Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Addiego, Diegnan and Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
Allows municipality to establish reserved parking zone on property adjacent to disabled person’s residence.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on February 10, 2020.
An Act concerning parking reserved for persons with a disability and amending P.L.1977, c.309.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1977, c.309 (C.39:4-197.6) is amended to read as follows:
1. Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish a restricted parking zone in front of a residence occupied by a person with a disability if a windshield placard or wheelchair symbol license plates have been issued for a vehicle owned by the person with a disability, or by another occupant of the residence who is a member of the immediate family of the person with a disability, by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.), provided such parking is not otherwise prohibited and the permitting thereof would not interfere with the normal flow of traffic. If the governing body determines that establishing a restricted parking zone in front of the residence occupied by a person with a disability is prohibited by law or would interfere with the flow of traffic, the governing body may establish, by ordinance, a restricted parking zone in front of property located directly adjacent to the residence occupied by a person with a disability, upon receiving written consent from the adjacent property owner. The 1[chief administrator] governing body1 shall prescribe a standard consent form which may be submitted by an adjacent property owner to the governing body prior to the establishment of a restricted parking zone.
Each standard consent form shall expire two years from the date of approval by the 1[chief administrator] governing body1, or upon the sale of the adjacent property by the owner, whichever occurs earlier, at which time the restricted parking zone may be converted to regular parking. Upon expiration, the adjacent property owner may request that the restricted parking zone remain in front of the adjacent property by renewing the standard consent form every two years in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as in the case of the original application.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.131, s.158)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment 1[, but the chief administrator may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act]1.