card shall be liable to a fine of $250 for the first offense and, for subsequent offenses, a fine of at least $250 and up to 90 days' community service on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
[Amended 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 03-69]
A. 
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to:
(1) 
Cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone as herein described, or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone.
(2) 
Permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
(3) 
Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
(4) 
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
(5) 
Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
(6) 
Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the Essex County jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Amended 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-5; 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-68]
It shall be the duty of the Township to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys deposited in said meters, and it shall be the duty of such person or persons so designated to remove from the parking meters the locked containers therein containing the coins so deposited in said meters and to deliver such locked containers to the Township, which shall unlock them and count the funds contained in such containers and deposit such funds in the usual manner provided by law.
[Amended 1-16-2001 by Ord. No. 00-66; 6-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-22; 8-20-2002 by Ord. No. 02-37; 5-25-2004 by Ord. No. 04-23; 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-52; 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-5; 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-68; 2-12-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-02[1]]
A. 
On-street parking meter zones.
(1) 
In accordance with § 327-32, parking or standing a vehicle in a parking meter space in the on-street parking meter zones described below shall be lawful during the hours specified only upon the deposit of such amount (the "meter rate") as is indicated for each specified period of time.
(2) 
The fee for all on-street metered parking zones in § 327-36A is $1 per hour.
[Amended 6-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-22; 6-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-23; 1-6-2009 by Ord. No. 08-53; 6-9-2009 by Ord. No. O-028-09; 9-22-2009 by Ord. No. O-056-09; 12-29-2009 by Ord. No. O-074-09; 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. O-10-016; 4-5-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-009; 8-12-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-41; 9-6-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-033]
Name of Street
Side
Hours/ Days
Location
Bellevue Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Northview Avenue to Valley Road
Bloomfield
Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Lackawanna Plaza to North Willow Street
Bloomfield
Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bell Street to North Mountain Avenue
Bloomfield
Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From North Willow Street to Glenridge Avenue
Bloomfield
Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Valley Road to Bell Street
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Glen Ridge Avenue to Pine Street
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 333 feet east of Grove Street to a point 256 feet west therefrom
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Midland Avenue to Valley Road
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 50 feet west of North Fullerton Avenue to a point 140 feet westerly therefrom
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Park Street to Midland Avenue
Bloomfield
Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Pine Street to Hartley Street
Bloomfield
Avenue
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Park Street to Valley Road
Bloomfield
Avenue
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From South Fullerton Avenue to Maple Avenue
Bloomfield
Avenue
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From South Fullerton Avenue to Park Street
Church Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From South Park Street to Trinity Place
Church Street
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 178 feet east from Orange Road to a point 180 feet therefrom
Church Street
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 94 feet west from Trinity Place to a point 36 feet therefrom
Cooper Avenue
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 50 feet east of Valley Road to a point 200 feet east therefrom
Depot Square
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 29 feet north of Walnut Street to a point 110 feet north thereof
Depot Square
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Label Street to Walnut Street
Elm Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 35 feet from Washington Street to a point 129 feet north therefrom, and from a point 229 feet from Washington Street to a point 100 feet therefrom
Elm Street
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 53 feet from Union Street to a point 118 feet north therefrom
Fairfield Street
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From North Fullerton Avenue to Watchung Plaza
Gates Avenue
[Amended 4-12-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-12]
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Union Street
Glenridge Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Forest Street to Bloomfield Avenue
Glenridge Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Grove Street to Greenwood Avenue
Glenridge Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Greenwood Avenue to Lackawanna Plaza
Glenridge Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From North Willow Street to Forest Street
Greenwood Avenue
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Lackawanna Plaza to Glenridge Avenue
Grove Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Walnut Street to Oxford Street
Label Street
[Amended 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-022]
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Depot Square to Forest Street
Lackawanna Plaza
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Glenridge Avenue
Lorraine Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bellevue-Lorraine Lot to Valley Road
Lorraine Avenue
North
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Valley Road to Braemore Road
Midland Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Portland Place
North Fullerton Avenue
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Munn Street
North Fullerton Avenue
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point feet south of Claremont Avenue to a point 397
North Willow Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Glenridge Avenue
Orange Road
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Washington Avenue to Cedar Avenue
Park Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Portland Place
Park Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Near Watchung Avenue
Pine Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Glenridge Avenue
Seymour Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to South Willow Parking Plaza
South Fullerton Avenue
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to The Crescent
South Fullerton Avenue
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Plymouth Street to Union Street
South Fullerton Avenue
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From The Crescent to a point 290 feet south thereof
South Park Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Church Street
South Park Street
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Church Street to The Crescent
South Park Street
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 60 feet south of Church Street to The Crescent
South Willow Street
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 182 feet south of Bloomfield Street to a point 226 feet south thereof
The Crescent
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From South Fullerton Avenue to Trinity Place
Trinity Place
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Church Street to Myrtle Avenue
Valley Road
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bellevue Avenue to Lorraine Avenue
Valley Road
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Avenue to Portland Place
Valley Road
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Cooper Avenue to Bellevue Avenue
Valley Road
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Lorraine Avenue to Oakwood Avenue
Valley Road
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From a point 262 feet south of Bloomfield Avenue to a point 120 feet therefrom
Valley Road
East
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From William Street to Van Vleck Street
Valley Road
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Bloomfield Place to Montague Place
Valley Road
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Church Street to Bloomfield Avenue
Valley Road
West
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Northview Avenue to Cooper Avenue
Walnut Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From Forest Street to North Willow Street
Walnut Street
Both
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From North Willow Street to Grove Street
Watchung Avenue
South
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From North Fullerton Avenue to Watchung Plaza
Watchung Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Oval surrounding park between Watchung Avenue and Fairfield Street
B. 
Off-street parking meter zones.
(1) 
Parking or standing a vehicle in a parking meter space in the off-street parking meter zones described below shall be lawful only when not in excess of the maximum parking time indicated during the hours of operation specified, on all days except Sundays and holidays, and only upon the deposit of such amount (the "meter rate") as is indicated for each specified period of time.
(2) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 230, Parking Lots, no person shall cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked in any of the following-described municipal parking lots between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of any day.
(3) 
Except as may be provided in § 230-8 and the fee schedule referenced thereto, the fee for all off-street metered parking zones in § 327-36B is $0.75 per hour.
[Amended 9-6-2016 by Ord. No. O-16-033; 4-23-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-014]
Name of Lot
(Location)
Hours/ Days
Bellevue-Lorraine Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Bellevue Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Fairfield Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Fullerton Park Parking Deck:
Ground level
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Levels 1 through 3
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Grove Street Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Maple Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Maple Place Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Midtown Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
South End Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
South Fullerton Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
South Willow Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Upper Montclair Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Valley Road Parking Plaza
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amendments to individual street entries noted where applicable.
A. 
Removal authorized. The Police Department of the Township of Montclair is hereby authorized, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.13, to immobilize, remove or cause to be removed any vehicle found operating or parked on a public highway, in a municipal parking lot or on other property owned, leased or under the control of the Township where there are any outstanding warrants against such vehicle. In addition to or in lieu of removal, any such vehicle may be immobilized by use of a device or other mechanism, which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless moved when such device or mechanism is in place. In any case involving immobilization of a vehicle pursuant to this section, the Chief of Police or his designee shall cause to be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, notice sufficient to warn any individual of the effect that any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle.
B. 
Notice of impoundment and disposition. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his designee, within 48 hours, to make every effort to ascertain the identity of the last registered owner and to notify such owner personally or by registered or certified mail of the immobilization, removal and disposition of such vehicle and all charges which must be paid by the owner to redeem the same.
Any such vehicle so removed shall be impounded and stored in a place designated by the Police Department and shall be held until it is redeemed or disposed of pursuant to § 327-41 below.
A. 
Before the owner or person in charge of any vehicle impounded pursuant to this section shall be allowed to repossess or secure the release of said vehicle, the owner or the agent of such owner shall pay all sums legally due the Township for warrants issued and outstanding against such vehicle and all sums due for towing and storage of the vehicle and an administrative fee of $25.
B. 
Any vehicle not claimed by its registered owner, or someone authorized in writing to act on behalf of the owner, by the 30th day following the day on which the vehicle was impounded or immobilized may be sold at public auction in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-139.13.