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Borough of Paramus, NJ
Bergen County
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Editor's Note: Former § 419-33, Definitions, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-34, Designation of parking spaces, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-35, Installation of parking meters, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-36, Operation of parking meters, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
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.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to:
A. 
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.
B. 
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.
C. 
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.
D. 
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
E. 
Deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
F. 
Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-39, Reports of violations; citations, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-40, Impounding of vehicles, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
Editor's Note: Former § 419-41, Purpose of meter deposits, was repealed 7-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31.
It shall be the duty of the ______________________ 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 Treasurer, who shall unlock them and count the funds contained in such containers and deposit such funds in the usual manner provided by law.