[Adopted  9-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1192; amended in its entirety  10-12-1982 by Ord. No. 1213]
The purpose of this article is to establish certain areas of private property that are open to the public or to which the public is invited that shall prohibit parking in areas designated as "handicapped parking places" for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles. No other persons shall be permitted to park in these spaces.
This Article is enacted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46 which does confer upon the Borough the right to establish handicapped parking spaces in order to preserve and safeguard the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
A. 
The following areas shall be designated as handicapped parking spaces for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles. No other persons shall be permitted to park in these spaces which shall be so marked by signs indicating "Handicapped Parking Spaces," in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as shown on the attached site plan which is made a part of this article.[1] Each space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of this site plan is on file in the office of the Borough Clerk.
B. 
There are hereby designated the following handicapped parking spaces which shall be so designated and marked. Such handicapped spaces shall be used only by vehicles bearing appropriate handicapped identification insignia, as approved by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the State of New Jersey:
[Added  9-23-1985 by Ord. No. 1295; last amended 11-9-2009 by Ord. No. 2114]
(1) 
[2] A single handicapped parking space in front of 589 Carpenter Place (on the northerly curb line of Carpenter Place) beginning at a point 239 feet west of the northwest corner of Martling Place and Carpenter Place and continuing west a distance of 20 feet.
[Added 10-26-2020 by Ord. No. 2393]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(1), regarding 375 Bernard Place, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(2) 
(Reserved)[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding 542 Oakdene Avenue, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(3) 
(Reserved)[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(3), regarding 567 Studio Road, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(4) 
(Reserved)[5]
[5]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(4), regarding 479 Columbia Avenue, was repealed 9-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2234.
(5) 
A single handicapped parking space opposite or adjacent to 855 Broad Avenue, Ridgefield, New Jersey.
(6) 
A single handicapped parking space in front of the home located at 571 Studio Road, Ridgefield, New Jersey.
(7) 
(Reserved)[6]
[6]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(7), regarding 672-B Bruce Street, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(8) 
(Reserved)[7]
[7]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(8), regarding 485 Lincoln Avenue, was repealed 2-1-2017 by Ord. No. 2314.
(9) 
A single handicapped parking space shall be established on the easterly side of Bergen Boulevard at a point commencing 120.5 feet south of the apex of Bergen Boulevard and Aurora Avenue and proceeding southerly a distance of 18 feet in length.
(10) 
A single handicapped parking space at 595 Hillside Street, Ridgefield, New Jersey.
(11) 
A single parking spot adjacent to 1024 Linden Avenue, on the southerly side of Linden Avenue, beginning at a point 193 feet east from the point where the southerly side of Linden Avenue intersects with the easterly curbline of Grand Avenue, and continuing in an easterly direction along Linden Avenue a distance of 22 feet to a point lying 215 feet from the aforementioned intersection.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 2170[8]]
[8]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection B(11), regarding 585 Hillside Street.
(12) 
(Reserved)[9]
[9]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(12), regarding 573 Carpenter Place, was repealed 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2140.
(13) 
A single handicapped parking space at Biazzo Dairy Products, Inc., 1145 Edgewater Avenue, Ridgefield, New Jersey.
(14) 
A single handicapped parking space at 693 Stewart Street, Ridgefield, New Jersey.
(15) 
A single handicapped parking space at 543 Morse Avenue, Ridgefield, New Jersey, beginning just north of the existing driveway in front of those premises, running north a distance of 22 feet.
(16) 
A single handicapped parking space at 547 Church Street, Ridgefield, New Jersey, beginning just east of the existing garage on River Street in front of those premises on River Street, running east a distance of 22 feet.
(17) 
A single handicapped parking space adjacent to the premises known as 514 Abbott Avenue, on the easterly side of Abbott Avenue, beginning at a point 301 feet north of the intersection of the east side of Abbott Avenue with Edgewater Avenue, and continuing from that point north a distance of 22 feet.
(18) 
A single handicapped parking space at 976A Banta Place, beginning at a point 218 feet east of the intersection of Banta Place and Broad Avenue (northeast corner), and continuing a distance of 22 feet east from that point.
(19) 
(Reserved)[10]
[10]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(19), regarding 720 Bruce Street, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(20) 
A single parking spot on the north side of Slocum Avenue, adjacent to 965 Slocum Avenue, beginning at a point 323 feet east of the northeast corner of Broad Avenue and Slocum Avenue and continuing east a distance of 22 feet.
(21) 
A single parking spot adjacent to Bryant Place (on the south side of Bryant Place), for the use of the resident at 11-A Bryant Place, beginning at a point 240 feet west of the southwest corner of Bryant Place and Prospect Avenue and proceeding west a distance of 22 feet.
(22) 
(Reserved)[11]
[11]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(22), regarding 581 Stewart Street, was repealed 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2140.
(23) 
(Reserved)[12]
[12]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(23), regarding 777 Oakwood Lane, was repealed 9-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2234.
(24) 
(Reserved)[13]
[13]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(24), 1008 Linden Avenue, was repealed 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2140.
(25) 
(Reserved)[14]
[14]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(25), regarding 509 Hillside Street, was repealed 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 2369.
(26) 
(Reserved)[15]
[15]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(26), regarding 764 Clark Avenue, was repealed 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2239.
(27) 
(Reserved)[16]
[16]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(27), regarding 514 Hillside Street, was repealed 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2290.
(28) 
(Reserved)[17]
[17]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(28), regarding 555 Hillside Street, was repealed 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2427.
(29) 
(Reserved)[18]
[18]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(29), regarding 574 Carpenter Place, was repealed 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2390.
(30) 
(Reserved)[19]
[19]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(30), regarding 581 Carpenter Place, was repealed 9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2390.
(31) 
(Reserved)[20]
[20]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(31), regarding 1028 Elm Avenue, added 8-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2138, was repealed 2-12-2024 by Ord. No. 2475.]
(32) 
A designated handicapped space adjacent to 405 Chestnut Street (on the western side of Chestnut Street) beginning at a point 55 feet south of the southwest corner of Chestnut Street and Hamilton Avenue and proceeding north a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 9-8-2014 by Ord. No. 2261]
(33) 
A designated handicapped space adjacent to 504 Sunset Terrace (on the south side of Sunset Terrace) beginning at a point 127 feet east of the southeast corner of Bergen Boulevard and Sunset Terrace and continuing east a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 3-29-2016 by Ord. No. 2298]
(34) 
A designated handicapped space adjacent to 575 Stewart Street (on the west side of Stewart Street) beginning a point 447 feet south of the southwest corner of Clinton Place and Stewart Street and continuing south a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-7-2018 by Ord. No. 2333]
(35) 
A single handicapped space adjacent to 503 Ridgefield Terrace (on the north side of Ridgefield Terrace) beginning a point 314 feet east of the northeast corner of Bergen Boulevard and Ridgefield Terrace and continuing east a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-21-2018 by Ord. No. 2337]
(36) 
A single handicapped space in front of 509 Nelson Avenue (on the northerly curbline of Nelson Avenue) beginning at a point 127 feet east of the northeast corner of Bergen Boulevard and Nelson Avenue and continuing east a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 2357]
(37) 
A single handicapped space in front of 363 Oak Street (on the westerly curbline of Oak Street) beginning at a point 158 feet south of the southwest corner of Meuter Place and Oak Street and continuing south a distance of 18 feet.
[Added 9-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2364]
(38) 
(Reserved)[21]
[21]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(38), regarding 830 Elizabeth Street, was repealed 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2427.
(39) 
(Reserved)[22]
[22]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(39), regarding 813 DeLalla Terrace, was repealed 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2456.
(40) 
(Reserved)[23]
[23]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(40), regarding 586 Carpenter Place, added 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2427, was repealed 3-11-2024 by Ord. No. 2481.]
(41) 
A single handicapped parking space adjacent to 549 Hillside Street (on the west side of Hillside Street) beginning at a point 642 feet north of the northwest corner of Hillside Street and Edgewater Avenue proceeding north a distance of 22 feet.
[Added 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2427]
(42) 
A single handicapped parking space in front of 396 Oak Street (on the eastern curbline of Oak Street) beginning at a point 83 feet south of the southeast corner of Sketch Place South and continuing for a distance of 18 feet.
[Added 6-27-2022 by Ord. No. 2436]
(43) 
A single handicapped parking space in front of 563 Stewart Street (on the western curbline of Stewart Street) beginning at a point 28 feet from the southern edge of the curbline and driveway intersection of 563 Stewart Street and continuing 20 feet north on Stewart Street.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2456]
(44) 
A single handicapped parking space in front of 475 Chestnut Street (on the westerly curbline of Chestnut Street) beginning at a point 297 feet south of the southwest corner of Edgewater Avenue and Chestnut Street and continuing south a distance of 18 feet.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2456]
(45) 
Adding a single handicapped parking space in front of 15 VanCourtland Place (on the southerly curbline of VanCourtland Place) beginning at a point 87 feet west of the southwestern corner of VanCourtland Place and Charlotte Terrace and continuing west a distance of 20 feet.
[Added 8-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2468]
[Amended 3-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1281; 2-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2118; 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
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. Due consideration shall be given to scheduled mandatory fines for comparable motor vehicle offenses pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.