File #: 24-1013    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: First Reading
File created: 7/17/2024 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 8/7/2024 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:5-1, PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES, OF TITLE XXIII, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, CHAPTER 5, PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING, GENERALLY, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO PROHIBIT PARKING AT ALL TIMES ON BEECHER STREET, ON THE EAST SIDE, BETWEEN WEST KINNEY STREET AND HALSEY STREET. (CENTRAL WARD)

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23:5-1, PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES, OF TITLE XXIII, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, CHAPTER 5, PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING, GENERALLY, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO PROHIBIT PARKING AT ALL TIMES ON BEECHER STREET, ON THE EAST SIDE, BETWEEN WEST KINNEY STREET AND HALSEY STREET. (CENTRAL WARD)

 

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WHEREAS, the Council Member for the Central Ward and Council President, LaMonica McIver, requested to allow parking on one side of Beecher Street; and

 

WHEREAS, there is currently prohibited parking at all times on both sides, pursuant to Section 23:5-1; and

 

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council agrees that it is desirable to amend Section 23:5-1 by removing Beecher Street, both sides, between West Kinney Street and Halsey Street and revise Section 23:5-1, Parking Prohibited at All Times, by adding a “No Parking Anytime” restriction on Beecher Street, solely on the east side, between West Kinney Street and Halsey Street in the Central Ward; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

 

Note: Additions are shown as underlined and bold.  Deletions are strikethroughs

 

Section 1.                     That Section 23:5-1, Parking Prohibited at All Times, of Title 23, Traffic and Parking, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, be amended by adding thereto the following:

 

Beecher Street, east side both sides, from West Kinney Street to Halsey Street

 

Section 2.                     Any ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency only.

 

Section 3.                     If any part of this Ordinance shall be declared to be invalid or inoperative, such part shall be deemed severable and the invalidity thereof shall not affect remaining parts of this Ordinance.                     

 

Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication and in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.

 

Section 5.                     This Ordinance does not require approval by the Commissioner of Transportation.

 

Section 6.                      This Ordinance shall be a part of the Code of the City of Newark as though codified and fully set forth therein.  The City Clerk shall have this Ordinance codified and incorporated in the official copies of the Code.  The City Clerk and the Corporation Counsel are authorized and directed to change any Chapter, Article and/or Section number of the Code of the City of Newark in the event that the codification of this Ordinance reveals that there is a conflict between the numbers and the existing Code, and in order to avoid confusion and possible accidental repealers of existing provisions not intended to be repealed.

 

STATEMENT

 

                     This Ordinance amends Section 23:5-1, Parking Prohibited at All Times, by removing Beecher Street, both sides, between West Kinney Street and Halsey Street and adding a “No Parking Anytime” restriction on Beecher Street, solely on the east side, between West Kinney Street and Halsey Street.