New Jersey Statutes Title 40. Municipalities and Counties 40 § 34A-1

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.