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Borough of West View, PA
Allegheny County
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The boundary limits of the Borough of West View are hereby established as a zone in which motor vehicles may remain standing without lights, and all highways within such boundary limits are hereby designated as highways where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.
A. 
Vehicles to be parked in marked spaces. Wherever a space shall be marked off on any highway for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked shall be parked within the lines bounding such space.
B. 
Repairs to vehicles on public highways. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any repair to any motor vehicle upon any of the public highways of the Borough.
C. 
Parking of vehicles for sales purposes. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle upon a highway for the purpose of displaying the same for sale. Failure to remove the same after notice from a police officer shall constitute an additional offense.
D. 
Obstruction of sidewalks. In loading or unloading vehicles, sidewalks shall not be obstructed in an unreasonable way or for any unreasonable length of time.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the highways or parts thereof described below except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all highways or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
Name of Highway
Side
Angle
Location
Hempstead Avenue
[Amended 2-2-1977 by Ord. No. 1191]
East
45°
From Chalfonte Avenue 600 feet south to a point; thence diagonal parking for 180 feet
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the highways or parts thereof described below.
Name of Highway
Side
Location
Amherst Avenue
South
Entire length
Ann Arbor Avenue
West
Entire length
Ashford Avenue
West
From Crest Alley to dead end
Bellevue Avenue
East
Entire length
Brightwood Avenue
Both
From State Alley to Center Avenue
Brightwood Avenue
North
From State Alley to Linden Avenue
Bronx Avenue
West
Entire length
Carlisle Avenue
[Added 4-13-2017 by Ord. No. 1493]
East
From Adrian Avenue to Oberlin Avenue
Center Avenue
Both
From Harvard Avenue to the Borough line
Center Avenue
Both
From Hawthorne Avenue to Norwich Avenue
Center Avenue
Both
From Perrysville Avenue to Bronx Avenue
Center Avenue
Both
From Perrysville Avenue to a point 300 feet east of Bellevue Avenue
Center Avenue
West
From Brightwood Avenue to Hawthorne Avenue
Chalfonte Avenue
Both
From Perrysville Avenue to Hempstead Avenue
Chalfonte Avenue
South
From Center Avenue to Bellevue Avenue
Clairmont Avenue
East
Entire length
Columbia Avenue
East
From Center Avenue to the Borough line
Columbia Avenue
East
From Center Avenue to Highland Avenue
Cornell Avenue
Both
From Center Avenue to Highland Avenue
Cornell Avenue
West
From Center Avenue to the Borough line at 14th Alley
Cresson Avenue
[Added 9-7-1977 by Ord. No. 1199]
South
Entire length
Fairview Avenue
North
From Martsolf Avenue to Park Avenue
Fordham Avenue
North
Entire length
Frankfort Avenue
East
Entire length
Georgetown Avenue
North
From Cornell Avenue to Columbia Avenue
Georgetown Avenue
South
From Cornell Avenue to Lehigh Avenue
Glenmore Avenue
North
From Bellevue Avenue to Rochester Road
Harvard Avenue
Both
From Center Avenue to Columbia Avenue
Harvard Avenue
South
From Stanford Avenue to Center Avenue
Hawthorne Avenue
East
From Center Avenue to Lansing Avenue
Hawthorne Avenue
West
From Lansing Avenue to dead end
Hempstead Avenue
[Added 12-8-1993 by Ord. No. 1348]
East
From Chalfonte Avenue to Highland Avenue
Hempstead Avenue
West
From Chalfonte Avenue to Lakewood Avenue
Highland Avenue
Both
From Perry Highway to Highland Avenue
Highland Avenue
South
From Perrysville Avenue to Ashford Avenue
Jamaica Avenue
North
From Waverly Avenue to Hempstead Avenue
Jamaica Avenue
West
From Waverly Avenue to Highland Avenue
Lakewood Avenue
Both
From Waverly Avenue to Chalfonte Avenue
Lakewood Avenue
South
From Perrysville Avenue to Waverly Avenue
Lakewood Avenue
West
From Chalfonte Avenue to Highland Avenue
Lansing Avenue
South
From Hawthorne Avenue to the Borough line
Lehigh Avenue
East
From Highland Avenue to Dartmouth Avenue
Martsolf Avenue
East
From Ridgewood Avenue to the north side of the bridge spanning Center Avenue
Martsolf Avenue
West
From the bridge spanning Center Avenue to Park Avenue
Mineola Avenue
East
From Highland Avenue to Lakewood Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
East
From Ridgewood Avenue to Norwich Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
West
From Norwich Avenue to Horseshoe Bend
North Park Road
[Added 2-2-1977 by Ord. No. 1191]
West
Entire length
Oakley Avenue
South
From Martsolf Avenue to Park Avenue
Oakwood Avenue
West
Entire length
Oberlin Avenue
[Added 9-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1278]
South
Entire length
Park Avenue
West
Entire length
Perrysville Avenue
Both
From the Borough line to Perrysville Avenue and Center Avenue
Perrysville Avenue
Both
From Chalfonte Avenue to Rochester Road
Perrysville Avenue
West
From Center Avenue to Chalfonte Avenue
Princeton Avenue
Both
From Center Avenue to Bronx Avenue
Princeton Avenue
South
From Center Avenue to Kenyon Avenue
Ridgewood Avenue
Southeast
From Martsolf Avenue to Perry Highway
Schwitter Avenue
South
From Bellevue Avenue to Perrysville Avenue
Stanford Avenue
East
From Kenyon Avenue to Harvard Avenue
Stanford Avenue
[Amended 3-11-1998 by Ord. No. 1380]
East
From Harvard Avenue to Amherst Avenue
Township Road
Both
From Perrysville Avenue to Center Avenue
Township Road
South
From Center Avenue to Glenmore Avenue
Waverly Avenue
Both
From Center Avenue to Jamaica Avenue
West View Park Drive or any portion of the right-of-way known as West View Park Drive
[Added 10-14-1981 by Ord. No. 1259]
Both
From Center Avenue to Perry Highway
All streets and alleys (both sides, entire length) the width of which from property line to property line is less than 21 feet.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the highways or parts of highways described below between the hours specified, for longer than the time indicated below.
Name of Highway
Side
Hours
Time Limit
(hours)
Location
Center Avenue (that portion previously occupied by the right-of-way of the Pittsburgh Railway Co. and its successor, the Port Authority Transit)
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday
2
From Bellevue Avenue to the Perry Highway north of the right-of-way of the Pittsburgh Railway Co.
Center Avenue
East
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday
2
From Ridgewood Avenue to Hawthorne Avenue
Center Avenue
[Amended 12-12-2001 by Ord. No. 1404]
North
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
2
From Perrysville Avenue to a point 625 feet east of Bellevue Avenue
Perrysville Avenue
[Amended 11-8-1989 by Ord. No. 1315; 12-12-2001 by Ord. No. 1404]
East
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
2
From Center Avenue to Enon Alley
Perrysville Avenue
[Amended 11-8-1989 by Ord. No. 1315]
West
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
2
From Enon Alley to Center Avenue
[Added 3-8-1978 by Ord. No. 1217]
The proper officers of the Town Council of the Borough of West View hereby authorize no-parking signs to be placed on the following highways:
Name of Highway
Side
Hours
Location
Wentworth Avenue
North
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., except Sat. and Sun.
From Ashford Avenue to Church Way
[Amended 3-11-1998 by Ord. No. 1380]
A. 
The parking of or allowing the parking of commercial vehicles, tractor trailers, truck cab or trailer with the capacity of one ton or over upon any highway, street or alley within the Borough of West View for longer than 60 minutes between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. is hereby prohibited.
B. 
The parking of straight trucks, box trucks, truck cabs or tractor trailer combinations upon the highways, streets, avenues, alleys, public parking lots or upon any property used as or zoned as residential within the Borough of West View is hereby prohibited, except when loading or unloading goods, wares and merchandise, in which event the period of such parking shall be limited to one hour, except in the event of emergency or breakdown.
[Added 6-14-1978 by Ord. No. 1220]
The parking of any trailer, boat, mobile home, camper unit or mechanized machinery or equipment of any kind for a period in excess of 24 hours upon any public highway, street, alley or public property in and of the Borough of West View shall be and the same is hereby forbidden.
[Added 10-14-1981 by Ord. No. 1260]
A. 
There shall be no stopping, standing or parking in any of the areas designated as fire lanes within the confines of the West View Park Plaza Shopping Center as is more particularly described in the plan available for inspection in the Borough office. Said fire lanes shall be marked appropriately so as to properly identify them.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties as are set forth in the Code of the Borough of West View for similar offenses.
[Added 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1350]
It is hereby a violation of the Code of the Borough of West View for any person, corporation, association or other entity to park a vehicle on public or private property in an area reserved for a handicap person or a severely disabled veteran, which property has been posted in accordance with law, and said posting notices the public of this section of the Code of the Borough of West View, and the within penalties for the violation hereof. Persons operating vehicles lawfully bearing a handicap or severely disabled veteran registration plate, or displaying a handicap or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a handicap person or severely disabled veteran, shall be permitted to park in the space reserved for that purpose.
[Added 6-12-2002 by Ord. No. 1409; amended 9-14-2005 by Ord. No. 1429; 9-12-2013 by Ord. No. 1471]
A. 
Parking shall be prohibited at the time, days and months posted for each of the streets in the Borough of West View designed for street sweeping during the periods from April 15 through November 15 of each and every year. The times and days of the week shall be posted on each street in the Borough.
B. 
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section and park in prohibited areas at prohibited times scheduled for street sweeping shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $10 per each violation.
[Amended 8-14-2014 by Ord. No. 1481]