Parking meter zones are hereby established upon
and along the following streets and/or off-street lots:
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Street
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Side
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Between
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E. Baltimore Street
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Both
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Center Square and Church Lane
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W. Baltimore Street
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Both
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Jefferson Street and Center Square
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N. Carlisle Street
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Both
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Madison Street and Center Square
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S. Carlisle Street
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Both
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Center Square and Franklin Street
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N. Washington Street
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East
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The first alleys north of E. Baltimore Street
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S. Washington Street
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West
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Baltimore Street and the first alley south thereof
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[Amended 7-1-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or allow
the same to remain parked for longer than the time limit(s) prescribed
from time to time by the Borough Council and indicated on the legend
of parking meters, provided that the requirements of this article
as to parking time limits and as to deposit of coins in meters shall
not apply on Sundays and those holidays prescribed annually by the
Borough Council.
Parking meters shall be installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in § 190-36, and where installed shall be placed upon the sidewalk, immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces as described in § 190-39. Each meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally occupied. Each meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough and, when occupied, shall indicate by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed
upon the curb, sidewalk and/or street adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of designating the parking space for which such meter
is to be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall
be parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to such meter. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any
such line or marking, or to park any vehicle in such a position that
such vehicle shall not be wholly within the area so designated by
such lines or markings.
When a parking space in any parking meter zone
is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked
in such parking space shall be parked so that the front of such vehicle
shall be nearest to the parking meter; when a parking space in any
parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle
parked in such parking space shall be parked with the front of such
vehicle nearest to such meter.
Any person or persons causing a vehicle to be
parked in a parking space shall deposit in the parking meter adjacent
to such space coin or coins of the United States of America or a token
or tokens as approved by the Borough Council, according to the time
limits and rates indicated on the legend of such meter.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Greencastle
may, by resolution, from time to time revise and change parking rates
and determine the length of time that parking is permissible in any
individual parking space which is regulated by the meter immediately
adjacent thereto; and notice thereof shall be given to the public,
stating the length of time during which parking is permitted and the
conditions regulating the same, by either placing said notice on the
parking meter or in the immediate vicinity of said parking facility.
Any person or persons who cause a vehicle to
remain in a parking space after the prescribed time, for which coins
or tokens have been deposited, has elapsed is hereby determined to
be illegally parked; and each additional hour that such person or
persons permit such vehicle to remain in an individual parking space
after the prescribed time for parking has elapsed is hereby declared
to be an additional violation. The fact that a vehicle is in an individual
parking space when the time signal on the parking meter regulating
said parking space shows that no parking is permitted, or that the
time has expired, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the unlawful
parking of said vehicle by its operator and/or owner. The elapse of
one hour from the time reported on the notice to the owner or operator
of a motor vehicle, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of additional
violations of the parking of said motor vehicle by the operator or
owner.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person to deposit or to cause to be deposited in any
parking meter any coin for the purpose of increasing or extending
the parking time of any vehicle beyond the total legal parking time
in a parking meter zone.
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, or parking
meter stand or coin depository installed under the provisions of this
article; provided, nothing herein shall apply to the servicing or
opening of parking meters by officers, employees and/or police officers
of the Borough under the direction of the Mayor and/or the Borough
Council.
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the
Borough, in accordance with the instructions of the Chief of Police,
to report all violations of any provision of this article, indicating,
in each case:
(1)
The section thereof violated;
(2)
The location where such violation took place; including
the parking meter at which the vehicle was illegally parked;
(3)
The state and license number of such vehicle;
(4)
The date and time of violation;
(5)
The date and time of the notice of the violation;
(6)
Other facts deemed necessary for a clear understanding
of the circumstances attending the violation.
B.
Every such police officer or meter person shall place
upon such vehicle a notice to the owner or driver thereof that such
vehicle was parked in violation of a provision of this article, and
shall indicate on the notice the date and time the notice was placed
on the vehicle.
[Amended 3-3-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-2]
The Borough Council may suspend in whole or
in part the parking meter regulations set forth in this article during
such days and hours as may be designated by them.
[Amended 3-3-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-2; 9-4-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-09]
A.
Any person, firm, corporation, or owner of any vehicle parked in
violation of any provision of this article or aiding, abetting, or
assisting in the violation thereof, shall be guilty of a summary offense
and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine in the amount
of $50 and cost of prosecution (court costs and reasonable attorney
fees). Provided, however, that any person accused of such violation
may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such violation
by paying the Borough the sums set forth below within 72 hours after
the placement of such notice on the vehicle:
