No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIII (§ 257-49), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XIV (§ 257-50), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 4-2-1996 by Ord. No. 1993-96]
B.
Additional parking prohibited certain hours. No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Subsection B of Schedule XV (§ 257-51B) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter, subject to the following:
(1)
The following vehicles shall be exempt from the parking prohibition of this Subsection B:
(a)
Residents. A vehicle owned or operated on a regular basis by a resident of the portion of a street on which parking is restricted by this Subsection B and where the vehicle has displayed a current residential parking permit on its left rear window in such a manner as to be closely examined by an officer.
(b)
Contractors, service and delivery vehicles.
Contractors, service and delivery vehicles bearing the name and address
of a commercial business may park without a permit during the time
that they are rendering service to a residence within the prohibited
area.
(c)
Emergency vehicles. Emergency vehicles and public
service, telephone and other public utility vehicles may park within
the prohibited area during the time that they are rendering service
or repairs within the area.
(2)
Application for parking permits under this Subsection B shall be made in writing on forms provided to the Township Clerk or her designee. Permits shall be granted only under the following terms and conditions:
(a)
To persons who are residents of that portion of a street upon which parking is restricted by this Subsection B, a permanent permit, valid for six months for tenants and three years for owner-occupants, shall be issued for every vehicle owned or principally operated by such person, subject to a limit of three permits for each residential unit.
(3)
A resident parking permit does not exempt a resident
from obeying all traffic rules and regulations, including but not
limited to parking too close to stop signs or intersections, alternate
side parking and no overnight parking.
C.
The residents of Orchard Road and Woodside Road between the cross streets described in § 257-51C shall be entitled, at no cost, to one resident parking permit for each automobile registered in the household. The Township Clerk shall issue the resident parking permits to the residents of Orchard Road and Woodside Road upon receipt of proof of residency and vehicle ownership for each vehicle for which a permit is to be issued. The holder of the permit shall display the permit in the left rear window of the vehicle. Notwithstanding 257-51C; the residents of Orchard Road and Woodside Road displaying the properly issued resident parking permit may park their vehicles on Orchard Road and Woodside Road. However, all other provisions of this Chapter 257 of the Code of the Township of Maplewood shall remain in full force and effect; and the residents of Orchard Road and Woodside Road shall comply with those provisions, including, but not limited to, commuter parking and overnight parking.
[Added 5-4-1999 by Ord. No. 2099-99]
No person shall stop or stand a vehicle during the times specified in Schedule XVI (§ 257-52) of any day, unless otherwise indicated, upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in said schedule, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Amended 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2624-10]
A.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown in Schedule XVII (§ 257-53) at any time between the hours listed in said schedule on any day, unless otherwise indicated upon any of the streets or part of streets described in said schedule.
B.
The following
vehicles shall be exempt from the parking limitations of this section:
(1)
South
Orange/Maplewood Board of Education employees working at Jefferson
School, provided that the employee vehicle has displayed a current
parking permit on its left rear window in such a manner as to be plainly
visible to police personnel; and
(2)
Provided
that the employee vehicle is parked on the west side of Brookside
Road between Jefferson Avenue and a point 123 feet south thereof or
on the north side of Maryland Road from a point 60 feet east of Ridgewood
Road to a point 260 feet east of Ridgewood Road or on the north side
of Maryland Road from a point 436 feet east of Ridgewood Road to Brookside
Road.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XVIII (§ 257-54), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except at the angle designated and only within the painted white stall lines.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5 et seq., those parking spaces so marked and described in Schedule XIX (§ 257-55), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are designated as restricted parking spaces for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards by the Division of Motor Vehicles or have specially equipped motor vehicles.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:32-11 et seq., those parking spaces so marked and described in Schedule XX (§ 257-56), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are designated for handicapped parking. Only those vehicles operated by or carrying handicapped persons shall park in these spaces.
A.
No vehicle shall be parked on any thoroughfare or
any parking lot between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no vehicle shall be parked on Dunnell Road between
Oakview Avenue and Baker Street between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
4:30 a.m. The penalty for violation of this section shall be $60 for
each and every offense.
[Amended 3-18-1997 by Ord. No. 2024-97; 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2383-07; 11-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2877-17]
B.
Upon complying with the conditions set forth in Subsection C, permits may be issued to motor vehicles which are commonly kept at night within the confines of the Township of Maplewood. Such motor vehicles, with the permit prominently displayed in the left rear window, shall be entitled to park in designated areas upon the streets and in designated parking lots of the Township of Maplewood between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
C.
Permits allowing parking on an overnight basis in
the Township of Maplewood shall be issued by the Township Clerk to
those persons who reside in a dwelling unit located in a one-, two-
or three-family detached residential dwelling, subject to the following
conditions:
(1)
Only one permit may be issued to a one-family dwelling.
Only two permits may be issued to a two-family dwelling. Only three
permits may be issued to a three-family dwelling.
(2)
No permit shall be issued until the designated person
from the Code Enforcement Department of the Township of Maplewood
shall prepare a report, at the request of the applicant for the permit,
attesting to the following:
(a)
The lot upon which the dwelling sits does not
contain a driveway or adequate space for the installation of a driveway.
(b)
The premises is not possessed of an easement
which allows use of a neighboring property or driveway so that vehicles
can reach the rear yard of the premises in question where parking
can occur.
(4)
The vehicle for which the permit is sought must be
owned or leased by the applicant, who is a person residing within
the Township of Maplewood.
(5)
Only private passenger automobiles are eligible for
permits.
D.
A qualified individual may apply for either a Type
A or Type B parking permit.
[Amended 5-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2593-09]
(1)
Maplewood residents who reside in a one-, two-, or three-family detached
dwelling (a qualified individual) may apply for one Type A or one
Type B parking permit per dwelling unit.
(a)
A Type A parking permit entitles the permit holder to park daily
in a Township parking lot designated by the Township between the hours
of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(b)
A Type B parking permit entitles the permit holder to park in
front of his/her residence, or the closest available parking space
adjacent to his/her residence, as designated by the Township, between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(2)
All qualified individuals as described above may purchase additional
Type A parking permits. All other Maplewood residents may purchase
a Type A parking permit. The cost of this Type A Parking Permit shall
be $600 per year, per vehicle.
(3)
A Type A or a Type B parking permit issued after June 30 of the permit
year shall cost 1/2 of the regular permit fee.
(4)
All Type A and Type B parking permits shall be valid from January
1 through December 31 of each year and must be renewed annually.
(5)
All Type A parking permits will be sold in a limited quantity on
a first-come basis.
E.
The Township Clerk, in issuing the permit, will designate
to the applicant the location where the subject vehicle may be parked.
F.
This section shall not apply to any state or county
road located within the Township of Maplewood and shall apply only
to those streets in the Township which are under the jurisdiction
of the Township.
G.
The Township Business Administrator, in cooperation
with the Chief of Police, may designate a snow emergency within the
Township of Maplewood. In the event that a snow emergency is declared,
the Township Business Administrator will notify the Chief of Police,
who will record the time that the snow emergency is declared. Each
permit holder is responsible to determine if a snow emergency exists
by checking with the Police Department. In the event that a snow emergency
has been declared, each permit holder must remove his/her vehicle
from any street or designated parking lot within one hour of the declaration
of the snow emergency and for the duration of the snow emergency.
Failure to do so will subject the vehicle owner to having the vehicle
towed, at the owner's expense, and to being ticketed for failure to
remove the vehicle in a snow emergency, which penalty shall be $18
for each and every offense.
A.
Applicability. The word "premises" shall mean and
apply to those lands owned by the Board of Education of the School
District of South Orange and Maplewood located in the Township of
Maplewood and having frontages on the northerly side of Parker Avenue
and the easterly side of Valley Street, the lands being the site of
the Columbia High School.
B.
Rules and regulations. The following regulations shall
be observed:
(1)
No person shall park, stop or rank a motor vehicle
or allow a motor vehicle to stand at any place on the premises at
any time between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
(2)
No person shall park, stop or rank a motor vehicle
or allow a motor vehicle to stand at any place on the premises at
any time between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day when
school is in session, provided that this subsection shall not apply
to any person employed at the school or to any person while on the
premises to attend any meeting or other function taking place at the
school.
(3)
No person shall use the driveways and parking areas
of the premises or any portion thereof at any time in either direction
between Parker Avenue and Valley Street, provided that this subsection
shall not apply to any person driving a motor vehicle upon the premises
for the purpose of discharging or picking up passengers at the high
school.
(4)
No person shall heedlessly drive a motor vehicle on
the driveways or parking areas of the premises or any portion thereof,
in willful or wanton disregard of the rights and safety of others,
in a manner so as to endanger or so as to be likely to endanger a
person or property.
C.
Enforcement. In any prosecution charging a violation
for the parking, stopping, ranking or standing of a motor vehicle,
proof that the particular vehicle referred to in the complaint was
parked, stopped, ranked or allowed to stand in violation of this section,
together with proof of the identity of the person who was the registered
owner of the vehicle at the time of the violation, shall constitute
in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner was
the person who parked, stopped or ranked the motor vehicle or allowed
the vehicle to stand at the place where and for the time during which
the violation occurred, unless conclusively proved otherwise.
The locations described in Schedule XXI (§ 257-57), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as loading zones.
The locations described in Schedule XXII (§ 257-58), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as taxi stands.
The locations described in Schedule XXIII (§ 257-59), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as bus stops.
[Added 9-4-2001 by Ord. No. 2173-01]
No person shall park a commercial vehicle, a livery or omnibus, except for the pickup and delivery of materials, on any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XXXVIII (§ 257-74), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 4-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2627-10]
A.
No vehicle shall park within five feet of a public or private driveway,
measured parallel with the curb from the edge of the driveway depression
to the bumper of the car on the following streets:
|
Name of Street
| |
|---|---|
|
Academy Street
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2786-15] | |
|
Baker Street
| |
|
Beach Place
| |
|
Berkshire Road
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Burr Road
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Burroughs Way
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Dunnell Road
| |
|
East Cedar Lane
[Added 9-5-2017 by Ord.
No. 2869-17] | |
|
Essex Avenue
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Garfield Place
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Highland Place
| |
|
Hillcrest Road
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord. No. 3026-21] | |
|
Lenox Place
| |
|
Maple Avenue
| |
|
Maplewood Avenue
| |
|
Millburn Avenue
[Added 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 3043-21] | |
|
North Crescent
[Added 2-19-2019 by Ord.
No. 2944-19] | |
|
Oakland Road
| |
|
Oakview Avenue
| |
|
Oregon Street between Springfield Avenue and Laurel Avenue
[Added 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 3044-21] | |
|
Park Road
| |
|
South Crescent
[Added 2-19-2019 by Ord.
No. 2944-19] | |
|
South Pierson Road
[Added 9-5-2017 by Ord.
No. 2869-17] | |
|
Union Avenue
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 2975-19] | |
|
Villa Terrace
[Added 9-5-2023 by Ord. No. 3099-23] | |
|
Winthrop Place
|
B.
Any person convicted of a violation of a provision of this section
shall be liable for a penalty of $30 for each offense.
[Added 3-5-2019 by Ord.
No. 2945-19; amended 9-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2967-19]
[Added 10-1-2019 by Ord.
No. 2971-19]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide a regulatory framework
for the construction of plug-in electric vehicle charging stations,
which will preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, while
also maintaining the character of Maplewood. Plug-in electric vehicle
charging stations will help reduce automobile air pollution, greenhouse
gas emissions and stormwater runoff contaminants.
B.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation
on public and private highways, roads, and streets; operates, either
partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an
off-board source, that is stored on-board via a battery for motive
purpose. "Electric vehicle" includes: 1) a battery electric vehicle;
and 2) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
A public or private parking space that is served by battery
charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer
of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery
or other energy storage device in anelectric vehicle.
C.
Location. Electric vehicle charging stations are encouraged to be
installed throughout the Township in accordance with applicable ordinances
and regulations.
E.
General regulations.
(1)
Multifamily buildings with five or more units shall have electric vehicle charging stations as 10% of the approved parking spaces. Electric vehicle charging station spaces may be included in the calculation for minimum required parking spaces required in accordance with Chapter 257.
(2)
Each electric vehicle charging station space shall be not less
than nine feet wide or 18 feet in length. Where feasible, a vehicle
charging station should comply with ADA standards.
(3)
Public electric vehicle charging stations are reserved for parking
and charging electric vehicles only. It shall be unlawful for any
person to park or leave standing a vehicle in a space designated for
the charging of plug-in electric vehicles unless the vehicle is connected
for charging purposes and actively charging. Electric vehicles may
be parked in any space designated for public parking, subject to the
restrictions that would apply to any other vehicle that would park
in that space.
(4)
Identification signage for electric vehicle charging stations
shall be posted immediately adjacent to and visible to the parking
space and have a designated sign not greater than 17 inches by 22
inches in size. One sign per electric vehicle charging space is required.
(5)
Charging station outlets and connector devices shall be no less
than 36 inches and no higher than 48 inches from the ground or pavement
surface where mounted, and shall contain a retraction device and/or
a place to hang permanent cords and connectors a sufficient and safe
distance above the ground or pavement surface. Equipment mounted on
pedestals, lighting posts, or other devices shall be designated and
located so as not to impede pedestrian travel or create trip hazards.
(6)
Adequate charging station equipment protection such as concrete-filled
steel bollards shall be used. Nonmountable curbing may be used in
lieu of bollards, if the charging station is setback a minimum of
24 inches from the face of the curb.
