This chapter shall apply to any and all areas within the Township set aside for the parking of motor vehicles and designated by the Freehold Township Transportation Board as a municipal parking lot.
[Adopted by Ord. No. O-79-21 (Ch. 11A of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. O-97-27]
Any person owning or operating a motor vehicle who shall park same in a designated municipal parking lot without a current permit as provided for in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
Application for parking permits shall be made to the Township Clerk, who shall collect the appropriate fee and issue a decal to the applicant. The decal shall be displayed upon the vehicle to which the permit applies in such a location as shall be designated on the instructions provided by the Clerk. Failure to display the decal shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this chapter. No motor vehicles shall be parked in any designated municipal parking lot without a decal properly issued by the Township Clerk covering the motor vehicle for the current time.
A.
The parking permits provided for in this chapter shall only be issued to bona fide Freehold Township residents. As part of the application process, the applicant shall certify to such residency and, must present a current New Jersey driver's license showing the applicant's Township address. If the resident has moved to the Township within 60 days of making the application, the Township Clerk may issue a permit for up to 60 days. To renew beyond such temporary period, the resident must present the driver's license described above.
B.
Parking permits are not transferable, nor shall the holder of such a permit allow anyone, other than his/her spouse or child residing in the same Freehold Township household, to use the permit on either a temporary or permanent basis. No one other than an authorized user of the permit as provided for in the immediately preceding sentence shall use such parking permit.
C.
Parking permits are no longer valid and must be surrendered to the Township Clerk's office within two weeks of the permit holder changing his/her residency to a location outside of the Township.
D.
Any person found guilty of providing a false certification under Subsections A and B above or of facilitating the providing of such false certification shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of Subsection C above shall be subject to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
Whenever the designated commuter parking area provided by the Township shall apply to a portion of a parking lot, which designated area shall be appropriately marked, no motor vehicle displaying a decal issued hereunder shall be parked outside of the designated commuter parking area. Any person owning or operating a motor vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine not less than $50 nor more than $100.
A.
The municipal drive known as "Municipal Plaza," located in front of the Municipal Building and connecting Schanck Road with Still Wells Corner Road, is hereby designated as not being a through street. No one shall operate a motor vehicle through Municipal Plaza for any purpose other than conducting business at one or more of the municipal buildings comprising the municipal complex. It shall give rise to a presumption that the operator of a motor vehicle has violated this section if there is proof that the operator of the motor vehicle drove his or her vehicle continuously along Municipal Plaza without stopping the vehicle, exiting it and entering one or more of the buildings comprising the municipal complex.
B.
Signs shall be erected within a reasonable distance of both entrances of Municipal Plaza advising that it is not a through street.