City of East Orange, NJ Parking Meters

[Amended 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015]

The funds required to be deposited in or otherwise paid through parking meters as provided herein are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets and also the cost of supervision and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones created hereby and to cover the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and use of the parking meters.

§ 260-42 Operation.

[Amended 4-13-1987 by Ord. No. 10-1987; 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015]

The operation of the parking meters shall be through the use of United States currency or coin (including through payment by valid credit card, debit card or other remote payment device) deposited into the parking meter to the amount shown or displayed on the respective parking meter.

The operator of the vehicles shall, upon entering the parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited the required currency or coin (including through payment by valid credit card, debit card or other remote payment device) of the United States in such parking meter and set in operation the timing mechanism on such parking meter in accordance with the directions appearing thereon. Failure to deposit such currency or coin (including through payment by valid credit card, debit card or other remote payment device), or to set in operation the timing mechanism on such parking meter in accordance with the directions appearing thereon, shall constitute a breach of this article and shall subject such person to the penalty described in this chapter.

§ 260-43 Director of Public Works authorized to install and regulate use.

[Amended 5-27-1986 by Ord. No. 25-1986]

The Director of Public Works, when an appropriation is provided therefor, is hereby authorized to provide for the installation, regulation, control, operation and use of the parking meters provided for in this article and to maintain the parking meters in good working condition and to sign and mark the parking meter spaces for their legal position and time limits, and is hereby authorized and empowered, after the approval of the terms and conditions thereof by the Mayor and City Council, to purchase and install parking meters, together with extra coin boxes, service kits, extra units and other accessories.

No meters shall be installed at any of the areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-138.

§ 260-44 Violation of markings or time limits.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to park any vehicle in any position other than within the stall markings provided or for periods longer than the legal limit.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the maximum period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to deposit any or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any currency or coin (including through payment by valid credit card, debit card or other remote payment device) for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the maximum legal parking time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to which the parking meter is placed.

[Amended 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015]

It shall be unlawful to permit a vehicle to continue to occupy or be placed in any metered parking space while the meter is displaying a violation signal or for which the required amount has not been deposited.

[Amended 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015]

§ 260-45 Time of operation of parking meters.

Parking meters shall be in operation between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily, except Sundays and legal holidays, unless otherwise provided by the City Council.

§ 260-46 Use of slugs or foreign matter.

It shall be unlawful to knowingly deposit any material other than United States coins in any parking meter.

§ 260-47 Injuring or destroying parking meters.

It shall be unlawful for any person to deface or in any way tamper with any parking meter.

§ 260-48 Disposition of receipts.

The receipts and revenues collected from the coin boxes of the parking meters herein provided for shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes and deposited in the general funds of the City.

§ 260-49 Parking meter areas.

[Amended 7-20-2015 by Ord. No. 30-2015]

Parking or standing a vehicle in a parking meter space in the on-street parking meter areas described below shall be lawful during the hours, and upon the deposit or other payment of such amounts as may be determined and specified, from time to time, by the Parking Authority of the City of East Orange, pursuant to § 56-2 of the City Code and Ordinance No. 30 of 2015:

Name of Street	Side	Location
Amherst Street	East	Between Central Avenue and 108 feet to the north
Amherst Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 104 feet south
Ampere Parkway	East	Between Springdale Avenue and 80 feet north to Rowe Street
Ampere Parkway	West	Between Springdale Avenue and Hoffman Boulevard
Ampere Plaza	Both	Between 4th Avenue and North 18th Street
Arlington Avenue	East	Between Chestnut Street and Freeway Drive
Baldwin Street	Both	Between Main Street and William Street
Brick Church Plaza	North	Between Halsted Street and 95 feet west
Brick Church Plaza	North	Between South Harrison Street and Prospect Place
Central Avenue	Both	Between South Harrison Street and Orange City line
Central Avenue	North	Between 166 feet west of Evergreen Place and 64 feet west
Central Avenue	North	Between 85 feet west of Halsted Street and 91 feet west
Central Avenue	North	Between Nassau Place and South Clinton Street
Central Avenue	North	Between 195 feet east of South Harrison Street and 125 feet east
Central Avenue	South	Between 46 feet west of Halsted Street and 60 feet west
Central Avenue	South	Between 35 feet west of Sanford Street and 73 feet west
Central Avenue	South	Between South Clinton Street and Oak Street
Central Avenue	South	Between 190 feet east of South Harrison Street and 120 feet south
City Hall Plaza[1]	B-C	Between Winans Street and North Munn Avenue
Dodd Street	North	Between Cottage Place and North Park Street
Dodd Street	North	Between 129 feet east and 179 feet west of Prospect Street
Eppirt Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 149 feet south
Evergreen Place	Both	Between Central Avenue and Freeway Drive East
Evergreen Place	East	Between Harvard Street and 118 feet south
Evergreen Place	West	Between 160 feet south of Freeway Drive East and 44 feet south
Fourth Avenue	North	Between 240 feet west of Ampere Plaza and 137 feet west of North 19th Street
Fourth Avenue	South	Between 105 feet west of North 16th Street and 138 feet west of North 19th Street
Freeway Drive	West	Front of entrance to Municipal Court
Halsted Place	South	Between Evergreen Place and Halsted Street
Halsted Street	East	Between Brick Church Plaza and Main Street
Halsted Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 80 feet south
Hampton Terrace	North	Between South Harrison Street and 200 feet west
Hoffman Boulevard	West	Between Ampere Parkway and 230 feet north
Lincoln Street	East	Between Main Street and William Street
Main Street	Both	Between Baldwin Street and Lincoln Street
Main Street	North	Between North Arlington Avenue and North Clinton Street
Main Street	North	Between North Clinton Street and Orange City line
Main Street	North	Between Orange City line and Winans Street
Main Street	North	Between Winans Street and North Arlington Avenue
Main Street	South	Between Orange City line and South Clinton Street
Main Street	South	Between South Clinton Street and South Arlington Avenue
Main Street	South	Between South Maple Avenue and Newark City line
New Street	South	Between North Arlington Avenue and North Munn Avenue
North 16th Street	West	Between 4th Avenue and 165 feet south
North 17th Street	East	Between 4th Avenue and 150 feet south
North 18th Street	East	Between 4th Avenue and 150 feet south
North 18th Street	East	Between Whitney Place and Ampere Plaza
North 18th Street	West	Between 138 feet south of 4th Avenue and north to Ampere Plaza
North Arlington Avenue	East	Between New Street and City Hall Plaza[2]
North Arlington Avenue	East	Between 45 feet south of New Street and 110 feet south
North Burnett Street	East	For 291 feet north of Main Street
North Grove Street	East	Between Springdale Avenue and 150 feet north
North Harrison Street	Both	Between Main Street and William Street
North Maple Avenue	East	Between Springdale Avenue and 100 feet north
North Maple Avenue	West	Between Springdale Avenue and 122 feet south
North Munn Avenue	West	Between Main Street and New Street
North Park Street	East	Between Dodd Street and 160 feet north
North Walnut Street	East	Between Main Street and 89 feet north
Princeton Street	East	Between Central Avenue and 148 feet south
Prospect Place	Both	Between Brick Church Plaza and Main Street
Prospect Street	Both	Between Main Street and William Street
Prospect Street	East	Between Dodd Street and 240 feet north
Prospect Street	East	Between 165 feet north of William Street to Carlton Street
Rowe Street	North	Between Ampere Parkway and Newfield Street
Rowe Street	South	Between Ampere Parkway and Division Street
Sanford Street	East	Between Central Avenue and 190 feet south
Sanford Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 455 feet south
Shepard Avenue	East	Between Central Avenue and 115 feet south
South Burnett Street	East	Between Central Avenue and 203 feet south
South Burnett Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 161 feet north
South Clinton Street	East	Between Central Avenue and 129 feet south
South Clinton Street	West	Between Central Avenue and 110 feet south
Springdale Avenue	North	Between North Grove Street and North Maple Avenue
Springdale Avenue	North	Between 170 feet east of North Grove Street and west to North Maple Avenue
Springdale Avenue	South	Between 120 feet west of North Maple Avenue and east to North Grove Street
Washington Place	Both	Between Brick Church Plaza and Main Street
Washington Place	West	Between Main Street and 117 feet south
Washington Street	Both	Between Main Street and William Street
Whitney Place	South	Between 4th Avenue and Ampere Plaza
William Street	North	Between Lincoln Street and 120 feet west
William Street	North	Between Orange City line and Washington Street
William Street	North	Between Prospect Street and Morton Street
William Street	North	Between 160 feet east of Prospect Street and 115 feet east
Winans Street	East	Between Main Street and 565 feet north
Winans Street	West	Between William Street and Main Street

[1]

Editor's Note: Pursuant to Ord. No. 20-2023, adopted 9-11-2023, the name of City Hall Plaza was changed to "Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver Court."

[2]

Editor's Note: Pursuant to Ord. No. 20-2023, adopted 9-11-2023, the name of City Hall Plaza was changed to "Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver Court."

Parking or standing a vehicle in a parking meter space in off-street parking meter areas owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the Parking Authority of the City of East Orange, if any, shall be lawful only when not in excess of the maximum time, and only upon the deposit or other payment of such amounts as may be determined and specified, from time to time, by the Parking Authority of the City of East Orange pursuant to § 56-2 of the City Code and Ordinance No. 30 of 2015.