The following words as used in this chapter
are hereby defined as follows:
OPERATOR
Any person, firm or corporation, partnership, or unincorporated
association receiving payment of consideration under separate agreement
for the parking or storage of motor vehicles in a parking lot or parking
place.
PARKING PLACE or PARKING LOT
Any place within the Borough of Ingram, open or wholly or
partially enclosed, where motor vehicles are parked or stored for
any period of time in return for a consideration. Single or double
garages erected in conjunction with one- or two-family dwellings and
leased by the occupant thereof are hereby excluded.
No operator shall conduct any parking lot without
first having obtained an annual license for said parking lot as required
by this chapter. All licenses shall commence on the first day of December
1969, and be effective for one year thereafter. Any operator who commences
a parking lot as herein defined after the effective date of this chapter
shall, within 30 days after the commencement of operation, make application
for a license to operate said lot. Any operator conducting a parking
lot at the time of the enactment of this chapter shall, within 30
days after enactment, make application for and obtain a license.
To obtain or to renew an annual license for
each parking lot, every operator shall file an application in writing
with the Borough Secretary and shall contain the following information
and be accompanied by the following:
A. Sketch or plot plan showing the location, size and
capacity of the parking lot. The location and width of exits and entrances
shall show on said sketch or plot plan, and the parking spaces adjacent
to any building or to adjacent property lines shall be shown on said
sketch or plot plan. If said parking area is entirely within a building,
the location of the building, with exits and entrances and widths
thereof, shall be shown on the sketch or plot plan.
B. A certificate of insurance showing that the operator
has, for the period covered by the license, obtained public liability
insurance covering said parking lot with a limit of not less than
$1,000,000 for personal injuries and not less than $500,000 for property
damage.
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The operator shall maintain said parking lot
in such condition as not to constitute a hazard to the persons using
said lot or to the motor vehicles parked therein, and shall comply
with the following requirements:
A. Parking and driving areas shall be level, and have
a compacted surface of bituminous material of not less than two inches.
B. Parking lots located in the open area shall have erected
thereon bumpers for the protection of adjacent property, buildings
or sidewalks. Entrances and exits to said parking lots shall be marked
and located so as to avoid interference with motor traffic or pedestrian
traffic on the sidewalk. The Borough Council may adopt such regulations
not inconsistent with this chapter as are necessary for the administration
of this chapter and notice of any regulation shall be given to each
parking lot operator.
Upon examination of the application for annual
license and provided the same meets all requirements of this chapter,
and upon payment of the fee of $50, the Borough Secretary shall issue
said annual license. No license shall be transferable.
Any person, firm or corporation, partnership,
or unincorporated association who violates any of the provisions of
this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter shall, upon
conviction hereof before the Mayor or any District Justice, be liable
for a fine of not more than $300 and, in default of payment of such
fine, shall be imprisoned in the Allegheny County Jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days.