N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.3: Improvement and maintenance; employees

The governing body of any municipality may provide, by resolution, for the lighting, improvement and maintenance of any lands devoted to the public parking of vehicles, the entrances thereto and exits therefrom, and for the employment of any person or persons thought to be necessary or desirable to act as caretakers, attendants, or to direct traffic therein or otherwise police or patrol any such lands.

L.1942, c. 138, p. 428, s. 3.