[Amended 6-18-2007 by Ord. No. 549-2007]
A.
Parking meter zones are established upon and along
certain streets in the Borough as follows:
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Name of Street
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Side
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Limits
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First Street
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Both
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From Iron Street to Coal Street
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North Street
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Both
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From First Street to Second Street
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South Street
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Both
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From First Street to Second Street
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B.
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any metered
space at any time set forth in this article, the driver of the vehicle,
upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit or cause
to be deposited in the proper parking meter one or more proper coins
of the United States of America, as specified in the legend on the
parking meter. Upon deposit of the coin or coins and placing the meter
in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle.
A.
Parking meters shall be operated by the deposit of a coin in the meter and fully turning the handle, so that the coin is properly deposited, as prescribed by § 213-46 of this article, and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as the maximum parking times prescribed in § 213-43 of this article, shall apply at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday in the parking meter zones listed in § 213-43 of this article; provided, however, that the requirements of this article as to parking time limit and as to deposit of coins in meters shall not apply on legal holidays. The following hours shall be additional to Friday: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
B.
It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle in any parking meter zone contrary to the provisions identified in § 213-44A. A violation of this section shall result in a fine upon the owner of the vehicle of $20 if paid within five days of the issuance of the ticket, which fine shall increase to $30 if not paid within five days of the issuance of the ticket.
[Amended 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 458; 12-19-2005 by Ord. No.
540-2005; 6-18-2007 by Ord. No. 549-2007]
A.
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. Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be parked
wholly within the lines of markings so placed and applicable to the
meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
person to park a vehicle across any such line or marking or to park
a vehicle in such a position that the vehicle is not wholly within
the area designated by those lines or markings.
B.
Any violator of this section shall, upon conviction,
pay a fine of not less than $25, plus court costs.
[Amended 3-30-2009 by Ord. No. 574-2009]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit in
any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article any
slug or other substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
B.
A violator of this section shall, upon conviction,
pay a fine of not less than $25, plus court costs.
[Amended 3-30-2009 by Ord. No. 574-2009]
A.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent
to a parking meter installed under this article when the 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.
B.
A violation of this section shall result in a fine
upon the owner of the vehicle of $20 if paid within five days of the
issuance of the ticket, which fine shall increase to $30 if not paid
within five days of the issuance of the ticket.
[Added 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 458; amended 12-19-2005 by Ord. No.
540-2005; 6-18-2007 by Ord. No. 549-2007]
A.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article,
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 article, 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.
B.
This section does not preclude the police from charging
violators under the Crimes Code.
C.
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 and costs, and in default of payment of fine and costs, to
imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Added 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 458]
[Amended 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 458]
A.
It shall be the duty of the police officers and parking
enforcement personnel of the borough, acting in accordance with the
directions of the Chief of Police, to report:
(1)
The number of each parking meter that indicates that
a vehicle occupying the adjacent parking space is or has been parked
in violation of any provision of this Article.
(2)
The date and hour of the violation.
(3)
The license number of the vehicle.
(4)
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary
for a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.
B.
The police officer or other person making the report
shall place on or attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator
of the vehicle that the vehicle was parked in violation of this Article
and specifying the section or subsection violated. Said notice shall
also identify the relevant fine as provided by this Article for the
section or subsection violated and shall notify the owner or operator
of the vehicle that the fine can be deposited within the envelope
provided in any of the special parking fine boxes installed throughout
the borough.
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Editor's Note: Former § 213-50,
Violations and penalties, was repealed 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 458.
A.
By resolution, the Council may temporarily suspend
the provisions of this Article 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 Article shall not apply in those
areas where no-parking or special-purpose parking is in effect.
