[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 7-1-1957 by Ord. No. 399, approved 7-1-1957. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 141.
It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of Councilmanic finding that:
A. 
Free circulation of traffic of all kinds through the streets of this Borough is necessary to the health, safety and general welfare of its citizens.
B. 
The greatly increased use by the public of motor vehicles of all kinds has caused serious traffic congestion on the streets of this Borough.
C. 
The parking of motor vehicles on the streets has contributed to this congestion to such an extent as to interfere seriously with the primary use of such streets for the movement of traffic.
D. 
Such parking prevents the free circulation of traffic in, through and from the Borough, impedes rapid and effective fighting of fires and the disposition of police forces in the Borough and endangers the health, safety and welfare of the citizens.
E. 
Such parking threatens irreparable loss in valuations of property in the Borough.
F. 
This parking crisis, which threatens the welfare of the Borough, can be reduced by providing sufficient off-street parking facilities properly located in the Borough, the situs of which are to be recommended by the Council of the Borough.
G. 
The establishment of a Parking Authority will promote the public safety, convenience and welfare.
It is the expressed desire of the Council of the Borough of Darby that a Parking Authority be organized under and pursuant to the Act of Assembly of June 5, 1947, P.L. 458,[1] its amendments and supplements, entitled the "Parking Authority Law."
[1]
Editor's Note: Said act was repealed by June 19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22, § 3; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5501 et seq.
The proposed Articles of Incorporation of the said Parking Authority shall be as follows:
A. 
The name of the Authority shall be the "Parking Authority of the Borough of Darby."
B. 
The said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of Assembly of June 5, 1947, P.L. 458, its amendments and supplements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections C and D, which immediately followed this subsection and listed the names and addresses of the Darby Borough Council members and of the initial Board members of the Authority, were repealed 3-5-1975 by Ord. No. 557, approved 3-5-1975.
The Solicitor is hereby directed to prepare the necessary Articles of Incorporation, and the President and Secretary of Council are directed to execute the same under the Borough seal.
The Secretary is directed to publish briefly the substance of this chapter and the proposed Articles of Incorporation, with reference to the above-cited Act of Assembly.
Upon completion of the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation, the Secretary shall publish a notice containing a brief statement of the substance of this chapter and the Articles, making reference to the above-cited Act of Assembly, and shall state that on a day certain, not less than three days after publication, the Articles of Incorporation will be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Said notice shall be published once in the Delaware County Legal Journal and the Ledger of Delaware County.
Upon the said day certain, the Solicitor shall file the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with the proof of publication of said notice.