All public off-highway parking places and lots
shall be under the administration and supervision of the Board of
Commissioners of the Township of Haverford and such persons as they
may appoint or designate and subject to rules and regulations that
the Board may hereafter promulgate, including the following:
A. All vehicles entering or leaving public off-highway
parking places or lots must enter or leave only at the places indicated
by official signs.
B. No vehicle shall be operated on a public off-highway
parking place or lot at a rate of speed in excess of five miles per
hour.
C. No vehicle shall be operated on a public off-highway
parking place or lot in a direction other than that indicated by official
signs, except for a distance of 20 feet when backing up to enter or
leave a parking stall.
D. An act or operation of any vehicle which would be
a violation of the Vehicle Code and which occurs on a public off-highway
parking place or lot is hereby declared to be a violation of this
article.
E. Tractors and trailers of any kind and trucks whose
capacity is in excess of 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating
shall not be permitted to park or be operated on a public off-highway
parking place or lot at any time.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by Ord. No. 2247; 11-12-1996 by Ord. No.
2254]
F. Trucks under 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating
are prohibited from parking in a public off-highway parking place
or lot between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless a valid
permit has been issued.
[Added 11-12-1996 by Ord. No. 2254]
G. Parking permit. A charge of $15 per month shall be
collected by the Township for the privilege of parking trucks under
8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating on the Township-owned public
metered off-highway parking places and lots if the applicant is a
resident of the Township. No residents shall be issued a permit for
more than one truck. Application shall be made at the Haverford Township
Police Department.
[Added 11-12-1996 by Ord. No. 2254]
When lines or markings are painted or placed
upon the areas where parking is permitted in public off-highway parking
places and lots for the purpose of designating the parking space for
which a meter is to be used, each vehicle parked adjacent or next
to any parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so placed.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to park any vehicle
across such lines or markings or to park said vehicle in such position
that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated
by such lines or markings. The parking of a vehicle in any metered
parking area on any line which divides a parking space, or parking
a motor vehicle so as to occupy more than one parking space shall
be a violation of this article.
[Amended 2-9-1976 by Ord. No. 1630; 12-11-1978 by Ord. No.
1725; 9-8-1986 by Ord. No. 1967; 7-8-1996 by Ord. No. 2247]
A. Parking is permitted on a public off-highway parking place or lot for any period from one hour to a maximum of 10 hours, provided that at the time of first parking, the parking charge as indicated below is deposited in the parking meter. Vehicles must also be parked in the manner prescribed in §
175-44 of Article
VI. Rates for all off-highway metered parking will be $0.25 for every 30 minutes of parking.
[Amended 2-10-2003 by Ord. No. 2393; 2-8-2010 by Ord. No.
2597]
B. There shall be no charge for parking between the hours
of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except for the charge made in the cases
of twenty-four-hour fee parking on a monthly basis.
C. There shall be no charge for parking in a metered
parking place on a Sunday or on a national holiday.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
provisions of this Article:
A. For a vehicle to be parked on a public off-highway
parking place or lot if the proper parking charge is not deposited
in the appropriate parking meter at the time of first parking or if
the appropriate parking meter shows the signal "violation."
B. To deface, injure, tamper with, break, damage, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter on any public off-highway
parking place or lot or to deposit in any such meter any slug, device
or substitute for any coin of the United States.
C. To park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any
parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
D. To commit any act or do anything contrary to the rules and regulations for off-highway parking places or lots established by the Board of Commissioners as provided in §
175-51.
Off-highway metered parking places and lots are hereby established as described in Schedule XXII (§
175-97). The hours of use and charges therefor in such parking meter areas shall be subject to the provisions of this Article governing off-highway metered parking areas.