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Editor's Note: This ordinance was omitted
from the Vehicles and Traffic chapter at time of codification and
has been restored to the codification at the Borough's request.
Parking of vehicles registered as trucks, and
commercial and construction vehicles, school buses, trailers and motor
homes, boats and boat trailers, or any truck, sport utility vehicle
or van that is used for the primary use as a business or construction
vehicle and that has labels or markings for such business use, except
for loading and unloading, shall be prohibited upon any streets, alleys,
ways, parking zones or parking areas within the Borough of Crafton.
The prohibition contained in this article shall
not apply to vehicles that secure a registration and sticker from
the Police Department of the Borough of Crafton with a charge of $10
to park said vehicle on a public street within the Borough boundaries.
The exception provided under this section shall apply to only one
vehicle per household unit within the Borough of Crafton and does
not include fleet vehicles.
A.
The prohibition contained in this article shall not
apply to vehicles registered as trucks which are designated with a
registered gross weight (RGW) of 7,000 pounds or less, but further
provided that such trucks shall have no more than four wheels in contact
with the road surface and shall not have dump mechanisms attached
to or a part of said vehicles.
B.
The prohibition contained in this article shall also
not apply to any vehicle owned and operated by a person with a handicap
or disability residing in the Borough, when such vehicle has been
modified for operation by the owner and which bears either a HP or
disabled veteran license plate issued by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation pursuant to the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1338(a)
or 1342(a), where a finding has been made by the Chief of Police that
the owner's property lacks off-street parking space to allow reasonable
access for the owner into and out of said truck and/or to and from
the truck and the owner's dwelling.
Vehicles with a RGW of less than 11,000 pounds,
including commercial vehicles as defined below, may be parked in municipal
lots from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
For the purposes of this article, the term "commercial
vehicle" includes but shall not be limited to any vehicle having a
RGW in excess of 7,000 pounds, or having more than four wheels in
contact with the road surface, or having a dump mechanism attached
to or a part of said vehicle, or a vehicle containing open or closed
boxes or chests for carrying tools or equipment and/or racks or other
means for carrying ladders, pipes, tools or other equipment.
