A.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.46, the City of Rahway
may, by ordinance, regulate the parking of vehicles in parking yards
and parking places which are open to the public or to which the public
is invited.
B.
Whereas, N.J.S.A. 39:4-138(o) restricts parking in
handicapped zones to certain vehicles, the following shall apply to
such specified spaces on quasi-public property in the City of Rahway.
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A parking space within a parking yard or parking places which
are open to the public or to which the public is invited, whether
maintained or operated separately or in conjunction with any business
or enterprise and which is designated by suitable signs as being reserved
for parking by handicapped persons only and which has been approved
by the Chief of Police of the City of Rahway to be so designated.
Any person who has been issued special vehicle identification
by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the State of New Jersey, pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205, or by a similar body in another state when such
motor vehicle properly identified pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206 by
a registration plate bearing the national wheelchair symbol, or properly
identified pursuant to the laws of another state, or displaying a
temporary handicapped placard issued by the Chief of Police.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park,
stop or stand a motor vehicle in a handicapped parking space unless
such person is a physically handicapped person.
This article shall require that the Police Department
of the City of Rahway enforce all and any violations of N.J.S.A. 39:4-138(o).
The fines are set by the administration of courts.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5, the parking spaces designated in Schedule XXI (§ 401-80) are reserved for parking by the handicapped.
