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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 23, TRAFFIC, CHAPTER 5, PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING, GENERALLY, SUBCHAPTER 13, HANDICAPPED AND RESERVED PARKING SPACES, SUBSECTION 13.1, HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL APPROVAL OF HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE APPLICATIONS, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICIAN FORMS, INCREASING THE APPLICATION FEES, AND ASSIGNING HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Note: Additions are shown in bold and underlined. Deletions are shown in strikethroughs.
Section 1. Title 23, Traffic, Chapter 5, Parking, Stopping and Standing, Generally, Subchapter 13, Handicapped and Reserved Parking Spaces, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, Subsection 13.1 is amended as follows:
23:5-13. HANDICAPPED AND RESERVED PARKING SPACES.
23:5-13.1. Handicapped Parking Spaces.
a. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or Police Officer or traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any space on public or private property appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.5 or any other applicable law, unless the vehicle is authorized by law to be parked therein and a handicapped person is either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle.
b. Only persons with special vehicle identification cards issued by the State Motor Vehicle Commission, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 shall be allowed to park their cars, except during those hours when parking is specifically prohibited, upon the following streets or portions thereof:
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