BOROUGH OF HILLSDALE

ORDINANCE NO. 07-20

TO AMEND CHAPTER 22-17 PARKING REGULATIONS OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE BOROUGH OF HILLSDALE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES FOR PARKING IN THE MUNICIPAL LOT WEST OF NEW JERSEY TRANSIT TRACKS BETWEEN HILLSDALE AVENUE AND WASHINGTON AVENUE

SECTION 1: Article 5. Chapter 22-17. Parking Regulations of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Hillsdale, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey is further amended to add Section 22.17 A to read as follows:

22.17 A. Fees in West Lot.

1. Establishment of Fee. Notwithstanding anything set forth in Chapter 22-17 there is hereby established a parking fee as set forth in Section 138 herein for parking between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on all days, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, in the municipal lot commonly referred to as the West Lot. Said west lot is more particularly described as the Borough owned property lying between Hillsdale Avenue and Washington Avenue west of the railroad tracks and bordered on the north by Hillsdale Avenue, on the south by Washington Avenue, on the east by Block 1105, Lot 1 and on the west by Block 1105, Lot 4.

2. Administration and Implementation.

a. Parking decals shall be obtained by payment of fee and application designating name address and license plate of the vehicle upon which the decal shall be displayed and proof of ownership thereof.

b. All persons parking, in the West Lot except for those spaces exempted in Paragraphs 2c hereof shall display an annual parking decal in the rear left window of each vehicle.

c. Daily fee parking shall be permitted in spaces so designated in the West Lot. All persons parking in the daily section shall display a current identification sticker and pay the daily fee. Such fee shall be payable in a lock box established on site. Persons with an annual parking decal shall be permitted to park in the daily fee spaces when the West Lot is full for the fee designated for parking in that area on a daily basis.

3. Penalty. For and in violation of the terms and conditions of the Ordinance a penalty of Ten ($10.00) Dollars per day is hereby imposed.

4. Exemption. Exempt from these requirements shall be the spaces marked as shoppers’ spaces abutting the right-of-way of Hillsdale Avenue from the east to the west of the aforementioned and described lot. No person shall park in these spaces for a period exceeding three (3) hours. Current penalties for violation of this provision shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 2. Prior Inconsistent Ordinances Superseded. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contrary to or inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby superseded.

SECTION 3. Invalidity. If any section or provision of this Ordinance be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, preempted by Federal or State law, or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any other section or provision hereof.

SECTION 4. Effect. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and publication, or otherwise as provided by law.