Residential/Business Permit Parking Program

Purpose of Ordinance

The Fort Lee Parking Authority is hereby authorized to designate subject to the approval by the Governing Body, as herein provided, certain street and other public areas within the Borough of Fort Lee as permit parking areas in which resident vehicles displaying valid parking permits may stand or be parked, without limitation, for up to 48 hours of parking time restrictions established by this ordinance. Vehicles not displaying valid parking permits may stand or be parked for a limited time not to exceed a two-hour limit specified and adequately posted by signs.

Hours of Operation
Residential/Business

Permit Zone

Residential/Business permit parking shall be in effect between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekdays, excluding legal holidays, on all designated Residential Permit streets, within the Borough of Fort Lee.

A Residential Parking Permit shall not exempt a resident when parked in a metered space from purchasing time from the meter, at the established rate.

The Parking Authority of the Borough of Fort Lee may, in its sole discretion, promulgate rules and regulations relating to metered parking spaces.

NOTE: No vehicle may park longer than 48 hours in the Borough of Fort Lee without moving the vehicle to a different street.

Visitors

A. Two (2) visitor permits will be issued per household or apartment. These visitor permits will be good for three calendar years and will be renewed upon request with proof of residence. Visitor passes are color coded, which will correspond to the residential parking zone that the resident owner resides in. The visitor passes are good from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The visitor passes are only valid one square block radius of the resident’s apartment or home. No vehicle may park longer than 48 hours in the Borough of Fort Lee without moving the vehicle. A visitor pass is not to be used by any businesses or professionals.

B. In addition, a book of twenty additional visitor passes may be purchased by a resident at a cost of $5.00 per book. Each of these passes will be valid from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the day it is used. One day maximum limit.

C. Businesses and professionals may purchase a special book of permits for $50.00 per month. Each book contains 20 parking permits. Non-resident contractor and commercial vehicles must purchase a business permit book, at a cost of $50.00 per 20 passes, to legally park in the residential zone.

All daily passes are used only once per day, per vehicle.

Non-Resident, Contractor & Commercial Vehicles

The Governing Body or Parking Authority is aware that residents of the Borough regularly require service vehicles and commercial vehicles to park in designated residential areas in order to properly service the residents of Fort Lee.

A. Ordinance #289-36Q,1-6,A-G authorizes commercial vehicles to park within a RPP zone for 8 hours. The purpose of this grace period is to permit commercial merchants and contractors to provide emergency services to RPP zone residents that can be initiated and completed within a single 8 hour period. Please contact the Parking Authority if you should require such emergency service for written authorization.

B. Commercial merchants and contractors who are working in RPP zones on a project that requires the contractor or merchant to be in the RPP zone must secure a business permit in order to park their vehicle within the RPP zone legally at a cost of $3.00 per day, per vehicle.

Counterfeiting Permit Penalty

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance for a person to copy, produce or otherwise bring into existence a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit or permits. It shall further be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance for a person to knowingly use or display a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit in order to evade time limitations on parking applicable in a Residential Permit Parking area. The person committing the aforementioned act shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed three hundred ($300.00) dollars, and/or imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days for each such violation; such penalties to be imposed by the Municipal Court. Anyone using a Visitor Pass for a business will be subject to a penalty.

Enforcement

The provisions of this Ordinance shall be enforced by the Parking Authority of the Borough of Fort Lee.

Permit Display

Resident Permits and Visitor Passes shall be displayed in the following locations only:
1. Resident Permit: Driver’s side passenger window facing outward (see picture illustration).
2. Visitor Pass: Hanging from rear view mirror, facing outward. Visitor Passes should not be displayed while driving.

Special 24 hour Visitor Passes shall be displayed attached to the Driver’s back door window, facing outward.

** If you move or sell your vehicle you must take off the sticker and return it with the two (2) visitor passes to the Parking Authority.

Establishing Residence

The resident must prove residency and vehicle ownership or evidence of having a leased or company owned vehicle. The Borough or Parking Authority shall establish criteria for each vehicle and each application shall be accompanied with sufficient proof as may be required by the Parking Authority or the Borough.

Permit Parking No Exemption From Enforcement, State and Borough Laws

A resident or business vehicle which displays a valid parking permit as provided for herein shall be permitted to stand or be parked in the residential permit parking area for which the permit has been issued without being limited by time restriction requirements established pursuant to this ordinance for a period not to exceed 48 hours. However, said resident vehicle shall not be exempt from parking restrictions or prohibitions established pursuant to Title 39 of the N.J. State Statutes or Borough Ordinance for Street Sweeping, or in Ordinance provisions pertaining to public vehicles not displaying a Residential Parking Permit, Residential Visitor Permit or Special Visitor Permit shall be subject to two (2) hour time limit restriction.

A Residential/Business Parking Permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder thereof an on-street parking space.

Penalties

Anyone found guilty in the Borough Municipal court of parking in a residential Permit Zone without a permit or Visitor permit over the two (2) hour time limit will receive a summons with a maximum fine of $20.00. If a vehicle is left for a continuous 24 hour period in a Residential Permit Zone it will be booted at a cost to remove of thirty dollars ($30.00) such fine to be imposed and collected by the Parking Authority. If the vehicle remains in a Residential Permit Parking Zone for 48 hours it will be towed, the vehicle owner/operator will be responsible for the cost to remove the boot and the reasonable cost of the tow, such cost to be established by the Municipal Court.

Parking Authority Hours to Acquire Permits

Monday: 8:30 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Tuesday through Friday: 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Establishing Residency

Please bring the following:

• Valid N.J. Driver’s License with Fort Lee Street Address
• Valid Vehicle Registration
• Telephone or Utility Bill (with Fort Lee Street Address)

All three proofs are mandatory.

Important Notice to All Fort Lee Vehicle Drivers

A Fort Lee resident will be subject to the Residential Parking Permit Program’s two-hour limited parking regulations and related violation fines, unless the vehicle being driven is registered with the Fort Lee Parking Authority and a valid permit is displayed. Business/Employees must purchase a special book of permits to park longer than two (2) hours in a Residential Zone, or they will be in violation of Ordinance #79-4: 8-23.9

Picture Illustration of Residential Parking Permit Placement

* If no passenger window is available, or if windows are dark tinted, place RPP sticker on the lower right hand side of the driver’s window.

NOTE: For other vehicle types call the Fort Lee Parking Authority Office weekdays between 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at (201) 592-3600.

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