Borough of Dormont, PA Parking Meter Zones

Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who or which violates any of the provisions of this section or who aids, abets or assists in the violation of the aforesaid subsections shall, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $300 and costs of prosecution of each offense. In default of the payment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such person shall undergo imprisonment in the Allegheny County Jail for a period not exceeding 10 days.

Council may, from time to time, set by ordinance the penalty for violating Subsection K of this section. The ordinance may, as a matter of courtesy, allow for a lesser amount to be paid if done so within 48 hours of the issuance of a parking tag. The foregoing provision shall not apply, however, when the violation is committed by the same person more than one time at the same location within a twenty-four-hour period.

Revenue assessment and disposition. The coins required by this section to be deposited in parking meters are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the highways, including the cost of supervising and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones created by this section and the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and use of such parking meters.

Collection and deposit; accountability. The coins required to be deposited according to this section in parking meters shall be collected and accounted for under the supervision and direction of the Manager of the Borough, who shall deposit them in a special parking meter revenue fund at least once a week in the official depository of the Borough.

Overtime parking. No owner or operator of any vehicle shall cause, allow or permit such vehicle to be parked overtime or beyond the period of the legal parking time established and set forth in this section.

Scope. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Borough from providing for free parking space for loading and unloading of commercial vehicles, for bus stops, taxicab stands or for other matters of a similar nature.

Enforcement; emergency suspension. The duty of enforcing the provisions of this section shall be upon the Mayor acting through the Police Department. In an emergency, any of the provisions of this section, except Subsections N and O, may be temporarily suspended by the Mayor, who shall then have authority to adopt and enforce such other temporary rules and regulations as traffic conditions during such emergency may demand or require.

Reports of violation; tickets.

It shall be the duty of the police officer or any special officer of the Borough acting in accordance with instructions issued by the Chief of Police through the general supervision of the Mayor to report to the Chief of Police for prosecution, by special duplicate parking meter writings consecutively numbered, the following information:

(a)

The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(b)

The state license number of such vehicle.

(c)

The day and hour at which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this section at the time of its inspection.

(d)

Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.

Each such police officer or special officer shall also place on such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this section and instructing such owner or operator to report at the Police Department of the Borough in regard to such violation.

Applicability of other provisions. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which by other provisions of this Code or other ordinances parking is prohibited. Until meters are actually installed in the parking zones described in this section, the parking of vehicles in such zones or that part of the zone in which parking meters are not installed shall be limited to such parking regulations as have been fixed by other ordinances of the Borough.

Procurement and maintenance contracts. The proper officers of the Borough are hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the purchase and installation of parking meters and to enter into contracts for such parts and maintenance of such parking meters as may be necessary to maintain the same in good operating condition.

§ 195-26 Off-street parking meter zones.

Off-street parking meter areas are hereby established and shall be subject to the parking meter regulations set forth in § 195-25 above. Rates for said parking meters shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council. Said off-street parking meter areas are established as follows:

Dormont Village Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification No. 98-D-334. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

Tennessee Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification No. 63-S-145. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

Krugh Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification Nos. 63-S-155 and 63-S-157. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(4)

Glenmore Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification Nos. 63-S-177 and 63-S-179. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(5)

Illinois Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification No. 63-S-126. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(6)

VFW Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification No. 98-C-30. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(7)

Espy Lot. This off-street parking area is located at Parcel Identification Nos. 63-M-169 and 63-M-171. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(8)

Biltmore Lot. These off-street parking areas are located at Parcel Identification Nos. 98-G-95, 98-G-132, 98-G-135, 98-G-129, 98-G-133 and 98-G-136. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

(9)

Hillsdale/West Liberty Avenue Lot. These off-street parking areas are located at Parcel Identification Nos. 0098-D-00380-0000-00 and 0098-D-00382-0000-00. On all days, parking in the off-street parking area is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Eastern standard time or daylight saving time, as the case may be.

Power of Borough Manager.

The Borough Manager is granted authority to alter, at his or her discretion, time durations of parking meters located in the Borough off-street parking areas and to post appropriate signs.

The authority granted to the Borough Manager in Subsection B(1) hereof shall be exercised without enactment of a Borough ordinance.

The authority granted to the Borough Manager by this subsection shall not include the power to alter or establish parking rates or fines and penalties for violation of parking regulations.

Business parking permits.

Permits authorized. The Borough Manager is hereby authorized to issue parking permits to owners and employees of businesses located within the Borough of Dormont. Said permits shall be issued in accordance with rules and regulations approved by Council, for a fee established by Council from time to time by resolution,[1] and shall entitle the holders thereof to parking privileges in Borough off-street parking areas as set forth in said regulations and in Subsection C(3) of this section.

[1]

Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the office of the Borough Manager.

Reserved areas created. The Borough Manager is hereby authorized to establish or designate parking spaces in any Borough off-street parking area as exclusively reserved for parking by holders of business parking permits and to post such spaces accordingly. The establishment, number and location of such reserved spaces shall be at the discretion of the Borough Manager.

Parking regulated.

(a)

Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a business parking permit issued by the Borough of Dormont, no person shall park a vehicle, during hours when applicable parking laws are enforced, in a parking space in any Borough off-street parking area which has been posted as reserved for business parking only.

(b)

Parking by holders of business parking permits may be restricted to reserved areas only, when appropriate signs are posted by the Borough Manager, who is hereby authorized to impose such restriction.

(4)

Permits not transferable. It shall be unlawful for any person who is the purchaser of a business parking permit to lend, assign or transfer the same to any other person or to any vehicle other than that vehicle for which the permit was issued.

(5)

Violations and penalties. Any person violating Subsection C(3) or (4) of this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a mandatory minimum fine of $25. In addition, a violation of Subsection C(4) of this section, relating to transferability, shall result in the immediate revocation of the business parking permit. Vehicles parked in violation of Subsection C(3) of this section may be removed at the reasonable expense of the owner of the vehicle. Parking meter attendants are hereby empowered to enforce the provisions of this section.

(6)

The meter permit areas are as follows:

Name of Street	Side	Location
Edgehill Avenue	Both	West Liberty Avenue to last meter spot
Glenmore Avenue	Both	Potomac Avenue to last meter spot
West Liberty Avenue	Both	Pioneer Avenue to City of Pittsburgh

Handicapped areas.

Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing registration plates or parking placards issued by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to handicapped persons or disabled veterans, no person shall park a vehicle at any time in a parking space in any Borough off-street parking area reserved for a handicapped person or disabled veteran which has been so posted.

The Borough Manager is hereby authorized to establish or designate parking spaces in any Borough off-street parking area as exclusively reserved for parking by a handicapped person or disabled veteran and to post such spaces accordingly. The establishment, number and location of such spaces in Borough off-street parking areas shall be at the discretion of the Borough Manager.