[Amended 2-11-1976 by Ord. No. 76-36; 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 76-67; 8-7-1980 by resolution; 8-27-1980 by Ord. No. 80-12; 12-29-1980 by Ord. No. 80-18; 11-14-1984 by Ord. No. 84-12; 1-11-1989 by Ord. No. 89-1; 6-14-1989 by Ord. No. 89-7; 11-14-1990 by Ord. No. 90-13; 3-13-1991 by Ord. No. 91-1; 4-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-3; 5-26-1993 by Ord. No. 93-9; 10-13-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11; 11-28-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-20; 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-19; 5-12-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-07; 7-12-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-12; 7-26-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-13; 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-05; 9-22-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-08; 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-09; 4-23-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-08; 6-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-08]
A.
There shall be, within the Borough of Chambersburg, certain locations,
herein established as municipal off-street parking lots, such lots
having parking meters, not within the public right-of-way, but municipal
property, established for the temporary storage of motor vehicles,
under rules herein established, with parking meters, in the following
locations:
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Parking Lot
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Location
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Capital Lot
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South Main Street
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Chambers Centre Lot
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Ludwig Avenue and Central Avenue
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Dice Lot
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Ludwig Avenue and Central Avenue
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East Point Lot
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Queen Street and Lincoln Way
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Fifth Avenue Lot
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Fifth Avenue between Queen Street and Lincoln Way
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Harrison Avenue Lot
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Harrison Avenue between Burkhart and Washington Street
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Kirson Lot
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Central Avenue between Burkhart Avenue and Queen Street
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Rosedale and Spring Street Lot
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Spring Street and Montgomery Avenue
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Shoppers' Lot
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Black Avenue between Lincoln Way and Queen Street
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Valley Bank Lot
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Black Avenue and Queen Street
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A.
Each parking meter in said lots shall be in operation and the provisions
of this chapter regulating such operation and establishing parking
time limits shall be in force between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday (not applicable to Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays).
Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing the meter in operation,
such parking space may be lawfully occupied upon payment of a fee,
which may be set from time to time by resolution of Town Council.
B.
Rosedale and Spring Street Lot. The multispace parking meter kiosk
system in use in the Rosedale and Spring Street Parking Lot shall
be in operation and the provisions of this chapter regulating such
operation and establishing parking time limits shall be in force between
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays (not applicable to
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays). Upon the deposit of such
coin or coins and placing the meter in operation, such parking space
may be lawfully occupied upon payment of a fee, which may be set from
time to time by resolution of Town Council.
C.
Parking at parking meters shall require no deposit of coins other
than between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, provided that the requirements of this article as to metered
parking shall not apply on legal holidays as defined in this chapter
as well as Saturdays and Sundays.
D.
Users may redeposit coins into a parking meter in order to extend
the period of eligibility to park in such spaces during those periods
when the deposit of coins is required (hereinafter known as "feed
the meter").
A.
Parking meters installed on said lots shall be placed immediately
adjacent to the individual parking spaces, unless meters are multispace
parking meter kiosks, and said meters shall be designated by an identification
sign. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as
to show the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally
occupied, except in such cases as a multispace parking meter kiosk
system. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend
the legal time established by this article and, when occupied, shall
indicate on and by its dial and pointer or digital display the duration
of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period,
shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
B.
All vehicles parked in a municipal parking lot, hereinabove referred
to, shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding or marking an
individual parking space, hereinafter known as a "stall"; and it shall
be unlawful to park any vehicle elsewhere than in such a stall. It
is a violation of this article to park in prohibited areas, including
but not limited to access and exit driveways and turning areas.
C.
No vehicle over 21 feet in length may park in any municipal parking
lot. No vehicle registered as a mobile home or camper may park in
any municipal parking lot. No trailer or hitch may be parked in any
municipal parking lot unless it is connected to a motor vehicle and
the sum of the length of the motor vehicle and trailer or hitch is
21 feet or less. No unregistered or uninsured vehicle may be parked
in a municipal parking lot. No vehicle creating or being a nuisance
in fact may be parked in a municipal parking lot.
A.
The Borough of Chambersburg operates the following type of multispace
parking meter system: The multispace parking meter system displays
the date, time and amount of time remaining or length of time expired
(up to 72 hours) on an attached computer screen. The user identifies
the number of the parking space the vehicle operator intends to use
(park in), presses the corresponding number on the machine keypad,
and places coin in the machine until the vehicle operator has achieved
the desired time. Expiration time for each space is stored in the
master meter computer and displayed, on demand, on the machine screen
for all spaces governed by that machine.
B.
Whenever a multispace parking meter system is in use, the operator of any vehicle, upon entering a parking space during the time of limited parking, shall immediately deposit the proper coin in the multispace parking meter governing the parking space, dependent upon the length of time the vehicle operator desires to park such vehicle. Failure to deposit legal tender shall be a violation of this article and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with § 286-68, Violations and penalties.
C.
The multispace parking meter system shall be used in the following
places:
Rosedale and Spring Street Lot, defined as "the lot bounded
on the east by North Main Street, on the south by Lincoln Way West
and on the north and the west by Spring Street."
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any of said parking lots at any time during which the parking meters therein shall be in operation, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering a parking space adjacent to a parking meter, immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in such parking meter, one or more coins of the United States, as so designated by the Borough Treasurer, as shall be specified in the legend upon such parking meter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing the meter in operation, such parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle for the length of time designated by § 286-60 of this article for parking in said parking lot upon deposit of such coin or coins. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by a proper signal that the lawful parking time shall have expired, such vehicle shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article, provided that every hour that a vehicle shall remain parked at a meter showing a violation shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this article, for any
person to deface, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or
impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions
of this article, provided that nothing herein shall apply to the servicing
or opening of parking meters by officers, employees and/or parking
enforcement officers of the Borough under the direction of the Mayor
and/or the Borough Council.
Municipal parking lots shall be for the use of the public, except
for those areas marked as being for the use of Borough employees,
school employees, or police, during the days and times indicated.
Overnight parking shall be permitted in a municipal parking lot, without coin deposit in meter, listed in § 286-52, provided that the Borough Manager, or his designee, may, from time to time, ban overnight parking in those lots, or in such parts of those lots, which may be closed off for the purposes of cleaning, snow removal, special events, or similar purposes. In such cases, it shall be unlawful to remove, relocate, or ignore officials' barricades established for such temporary closure of these parking lots.
The Borough of Chambersburg may establish the position of parking
enforcement officer, a local code enforcement official, for the sole
purpose of the enforcement of laws associated with parking.
A.
It shall be the duty of the parking enforcement officers of the Borough
to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter that indicates that the vehicle
occupying the parking space adjacent thereto is or has been parking
in violation of any of the provisions of this article;
(2)
The hour and date of such violation;
(3)
The state license number of such vehicle; and
(4)
Any other facts, the knowledge of which shall be necessary for an
understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
B.
Any such police officer, or parking enforcement officer, who shall undertake enforcement of these provisions, shall also place upon such vehicle a ticket to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle was parked in violation of the provisions of this article; and, further, said notice shall instruct such owner or operator that if they shall report to the office of the Chief of Police, or his designee, and pay, for the collection by the Borough, the fine indicated below, or if they shall place the fine indicated below enclosed within the envelope provided in the night deposit box installed at Borough Hall, within such time limits as herein established, the same shall save such violator from prosecution and from further payment of the fines and costs hereinafter provided in § 286-68 of this article.
A.
Penalties for violation of Article VI.
(1)
Tickets may be left on the windshield of the vehicle in the form
established by the Borough or delivered by regular mail to the owner
of such vehicle in violation. Failure to receive a ticket after being
conspicuously posted is no excuse for invalidation of penalty. Operators
who fail to accept a parking ticket by leaving the scene before the
issuer has an opportunity to conspicuously post said ticket will receive
the ticket by United States first-class mail.
(2)
Ticket amounts are due upon their issuance and may be paid, in person,
at the Borough office during regular business hours.
(3)
Any person and/or entity violating any provision of Article VI shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary offense and sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees and, in the event of default of payment, such violator may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not to exceed five days. Each day and/or each violation by the same person and/or entity shall be considered a new and separate violation of the Code of the Borough of Chambersburg.
(4)
Penalties for violation of metered parking stalls for handicapped
persons' or disabled veteran's provisions.
(a)
Any person and/or entity violating any provisions and/or rules
for metered parking stalls for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary offense and
sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $200 plus court costs and
reasonable attorney fees, and, in the event of default of payment,
such violator may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not to
exceed five days. Each day and/or each violation by the same person
and/or entity shall be considered a new and separate violation of
the Code of the Borough of Chambersburg.
(b)
Borough police officers and parking enforcement officers as
defined herein are hereby duly authorized to issue a ticket in the
form established by the Borough to any person and/or entity violating
any provisions and/or rules for metered parking stalls for handicapped
persons or disabled veterans. The ticket shall instruct such violator
that if the violator reports to the Borough office and pays the Borough
the sum of $50 within six days of the date of issuance of the ticket,
then such payment shall save the violator through prosecution by a
citation, which prosecution may result in court costs and attorney
fees being assessed against the violator in addition to the fine.
(c)
Notwithstanding the above, any police officer or parking enforcement
officer shall have the sole and absolute discretion to issue a citation
without first issuing a ticket as provided for herein.
(5)
Penalties for violation of Article VI; exceptions.
(a)
Any person and/or entity violating any of the provisions of this Article VI, Metered Off-Street Parking, except § 286-64 and/or as set forth in Subsections C and D above, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary offense and sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $40 plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees and, in the event of default of payment, such violator may be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not to exceed five days. Each day and/or each violation by the same person and/or entity shall be considered a new and separate violation of the Code of the Borough of Chambersburg.
(b)
Borough police officers and/or parking enforcement officers as defined herein are duly authorized to issue a ticket in the form established by the Borough to any person and/or entity violating any provisions of this Article VI, Metered Off-Street Parking, except § 286-64 and/or as set forth in Subsections C and D above. The ticket shall instruct such violator that if the violator reports to the Borough office and pays the Borough the sum of $5 within 72 hours of the date of issuance of the ticket, then such payment shall save the violator through prosecution by a citation, which prosecution may result in court costs and attorney fees being assessed against the violator in addition to the fine.
(c)
The ticket set forth in this subsection shall also instruct
such violator that if the violator reports to the Borough office and
pays the Borough the sum of $20 after 72 hours but within not more
than six days of the date of issuance of the ticket, then such payment
shall save the violator through prosecution by a citation, which prosecution
may result in court costs and attorney fees being assessed against
the violator in addition to the fine.
(d)
Notwithstanding the above, any police officer or parking enforcement
officer shall have the sole and absolute discretion to issue a citation
without first issuing a ticket as provided for herein.
The Borough Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to
suspend, in whole or in part, the parking meter regulations set forth
in this article, during such days or such hours as may be deemed necessary
by the Borough Manager or his designee.
The following restrictions shall apply for the parking meters
enumerated in this section:
A.
In the East Point Parking Lot, the first two-hour metered parking
space in the southeast corner shall be designated as authorized for
parking of a handicapped person's or disabled veteran's vehicle only.
Such vehicles shall bear a special handicapped registration plate
or display a placard issued by the commonwealth, or any other state,
evidencing a handicapped person's or disabled veteran's vehicle.
B.
In the Rosedale and Sprint Street Parking Lot, the first two perpendicular
parking spaces inside the lot entrance off North Main Street and the
last perpendicular parking space at the westernmost end of the lot
closest to Spring Street shall be designated as authorized for parking
of a handicapped persons' or disabled veteran's vehicle only. Such
vehicles must bear a special handicapped registration plate or display
a placard issued by the commonwealth, or any other state, evidencing
a handicapped persons' or disabled veteran's vehicle.
