As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PARKING METERS
An electronic device intended to assist public authorities in enforcing the provisions of this article, such device being designed to limit the time during which vehicles may be within a parking meter zone.
PARKING METER ZONE
Streets or highways or portions thereof, or off-highway Borough-leased and/or -owned parking lots, as designated in this article, on which parking meters are installed, operated and used.
The Borough Council is hereby authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking meter zones and areas designated and described in § 172-36, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the highway or area. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
A. 
In said parking meter zones, parking meters shall be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or pavement immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided for in § 172-28 of this article. The Borough Council shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters.
B. 
Each device shall be so set as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, for the period of time hereinafter prescribed. Each device shall be so arranged that, upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period has expired and, in such case, the right of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease, and the operator, owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
A. 
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter; provided, however, that, where double parking meters are installed upon one standard so as to serve two parking spaces, any vehicle parked in the space just beyond the parking meters shall be parked so that the rear bumper of such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meters. When a parking space in any parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.
B. 
Where lines or markings are painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk, highway and/or paved surface adjacent to each parking meter providing for parking at an angle and not parallel or perpendicular to the curb, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to cross the center line of the highway to enter or leave said parking area.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this article, the operator shall, upon entering the said parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited such coin or coins of the United States as are required for such parking meter and as are designated by proper instructions on the parking meter, while failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a breach of this article and shall subject each person to the penalty prescribed hereafter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing said meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed for the zone in which said parking space is located and for which a coin or coins is or are deposited, as indicated on the parking meter. If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit so fixed for such parking space, the parking meter shall, by its violation signal, dial or pointer, indicate such illegal parking, and in that event, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time in any such space where any such parking meter is located shall be a violation of this article and punishable as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person:
A. 
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone as herein described or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter zone.
B. 
To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C. 
To park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
D. 
To deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article.
E. 
To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
F. 
To park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
G. 
To enter or leave any parking lot except by means of the exits and entrances designated by signs and/or markings posted or displayed as directed by Council.
It shall be the duty of the police officers or other authorized employees of the Borough of Jenkintown, acting in accordance with instructions issued by the Mayor and/or Chief of Police, to report:
A. 
The number of the parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space and adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
B. 
The date and hour of such violation.
C. 
The state license number of such vehicle.
D. 
The length of time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article at the time of his inspection.
E. 
Any other facts, knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Manager to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys deposited in said meters. Such moneys shall be accounted for under the direction of the Borough Manager and shall be deposited in the general fund of the Borough.
A. 
Temporary suspension of provisions. The Chief of Police may temporarily suspend the provisions of this article, and he may temporarily prescribe such other rules and regulations as traffic conditions may require.
B. 
Suspension of provisions on designated days. The use of parking meters throughout the Borough of Jenkintown be and the same is hereby dispensed with on Sundays and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
C. 
Erection of signs. The Borough Manager is authorized to erect or cause to be erected appropriate signs notifying the operators of motor vehicles of the provisions of this article.
A. 
On-highway parking meter zones. Parking meter zones are hereby established upon the highways or parts of highways described below. Parking in such parking meter zones is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of three hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday of each week, except as provided in §§ 172-35B and 172-36C of this chapter and as prohibited in § 172-23 of this chapter. The charges for use of said parking meter zones shall be as indicated below:
[Amended 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8; 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1]
Name of Highway
Side
Rate
Location
Cedar Street
East
$0.50/hour
From 400 Cedar Street south to West Avenue
Cottman Street
East
$0.50/hour
From Nice Street to Homestead Road
Cottman Street
[Added 10-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-6]
East
$0.50/hour
From West Avenue to Homestead Road
Greenwood Avenue
South
$0.50/hour
From Leedom Street to Nice Avenue
Johnson Street
West
$0.50/hour
From Cherry Street to West Avenue
Leedom Street
West
$0.50/hour
From West Avenue to Greenwood Avenue
Summit Avenue
North
$0.50/hour
From York Road to Cedar Street
West Avenue
North
$0.50/hour
From Cottman Street to Cedar Street
West Avenue
[Added 10-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-6]
North
$0.50/hour
From Runnymede Avenue for a distance of 650 feet toward Greenwood Avenue
West Avenue
South
$0.50/hour
From York Road to Leedom Street
B. 
Off-highway parking meter zones. Parking meter zones are hereby established in the Borough parking lots described below. Parking in such parking meter zones is hereby limited to a period of time as stated for each location. The charges for use of said parking meter zones shall be as indicated below.
[Amended 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8; 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1]
Lot No. Location
Rates
Time Limit
Enforcement
1.
Leedom Street
$0.50/hour
3 hours
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
2.
Greenwood Avenue
$0.50/hour
3, 4, and 10 hours as posted
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
C. 
On-highway special parking meter zones. Special parking meter zones are hereby established upon the highways or parts of highways described below. Parking in such parking meter zones is hereby limited to a period of time not in excess of 10 hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday of each week, except as provided in §§ 172-35B and 172-36C of this chapter and as prohibited in § 172-23 of this chapter. The charges for use of said special parking meter zones shall be as indicated below:
[Amended 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8; 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1]
Street
Side
Rate
Location
Cherry Street
West
$0.50/hour
From York Road to Johnson Street
Greenwood Avenue
North
$0.50/hour
From Cedar Street to Leedom Street
Hillside Avenue
West
$0.50/hour
From York Road to Johnson Street
Johnson Street
East
$0.50/hour
From Cherry Street to Hillside Avenue
Leedom Street
West
$0.50/hour
From Greenwood Avenue to Summit Avenue
West Avenue
North
$0.50/hour
From Vernon Road to Cottman Street
West Avenue
West
$0.50/hour
Near Jenkintown Train Station