[Added 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 703]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PERSON and/or HANDICAPPED PERSON
A person who qualifies under the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicle Code definition and who possesses a handicapped person identification card and placard (prominently displayed in the front window dashboard of the vehicle) and/or a handicapped license plate issued by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or the equivalent agency for other states and federal motor vehicles.
PUBLIC PARKING
Any building, structure, facility or complex used by the general public, including but not limited to municipal and/or government-owned buildings, shopping malls, stores, markets, hotels, recreation facilities, schools, office buildings and public eating places, whether publicly or privately owned.
Parking spaces for the physically challenged shall be constructed in accordance with the following guidelines:
A. 
Handicapped parking spaces will be located in parking areas most accessible and approximate to the entrance to the building which the facility serves. The determination of said locations will be made by the Borough Manager upon recommendations with the Chief of Police in conjunction with and in consultation with the property owner.
B. 
Each handicapped parking space or group of spaces shall be identified in accordance with specifications found in the American Disabilities Act.
C. 
Each space shall comply with the American Disabilities Act and regulations.
D. 
All signs and pavement markers required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shall be maintained in good and proper condition by the property owner and must remain clearly visible at all times.
E. 
The sign posted at the parking space reserved for the handicapped shall state the amount of the fine which may be levied if the vehicle is unlawfully parked in the reserved space and further state that the vehicle may be towed from the site. The Borough shall replace said signs whenever they become obsolete or missing.
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
Parking spaces for the physically challenged shall be as follows:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Borough Hall Parking Lot
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770]
West
Located adjacent to the rear entrance to the Borough Hall (110 West Packer Avenue), parallel to the alleyway
Desmond Street
[Repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No. 881]
Desmond Street
West
19th parking space north of the intersection of West Packer Avenue with Desmond Street
Desmond Street
[Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No. 881]
Keystone Avenue
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No. 881]
Lincoln Street
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 3-18-2010 by Ord. No. 875]
Lockhart Street
[Added 11-15-1999 by Ord. No. 770; repealed 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
Municipal Parking Lots
[Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
NA
Where indicated by use of American Disability Act (ADA) space designation signs
North Elmer Avenue
[Added 3-18-2010 by Ord. No. 875]
West
Located directly in front of the First Baptist Church, presently 221 North Elmer Avenue.
South Elmer Avenue
[Amended 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834; repealed 8-25-2011 by Ord. No. 881]
South Elmer Avenue
[Added 1-15-1996 by Ord. No. 733]
West
1st parking space north of the intersection of West Packer Avenue and South Elmer Avenue
South Hopkins Street
[Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
West
First parking space north of the intersection of Woodworth Street and South Hopkins Street in front of lot 20.22-699, presently known as 108 South Hopkins Street
West Lockhart Street
[Added 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 787]
North
In front of 104 West Lockhart Street
West Lockhart Street
[Added 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
South
First parking space west of the intersection of West Lockhart Street and Desmond Street
West Packer Avenue
[Added 9-25-2006 by Ord. No. 845]
North/South
At the intersection with the west line of Desmond Street
Woodworth Street
[Added 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 787; repealed 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 834]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, park or stand a motor vehicle in a legally designated handicapped parking space unless such a person is a handicapped person or is transporting a handicapped person and is using the handicapped parking space for the transportation of said handicapped person. Any person who shall violate this section shall be subject to a fine of $10 for the first offense, plus, for subsequent offenses within a twelve-month period, a fine of at least $50 and up to 90 days' community service on such terms and in such form as the court shall deem appropriate, or any combination thereof.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department of Sayre Borough.