Township of Whitpain, PA Article IV Stopping, Standing and Parking

§ 142-30 Vehicles to be parked within marked spaces.

Wherever a space is marked off on any street for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall be a violation of this article for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.

§ 142-31 Angle parking required on certain streets.

A. Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:

Street	Side	Between
(Reserved)

B. On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.

§ 142-32 Parking prohibited at all times in certain locations.

Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:

Street	Side	Between
Anvil Lane [Added 8-15-2023 by Ord. No. 411]	North	Between Wentz Road and the entrance to Wentz Run Park
Butler Pike	West	A point approximately 350 feet south of the center line of Skippack Pike and a point approximately 1,600 feet south of said point
Centre Square Park Drive (exit driveway) [Added 7-19-2016 by Ord. No. 349]	North and south	The parking lot within Centre Square Park approximately 1,660 feet east to the centerline of Rt. 202
DeKalb Pike	East	A point 280 feet south of the center line of Spruce Street and a point 850 feet south of said point
DeKalb Pike	East	Cherry Lane and a point on DeKalb Pike approximately 400 feet north therefrom
DeKalb Pike [Amended 9-19-1994 by Ord. No. 119-1]	West	Morris Road and a point 2,400 feet south thereof
Dundee Drive [Added 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 362]	Both	Approximately 44 feet west of the center line of Narcissa Road and approximately 150 feet west of the center line of Narcissa Road
Maple Avenue (200 block) [Added 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 362; repealed 9-17-2019 by Ord. No. 377]
Maple Avenue	Southwest	Center line of intersection with Oak Street and a point 66.5 feet southeast thereof
Mercer Hill Road	Both	A point on the center line of Mercer Hill Road 1,709.42 feet north of its intersection with the center line of Morris Road north and west to a point on its center line 80.98 feet west of the center line of its intersection with Gillin Road, being the curve on Mercer Hill Road
Narcissa Road [Added 6-21-2022 by Ord. No. 396]	Both	Township Line Road and Skippack Pike
Narcissa Road [Added 3-17-2015 by Ord. No. 336; repealed 6-21-2022 by Ord. No. 396]
Norristown Road	Both	Stenton Avenue and Walton Road
Norristown Road [Added 3-17-2015 by Ord. No. 336; repealed 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 347]
Norristown Road [Added 10-6-2015 by Ord. No. 341; repealed 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 347]
Norristown Road [Added 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 347]	West	A point 200 feet south of the center line of the southernmost intersection of Hunstman Lane and Norristown Road to a point 612 feet north of the center line of the intersection of McClure Drive and Norristown Road
Oak Street	West	Railroad Avenue and Maple Avenue
Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike	East	Center line of intersection with Skippack Pike and a point 315 feet north thereof
Penllyn-Blue Bell	West	Center line of Pike intersection with Skippack Pike and a point 320 feet north thereof
Railroad Avenue [Added 6-17-1991 by Ord. No. 209]	North	Oak Street and a point 150 feet east thereof
Railroad Avenue	South	Intersection with Mt. Pleasant Avenue and a point 100 feet east thereof
Skippack Pike	Both	DeKalb Pike and Belfry Drive
Stenton Avenue	Both	Walton Road and Norristown Road-Narcissa Road
Swede Road [Amended 9-19-1994 by Ord. No. 119-1]	Both	DeKalb Pike and Township Line Road (south)
Township Line Road (north) [Added 9-17-2019 by Ord. No. 377]	South	From the intersection with Plymouth Road east approximately 1,300 feet
Township Line Road (south) [Amended 1-29-2013 by Ord. No. 323]	North	The center line of Cassell Drive and a point 600 feet east of Winchester Drive
Township Line Road (south) [Repealed 10-16-2012 by Ord. No. 321]
Walton Road	East	Norristown Road and Stenton Avenue
Yost Road [Added 10-3-2017 by Ord. No. 362]	Both	Approximately 30 feet west of the center of Creek View Lane and approximately 30 feet west of the posted stop sign on Yost Road at Stirling Way
Yost Road	Both	DeKalb Pike and a point approximately 205 feet southwest therefrom

§ 142-33 Parking, stopping or standing prohibited.

Parking, stopping or standing shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:

Street	Side	Location
Cathcart Road	West	Between Morris Road and the southernmost point of the property line of the Montgomery County Community College
DeKalb Pike	East	Between the southernmost property line of Mont- gomery County Community College and Morris Road
Erbs Mill Road [Added 5-21-1990 by Ord. No. 197[1]]	Both	Between Swede Road and Chalk Avenue
Granary Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 332]	East	The center line of Stenton Avenue to a point 90 feet south
Maple Avenue (West Ambler section) [Added 1-20-1997 by Ord. No. 246[2]]	North	Beginning at Chestnut Street continuing west- erly past Oak Street to Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Mercer Hill Road [Added 10-16-1989 by Ord. No. 47-1[3]]	East and west	A distance of 628 feet north of the center line of Morris Road; thence proceeding north through an arc curve for a distance of 691 feet, the total prohibited distance being 1,319 feet. The prohibited area traveling southeast of Mercer Hill Road shall begin at a point on both sides of Mercer Hill Road at a distance of 257 feet southeast of the center line of Betsy Lane.
Morris Road	North and south	DeKalb Pike and Cathcart Road
Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike [Added 6-2-1986 by Ord. No. 166]	East	Beginning at a point on the northeasterly corner of Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike at Skippack Pike (Route No. 73), said point being the intersection of curblines of these streets as extended, thence proceeding along the easterly side of Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike in a northerly direction for approximately 300 feet, where the roadway narrows
Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike [Added 8-20-1999 by Ord. No. 259[4]]
Plowshare Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 332]	North	The center line of Wentz Road to a point 90 feet east
Plowshare Road [Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 332]	South	The center line of Wentz Road to a point 90 feet east
Skippack Pike [Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 172]	South	Valley Road and Sunset Drive
Symphony Lane [Added 7-20-1992 by Ord. No. 222]	East	Beginning at the curbline of the northeast corner of Symphony Lane at Skippack Pike and extending northerly for approximately 690 feet
Township Line Road [Added 9-5-1995 by Ord. No. 239[5]]	North	Beginning at a point 340 feet east of the center line of Giant Food
Township Line Road [Added 4-20-1992 by Ord. No. 220[6]]	North	Beginning at the curbline of Walton Road traveling easterly for at least 300 feet
Yost Road [Added 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 199]	North	Beginning at the driveway to Stony Creek School, in a westerly direction, thence proceeding for a distance of 375 feet, ending at the driveway to the property at 1800 Yost Road
Yost Road	South	DeKalb Pike and Lafayette Way

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $15 and costs of prosecution, provided that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, the fine shall be $5 and there will be no prosecution.

[2] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $15 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for not more than five days in Montgomery County Prison; provided, however, that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, the fine shall be $10 and there will be no prosecution.

[3] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $15 and costs of prosecution, provided that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, the fine shall be $5 and there will be no prosecution.

[4] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not more than $15 and costs of prosecution, provided that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, and pay a fine of $15 to the township, no prosecution shall be commenced.

[5] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $15 and costs of prosecution, provided that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, no prosecution shall be commenced.

[6] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $15 and costs of prosecution, provided that if the violator appears at the Township Building within 72 hours of the violation to plead guilty, the fine shall be $10 and no prosecution shall be commenced.

§ 142-34 Parking prohibited certain days and hours.

Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated in this section, as follows:

Street	Side	Between	Days	Hours
(Reserved)

§ 142-35 Parking of trucks and buses prohibited in certain locations.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park or to allow to remain parked on any of the following streets or parts of streets, between the hours indicated, any vehicle other than a passenger car, which shall not include any bus, motor home or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind:

Street	Between	Hours
Maple Avenue	Upper Dublin Township line and Mt. Pleasant Avenue	9:00 p.m to 6:00 a.m.
Mathers Road	Railroad Avenue and Morris Road	9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Mt. Pleasant Avenue	Railroad Avenue and Morris Road	9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Oak Street	Railroad Avenue and Ambler Avenue	9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Railroad Avenue	Tennis Avenue and northwest terminus of Railroad Avenue	9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

§ 142-36 Parking time limited certain days and hours.

No person shall park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked for longer than the time indicated, in any of the following locations, at any time on the days and between the hours indicated:

Street	Side	Between	Days/Hours	Parking Time Limit
(Reserved)

§ 142-37 Special purpose parking zones.

[Amended 1-21-1990 by Ord. No. 204; 10-7-1991 by Ord. No. 214; 2-17-1998 by Ord. No. 255; 1-19-1999 by Ord. No. 256; 4-3-2001 by Ord. No. 271; 7-17-2012 by Ord. No. 320; 4-16-2013 by Ord. No. 325]

A. The following are established as special purpose parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow it to remain parked in any such zone except as specifically provided for that zone:

Street	Side	Location	Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
Maple Avenue [Repealed 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 333]
Maple Avenue [Added 3-18-2014 by Ord. No. 330; repealed 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 333]
Maple Avenue [Added 3-15-2016 by Ord. No. 348]	South	Directly in front of 306 West Maple Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Maple Avenue [Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. 359]	South	Across from 337 West Maple Avenue, in front of 336 West Maple Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Maple Avenue [Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. 359]	South	Directly in front of 338 West Maple Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Oak Street [Added 4-4-2017 by Ord. No. 356]	South	Directly in front of 223 Oak Street	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue [Added 10-16-2018 by Ord. No. 368]	North	Directly in front of 316 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue	South	Directly in front of 322 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue	South	Directly in front of 324 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue [Repealed 3-18-2014 by Ord. No. 330]
Railroad Avenue	North	Directly in front of 438 Railroad Avenue, West Ambler section	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue [Added 4-4-2017 by Ord. No. 356]	North	Directly across from 440 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue	North	Directly in front of 448 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans
Railroad Avenue [Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. 359]	North	Directly in front of 450 Railroad Avenue	Parking for handicapped persons or disabled veterans

B. Official signs shall be erected and maintained by the Township giving notice of the prohibited parking area at the aforementioned locations.

§ 142-38 Fire lanes authorized.

[Amended 4-16-2013 by Ord. No. 325]

The Fire Marshal shall have the power to mark fire lanes and to regulate and prohibit the parking or the standing of attended or unattended vehicles on areas adjacent to commercial buildings or buildings open to the public by posting signs reading "No Parking by Order of the Fire Marshal." No person shall park a motor vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, within such posted areas. The fact that a vehicle which is parked or left standing unattended by the vehicle operator is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie proof that such person was in control of the vehicle at the time of such illegal parking or standing unattended.

§ 142-39 Standing or parking on roadways for loading or unloading.

It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle, other than a pedalcycle, on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street, except that standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property shall be permitted Monday through Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and for no longer than necessary for the loading or unloading.

Street	Side	Between
(Reserved)

§ 142-40 Residential permit parking.

A. Findings and purpose. The township finds that certain residential areas in the township are subjected to commuter vehicle parkings, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles; that those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level; and that the establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of the week. Therefore, the township considers it to be in the interest of the people of the township to provide for the establishment of a residential permit parking program to ensure primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner ambient air level.

B. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:

COMMUTER VEHICLE

A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.

PROPRIETOR

A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business enterprise or professional office maintained at that address. For the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking permit for that business or professional office address.

RESIDENT

A person who owns or leases real property within a residential area and who maintains either a voting residence or bona fide occupancy, or both, at that address.

RESIDENTIAL AREA

A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property, such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes.

C. Criteria.

(1) The residential areas designated in Subsection D of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:

(a) During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked or standing, legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal on-street parking capacity of the area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet.

(b) During the same period as specified in Subsection C(1)(a) directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked or standing on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.

(2) In determining that a specific area identified as impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration:

(a) The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment.

(b) The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the township.

(c) The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards.

(d) The proximity of public transportation to the residential area.

(e) The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it.

(f) The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the residential permit parking area and used by the general public for religious, health or educational purposes.

D. Designation of residential permit parking areas.

(1) The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:

	Area	Bounded by and Including
	(Reserved)

(2) Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.

E. Application for permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Chief of Police by the person desiring the permit, who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street or other location within a residential permit parking area. A separate application shall be required for each motor vehicle, and each application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of $10, which shall be for the use of the township, to be applied to the cost of administering the residential permit parking program. Each application shall contain the following information: the name of the owner or the driver, as the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Chief of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration card.

F. Issuance of permit. Upon receipt of the application and the permit fee and determination by him that the information upon the application shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit, the Chief of Police shall issue to the applicant a residential parking permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year. The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the motor vehicle, the residential parking area number and the expiration date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration date, upon making application for renewal and payment of the permit fee of $10. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to display other than the current and valid permit while standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time when those permits are to be displayed.

G. Temporary and exemption parking permits. Temporary parking permits may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee of $2, to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without payment of a fee, to handicapped persons.

H. Responsibility of permit holder.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.

(2) A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other than a residential permit parking regulation or restriction.

(3) No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.

(4) It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to the Chief of Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.

I. Revocation of permits. The Chief of Police shall have authority to revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit to the Chief of Police. Failure to do so when so requested shall constitute a violation of this section, provided that any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to the Board of Supervisors for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of the Board shall be final.

§ 142-41 Penalties for violations.

[Amended 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 233; 4-16-2013 by Ord. No. 325]

A notice of violation shall be placed on every such vehicle in violation of this article stating the monetary amount to be paid for such violation which amount shall not exceed $50 plus costs. The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the vehicle that payment of the stated amount at the Township Police Station or by mail, within five days of the violation, shall be deemed to be in full satisfaction of the violation. Enforcement of any such violations shall be by action brought before a District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a criminal fine and prosecution, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine and imprisonment in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses, in accordance with the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, 1976, June 17, P.L. 162, No. 81 (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted.