A.
Whenever a space is marked off or otherwise identified
on any street for parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked thereon
shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall
be a violation of this chapter for any person to park a vehicle or otherwise
allow it to be parked otherwise.
B.
Any person who violates or permits the violation of any
provision of this chapter shall, upon being found liable thereof in a criminal
enforcement proceeding, pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees, and may be incarcerated for a period
not exceeding 90 days for each and every day of violation. Such fine, costs,
attorneys' fees and incarceration, after being reduced to a final, unappealed
judgment, shall be enforced by the Township pursuant to the applicable Rules
of Criminal Procedure. Each twenty-four-hour period during which failure to
comply with this chapter continues shall constitute a separate violation.
These remedies shall be in addition to any lawful remedies available to the
Township.
A.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle, or in compliance with applicable
law or directions of a police officer or official traffic control device,
no person shall:
(1)
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of a street;
(b)
On any sidewalks;
(c)
Within any intersection;
(d)
On or within any crosswalk;
(e)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within 30
feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
(f)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
which would obstruct traffic, in any manner;
(g)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure;
(h)
Upon any railroad tracks;
(i)
On public or private property which is expressly reserved
for handicapped persons or disabled veterans;
(j)
Leaving the key in an unattended vehicle; or
(k)
At any place where official traffic signs prohibit stopping,
standing and/or parking.
(2)
Stand or park a vehicle:
(a)
In front of a public or private driveway;
(b)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(c)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at any intersection;
(d)
Within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield
sign, or other traffic control signal;
(e)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station,
or, when properly posted, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to
any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance;
(f)
On a limited-access highway, unless authorized by official
traffic control devices; or
(g)
At any place where official signs prohibit standing or
parking.
B.
No person shall park or otherwise leave unattended a
vehicle on private property without the consent of the owner or other person
in control or possession of the property, except in the case of an emergency
or disablement of the vehicle, in which case the operator or driver shall
arrange for the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible, after proper notification
to the property owner or other person in control or possession of the property.
C.
Every vehicle standing or parked on a highway or street
shall be positioned as follows:
(1)
On a two-way highway the vehicle shall be positioned
parallel to either the curb or the edge of the highway, and in all cases in
the direction of authorized traffic movement. The vehicle shall be parked
such that the right-hand wheels are within 12 inches of the right-hand curb,
or in the absence of a curb as close as practicable to the right-hand shoulder.
(2)
On a one-way highway, the vehicle shall be positioned
parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction of authorized
traffic movement. The vehicle shall be parked so that its wheels are within
12 inches of the curb, or in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable
to the shoulder of the road.
(3)
No commercial vehicles, including, but not limited to
trucks having a hauling capacity in excess of one ton, tandem, tractors and
tractor trailers and/or cargo-moving vehicles shall be parked upon any highway
within New Garden Township except as follows:
(a)
Any such commercial vehicle may legally park for the
purpose of delivering goods or rendering services during the normal course
of business, provided that such vehicle does not substantially impede the
flow of vehicular traffic.
(b)
Vehicles being used for the purpose of road construction
shall be permitted to park, stand, or stop on any highway or street within
the Township when construction is in progress.
D.
Enforcement and penalties. Any person convicted of a
violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be sentenced to pay
those fines and costs established by the applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code, or any subsequent act of the General Assembly amending
said Vehicle Code. Disposition of said fine(s) shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code or other applicable law.
A.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following
locations:
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Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Main Street T-341
|
North
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300 feet east from Newark Road SR3033
| |
|
Pine Street T-446
|
Both
|
Newark Road SR3033 to Reese Street T-445
| |
|
Willow Street T-444
|
Both
|
Newark Road SR3033 to Center Street T-343
|
B.
Enforcement and penalties. Any person convicted of a
violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be sentenced to pay
those fines and costs established by the applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code, or any subsequent act of the General Assembly amending
said Vehicle Code. Disposition of said fine(s) shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code or other applicable law.
A.
Declaration of snow and ice emergency. In order to facilitate
the movement of traffic and to combat snow and ice on snow emergency routes
named in this chapter, the Board of Supervisors, Chief of Police or Roadmaster,
in their sole discretion, may declare a snow and ice emergency (hereinafter
called "snow emergency"). Information on the existence of a snow emergency
may be given by the Township through radio, newspaper or other available media,
and information on the termination of the emergency may be given by use of
the same media.
B.
Parking prohibited, driving motor vehicles restricted
on snow emergency routes during a snow emergency. After any snow emergency
is declared, it shall be unlawful, at any time during the continuance of the
snow emergency for any person:
C.
Snow emergency routes designated. The following streets
are hereby designated as snow emergency routes: (Reserved)
D.
Enforcement and penalty. Any person who violates or permits
the violation of any provision of this section shall, upon being found liable
thereof in a criminal enforcement proceeding, pay a fine of not more than
$1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees, and may be incarcerated
for a period not exceeding 90 days for each and every day of violation. Such
fine, costs, attorneys' fees and incarceration, after being reduced to
a final, unappealed judgment, shall be enforced by the Township pursuant to
the applicable Rules of Criminal Procedure. Each twenty-four-hour period during
which failure to comply with this chapter continues shall constitute a separate
violation. These remedies shall be in addition to any lawful remedies available
to the Township.
