Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JESSICA RAMIREZ
District 32 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES
District 34 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DCA to conduct study on urban vehicle parking.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the Department of Community Affairs to conduct a study on urban vehicle parking.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, a study to evaluate vehicle parking in urban communities and make recommendations to maximize vehicle parking in communities where vehicle parking is scarce.
b. The study conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall, at a minimum, examine current federal, State, and local laws, regulations, rules, and policies, including, but not limited to those laws, regulations, rules, and policies related to vehicle parking on streets and other designated parking areas, and vehicle parking signage. The study shall examine locations where signage may be eliminated, placed, or updated to provide for more parking in communities where parking is scarce.
c. No later than two years next following the date of enactment, the commissioner shall submit a written report of the study’s findings and recommendations to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. The commissioner shall publish the report submitted pursuant to this subsection publicly on the Internet website of the Department of Community Affairs.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire upon the submission of the report required pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Community Affairs to conduct, or cause to be conducted, a study to evaluate vehicle parking in urban communities and make recommendations to maximize vehicle parking in communities where vehicle parking is scarce.
The study would be required to include, at a minimum, an examination of current federal, State, and local laws, regulations, rules, and policies, including, but not limited to those laws, regulations, rules, and policies related to vehicle parking on streets and other designated parking areas, and vehicle parking signage. The study would be required to examine locations where signage may be eliminated, placed, or updated, including stop sign footage requirements, to provide for more parking in communities where parking is scarce.
No later than two years following the enactment of this bill, the Commissioner of Community Affairs would be required to submit a written report of the study’s findings and recommendations to the Governor and to the Legislature. The bill requires the report to be made publicly available on the Department of Community Affairs Internet website.