ORDINANCE NO. 2534 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER VII OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF ROSELLE PARK ADDING SECTION 43 ENTITLED, “COMBAT WOUNDED/PURPLE HEART PARKING” BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Roselle Park, County of Union, and State of New Jersey that Chapter VII of the Code of the Borough of Roselle Park be and hereby is amended and supplemented to add Section 43 (7-43) as follows: SECTION 1. 7-43 Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Parking. Purpose: The purpose of this Section is to supplement Chapter 7, “Traffic,” and provide the creation of Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Parking for qualified military personnel. SECTION 2. 7-43.1 Location of Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Parking. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Roselle Park, in order to further to promote public safety and welfare within the Borough, create Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Parking spaces/stalls at the following locations: Quantity 1 Location______________________________________________ East of Municipal Parking Lot No. 4; more particularly described as the Borough Hall Parking Lot located at 110 East Westfield Avenue. 1 Roselle Park Library Parking Lot; more particularly described as the municipal parking lot adjacent to and behind the Roselle Park Veteran’s Memorial Library at 404 Chestnut Street. 1 Roselle Park Municipal Lot No. 2; more particularly described as the municipal parking lot on Chestnut Street between East Grant Avenue and Charles Street. SECTION 3. 7-43.2 Requirements to Park in Spaces/Stalls Designated for the Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Parking. A. No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space/stall designated and established for Combat Wounded/Purple Heart, unless they meet the requirements of Paragraph C of this Subsection. A combat wounded/purple heart parking space means an area of a public roadway or public parking lot designated for use by any Combat Wounded/Purple Heart awarded person as provided for and which is so marked by proper signage and roadway marking. B. A combat wounded veteran is any person who served for any length of time in any military service branch, who experienced any level of hostility for any duration resulting from offensive, defensive, or friendly fire military action involving a real or perceived enemy in any foreign theater and suffers injury or disability from same. A Purple Heart Medal Designee is any member of the United States Military who has been awarded the Purple Heart Medal. C. No person shall park a vehicle in any of the designated parking spaces/stalls for parking designated for use by Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Designees in locations referred to in the Code of the Borough of Roselle Park, unless such person is a Combat Wounded/Purple Heart Designee. Any vehicle parked in a parking stall reserved for Combat Wounded/Purple Heart drivers pursuant to this chapter, which does not display the official state license plate, or special identification sticker or placard from the Borough of Roselle Park, is presumed to have parked in such a stall unlawfully, and subject to the fines and penalties set forth in this Section. D. Any person applying for the aforementioned decal shall present such documents as required by the Borough Clerk to establish that the individual is a Combat Wounded Veteran and/or has been awarded the Purple Heart. In addition any applicant must have been honorably discharged from the United States military. The Borough Clerk’s Office shall have up to seven (7) days to review and determine if the applicant qualifies as a Combat Wounded Veteran/Purple Heart Designee. SECTION 4. 7-43.3 Violations. Any person parking in the restricted parking space without a special vehicle identification decal as indicated in Chapter 7-43.2.c. shall be liable for a fine up to $250.00 for the first and subsequent offense and up to ninety (90) days community service on such terms and in such form the Roselle Park Municipal Court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof. SECTION 5. Invalidity If any section or portion of a section of this Code shall be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this Ordinance. SECTION 6. Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, to the extent that they are inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. Captions. Captions contained in this Ordinance have been included only for the purpose of facilitating reference to the various sections and are not intended and shall not be utilized to construe the intent and meaning of the text of any section. SECTION 8. Effective Date. This amendment to the Code of the Borough of Roselle Park shall become effective on August 1, 2018.