[Added 2-14-1984 by Ord. No. 84-5]
[Amended 7-10-1984 by Ord. No. 84-8; 12-13-2005]
Parking meter zones are established upon and along certain streets in the Borough as follows:
Street
Side
Portion
Rate
Maximum Parking Time
East Market Street
[Repealed 12-8-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-04]
West Market Street
Both
Between Waterford Avenue and the Public Square
2 hours for $0.25
None
[Amended 12-13-2005[1]]
Parking meters shall be operated by the deposit of a coin in the meter, as prescribed by § 326-32 of this chapter, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking times prescribed in § 326-28 of this chapter, shall apply at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, in the parking meter zones listed in § 326-28 of this chapter; provided, however, that the requirements of this chapter as to parking time limit and as to deposit of coins in meters shall not apply on Sunday or the following holidays: President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day and from Thanksgiving Day through and including January 1. The hours referred to above shall be base on eastern standard time, except during the period of the year when daylight saving time shall be in effect in the Borough.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by § 326-28 of this chapter shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk, and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in § 326-31 of this chapter. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough, and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of delineating the parking space for which that meter shall be used.
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to a parking meter, at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed by § 326-29 of this chapter, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in that parking meter, one or more proper coins of the United States of America as specified in the legend on the parking meter. Upon the deposit of the coin or coins, and placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking time 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.
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.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent to a parking meter installed under this chapter, when that meter displays a signal indicating that the vehicle has already been parked there beyond the period of time prescribed for that parking space, or the time for which a coin or coins was deposited in that meter for the parking of that vehicle.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter 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, provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees or police officers of the Borough under the direction of the Mayor or Council.
A. 
By resolution, the Council may temporarily suspend the provisions of this chapter requiring coin deposit in meters and establishing a maximum parking time at meters.
B. 
The Borough shall have authority to establish no-parking or special-purpose parking zones within any parking meter zone and to remove parking meters from those areas as previously installed there, and the provisions of this chapter shall not apply in those areas where no-parking or special purpose parking is in effect.