N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 34A

N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 34A
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-1 Counties; authorizations; acquisition of property; construction of facility; raising money; issuance of debt obligations; operation of facility

Every county is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the municipality in which the parking facility is to be located, to acquire by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease or otherwise any real property or any interest therein for the purpose of providing off-street parking facilities for the public parking of vehicles, and to use for said purpose any real property theretofore acquired for any other public use or purpose, and to improve any real property, and to acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, alter or improve, and to furnish or equip, and to operate and maintain, any building, structure, property or facility which is necessary or desirable for said purpose. For said purpose the board of chosen freeholders of the county is authorized and empowered to raise and appropriate moneys in the same manner as moneys are raised and appropriated for other county purposes, to issue bonds or notes of the county pursuant to the local bond law, to fix and establish, and from time to time revise, rates, fees and other charges for use of any such off-street parking facilities, and to establish rules and regulations with respect to the use of such facilities. L.1972, c. 83, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-2 Establishment as part of county's public parking system; municipal public utility of county

Said board by resolution may determine and establish that any one or more or all of such off-street parking facilities shall be part of the county's public parking system which shall constitute a municipal public utility of the county for any purpose provided under the local bond law or the local budget law. L.1972, c. 83, s. 2, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-3 Limitation on period of usefulness

The period of usefulness of every off-street parking facility for any purpose under the local bond law, whether with respect to original acquisition or construction or subsequent reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, improvement, furnishing, or equipment shall be not greater than 30 years. L.1972, c. 83, s. 3, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-4 Exemption from taxes and special assessments

Every off-street parking facility is hereby declared to be devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. L.1972, c. 83, s. 4, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-5 Municipalities; powers

Every municipality shall have the power from time to time, by or pursuant to ordinance duly adopted or by instruments or other action authorized by such ordinance and for such period and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as may be provided in such ordinance and accepted by the county: (a) to pledge to the county, and covenant and agree with the county to pay to or on the order of the county, all or any part of any funds theretofore or thereafter received by the municipality for or with respect to the parking or storage of motor vehicles, in streets or otherwise, including funds collected in parking meters located in or along streets or otherwise, (b) to sell, lease, lend, donate, grant or convey to the county, or permit the county to use, maintain or operate as part of its public parking system any parking project, lot, facility, garage or undertaking constructed or owned by the municipality, or any meters, equipment or other real or personal property owned by the municipality, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the county or such parking system, (c) to appropriate money for all or any part of the cost of acquisition or construction of any off-street parking facility of the county and, in accordance with the limitations and any exceptions thereto and in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by the local bond law, to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds for the purpose of financing such facility and appropriation, and to pay the proceeds of such bonds to the county, (d) to covenant and agree with the county to pay to or on the order of the county annually or at shorter intervals not exceeding such sums or amounts of money as may be stated or provided for by formula or otherwise in such ordinance or in any agreement thereunder authorized as a subsidy for the promotion of its purposes, or for payments on account of any cost or expense or the use or services of all or any of the off-street parking facilities of the county or the establishment or provision thereof, and (e) upon authorization by it in accordance with law of the performance of any act or thing which it is empowered by law to authorize and perform and after appropriation of the moneys (if any) necessary for such performance, to covenant and agree with the county to do and perform such act or thing and as to the time, manner and other details of its doing and performance. L.1972, c. 83, s. 5, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-6 Municipalities; authorization; validity and binding effect of obligations and pledges; use by county as security for its bonds or notes

Every municipality which shall make any contract, covenant or agreement with a county or pledge to a county pursuant to this act is hereby authorized and directed to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out and perform the same and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as other obligations of such municipality. Any such contract, covenant, agreement or pledge which may be made with or without consideration and for an unspecified or unlimited period of time and on any terms or conditions therein set forth shall be valid and binding on the parties thereto, and any instrument making or evidencing the same, may be pledged or assigned by the county to secure its bonds or notes and thereafter may not be modified except as provided by the terms of such instrument or by the terms of such pledge or assignment. L.1972, c. 83, s. 6, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-7 Municipalities; cooperation with county; acquisition of property; provision of services

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of an off-street parking facility of a county, any municipality in which such facility is or is to be located in whole or in part may: (a) acquire real property in its name for such facility or for new or for widening of existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues, highways or sidewalks for or to such facility, or partly for such purposes and partly for other municipal purposes, by purchase or condemnation in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of real property by a municipality, (b) cause water, sewer, lighting or drainage facilities, or other works or services which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished to or in connection with such facility, (c) furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan roads, streets, parkways, avenues, highways, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake or (d) do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of such facility, and cause services to be furnished to the county in connection therewith of the character which such municipality is otherwise empowered to furnish. L.1972, c. 83, s. 7, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-8 Authority of municipality to incur expense

In connection with any public improvements made by any municipality in exercising the powers herein granted or referred to, such municipality may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, lease, loan, grant, gift, conveyance, contract, pledge or agreement provided for in this act to be made by any municipality may be made by such municipality without prior appropriation therefor, or any referendum, appraisal, public notice, advertisement or bidding, and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State. L.1972, c. 83, s. 8, eff. July 10, 1972.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-9 Counties; authorization and power for agreements with other governmental agencies

Every county is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements of any nature whatsoever with the United States of America or the State of New Jersey or agencies of departments thereof or with any other county or with any municipality in connection with an off-street parking facility of the county including, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agreements with respect to any matters herein authorized or provided for, or with respect to aid or contribution for the cost of acquisition or construction or of operation or maintenance of any such facility, or agreements with respect to annual or other subsidy therefor or for pilot, experimental or test purposes, and any such agreement may be made with or without consideration and for an unspecified or unlimited period of time and on any terms and conditions therein set forth, and without necessity for prior appropriation therefor, and any such agreement may be pledged or assigned to secure bonds and notes of the county. L.1972, c. 83, s. 9, eff. July 10, 1972.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-activity/statutesFetched: 10/17/2026