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Cit Clerk File No.

Agenda No.Agenda No.

Ord. 11-0753.e 1st Reading

2nd Reading & Final Passage

ORDINANCEOFJERSEY CITY, N.J.COUNCIL AS A WHOLEoffered and moved adoption of the following ordinance:

CITY ORDINANCE 11 -075ORDINANCE AMNDING CHATER 332 (VIDCLESAND TRAFIC) ARTICLE VITITLE: (pARG FACILITIES OPERATED BY PARG AUTHORITy) AN ARTICLE X(IOUNING AN BOOTING VEIDCLES) OF THE JERSEY CITYMUCI AL CODETHE MUNCIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY HEREBY ORDAINS:A. The following alendments to Chapter 332 (Vehicles and Trafc) Aricle VI (ParkingFacilities Operated by Parking Authority) are hereby adopted:

VEHICLES AN TRAFICARTICLE VI

Parkig Facilties Operated by Parking Authority

332-44.332-40. Through 332-43. No Change.

Towing away and booting of vehicles whose owners have failed to appear inresponse to traffc tickets.A. Notwthstading any other penalty provided by law, or any previous authorizationgiven to the Jersey City Parking Authority, no motor vehicle parked in violation ofAricles IV and V, or parked in violation of any other law, regulation, or ordinance,

including but not limted to the City's zone parking ordinances, may be booted; ortowed from its parking space and impounded by the City or the Parkig Authorityuness the owner of the vehicle has thee (3) or more outstading parking tickets andhas received failure to appear notices from the Jersey City Muncipal Cour on suchparkig tickets provided, however, that this limitation does not apply withn ParkingAuthority Zones Three (3) and Eight (8) and also provided, however, that any vehiclemay be towed in an emergency, or when the vehicle is unreasonably impedingvehicular or pedestran trfic, or when the vehicle is deemed a hazd to persons orpropert.l

B. No Change.C. No Change.

332-45. Through 332-46. No Change.A. The followig amendments to Chapter 332 (Vehicles ard Traffic) Aricle X (Ipoundingand Bootig Vehicles) are hereby adopted:

ARTICLE XImpounding llnd Booting VehicleslThs provision is made in concurence with that of the Jersey City Police Deparent in

Arcle X, Section 73, of the with Chapter.

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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 332 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) ARTICLE VI(pARKING FACILITIES OPERATED BY PARKG AUTHORITy) AND ARTICLE X(IMPOUNING AND BOOTING VEHICLES) OF THE JERSEY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE

332-72332'-73.

No Change.Impounding and Booting Motor Vehicles.

A. The Police Deparent may tow away and impound or boot any vehicle under thefollowing circumstaces:(1) The vehicle has been abandoned as provided in the preceding sectio'n., .(2) The vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of ths chapter or of Title

39 of the New.Jersey Statutes.(3) The vehicle constitutes a danger or impediment to trafc or a danger to publicsafety. '(4) There exists outstanding warants agaist the owner of the vehicle issued inconnection with parking offenses involving that specific vehicle.il The vehicle 'has thee (3) or more outstanding 'parking tickets and hasreceived failure to appear notices from the Jersey City Muncipal Cour on

such parking tickets.' The vehicle may be booted at any given time inclliding,but notlimited to, between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.2

B. Neither the city nor its agents or employees shall be liable for the loss of any vehicleor for daage to any vehicle which is booted or impounded and stored by the city orby an agent of the city, nor shall the city be liabl~ for the disposal of any iipoundedvehicle.

C. The Police Deparent may use the services of a private tower to enforce any of theprovisions of ths Aricle.

332-74., Through 332-77. No Change.B. All ordinances and pars of ordinances inconsistent herewith re hereby repealed.

C. The City Clerk shall have this ordinance codified and incorporated in the offcial copies ofthe Jersey City Code.

D. Ths ordinance shall tae effect at the time and in the maner as provided by law.E. The City Clerk and the Corporation Counsel may' change any chapter numbers, ariclenumbers and section numbers if codification of tils ordinance reveals a confict between

those numbers and the existing code, in order to avoid confsion and possible accidentalrepealers of existing provisions.

NOTE: , All new material is underlined; words in (brackets) are omitted.For puroses of advertising only, new matter is indicated by boldfaceand repealed matter by italic.' 'TK/5/12/116/21/11 2 This provision is made in concurence with that of the Municipal Parking Authority inAricle VI, Section 44, of the withn Chapter.APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM APPROVED:

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