The Inspection Department has begun marking tires in the Downtown Lakewood area as it begins cracking down on timed parking.
Township Inspection Department Director Mike Saccamano tells TLS the Department is cracking down in response to numerous complaints from Downtown store-owners.
Inspectors use chalk to mark the tires, and then return to see if the vehicle has moved.
The Downtown area is defined as the area between Route 9 and Lexington Avenue, and between 5th Street and Main Street. The areas being monitored, says Saccamano, are the Municipal parking lots and area marked with timed parking – such as two or three-hour parking limits.
The Department us currently issuing warnings for first-time offenders, and a $20 parking fine for repeat offenders.
There is no court appearance required for the fine.
Someone needs to do some research, the marking of tires by Authorities has been deemed unconstitutional by a Federal Court as it has been deemed similar to entering a house without permission or a warrant.
Google “marking tires in nj” and you’ll see numerous articles
The Supreme Court recently ruled that it’s unconstitutional to mark private property
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals Ruled it’s unconstitutional – but they only cover 4 States Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. So NJ is free to mark tires..
If you will no not break the rule, then what are you worried about. And if you do, then obviously, you don’t care about others. So why should we care about your tire?
very weak complaint. easy fix. mark ground behind rear tire they did this many years ago on Clifton ave in front of my store.
Clean up the horrendous municipal lots filled with crime, mumbling zombies from the mental home on 7th & Lexington wandering as they yell and scream, plus all the illegals looking for work, then perhaps more people would feel safe enough to use these lots
Clean up the public parking lots and maybe people will park in them! The lots are unsafe and filthy.
They should spend the time cleaning up the municipal lot so all the women who work in our office won’t be afraid to park there?
And police all the residents from a certain local home that wander Clifton Ave in a dangerous way
And what happens if no one parks there… ? The spots will fill up with out of state license plates that will ignore the fine
The store owners should focus their anger and attention on getting Clifton Ave cleaned up before all local businesses lose out to the strip malls … if they haven’t already
Many people say they won’t go near Clifton Ave after dark
I think should be enforced but seems old fashioned and not sure it’s legal. I think we n NY, was struck down bec unconstitutional
Wow, unconsitutional law enforcement has spread from Jackson to Lakewood!
To those saying this is unconditional, the alternative is to have automatic parking tickets. As of now, $20 is cheap compared to shore towns charge $50, $70, $100 which also have vehicle registration and driver’s license revocations for any parking ticket that is a minute late.
money makes the world go round…
Just wish they’d use the $ they collect to protect law-abiding citizens from burglars & pedophiles…