The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared as a legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision not been included herein.
A. 
All previous ordinances of the Borough of Jenkintown pertaining to the regulation of traffic and parking are hereby repealed.
B. 
The repeal of ordinances provided for in Subsection A above shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for an act done or liability incurred in violation of any ordinance or regulation in force immediately prior to the taking effect of this chapter.
C. 
The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are the same as those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the enactment of this chapter are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and regulations and not as new enactments.
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2008-05; 9-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8; 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1]
A. 
Violations generally. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code[1] or except as hereinafter specified, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution.
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
B. 
Overtime parking violations. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter by allowing a vehicle to remain parked beyond the maximum time limit set for legal parking in §§ 172-23, 172-24 and 172-37 of this chapter shall be issued a notice of violation to pay at police headquarters, either personally or by mail, a fine in the sum of $20 for an expired meter or in the sum of $25 for parking in excess of the applicable time limit for each hour after the applicable time limit, and if such fines are not paid on or before five days from the date the notice of violation was given or attached to the vehicle then the amount shall be increased to $25 for an expired meter or $30 for parking in excess of the applicable time limit, and if such fines are not paid on or before 21 days from the date the notice of violation was given or attached to the vehicle, then a citation may be issued and, upon conviction for an expired parking meter, be guilty of a summary offense and be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $30 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution, or, upon conviction for parking in excess of the applicable time limit, be guilty of a summary offense and be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $35 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution.
C. 
Parking permit violations. Any person violating the provisions of § 172-25 may, within five days of the date when the notice of violation was given or attached to the vehicle, pay at police headquarters, either personally or by mail, the sum of $10 as a penalty for and in complete satisfaction for such violation. If such sum is not paid within the time specified, then a citation may be issued for a summary offense and, upon conviction, such violator shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense and costs of prosecution.