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Borough of New Hope, PA
Bucks County
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[Amended 5-23-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-3; 3-28-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-3; 4-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-2; 9-10-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-6]
Parking meter zones are established upon and along certain streets in the Borough of New Hope as specified below:
Street
Location
East Ferry Street
[Repealed 6-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
East Mechanic Street
North side, from South Main Street to Delaware River
East Randolph Street
[Added 6-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
North side
New Street
East side, from Mechanic Street to South Main Street
North Main Street
Both sides from the northerly side of West Bridge Street to the Borough line
Parry Street
From North Main Street west to Delaware Canal
South Main Street
East side, from West Bridge Street to Ferry Street
South Main Street
East side, from Mechanic Street to Delaware Canal
South Main Street
West side, from West Bridge Street to Ferry Street
Stockton Avenue
East side, from West Bridge Street to West Ferry Street
Waterloo Street
East side, entire length
West Bridge Street
North side, from railroad tracks to Chestnut Street
West Bridge Street
South side, from South Main Street to Stockton Avenue
West Ferry Street
North side, from Delaware Canal to West Bridge Street
West Ferry Street
South side, from South Main Street to east bank of Delaware Canal
West Randolph Street
[Amended 6-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
Northerly side, from North Main Street west to end of street
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-7]
A. 
The following methods are the approved means of payment for use of any on-street parking space within an on-street parking meter zone, whether regulated by a single-space parking meter or by a multispace parking meter kiosk:
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
(1) 
Deposit of coin(s) and/or bills (U.S. currency), where applicable, in the meter.
(2) 
Insertion of a valid debit card or credit card in the meter.
(3) 
Subject to the provisions of Subsection B below, purchase of parking time using a telecommunication device (i.e., phone, computer, mobile device, etc.) through a payment software application administered by a third-party vendor approved by New Hope Borough.
B. 
Upon proper registration with the approved third-party vendor, any driver or operator of a vehicle may pay for use of any on-street metered parking space regulated by a single-space parking meter through such vendor's payment software application. Users not registered with the approved third-party vendor may not use this payment option. The approved third-party vendor shall be approved and identified by separate resolution of Council.
C. 
For users registered to make payment through the payment software application authorized in this section, additional charges, such as processing and other similar fees, may be charged by the third-party vendor for use of the payment software application. These charges are over and above the parking rates established by the New Hope Borough Council. Such additional charges are not part of the parking rates established by the Borough Council, but are set by the third-party vendor for use of its software program. By electing to pay through the third-party administered payment software application, the registered user accepts and consents to the payment of such additional charges.
D. 
The rates for on-street metered parking will be specified by resolution of the New Hope Borough Council and shall take effect on the date established by the resolution.
[Added 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-7; amended 4-11-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-03; 5-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03; 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04]
Use of any and all on-street parking spaces regulated by parking meters under this Article V shall require payment of the parking meter rates, as designated and approved from time to time by resolution of the New Hope Borough Council, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. daily, Sundays through Saturdays.
[Amended 5-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03; 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
A. 
Single-space meters.
(1) 
Single-space parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established under this chapter shall be placed on the curb or sidewalk, immediately adjacent to the individual parking space or in close proximity so as to be visible to vehicle operators.
(2) 
Each single-space parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the on-street parking space served by the parking meter is or is not legally occupied.
(3) 
Each single-space parking meter shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking times and rates established by New Hope Borough. Each single-space parking meter shall display information sufficient to enable any registered user paying through the payment software application administered by the approved third-party vendor to identify the number assigned to the related adjacent on-street parking space.
(4) 
When the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle:
(a) 
Where payment is made by depositing currency in the meter or by inserting a valid debit or credit card, the single-space parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial, digital indicator and/or pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overtime parking.
(b) 
Where payment is made using the payment software application administered by the approved third-party vendor, the user shall input the number assigned to the on-street parking space to the payment software application and purchase the desired duration of parking time. It shall not be necessary that the single-space meter indicate on its display the duration of legal parking purchased by the user or the expiration of that period. Such information shall be verifiable by New Hope Borough directly with the third-party vendor.
B. 
Multispace meters.
(1) 
In on-street parking meter zones established under this chapter where multispace parking meter kiosks are utilized, payment for spaces designated in the on-street parking meter zone is required at a multispace parking meter kiosk.
(2) 
The operator of the vehicle is required to enter the license plate information of the vehicle that is parked in the on-street parking meter zone space in the parking meter kiosk, and is to pay in any manner authorized in § 259-48 of this chapter for the amount of time that the operator chooses.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
In the on-street parking meter zones established under this chapter, lines and/or markings may be painted or placed on the roadway for the purpose of delineating the parking space for which a meter shall be used. Where such lines are painted and/or placed, every vehicle parked at any space in an on-street parking meter zone shall be parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to that space or area. 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 the vehicle is not wholly within the area designated by those lines or markings.
[Amended 5-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03]
A. 
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any on-street parking space adjacent to or covered by a parking meter, at any time in the period of regulated parking as prescribed this chapter, the operator or driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately purchase a desired duration of parking time in a manner approved under § 259-48 of this chapter.
B. 
Upon making the required payment for legal parking time through a method authorized in § 259-48 of this chapter and placing the parking meter in operation, the on-street parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the single-space parking meter, as verifiable through the multispace parking meter kiosk, and/or as registered and verifiable through the payment software application administered by the approved third-party vendor.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
C. 
During the parking meter hours of operation, if any vehicle remains in any such parking space for such length of time that the single-space parking meter face indicates by proper signal that the lawful parking time has expired, or that the multispace parking meter kiosk or the approved third-party vendor verifies and confirms that the amount of parking time purchased 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.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
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.
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to allow to remain parked, on any of the streets or parts of streets, any vehicle other than passenger cars, passenger vans, sports utility vehicles, motorcycles and pickup trucks (which shall not include any bus, motor home, trailer, or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind) between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
[Amended 5-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03; 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
During the hours of parking meter operation, it shall be unlawful, and a violation of this chapter, for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in an on-street parking space in a parking meter zone established under § 259-47 of this chapter when:
A. 
The single-space parking meter displays a signal indicating that the lawful time has expired; or
B. 
Where payment is made through multispace parking meter kiosk or a payment software application, the parking time purchased for use of such space has expired.
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this article, 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. Nothing in this section shall apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees or police officers of the Borough of New Hope under the direction of the Chief of Police.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement personnel of New Hope Borough, acting in accordance with the directions of the Chief of Police, to report all of the following:
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
(1) 
The time at which the vehicle occupying a parking space in a parking metered zone established under this chapter is, or has been, parked in violation of this article.
(2) 
The date, hour, location and nature of the violation.
(3) 
The state, provincial and license number of the vehicle in violation.
(4) 
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary for 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 article and instructing the owner or driver that if he will report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay, for the use of the Borough of New Hope, the sum specified in Article XII, Fines and Penalties, of this chapter this payment will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the additional fines and processing fees described in § 259-105 of this chapter.
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-7; 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
A. 
The Borough of New Hope shall have the authority to establish no parking, permit parking, license parking or special multipurpose parking zones within any on-street parking meter zone, and to remove parking meters where previously installed.
B. 
Council may, by resolution, establish procedures to temporarily waive and/or suspend the provisions and restrictions of this article with respect to any or all designated streets, parking spaces, zones and/or public areas of New Hope Borough.
(1) 
Such waiver or suspension shall be in place for such period of time as may be set forth in the resolution or motion approving the waiver.
(2) 
When the provisions of this article are waived or suspended, signs, bags or other notices advising the public of such waiver shall be conspicuously posted for the streets, spaces, zones or areas affected.
(3) 
Where access to an on-street metered parking space(s) is temporarily restricted pursuant to this subsection, access to the specific parking space(s) shall be limited as set forth in the resolution and/or motion of Council approving the restriction.
(4) 
No waiver or suspension of the provisions of this article shall be construed to give or grant to any person any property right in or to the use of the street, space, zone or area affected.
[Added 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
Any combination vehicle (vehicles being towed, or with an attached trailer) is prohibited from parking at any metered space in the Borough of New Hope.
[Added 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-7; amended 4-11-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-03]
A. 
Residents of New Hope Borough who do not have off-street parking at their places of residence may apply annually to the New Hope Borough Police Department for licenses to park after 6:00 p.m. at metered spaces on West Ferry Street, between Stockton Avenue and Bridge Street. Each residential unit may receive a maximum of two parking licenses upon proof of vehicular registration at a New Hope address, license to drive, and insurance of said motor vehicle(s). Said proof shall be supplied to the New Hope Borough Chief of Police between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
B. 
The Borough of New Hope Police Department shall issue licenses to residents as described above. Licenses must be renewed annually by December 31.
C. 
When a properly issued parking license is prominently displayed on the driver’s side dashboard of the motor vehicle parked at said metered space on the above-described street, the parking meter for said space need not be activated after 6:00 p.m. for West Ferry Street, between Stockton Avenue and West Bridge Street.
D. 
All current year resident permits for Chestnut Street and Buttonwood Street shall be valid parking licenses for the purposes set forth in this section.