[Amended 9-14-1988 by Ord. No. 484; 12-12-1990 by Ord. No.
507]
Parking meter zones are established upon and
along certain streets in the Borough, as follows:
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Street
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Between
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Rate
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Maximum Parking Time
(hours)
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|---|---|---|---|
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1st and 2nd Streets
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West Street and East Street
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$0.10 per 1 hour
$0.20 per 2 hours
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East Street, west side
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East Second Street and East Third
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$0.25 per 4 hours
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10
|
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East Third Street, south side
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East Street and Main Street
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$0.25 per 4 hours
|
10
|
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Main Street
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Oak Street and Third Street
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$0.05 per 1/2 hr.
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2
|
|
North West Street
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First Street and Hill Street
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As marked
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8
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Parking meters shall be operated, by the deposit of a coin in the meter, as prescribed by § 415-43, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking times prescribed in § 415-39, shall apply at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Wednesday, in the parking meter zones listed in § 415-39. Provided, however, the requirements of this chapter as to parking time limit and as to deposit of coins in meters shall not apply on legal holidays.
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by § 415-39 of this chapter shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk, and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in § 415-42 of this chapter. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough, and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed
upon the curb, sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of delineating the parking space for which that meter
shall be used. Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be
parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to that meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter
for any person to park a vehicle across any such line or marking,
or to park a vehicle in such a position that that vehicle is not wholly
within the area designated by those lines or markings.
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to a parking meter, at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed by § 415-40 of this chapter the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in that parking meter, one or more proper coins of the United States of America as specified in the legend on the parking meter. Upon the deposit of the coin or coins, and placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking time has expired, that vehicle shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit
in any parking meter installed under the provisions of this chapter
any slug or other substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
chapter for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited, in any
parking meter installed under the provisions of this chapter, any
coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of
any vehicle beyond the legal parking time of 15 minutes in any fifteen-minute
parking meter zone, 1/2 hour in any half hour parking meter zone,
one-hour in any one-hour parking meter zone, or two hours in any two-hour
parking meter zone.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this
chapter, for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking
space adjacent to a parking meter installed under this chapter, when
that meter displays a signal indicating that the vehicle has already
been parked there beyond the period of time prescribed for that parking
space, or the time for which a coin or coins was deposited in that
meter for the parking of that vehicle.
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this
chapter, for any person to deface, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this chapter. Provided: nothing in this section
shall apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers,
employees or police officers of the Borough under the direction of
the Mayor or Borough Council.
[Amended 6-13-1990 by Ord. No. 502]
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking
enforcement personnel of the Borough, acting in accordance with the
directions of the Chief of Police, to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter that indicates that
a vehicle occupying the adjacent parking space is, or has been, parked
in violation of any provision of this chapter;
(2)
The date and hour of the violation;
(3)
The license number of the vehicle;
(4)
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary
for a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
B.
The police officer or other person making the report shall also place on or attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or driver of the vehicle that the vehicle was parked in violation of this chapter, and instructing the owner or driver that if he will report to the office of the Chief of Police or other location as designated from time to time by the Borough Council and pay, for the use of the Borough, the sum of $5 for violation of § 415-44 of this chapter or the sum of $10 for the violation of § 415-42 of this chapter within 48 hours after the time of the notice or will place said sum of money ($5 or $10, whichever is applicable) enclosed within the envelope provided in any of the special parking fine boxes installed at various locations within the Borough within that time limit, that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine described in § 415-49A of this chapter.
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, with the exception of § 415-47, and who fails to pay the fine set forth in § 415-48, shall be cited within 60 days of the violation and, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15 and costs. Any vehicle which is the subject to four or more parking violations (i.e., convictions for which fines and costs are not fully paid) shall subject the vehicle to having a "boot" applied to the vehicle which shall not be removed until all fines and costs for the parking violations have been paid in full or other security provided which is satisfactory to the District Justice.
[Amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 578]
A.
By resolution, Council may temporarily suspend the
provisions of this chapter by requiring coin deposit in meters and
establishing a maximum parking time at meters.
B.
The Borough shall have authority to establish no-parking
or special-purpose parking zones within any parking meter zone, and
to remove parking meters from those areas as previously installed
there, and the provisions of this chapter shall not apply in those
areas where no-parking or special-purpose parking is in effect.
C.
Any person who is making proper and legitimate use
of a parking space for the parking of handicapped individuals or severely
disabled veterans is hereby relieved from the depositing of any coins
in parking meters so long as the vehicle being utilized at the time
obviously displays a handicap plate issued pursuant to Section 1338
of the Motor Vehicle Code, a disabled veteran plate issued pursuant
to Section 1342 of the Motor Vehicle Code, or a parking place card
for either a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran issued
pursuant to Department of Motor Vehicle Form MV-145A.
