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.
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.