[Adopted 10-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11]
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 direction of a police officer or official
traffic-control device, no person shall:
A.
Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of a street except that:
(2)
On a sidewalk except that a pedalcycle may be parked
as provided.
(3)
Within an intersection.
(4)
On a crosswalk.
(5)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb within
30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety
zone, unless a different length is indicated by official traffic-control
devices.
(6)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(7)
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a
highway or within a highway tunnel.
(8)
On any railroad tracks.
(9)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway,
including crossovers.
(10)
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
B.
Stand or park a vehicle:
(1)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2)
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3)
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4)
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.
(5)
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.
(6)
Where the vehicle would prevent the free movement
of a streetcar.
(7)
On a limited access highway unless authorized by official
traffic-control devices.
(8)
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
A.
No person shall park or leave unattended 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.
B.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
private parking lots unless such lots are posted to notify the public
of any parking restrictions and the operator of the vehicle violates
such posted restrictions. For the purposes of this section, "private
parking lot" means a parking lot open to the public or used for parking
without charge; or a parking lot used for parking with charge. The
Department shall define by regulation what constitutes adequate posting
for public notice.
A.
B.
C.
The Township may, by ordinance, provide for rates
to be charged for removal of vehicles and for municipal regulation
of authorized towing services.
The Department on state-designated highways
and local authorities on any highway within their boundaries may erect
official traffic-control devices, prohibit, limit or restrict stopping,
standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where engineering and
traffic studies indicate that stopping, standing or parking would
constitute a safety hazard or where the stopping standing or parking
of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic.[1]
A.
Two-way highways. Except as otherwise provided in
this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way highway
shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within
12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as
close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
B.
One-way highway. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way highway shall
be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction
of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels within 12
inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close
as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with
its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or, in
the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left edge of
the left-hand shoulder.
C.
Angle parking. The Township may permit angle parking
on any highway after an engineering and traffic study has determined
that the highway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without
interfering with the free movement of traffic, except that on a state-designated
highway prior approval of the Department shall also be obtained.
D.
Person with a disability and disabled veterans.
(1)
When a motor vehicle bearing a person with a disability
or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a person with a disability
or severely disabled veteran parking placard as prescribed in Title
75 Pa.C.S.A. is being operated by or for the transportation of the
person with a disability or severely disabled veteran, the driver
shall be relieved of any liability for parking for a period of 60
minutes in excess of the legal parking period permitted by this article
except where police regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy
traffic during morning, afternoon or evening hours.[1]
(2)
At the request of a person with a disability or severely
disabled veteran, the Township may erect on the highway as close as
possible to the person's or veteran's place of residence a sign or
signs indicating that that place is reserved for a person with a disability
or severely disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by
others, and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject
to a fine and may be towed. The absence of a sign stating the penalty
amount indicated at the parking spaces designated with an international
symbol for access for persons with disabilities on a sign shall not
preclude the enforcement of this subsection. A vehicle may only be
towed under this subsection if the parking space is posted with a
sign indicating that vehicles in violation of this section may be
towed.
(3)
Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing
a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran registration
plate or displaying a person with a disability or severely disabled
veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or
for the transportation of a person with a disability or a severely
disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on public or private
property reserved for a person with a disability or severely disabled
veteran which property has been so posted in accordance with Departmental
regulations. Regulations shall require that parking spaces designated
with an international symbol for access for persons with disabilities
on a sign are posted with a sign stating the penalty amount indicated,
and that vehicles in violation of this subsection may be towed, and
require that signs be replaced when they become either obsolete or
missing, with all costs to replace the necessary signs to be borne
by the persons responsible for signing the particular location. The
absence of a sign stating the penalty amount at parking spaces designated
with an international symbol for access for persons with disabilities
shall not preclude the enforcement of this subsection. A vehicle which
is unlawfully parked in a designated person with a disability parking
area may be removed from that area by towing and may be reclaimed
by the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing costs. A vehicle may
only be towed under this subsection if the parking space is posted
with a sign indicating that vehicles in violation of this section
may be towed.
(4)
The Township shall have the power and may, by ordinance
or resolution, authorize a person with a disability and severely disabled
veterans to issue statements to violators or violating vehicles for
violation. The form of the statement shall be as prescribed by the
Township.
(5)
No occupancy or driveway permit may be issued to a
person whose property is reserved for a person with a disability or
a severely disabled veteran if the property is not posted with a sign
stating the penalty amount.
(6)
Unauthorized use. An operator of a vehicle bearing
a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying
a person with a disability or severely disabled veteran parking placard
shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded to a person
with a disability and severely disabled veterans unless the operator
is a person with a disability or a severely disabled veteran or unless
the vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a person with
a disability or severely disabled veteran.
(7)
Motorcycle parking.
(a)
Notwithstanding the provisions relating to prosecutions
under local ordinances superseded by Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. regarding
parking violations, this article may not prohibit nor cite as a violation
the parallel or angle occupancy by one or more motorcycles in any
parking space on any highway otherwise available for parking for other
individual vehicles, provided that the space occupied by one or more
motorcycles does not exceed the space within which a single vehicle
must park.[2]
(b)
In the instance of a violation applicable to
any single vehicle, each motorcycle so parked shall be individually
liable for any violation as if the motorcycle were the sole occupant
of the parking space.
A.
General rule.
(1)
Outside a business or residence district, no person
shall stop, park or stand any vehicle, whether attended or unattended,
upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or stand the
vehicle off the roadway.
(2)
In the event it is necessary to stop, park or stand
the vehicle on the roadway or any part of the roadway, an unobstructed
width of the highway opposite the vehicle shall be left for the free
passage of other vehicles and the vehicle shall be visible from a
distance of 500 feet in each direction upon the highway.
B.
Exception for disabled vehicles. This section does
not apply to any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to
such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily
leaving the vehicle in that position. However, such vehicle shall
not be stopped and temporarily left for a period to exceed 24 hours
or in a manner that would create a traffic hazard or threat to public
health and safety.[1]
