[Added 3-11-1982 by Ord. No. 954]
Parking meter zones are hereby established, subject to the prohibition imposed by N.J.S.A. 39:4-138 upon the parking or standing of vehicles in certain places as therein specified. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Palisades Park, deeming it necessary for the public good and safety, does hereby ordain that parking meter zones be established on the streets and highways in the Borough, and no person shall continuously park a motor vehicle in any zone in excess of the respective maximum time period set forth in Schedule XX (§ 282-64), attached hereto and made a part hereof.
No person shall park a vehicle in the parking
meter zones set forth in Schedule XX hereinabove set forth unless
the vehicle is parked in a parking space in front or in back of which
a parking meter is installed and unless the operator of the vehicle
deposits in the meter the coins required by this article and designated
on the parking meter.
[Amended 4-18-1983 by Ord. No. 972; 10-16-2001 by Ord. No.
1387]
Between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on each day, except Sundays and legal holidays, when said metering shall not be required, the maximum time limit for parking in each parking zone shall be as respectively set forth in Schedule XX in § 282-64 of the Code of the Borough of Palisades Park.
The Mayor and Council shall install parking
meters and designate parking meter spaces as provided in this article
and subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138. It is the responsibility
of the Mayor and Council to supervise the use and maintenance of parking
meters.
[Amended 5-21-1991 by Ord. No. 1132; 7-15-1997 by Ord. No.
1280; 4-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1526; 6-23-2015 by Ord. No. 1642; 8-25-2015 by Ord. No. 1651; 2-24-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3]
The Mayor and Council do hereby establish the
following fees for the parking of vehicles in metered parking spaces:
|
Zone
|
Coin Denomination
|
Parking Time Allowed per Coin
(minutes)
|
|---|---|---|
|
All zones (up to 2 hours)
|
$0.25
|
15
|
|
Additional 2 hours up to 4-hour maximum
|
$0.25
|
15
|
Parking meters installed in the parking meter
zones established in Schedule XX shall be on the curb immediately
adjacent to the individual parking spaces. Each parking meter shall
be placed so as to display a signal indicating whether the parking
space adjacent to the meter is legally in use.
Each parking meter shall indicate the following:
Signs shall be placed in proximity to parking
meters, indicating the hours and days when metered parking shall be
enforced.
The Mayor and Council shall designate the parking
spaces controlled by parking meters.
Operators of vehicles parked in parking meter
zones set forth in Schedule XX shall park vehicles in parking spaces
designated by meters. Operators shall park vehicles in parking spaces
so that the front of the vehicle is nearest to the parking meter.
An operator parking a vehicle in a parking space
within a parking meter zone shall immediately deposit in the adjacent
parking meter sufficient coin as designated by the meter so that the
meter registers parking time by its dial and pointer. No operator
shall permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking space adjacent
to a meter indicating expired or overtime parking, except during the
days and hours set forth in this article.
The registered owner of a vehicle shall be liable
for violations of this article by the operator of the vehicle, except
in the discretion of the Municipal Judge exercised pursuant to this
article.
[Amended 3-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-3]
No person shall deposit any device or substitute for a United
States coin, other than a credit card or debit card, in any parking
meter located in any parking meter zone as set forth in Schedule XX.
No person shall willfully deface, destroy or
tamper with any parking meter located in any parking meter zone as
set forth in Schedule XX.
Police officers shall report, in accordance
with the instructions of the Mayor and Council and the Chief of Police:
Police officers shall place, on vehicles parked
in violation of this article, a notice informing the owner or operator
that the vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this
article. The notice shall instruct the owner or operator to report
at the Violations Bureau of the Borough of Palisades Park in regard
to the violation.
A.
An owner or operator of a motor vehicle may, within
24 hours preceding the court date appearing on the summons when a
notice as set forth in this article was placed on the vehicle, waive
the hearing and pay to the Clerk of the Palisades Park Municipal Court
at the Violations Bureau:
[Amended 8-15-1995 by Ord. No. 1226; 4-23-2009 by Ord. No.
1526]
B.
Any person who does not pay the fine or penalty in
accordance with this section shall be subject to the procedures and
penalties imposed pursuant to this article.
A person who violates a provision of this article or who aids and abets a person violating this article, to whom the procedures of this article are inapplicable due to the nature of the violation or lack of compliance with the procedures set forth in § 282-43, shall, upon conviction by any Judge having jurisdiction over the violation, be subject to a fine not greater than $50 for each violation or imprisonment for a term not greater than 15 days in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners, or both.
