[Adopted 7-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-6]
A.
The Council finds that:
(1)
Certain residential areas in the Borough are subjected
to commuter vehicle parkings, therefore depriving the residents of
those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles;
(2)
Those residential streets are also subjected to a
high degree of commuter traffic which substantially reduces the quality
of the ambient air level; and
(3)
The establishment of a parking permit program for
certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic
by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day
and days of the week.
B.
Therefore, Council considers it to be in the interest
of the people of the Borough of Tarentum to provide for the establishment
of a residential permit parking program to ensure primary access to
available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide
a cleaner ambient air level.
For the purpose of this article, words and terms
listed in this section, as follows, shall have the following meanings:
A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person
not a resident of that residential area.
A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential
area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business
enterprise or professional office maintained at that address; for
the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one
parking permit for that business or professional office address.
A person who owns or leases real property within a residential
area and who maintains either a voting residence or bona fide occupancy,
or both, at that address.
A.
Criteria. The residential areas designated in this
article are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential
parking on the basis of the following criteria:
(1)
During any period between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
9:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday, except legal holidays, the number
of vehicles parked (or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets
in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal on-street parking
capacity of the area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking
space shall be 20 linear feet.
(2)
During the same period as specified in Subsection A directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used.
B.
In determining that a specific area identified as
impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated
as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken
into consideration:
(1)
The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean
air and environment;
(2)
The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles
driven in the Township;
(3)
The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion,
illegal parking and related health and safety hazards;
(4)
The proximity of public transportation to the residential
area;
(5)
The desire and need of the residents for residential
permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs
in connection with it; and
(6)
The need for parking in excess of the residential
permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the
residential permit parking area and used by the general public for
religious, health or educational purposes.
[Amended 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 03-05]
Signs shall be erected along the streets in
each residential permit parking area which shall notice the days,
hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit
only.
A.
An application for a residential parking district
permit shall be made by a resident or proprietor of a district to
the Police Department on forms provided by the Police Department.
The application for a permit shall contain information to verify that
the applicant is a bona fide resident of the district for which application
has been made and has legal title to or the right to possession of
the motor vehicle to be permitted. The information shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
B.
A parking permit may not be issued for any motor vehicle
for which one or more unpaid citations have been issued by the Borough
for parking violations. The Police Department shall issue the parking
permit upon finding the applicant meets the requirements specified
in this section and has paid the required fee.
The biannual permit fee for a residential parking
district permit shall be established by resolution of Borough Council;
the fee shall be payable at the time the application is submitted.
The permit term for each residential parking district shall be determined
at the time the district is designated. Residential parking permits
may be renewed by qualified residents upon the payment of the biannual
fee on or before the anniversary date of the term. In order to renew
the permit, residents must present their short-term visitors' passes.
The fee shall not be prorated. No portion of any fee is refundable.
The permit shall be affixed to a window on the
driver's side of the vehicle. Short-term visitors' passes shall be
displayed on the dash of the vehicle.
A permit expires and is void when the owner or user of a permitted vehicle no longer resides within the district, as defined in § 250-32. A resident shall remove a permit sticker from any permitted motor vehicle upon its expiration or upon moving outside of the district. Furthermore, a resident shall return short-term visitors' passes to the Police Department. Permits shall be transferred from one vehicle to another during the permit period solely in accordance with regulations governing such transfer.
When a vehicle to which a permit is affixed is sold, transferred, demolished or in any other manner rendered unusable to the resident, the resident shall remove the permit from the motor vehicle and may request the issuance of a replacement permit. The permittee shall notify the Police Department of a change in status of the motor vehicle. The application for a replacement permit shall be the same as the application for an original or renewal permit. The replacement permit shall be issued and be valid for the unexpired term of the original permit, except that a replacement permit may not be issued for any motor vehicle for which one or more unpaid citations have been issued by the Borough for parking violations. The fee for a replacement permit shall be prorated as set forth in § 250-37.
The Police Department shall issue a temporary
residential parking permit for use by a bona fide long-term visitor
to a resident within a residential parking district. An application
for a long-term temporary permit shall be made by a resident of a
district on a form that shall be prescribed by the Police Department.
The long-term visitor parking permit shall be valid for a seven-day
period. The fee for a temporary permit, if any, shall be established
by resolution of Borough Council.
A.
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted
to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated
residential parking area during those times when parking of motor
vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential
parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be
displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the
vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve
to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit
parking area.
B.
A residential parking permit shall not authorize its
holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any
time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited
or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the
permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking
regulation other than residential permit parking regulation or restriction.
C.
No person other than the permit holder whose name
appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display
it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other
than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section
by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the
parking permit.
D.
It shall constitute a violation of this section for
any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential
parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to
the Police Department in order to obtain a residential parking permit.
The Police Department shall have authority to
revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to
be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification
to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit
to the Police Department. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall
constitute a violation of this section. Any person receiving such
a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal
to the Borough Council for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision
of the Council shall be final.
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $25 and costs, provided that it shall be the duty of the
police officer and of parking enforcement personnel of the Borough
to report to the appropriate official all violations of any provision
of this part, indicating, in each case, the section violated; the
license number of the vehicle involved in the violation; the location
where the violation took place; and any other facts that might be
necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances
attending the violation. The police officer or other person making
the report shall also attach to or place upon every such vehicle a
notice stating that the vehicle was parked in violation of this section.
The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the
vehicle to report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay the
fine so indicated within the allotted time to avoid further prosecution.
