CAPE MAY – City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to waive parking meter fees for handicapped persons whose vehicles are displaying a special license plate or window placard.
At an Oct. 18 council meeting, Deputy Mayor Jack Wichterman said the change in parking regulations “seemed like the right thing to do.”
He said Cape May could be the first municipality in the state to enact such an ordinance. City Solicitor Tony Monzo said he did not find any similar ordinances in New Jersey.
“Common sense has prevailed,” said Wichterman.
At a Sept. 6 council meeting, Wichterman said at 1,100 of the city’s 1,400 parking meters, an ordinance governing handicapped parking was unenforceable.
He noted the city would not be losing much money because handicapped drivers have not been putting money in parking meters and police have not enforced the law.
The parking meter exemption for handicapped drivers applies only to the first 24 hours of occupying a parking space.
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