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Pompton Lakes council introduces monthly school parking permits, plans auto-renewal through ParkLink
Summary
Pompton Lakes officials introduced an ordinance to amend borough code to allow monthly school parking permits and automatic monthly renewal via the ParkLink mobile-permit system. Administrators said the fee structure is unchanged, capped at 32 permits, and staff will send guidance to the board of education before implementation.
Pompton Lakes Mayor and Council introduced an ordinance to revise the borough's parking-permit code so school parking permits can be sold and renewed monthly through a mobile-permit vendor, ParkLink. Administrator Michael Crowell said the change is intended to match modern permit software and does not increase the overall cost to permit holders.
Council and staff said the ordinance converts an existing trimester fee structure into a monthly charge so payments can be processed by the vendor's automatic-renewal function. Crowell said the borough "broke the fee down, divided it by 3," and reiterated that "there's no increased cost here." He later noted that the municipality previously set the base rate at about $1 per hour and that the monthly student permit will be $15 per month as structured under the new approach.
Why it matters: the change aims to simplify enforcement and reduce paperwork. Crowell told the council that the new ParkLink system will allow police to monitor permitted license plates digitally, replacing the paper permits currently used. He added the vendor has a hard cap of 32 permit purchases at any one time to match the borough's existing supply of student spaces.
Council members asked how the system would handle summer months and game nights. Crowell said the software can be set so permits only renew during a defined school-month period (typically 10 months) and that the borough is coordinating with the school superintendent to allow students who need to stay past 4 p.m. for athletics to move to designated school lots or pay for daily parking through ParkMobile.
A follow-up: Crowell told the council he had drafted a sample letter to the board of education to explain the change to students and parents and expected to send the official communication in mid-October. He also said enforcement will transition to license-plate monitoring once the system is fully in place.
Council next steps and implementation: the council voted to introduce the ordinance for first reading; staff said additional administrative steps and communications with the board of education are pending before the system goes live.
