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Issue: Multiple Commercial vehicles parked overnight...1 out of 12 vehicles parked overnight in the area are large vans with New York Plates, inside you can see no seating behind the driver, only toolboxes, construction equipment etc.
Comment: Parking is very limited in the area. I have to carry my newborn and groceries sometimes a quarter mile away.
Also there is nothing like coming home from the hospital at 1am with your child, and drive around for 1 hour and not find ONE SINGLE SPOT when you have half a dozen construction vans with ladders and equipment inside them. Makes you disgusted with our city. Never seen anyone fined or towed..EVER in 3-years that I've lived here.
Location(s): #1: Jefferson St. BTWN Nichols St & E. Kinney St. /// #2: E. Kinney St. BTWN Adams St. & Jefferson St.
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To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to highlight Bayonne parking laws regarding commercial vehicle parking. The law states that all commercial vehicles can park only at designated parking lots after successfully buying a day/night ($75/ $35) permit from the city of Bayonne. Commercial vehicles can be parked on the street for up to three hours. If one parks a commercial vehicle on the street for more than three hours, then the Bayonne Parking
Authority issues a ticket. If one parks a commercial vehicle on the street overnight then the Bayonne Police Department issues a ticket.
I am a Bayonne resident and drive a TLC- Car in NYC. I have been living in Bayonne for the past five years. I live on West 33rd Street (deadend) and the nearest designated lot, where I can park with a permit, is on 33rd Street between Broadway and Ave E. Every time I do on-the-street parking, I am risking getting a ticket because what if I forget to move my
car before the three- hour period ends.
I’d be happy to get a parking permit, but walking from my house to the designated parking lot just doesn’t make sense. I think I should not be required to walk that far every time I need access to my car. This is the only vehicle I have, and I also use this vehicle to perform my noncommercial duties such as getting groceries or going to my other job (which is in Bayonne).
The City of Bayonne issues parking permits to nonresidents who work in
Bayonne, and the fee for that is $150 annually, and they get to park on the street. As a resident of Bayonne, I am required to get a permit, which would be $1,320 annually ($110 monthly for day and night) and then I can only park at designated lots.
Every time I visit my family in downtown, I have to move my car every three hours in order to avoid a ticket. So far I have spoken to the City Clerk’s office, the Parking Supervisor Linda from the Bayonne Parking Authority, Deputy Chief Nevins
from Bayonne Police Department, and Councilman Gary Le Pelusa. I have contacted the mayor’s office, and the front desk lady told me to come in on June 6.
I have emailed the mayor’s office, and I am still waiting for someone to get back to me. I know the laws exist, and one should obey them but as a resident I don’t think I should be charged $1,320 annually and walk three to four avenues every time I need my car. I think it’s unfair when I am required to only park at a designated lot after
getting a paid permit, whereas a large family can get an on-street parking permit for every single car in the household. Right now I keep on moving my car every three hours in order to avoid a ticket from city. I believe the city will find a possible solution as soon as possible and I can only hope for the best.
ZAIN BHATTI
- PA
- Aston Township
- Aston Township, PA Code of Ordinance
- § 420.085 OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
§ 420.085 OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
Overnight parking of trucks, commercial vehicles or trailers of any type is prohibited in parking lots held open for business use, unless such vehicles are directly related to the business associated with the property. Overnight parking of trucks, commercial vehicles or trailers of any type, in parking lots held open for business use, shall be limited to the rear of that property.
(Ord. 841, passed 6-21-2006)
[Amended 3-21-1989 by Ord. No. 1452; 4-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1660]
A.
The owner or operator of any commercial truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer or bus bearing commercial registration plates shall not park said vehicle on any street, avenue, lane, road or other public thoroughfare in the Borough of North Arlington between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (prevailing time). Commercial registration shall include but not be limited to regular commercial, constructor, dealer or omnibus plates.
B.
The following streets shall be excluded from the above parking restrictions:
Ewing | South | Entire length |
Sherman Avenue | Both | Entire length |
C.
No person shall park any commercial vehicle as defined in Subsection A of this section at any time upon the streets herein described except that any commercial vehicle providing goods or services to any premises on that street shall be exempt providing that the North Arlington Police receives notification of its presence.
[Added 9-12-2000 by Ord. No. 1789]
Hedden Terrace | North | Entire length from Ridge Road to Prospect Avenue |
Hedden Terrace | South | At a point 120 feet from Ridge Road to Prospect Avenue |
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the following streets or parts of streets except at the angle indicated and only within the painted white stall lines.
Beech Street [Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2117] | West | 30° | Beginning at a point 76 feet north of the northerly curbline of Exton Avenue extending to a point 300 feet north therefrom |
Trucks over four tons gross weight are hereby excluded from the following described streets or parts of streets, except for the pickup and delivery of materials on such streets:
Abbott Place | Entire length |
Argyle Place | Entire length |
Arlington Boulevard | Entire length |
Bayliss Street [Added 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2167] | Entire length |
Beaver Avenue | Entire length |
Beech Street | Entire length |
Belmount Avenue | Entire length |
Bergen Avenue | Entire length |
Bogle Avenue | Entire length |
Boston Avenue | Entire length |
Canterbury Avenue | Entire length |
Chestnut Street | Entire length |
Crystal Street | Entire length |
Devon Street | Entire length |
Eagle Street [Added 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2167] | Entire length |
Elm Street | Entire length |
Exton Avenue | Entire length |
Fairmount Avenue | Entire length |
Forest Street | Entire length |
Harding Avenue | Entire length |
Hedden Terrace | Entire length |
Hendel Avenue | Entire length |
Inman Place | Entire length |
Jason Way [Added 5-9-1995 by Ord. No. 1638] | Entire length |
Locust Avenue [Added 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2167] | Entire length |
Morgan Place | Entire length |
Newell Place | Entire length |
Noel Drive | Entire length |
Park Avenue | Entire length |
Prospect Avenue | Entire length |
Pulaski Drive | Entire length |
Ridge Park Drive | Entire length |
Roosevelt Street | Entire length |
Rutherford Place | Entire length |
Stevens Place | Entire length |
Stover Avenue [Added 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2167] | Entire length |
Sunset Avenue | Entire length |
Wesley Place | Entire length |
West Street [Added 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2167] | Entire length |
Williams Street | Entire length |