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Township of Harrison, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
Wherever a space is marked off on any street for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall be a violation of this Part for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:
Street
Side
Between
(Reserved)
On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987; as amended by Res. 922, 10/16/1989; by Res. 967, 1/21/1991; by Res. 1084, 3/28/1994, § 1; by Res. 1222, 10/23/1997; by Res. 1287, 6/26/2000, § 1; by Res. 1753, 4/20/2017; and by Res. 1759, 6/19/2017]
1. 
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
Street
Side
Between
Alabama Avenue
Both
Carlisle Street to Cambridge Street
Alabama Avenue
Both
Freeport Road to Warner Alley
Alabama Avenue
North
Arizona Avenue to Minnesota Avenue
Alabama Avenue
North
Cambridge Street to Arizona Avenue
Alabama Avenue
North
50 feet to corner of Carlisle Street
Alabama Avenue
South
50 feet west of Cambridge Street
Alabama Avenue
South
Warner Alley to Carlisle Street
Alter Road
[Added by Ord. No. 2008, 8/26/2019[1]]
East
From the north and south points of intersection with Revere Road extending 50 feet north and 50 feet south
Argonne Drive
Both
Freeport Road to Vermont Avenue
Argonne Drive
East
Vermont Avenue to Philadelphia Avenue
Arizona Avenue
West
Entire length
Blue Ridge Avenue
West
Entire length
Broadview Boulevard
Both
Springhill Road to Princeton Avenue
Broadview Boulevard
East
Argonne Drive to California Avenue
Broadview Boulevard
East
Dallas Avenue to Montana Avenue
California Avenue
Both
Twelfth Avenue to Pacific Avenue
California Avenue
North
Freeport Road to Warner Alley
California Avenue
North
Ninth Avenue to Twelfth Avenue
California Avenue
South
Eleventh Avenue to Twelfth Avenue
Cambridge Street
East
50 feet south of Alabama Avenue
Cambridge Street
East
Idaho Avenue to Main Street
Cambridge Street
West
Maryland Avenue to Minnesota Avenue
Cambridge Street
West
Minnesota Avenue to Alabama Avenue
Carlisle Street
Both
Freeport Road to Morgan Street
Carlisle Street
West
Montana Avenue to Morgan Street
Carlisle Street
West
Oregon Avenue to Montana Avenue
Center Street
East
Pond Street to Federal Street
Chestnut Street
North
Pond Street to Federal Street
Coal Alley
South
Entire length
Dallas Avenue
South
Burtner Road to State Street
Diamond Alley
West
Penn Street to Center Street
Eighth Avenue
West
Argonne Drive to dead end
Eleventh Avenue
East
California Avenue to Delaware Avenue
Evergreen Drive
Both
Entire length
Federal Street
Both
Entire length
Federal Street Extension
Both
Entire length
Freeport Road
Both
Harrison Avenue to Breckenridge Borough
Harvard Avenue
North
Burtner Road to Poplar Street
Harvard Avenue
South
Freeport Road to Westminster Alley
Idaho Avenue
North
Entire length
Idaho Avenue
North
Pacific Avenue to Broadview Boulevard
Idaho Avenue
South
50 feet east of Cambridge Street
Idaho Avenue
South
Union Avenue to Pacific Avenue
Jacqueline Drive
South
60 feet from Oak Manor Drive
Jefferson Avenue
North
Freeport Road for a distance of 70 feet
Kuhnert Street
Both
Entire length
Lane Avenue
South
Freeport Road to State Street
Lengel Avenue
North
Freeport Road to private alley
Mile Lock Lane
South
Entire length
Montana Avenue
South
Broadview Boulevard to Pacific Avenue
Montana Avenue
[Amended by Res. 1768, 8/23/2017]
South
Freeport Road to First Street
Montrose Alley
North
Entire length
Morgan Street
Both
Entire length
North Canal Street
Both
Entire length
Municipal Drive
Both
Entire length
Oregon Avenue
North
Freeport Road to Warner Alley
Pacific Avenue
East
Montana Avenue to California Avenue
Park Avenue
East
Springhill Road to Park Avenue Loop
Pennsylvania Avenue
North
Entire length
Philadelphia Avenue
South
Wood Street to Blue Ridge Avenue
Pitt Alley
East
50 feet south of Alabama Avenue
Pond Street
North
Blue Ridge Avenue to Wood Street
Pond Street
South
Blue Ridge Avenue to Center Street
Princeton Avenue
North
Entire length
Pulaski Drive
South
Entire length
River Avenue
West
Mile Lock Lane to Sycamore Street
Seventh Street
Both
Entire length
Spencer Street
East
Along M.P. Acee property
Springhill Road
North
Entire length
Springhill Road
South
Freeport Road to Westminster Alley
State Street
East
Liberty Avenue to Dallas Avenue
Sumner Street
At Stewart Street (PAT transit recovery station)
Sycamore Street
South
40 Sycamore Street to River Avenue
Sylvan Avenue
West
Hawthorne Street to 1709 Sylvan Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
West
California Avenue to Argonne Drive
Union Avenue
Both
Princeton Avenue to Lane Avenue
Union Avenue
Both
Princeton Avenue to Liberty Avenue
Union Avenue
West
Argonne Drive to Alabama Avenue
Warner Alley
Both
50 feet south of Alabama Avenue
Warner Alley
East
Oregon Avenue to Alabama Avenue
Warner Alley
West
50 feet north of Alabama Avenue
Wood Street
West
Federal Street to Pond Street
[1]
Editor's Note: Section III of this ordinance provided that any violation of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, result in a fine of up to $50, together with all costs.
2. 
A "No Parking Here to Corner" restriction shall be established at the following intersections:
A. 
Melrose Avenue and Hawthorne Street.
B. 
Eleventh Avenue and Carolina Avenue (southwest corner).
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section, as follows:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
Delaware Alley
[Added by Res. 1730, 10/24/2016]
From Carolina Avenue to the dead end of the 1300 block of Delaware Alley
Garbage pickup day, currently Monday
12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon
Improved streets east of Freeport Road
Entire length
Tues. and Wed.
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Improved streets west of Freeport Road
Entire length
Thurs. and Fri.
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to remain parked, on any of the following streets or parts of streets, any vehicle other than a passenger car (which shall not include any bus, motor home or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind):
Street
Between
All streets
Entire length
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
No person shall park a vehicle, or allow it to remain parked, for longer than the time indicated, in any of the following locations, at any time on the days and between the hours indicated:
Street
Side
Between
Days
Hours
Parking Time Limit
Alabama Avenue
North
Warner Alley to Carlisle Street
Every day
All hrs.
15 min.
Center Street
Both
Sycamore to Pine Street
Every day
All hrs.
6 hrs.
Gordon Street
Both
Freeport Road to Rose Alley
Every day
All hrs.
2 hrs.
Harvard Avenue
South
Westminster Alley to Freeport Road
Every day
All hrs.
1 hr.
Lane Avenue
North
Pennzoil driveways
Every day
All hrs.
2 hrs.
Linden Avenue
Both
Entire length
Every day
All hrs.
6 hrs.
Pacific Avenue
West
1500 block
Mon.-Fri.
7:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
3 hrs.
Pine Street
Both
Entire length
Every day
All hrs.
6 hrs.
River Avenue
North
Sycamore Street to Mile Lock Lane
Every day
All hrs.
**
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987; as amended by Res. 835, 3/16/1987; by Res. 842, 5/27/1987, § 1; by Res. 860, 12/30/1987, § 1; by Res. 865, 3/21/1988, § 1; by Res. 883, 11/21/1988, § 1; by Res. 893, 3/20/1989, § 1; by Res. 909, 6/19/1989; by Res. 929, 12/28/1989; by Res. 942, 7/10/1990; by Res. 942-A, 9/17/1990; by Res. 960, 11/19/1990; by Res. 965, 1/21/1991; by Res. 968, 3/18/1991; by Res. 976, 6/24/1991; by Res. 982, 7/15/1991; by Res. 983, 8/19/1991; by Res. 986, 9/16/1991; by Res. 1012, 4/20/1992; by Res. 1017, 6/15/1992; by Res. 1020, 7/20/1992; by Res. 1023, 8/17/1992; by Res. 1032, 9/21/1992; by Res. 1033, 9/21/1992; by Res. 1043, 1/18/1993; by Res. 1044, 1/18/1993; by Res. 1053, 5/20/1993; by Res. 1068, 12/7/1993; by Res. 1080, 2/28/1994; by Res. 1081, 3/28/1994, § 1; by Ord. 1840, 7/25/1994, § 1; by Res. 1102, 8/22/1994, § 1; by Res. 1107, 9/26/1994, § 1; by Res. 1117, 10/24/1994, § 1; by Res. 1123, 10/27/1994, § 1; by Res. 1146, 8/28/1995, § 1; by Res. 1150, 9/25/1995, § 1; by Res. 1154, 10/23/1995, § 1; by Res. 1156, 11/27/1995, § 1; by Res. 1163, 2/22/1996, § 1; by Res. 1165, 2/26/1996, § 1; by Res. 1176, 9/23/1996, § 1; by Res. 1182, 10/28/1996, § 1, by Res. 1200, 3/20/1997, § 1, by Res. 1202, 4/28/1997, § 1; by Res. 1212, 7/28/1997, § 1; by Res. 1221, 10/23/1997, § 1; by Res. 1226, 11/24/1997; by Res. 1232, 12/23/1998, § 1; by Res. 1235, 3/23/1998; by Res. 1261, 4/26/1999; by Res. 1266, 7/22/1999; by Res. 1283, 4/24/2000, § 1; by Res. 1294, 11/29/2000; by Ord. 1986, 6/27/2016; and by Res., 7/21/2016]
The following are established as special purpose parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow it to remain parked, in any such zone, except as specifically provided for that zone:
1. 
Areas 50 feet on either side of the Employment Office and 20 feet on either side of Main Office entrance.
2. 
Parking for Persons with a Disability or Severely Disabled Veterans. The list of spaces designated as reserved for parking of vehicles lawfully bearing a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a disability or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a person with a disability or a severely disabled veteran is as follows and is available at the Township office or on the Township website:
Location
1232 Eighth Avenue, Natrona Heights
1234 Eighth Avenue, Natrona Heights
8 Garfield Street, Natrona
16 Linden Street, Natrona
21 Linden Street, Natrona Heights
[Added by Res. 1758, 4/20/2017]
22 Natrona Street, Natrona
25 Natrona Street
[Added by Res. 1766, 8/28/2017]
37 Natrona Street
[Added by Res. 1784, 7/23/2018]
63 Natrona Street
[Added by Res. 1766, 8/28/2017]
17 Pine Street, Natrona
19 Pine Street, Natrona
77 River Avenue
[Added by Res. 1784, 7/23/2018]
18 Spruce Street
[Added by Res. 1766, 8/28/2017]
23 Spruce Street, Natrona
77 Sycamore Street, Natrona
1330 Union Avenue, Natrona Heights
[Added by Res. 1724, 9/22/2016]
4 Walnut Street, Natrona
11 Walnut Street, Natrona
44 Walnut Street, Natrona
A. 
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a person with a duly issued disability or severely disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a duly issued disability or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a person with a disability or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle in a parking space designated in § 407, Subsection 2, above when such space has been posted according to applicable Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regulations.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this section by parking in an area designated in § 407, Subsection 2, above shall be, upon conviction, sentenced to pay a fine of $50.
3. 
(Reserved)
4. 
Regulations and Procedures for Parking Spaces Reserved for Persons with a Disability or Severely Disabled Veterans ("Disability Parking").
A. 
Applications for disability parking spaces must be submitted through completion of an application form available in the Township office and on the Township website.
B. 
The application must be submitted at least 20 days prior to action by the Board of Commissioners, to allow time for staff review and recommendation.
C. 
The following factors will be considered in the application review process:
(1) 
Availability of off-street parking at the subject property.
(2) 
Input from nearby property owners.
(3) 
Verification of application information, including issuance of the required license plate or placard.
(4) 
Impact on general safety, traffic flow, and neighboring property occupants.
(5) 
Where off-street parking is available to the applicant, the application will not be granted or processed further.
(6) 
Where a request is granted and a space is posted as reserved for disability parking, the space is available to all vehicles carrying the required placard or license and used for transporting a disabled person. The space is not reserved only for the applicant.
(7) 
All approved applications are valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The approval may be renewed in accordance with administrative regulations to be adopted by the Chief of Police, who is hereby authorized and directed to adopt such regulations.
(8) 
Where an approval has not been timely renewed, the posted sign may be removed by the Township upon authorization by the Chief of Police.
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle (other than a pedalcycle) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street, except that standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property shall be permitted Monday through Saturday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and for no longer than necessary for the loading or unloading.
Street
Side
Location
River Avenue
South
Natrona Hose Co. to a point 120 feet southwest
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987; as amended by Res. 836, 3/16/1987; by Res. 985, 9/16/1991; and by Res. 1076, 1/11/1994]
1. 
Findings and Purpose: The Township finds that:
A. 
Certain residential areas in the Township are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles;
B. 
Those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic, which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level; and
C. 
The establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of the week. Therefore, the Township considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Township to provide for the establishment of a residential permit parking program to ensure primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner ambient air level.
2. 
Definitions: For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
COMMUTER VEHICLE
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.
PROPRIETOR
A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business enterprise or professional office maintained at that address. For the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking permit for that business or professional office address.
RESIDENT
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential area and who maintains either a voting residence or bona fide occupancy, or both, at that address.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes).
3. 
Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection 4 of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:
A. 
During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked (or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal, on-street parking capacity of the area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet.
B. 
During the same period as specified in Subsection 3A, directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
Provided: in determining that a specific area identified as impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration:
(1) 
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment;
(2) 
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the Township;
(3) 
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards;
(4) 
The proximity of public transportation to the residential area;
(5) 
The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it; and
(6) 
The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the residential permit parking area and used by the general public for religious, health or educational purposes.
4. 
Designation of Residential Permit Parking Areas. The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:
Area
Bounded by and Including
Alabama Avenue
Broadview Boulevard to Pacific Avenue
Arizona Avenue
Alabama Avenue to Florida Avenue
Broadview Boulevard
Argonne Drive to Mile Lock Lane
California Avenue
Eleventh Avenue along property at 1339 Eleventh Avenue
California Avenue
Entire length
Cambridge Street
Alabama Avenue to Florida Avenue
Carlisle Street
California Avenue to Florida Avenue
Glenmar Street
[Added by Res. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Entire length
Kipp Alley
Entire length
Laurel Alley
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Parkway Avenue to Pearl Street Extension
Mile Lock Lane
Freeport Road to Carlisle Street
Oregon Avenue
Entire length
Parkway Avenue
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
South Meadow Street to Pearl Street
Pearl Street
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Entire length
Pearl Street Extension
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Entire length
Poplar Street (residential side)
[Added by Res. No. 1785, 7/23/2018]
Freeport Road and Springhill Road
South Meadow Street
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Parkway Avenue to Pearl Street Extension
Sycamore Street
River Avenue to Center Street, odd-numbered side
Sylvan Avenue
[Added by Res. No. 1774A, 5/29/2018]
Hawthorne Street to Glenmar Street
Union Avenue
1200 block
Warner Alley
California Avenue to Georgia Avenue
Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.
5. 
Application for Permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Township Secretary by the person desiring the permit, who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street or other location within a residential parking permit area. A separate application shall be required for each motor vehicle. Each application shall contain the following information: the name of the owner or the driver, as the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Township Secretary, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his/her driver's license and the vehicle registration card.
6. 
Issuance of Permit. Upon receipt of the application and a determination that the information upon the application shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit, the Township Secretary shall issue to the applicant a residential parking permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year. The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the motor vehicles, the residential parking area number, and the expiration date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration date, upon making application for renewal. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to display other than the current and valid permit while standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time when those permits are to be displayed.
7. 
Temporary and Exemption Parking Permits. Temporary parking permits (two per household) may be issued by the Township Secretary to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without payment of a fee, to handicapped persons.
8. 
Responsibility of Permit Holder:
A. 
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.
B. 
A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other than residential permit parking regulation or restriction.
C. 
No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.
D. 
It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to the Township Secretary in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
(1) 
Revocation of Permits. The Township Secretary shall have authority to revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit to the Township Secretary. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall constitute a violation of this section; provided, any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to the Board of Commissioners for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of the Board of Commissioners shall be final.
[Ord. 1782, 2/16/1987]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15 and costs; provided, it shall be the duty of the police officers and of parking enforcement personnel of the Township to report to the appropriate official all violations of any provision of this Part, indicating, in each case: the section violated; the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation; the location where the violation took place; and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. The police officer or other person making the report shall also attach to or place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was parked in violation of this Part. The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the vehicle to report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay the fine so indicated within the allotted time to avoid further prosecution.