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Township of Bridgewater, NJ
Somerset County
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[Added 12-3-1990 by Ord. No. 90-32]
No operator of a motor vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped, unless the vehicle is authorized to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or traffic sign or signal.
The municipal law enforcement officers shall enforce the aforementioned parking restrictions on spaces appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped on both public and private property.
[Amended 8-16-2004 by Ord. No. 04-29]
A. 
Any person parking a motor vehicle in restricted parking spaces 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. These penalties are provided for notwithstanding the penalties set forth in Article XIII, Penalties, § 206-28, Violations and penalties.
B. 
No penalty shall be imposed for the overtime parking of any motor vehicle which has displayed thereon a placard or wheelchair symbol license plates issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 et seq., or municipal ordinance, unless such vehicle shall have been parked in one location for more than 24 hours. This provision shall apply only when the person to whom the placard or special license plate has been issued is either the driver or a passenger of the vehicle.
A. 
Due notice of the handicapped parking restriction must be given to the public by placing a visible sign at the place where parking is restricted for the handicapped in order for this article to be effective.
B. 
All signs erected to notify the public that parking in a space is reserved for the handicapped shall also state the penalties set forth in § 206-50A of this article which may be imposed for a violation. Signs which were erected prior to the effective date of the Article shall be modified within 12 months after the effective date to include the penalty information.
The Chief of Police of the municipality shall be responsible for designating restricted parking spaces for use by handicapped persons who have been issued special identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 et seq.
Notwithstanding any provision of N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 et seq. to the contrary, the Chief of Police of this municipality shall issue to any person who has temporarily lost the use of one or more limbs or is temporarily disabled as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise temporarily limited, as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery in this state or a bordering state, a temporary placard of not more than six months' duration. Each temporary handicapped placard issued under the provisions of this section shall set forth the date on which it shall become invalid.
A. 
The temporary placard shall be granted upon written certification by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine or surgery in this state or a bordering state, that the person meets the conditions constituting temporary disability as provided in this section. This certification shall be on a standard form which shall contain only those conditions constituting temporary disability as are provided in this section. Physical presence of the handicapped person shall not be required for the issuance of a temporary handicapped placard.
B. 
The placard may be renewed one time at the discretion of the Chief of Police for a period of not more than six months' duration. The placard shall be displayed on the motor vehicle used by the temporary handicapped person and shall give the person the right to park overtime or to use special parking places established for use by handicapped persons in any municipality of this state.
C. 
The fee for the issuance of such temporary placard shall be $4 and payable to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.