[Adopted 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 1656]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2,
46 the Borough has determined to make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances
to regulate vehicular and pedestrian traffic and the parking of vehicles
in parking yards and parking places which are open to the public or
to which the public is invited, and entrances and exits to and from
same, whether maintained and operated separately or in conjunction
with any business or enterprise.
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
A designated area in an open area intended to be used as
an assembly area for fire equipment or personnel during a fire emergency.
A lane or alley providing access to a fire zone or fire area.
A designated zone adjacent to or part of a building or structure.
Any noncommercially licensed self-propelled vehicle, including
automobiles, recreation vehicles and trucks or vans.
Painted lines and arrows on the paved surfaces to designate
parking stalls, fire zones, traffic direction, etc.
Signs of the type used as regulatory, warning and advisory
signs as approved by the State Department of Transportation for traffic
control on streets and highways.
Any commercially licensed self-propelled vehicle, including
trucks, vans, recreational vehicles or automobiles, designed, used
or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
A vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of property,
goods or wares and drawn by a commercially licensed truck.
The following are prohibited in public and quasi-public
parking areas such as but not limited to shopping plazas, supermarkets,
banks and railroad stations:
A.
Parking or standing any motor vehicle, truck or truck
trailer within any area designated as a fire area, fire lane or fire
zone or in such a way as to impede ingress or egress to or from a
fire area, fire lane or fire zone to or from the parking area itself.
B.
Parking any motor vehicle, truck or truck trailer
anywhere other than in a designated parking stall or space at any
time other than during the operating hours of the premises which the
parking area serves.
C.
Parking any truck or truck trailer any longer than
necessary to load and unload at premises being served in order to
avoid any tie-up in the normal operation of such premises during operating
hours.
D.
Driving any motor vehicle, truck or truck trailer
in a direction or manner contrary to that designated by conspicuously
posted traffic advisory signs or pavement markings.
E.
Driving a vehicle carelessly or without due caution
and circumspection in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to
endanger, a person or property.
This article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and, when applicable, by the Fire Department.
[Amended 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
A.
Vehicles parked in violation of this article may be
towed away and impounded, the cost of which shall be borne by the
owner of the vehicle, which shall not be released until proof of payment
of such cost is submitted to the Police Department.
B.
Any person found guilty of violating this article
of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield shall be subject to a penalty
consisting of a fine or imprisonment, or both, subject to the discretion
of the Judge, the maximum of which shall be the maximum fine or term
of imprisonment permitted to be imposed by the court having jurisdiction
over the violation of this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield;
provided, however, that the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more
than $2,000 per offense and the prison term shall not exceed 90 days
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
