Any motorist found guilty of violating any approved
ordinance or resolution regulating motor vehicle operations for which
there are no specific penalties provided by the State of New Jersey
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $100.
[Added 1-4-1990 by Ord. No. 1090-89;
amended 11-27-1991 by Ord. No. 1155-91; 4-15-2002 by Ord. No. 1541-02; 10-7-2003 by Ord. No. 1592-03; 6-21-2004 by Ord. No. 1625-04; 10-4-2004 by Ord. No. 1640-04]
A. Any person pleading guilty or found guilty of the
following parking violations shall be subject to the following corresponding
fines:
(1)
Section
295-4, Parking prohibited at all times: $37.
(2)
Section
295-5, Parking prohibited certain hours (street cleaning): $74.
[Amended 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 1780-08]
(3)
Section
295-6, No stopping or standing: $53.
(4)
Section
295-7, Overtime metered parking: $27.
(6)
Section
295-7.2, Overnight parking of trucks and buses: $107.
(7)
Section
295-15, snow emergency no parking: $57.
(8)
Section
295-34, Parking violation in private area subject to state statute: $58.
(9)
Section
295-34.1, prohibited parking, private property - fire zone: $58.
(12)
Abandoned cars on private areas: $47. (See §
293-3.)
(13)
Unauthorized parking in designated municipal parking lots as set forth in §
201-1 entitled "Established municipality-owned parking areas": $38.
B. Any person pleading guilty or found guilty of violating §
295-8, that is, driving a truck over four tons gross weight on any street except those that are designated as truck routes (Schedule V, §
295-24), shall be subject to a fine of $67.
C. If any person parks an unauthorized vehicle in a parking
space designated for handicapped parking only, whether on public or
private property, such person parking such unauthorized vehicle shall
be subject to the following penalties:
(1)
For a first offense, the person shall pay a
fine of $257.
(2)
For a second offense and other offenses subsequent
to the first offense, the person shall be fined at least $257. In
addition, the Municipal Court Judge may sentence the person adjudged
guilty to serve up to 90 days of community service on such terms and
in such form as the Court shall deem appropriate. The Court may also
sentence the person found guilty to pay the fine of at least $257.
D. Fines of §
295-17.1A(2).
[Added 10-7-2008 by Ord. No. 1780-08]
(1)
The fine set forth in §
295-17.1A(2) shall remain in effect for three months from the effective date of the adoption of this Subsection
D. If the Council fails to take any further action to change this fine, then the fine of $74 shall remain in full force and effect.
(2)
The provisions of §
295-5, Parking prohibited certain hours, which give the City of Passaic the right to tow cars which are parked in areas defined as tow-away zones under Schedule IIB, Alternate Parking, shall be held in abeyance for three months from the effective date of this Subsection
D. Failure of the Council to take action to reinstate the tow-away zones shall eliminate the tow-away zone for violation of the no parking for street cleaning.
(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection
D, in the event of emergent conditions which affect public health and safety, the Mayor shall, in coordination with the Superintendent of Public Works and in consultation with the City's Health Officer, have limited authority to tow vehicles parked in violation of the Street-Cleaning Ordinance on an as-needed basis to correct such emergent conditions.