§ 280-72. Handicapped parking.

A. 

Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE

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 Borough of Fanwood to be so designated.

PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON

Any person who has been issued special vehicle identification by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 when using a motor vehicle properly identified pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-206 by a registration plate bearing the national wheelchair symbol or a temporarily handicapped placard issued by the Chief of Police.

B. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop or stand a motor vehicle in a handicapped parking space unless such person is physically handicapped. Any person who shall violate this section shall be punished in accordance with penalties described in N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.

C. 

This article shall be enforced by the Police Department who may issue a summons or place a notice on a vehicle parked in a handicapped parking space notifying the operator thereof that a summons will be issued if the operator does not, within 48 hours, present a satisfactory explanation to the Fanwood Police Department as to why the motor vehicle was occupying a handicapped parking space. Said satisfactory explanation must meet the requirements of N.J.S.A. 39:4-206 and any amendments thereto.

Amended 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 03-18R