The boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone are hereby established as a zone in which motor vehicles may remain standing without lights, and all highways within such boundary limits are hereby designated as highways where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.
[Amended 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 492, approved 2-11-1985]
A. 
Wherever a space shall be marked off on any highway for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked shall be parked within the lines bounding such space.
B. 
No person shall park a vehicle upon any highway, street or alleyway or parts thereof, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, at any angle other than parallel to the curb or, in absence of curbing, the sidewalk which abuts the highway, street or alleyway or part thereof, except during trial parking experiments when vehicles may be required to park diagonally in specifically defined and posted areas of the Borough designated by the Mayor and/or the Chief of Police or their designees.
C. 
No person shall park a vehicle on any highway, street or alleyway, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, more than one foot from any curb or, in the absence of curbing, a line along which a curb would be emplaced on any highway, street or alleyway within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone. This section is specifically enacted to prohibit double parking, within the normal meaning of that term, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone.
D. 
No person shall place any obstacle or obstruction of any kind on any highway, street or alleyway, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, with the exception of an operating motor vehicle, legally parked, which shall obstruct the parking of any vehicle on any highway, street or alleyway within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, regardless of weather conditions. No person shall shovel, push or throw snow, sleet or ice into a public street of the Borough of Eddystone that has been plowed or otherwise cleared of snow, sleet or ice, with the intent of clearing a parking space for his motor vehicle.
E. 
No person shall park any nonmotorized vehicle or apparatus or a vehicle or apparatus which must be towed, such as but not limited to a boat, boat trailer, family trailer, etc., on any highway, street or alleyway, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, without the express permission of the Mayor and/or Chief of Police or their designee.
F. 
No person shall allow any vehicle or apparatus to remain on any highway, street or alleyway or part thereof, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, for a period of 24 hours if said vehicle is in a wrecked, junked, stripped, abandoned or inoperable condition or is in violation of any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or ordinance of the Borough of Eddystone.
[Amended 1-8-2001 by Ord. No. 589, approved 1-8-2001]
No person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the highways or parts thereof described below or where posted:
Name of Highway
Side
Location
All alleys in the Borough
Both
Entire length
All streets in the Borough
Both
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
Concord Avenue
East
Between Second Street and Fourth Street
Eddystone Avenue
East
Between Chester Pike and Thirteenth Street
Eddystone Avenue
East
Between Eleventh Street and Ninth Street
Eddystone Avenue
East
Between Seventh Street and Fourth Street
Eddystone Avenue
West
Between Chester Pike and Eleventh Street
Eddystone Avenue
West
Between Ninth Street and Second Street
Leiper Street
East
Between Chester Pike and Thirteenth Street
Lexington Avenue
East
Between Second Street and Fourth Street
Ninth Street
[Added 4-12-2004 by Ord. No. 603, approved 4-12-2004]
South
425 feet west of Eddystone Avenue for a distance of 150 feet
Toll Street
East
Entire length
Simpson Street
East
Between Chester Pike and Eleventh Street
[Amended 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 590, approved 11-13-2000]
No person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified below of any day upon any of the highways or parts of highways described below:
Name of Highway
Side
Hours
Location
All streets and alleys in the Borough by commercial vehicles except as follows:
Both
Overnight
Entire length
(a)
East
Overnight
Eddystone Avenue between Second Street and Fourth Street
(b)
South
Overnight
Fourth Street between Eddystone Avenue and Ridley Creek bridge
Ninth Street
North
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Between Saville Avenue and Simpson Street
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked upon any of the highways or parts of highways described below, between the hours specified, for longer than the time indicated below:
Name of Highway
Side
Days; Hours
Time
Limit
(hours)
Location
Ninth Street
[Added 12- 8-1986 by Ord. No. 506, approved 12-8-1986]
South
Sundays; 8:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m.
0
1400 Block
Tenth Street
[Added 12- 8-1986 by Ord. No. 506, approved 12-8-1986]
South
Mondays through Fridays; 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
0
1400 Block
The following are hereby established as special purpose parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or tractor or to allow the same to remain parked in any such zone except as specifically provided for such zone:
Name of Highway
Side
Authorized
Purpose or
Vehicle
Location
All streets in the Borough
Both
Buses
All bus stops presently designated by the Public Utility Commission and the operating bus companies
[Added 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 492, approved 2-11-1985]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial vehicle, which is classified as a Class III vehicle or above by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Motor Vehicles, or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon any of the highways or portion of highways of the Borough of Eddystone.
B. 
This prohibition shall not apply to trucks or commercial vehicles that are necessary to haul materials for the repair of streets or sewers nor to trucks or commercial vehicles that are used in conjunction, improvement or repair of buildings which are adjacent to such parking.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to permit to stand any house car on any street or alleyway, within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone, between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. prevailing time.
[Added 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 492, approved 2-11-1985]
A. 
The Chief of Police and/or the Mayor or their designees of the Borough of Eddystone be and they are hereby authorized to issue permits for parking of motor vehicles on the streets of the Borough between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. upon application of any resident of the Borough, on his own behalf or on the behalf of any visitor to the home of such resident, upon the conditions and restrictions contained in this section. In addition, in case of emergency requiring the issuance of a temporary parking permit, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to issue a permit for a term not to exceed six days, without the countersignature of the Mayor; provided, however, that such permits shall not be renewable at the expiration thereof without the written approval of the Mayor and upon payment of the applicable fee as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 1-13-1986 by Ord. No. 498, approved 1-13-1986; 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 591, approved 11-13-2000]
B. 
Permits for such parking privilege may be issued only to those applicants who can establish to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police and the Mayor or, in the case of six-day permits, the Chief of Police, respectively, that the off-street parking area at the residence of the applicant is temporarily or permanently inadequate to provide off-street parking for such vehicle and that off-street parking space in the vicinity of the residence of the applicant is not reasonably available.
[Amended 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 591, approved 11-13-2000
C. 
The application for such permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the Mayor and shall require the applicant to state his name and address, the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, the year, make and body type of the vehicle, the current license plate number of the vehicle, the period of time for which such permit is requested and such other information as the Mayor shall require.
D. 
The form of the permit shall be as prescribed by the Mayor from time to time and shall include the effective date and expiration date of the permit and the name and address of the applicant to which it was issued. The permit shall be prominently displayed on such vehicle at such location therein or be prominently displayed on such vehicle at such location therein or thereon as the Mayor shall require from time to time.
E. 
The parking permit issued under the provisions of this section shall automatically terminate without notice to the applicant upon the happening of any of the following events: expiration of the period stated in the parking permit; expiration of the state registration plates for such vehicle; and expiration of the motor vehicle inspection sticker on such vehicle, if any. In the event that the conditions set forth in Subsection B above shall cease to exist during the term of the permit, the Chief of Police and the Mayor shall have the right to terminate the permit upon 24 hours' written notice to the applicant.
F. 
The privilege afforded in this section shall not be available to any vehicle which is registered with the state of registration as a commercial vehicle. Any permit issued for such vehicle shall be automatically void, and the Borough shall send notice to the applicant that said permit is void.
G. 
The parking permit so described herein shall be required on all vehicles permitted to park within the boundary limits of the Borough of Eddystone during the times stated herein, and any violation shall be punishable in accordance with § 277-51 of this chapter.
H. 
In addition to all penalties reserved to the Borough of Eddystone in this chapter for violation of any section of this chapter, a violation of any section of this chapter on any of the streets listed below shall permit and empower the Mayor and/or Chief of Police or their designees to tow said violating vehicle to a location or lot posted in the Borough office. All costs for towing and storage shall be charged to the owner and/or operator of said vehicle.
Name of Highway
Side
Location
Ashland Avenue
Both
Between Seventh Street and Ninth Street
Eddystone Avenue
Both
Between Seventh Street and Ninth Street
Eleventh Street
Both
Between Saville Avenue and Ashland Avenue
I. 
Streets designated in this chapter as tow-away zones shall be properly posted as such, and other highways, streets or roads may be added from time to time by amendment to this chapter.
J. 
Except for the issuance of a temporary parking permit, to obtain a parking permit under this section the subject vehicle must be registered to the applicant at his or her residence in the Borough.
[Added 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 591, approved 11-13-2000]