As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
PHYSICAL HANDICAP
A physical impairment which confines a person to a wheelchair, causes a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity, affects the sight or hearing to the extent that a person functioning in public areas is insecure or exposed to danger, causes faulty coordination, or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination and perception to the extent that facilities are needed to provide for the safety of that person.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the general public or to which the general public is invited, including but not limited to theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, museums, schools, libraries, municipal facilities, recreation facilities, public transportation terminals and stations, factories, office buildings, businesses, shopping centers, hotels or motels and public eating places, whether privately or publicly owned, except that this term shall not include one to four-family private residences, warehouse storage areas or buildings conducting hazardous occupancies that involve highly combustible, highly flammable or explosive material.
The owners of all public buildings which provide parking spaces adjacent to or used in conjunction with the public building shall, within 180 days of the effective date hereof, provide for parking spaces for handicapped persons in accordance with the guidelines set forth herein and in a location and manner as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer. Any parking facility with less than 16 existing spaces shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be constructed according to the following guidelines:
A. 
A minimum of 1% of the total number of parking spaces in the parking facility shall be used for handicapped parking, but there shall not be less than two parking spaces in each such facility.
B. 
The location of the physically handicapped spaces shall be in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate to the building or buildings which the facility serves. The determination of said location shall be made by the Code Enforcement Officer in conjunction and consultation with the owner. In shopping centers and other multistore facilities, the handicapped spaces shall be as near to the flagship store as possible and/or at such other locations as may be agreeable between the Code Enforcement Officer and the owner.
C. 
Each space or group of spaces shall be identified with a clearly visible sign displaying the International Symbol of Access along with the following words: "These Spaces Reserved for Physically Handicapped Only. Special Vehicle Identification Required." The lines designating the area shall be painted in fluorescent yellow paint, and the center of the space shall have painted thereon the capital letter "H." On or before June 1, 1991, all signs identifying handicapped parking spaces shall also state the penalties which may be imposed for a violation, pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 39:4-198.
D. 
Each space shall be 12 feet wide to allow room for persons in wheelchairs or on braces or crutches to get in or out of either side of the automobile on a level paved surface suitable for wheeling and walking.
E. 
Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons in wheelchairs or using braces or crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.
F. 
Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit handicapped people access from parking area to sidewalk.
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space designated and marked as being set aside for the physically handicapped in any parking facility unless said vehicle shall have affixed thereto a special handicapped vehicle identification certificate or marker issued by the New Jersey Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Township Clerk, or by the appropriate official or agency of another state or local government. Parking in a handicapped space without the aforesaid vehicle identification shall create a rebuttable presumption that use of the space was not for the physically handicapped.
B. 
The Township Clerk shall issue free of charge a Township special vehicle identification marker to any physically disabled person who may not qualify for such identification under N.J.S.A. 39:4-204 but who does qualify under the definition of "physical handicap" in § 215-23 hereof. A physician's certification shall be necessary to establish the qualifying status of each applicant.
Any person who parks a motor vehicle in a parking space which is restricted for handicapped parking without a special vehicle identification card shall be upon conviction fined the sum of $100 for the first such offense and for subsequent offenses shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of at least $100 and shall be subject to a period of community service upon such terms and in such form as the court may deem appropriate, or both, at the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.