A.
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.
B.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon
the various metered lots hereby established, adjacent to each parking
meter, for the purpose of designating the parking space for which
such meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking
meter shall be parked within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
for any person:
(1)
To park any vehicle across any such line or marking.
(2)
To park any vehicle in such a position that such vehicle
shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
(3)
To park a vehicle elsewhere in any such lot than in
an individual parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
C.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon
the various levels of the Pomfret Street Parking Garage for the purpose
of designating the parking spaces within which vehicles shall be parked.
Each vehicle utilizing said facility shall be parked within the lines
or markings so placed. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person:
(1)
To park any vehicle across any such line or marking.
(2)
To park any vehicle in such a position that such vehicle
shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
(3)
To park a vehicle elsewhere in said Pomfret Street
Parking Garage other than in an individual parking space.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XIV (§ 244-96), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except at the angle designated and only within the painted stall lines. On all streets or portions thereof where angle parking is now or shall hereafter be authorized, all vehicles parked thereon shall be parked with the front thereof nearest the curb.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XV (§ 244-97), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[Added 7-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1716, approved 7-11-1991]
No person shall park any commercial vehicle, tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination of over three tons (6,000 pounds) in gross weight, except for vehicles making local deliveries, repairs or installations, public utility vehicles, fire and rescue equipment, garbage and rubbish vehicles and school or public transportation buses, or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the streets or parts thereof described in Schedule XXI (§ 244-103), attached to and made a part of this chapter.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVI (§ 244-98), attached to and made a part of this chapter, during the hours specified on the days indicated in said schedule, except legal holidays.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XVII (§ 244-99), attached to and made a part of this chapter, between the hours specified, for longer than the time indicated in said schedule.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or to allow the same to remain parked in any special-purpose parking zone established in Schedule XVIII (§ 244-100), attached to and made a part of this chapter, except as specifically provided for such zone.
[Added 12-8-1988 by Ord. No. 1608, approved 12-8-1988]
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or to protect the safety of any person or vehicle or
in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official
traffic control device, no person shall:
A.
Park a vehicle at any place where official signs prohibit
standing or parking.
B.
Park 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 emergency or disablement of the vehicle, in
which case the operator shall arrange for the removal of the vehicle
as soon as possible.
C.
Park a vehicle on the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, except that a pedacycle
may be parked on the roadway abreast of another pedacycle or pedacycles
near the side of the roadway at any location where parking is allowed.
D.
Park a vehicle on a sidewalk, except that a pedacycle
may be parked on a sidewalk, unless otherwise prohibited, if it does
not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other
traffic.
E.
Park a vehicle on a crosswalk.
F.
Park a vehicle upon a two-way highway with the left-hand
wheels nearest the curb, i.e., park against traffic.
G.
Park a vehicle in front of a public or private driveway.
H.
Park a vehicle within 20 feet of the driveway entrance
to any fire station or, when properly sign posted, on the side of
a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet
of the entrance.
I.
Park a vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
J.
Park a vehicle alongside or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction when parking would obstruct traffic.
K.
Park a vehicle within 30 feet upon the approach to
any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal
located at the site of a roadway.
L.
Park a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an
intersection.
M.
Park a vehicle within an intersection.
N.
Park a vehicle with its side wheels more than 12 inches
from the curb or, in the absence of a curb, with its side wheels not
being as close as practicable to the edge of the shoulder, except
as otherwise permitted.
O.
Park an unhitched trailer, recreational cargo trailer, recreational
trailer, semitrailer, truck-camper or utility trailer on any public
street of the Borough; except, however, a contractor's unhitched trailer
may be parked on the public street immediately adjacent to the work
site for which it is being used for a period not to exceed five consecutive
days provided it does not create a hazardous condition. For purposes
of this subsection, "unhitched" shall mean a trailer as described
above that is not connected, attached, tethered or fastened in any
way to a motor vehicle.
[Added 10-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2389]
[Amended 12-8-1988 by Ord. No. 1608, approved 12-8-1988; 12-22-1988 by Ord. No.
1612, approved 12-22-1988; 1-9-2003 by Ord. No. 1982, approved 1-15-2003]
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine as set forth in § 244-81, and in default of payment of such fine and costs, where such default is not caused by indigency, to imprisonment of not more than five days; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the law enforcement officers of the Borough to report all violations of any provisions of this article, indicating, in each case:
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
(1)
The section thereof violated.
(2)
The license number of the vehicle involved in such
violation.
(3)
The location where such violation took place.
(4)
The time of such violation.
(5)
Any other facts that might be necessary in order to
secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
B.
The law enforcement officer making such report shall also attach
to every such vehicle a notice that such vehicle was parked in violation
of this article, which notice shall contain instructions to the owner
or driver of such vehicle that, if he or she shall pay, for the use
of the Borough, the sum of $15 within 10 days after the time of such
notice, or the sum of $20 if paid after 10 days, the same shall save
the violator from prosecution and from the additional payment of the
costs of prosecution. Payment shall be made by United States Mail
to the office of the Finance Director, in person at the Borough Hall,
at the drop box at either the Borough Hall or the Police Department
or by online Internet payment. The owner or driver shall be liable
for the necessary postage if he or she mails such amount.
[Amended 3-10-2016 by Ord. No. 2239, approved 3-10-2016]
C.
For purposes of this section and article, the term
“law enforcement officer” shall be defined as set forth
in the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended from time
to time, and shall specifically include, but not be limited to, police
officers, parking meter attendants, community service officers and
similar officials.
