[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 608, 2/11/1985, § 3; by Ord. 692, 6/8/1987, § 5; by Ord. 716, 10/9/1989, § 15; by Ord. 727, 11/5/1990, § 10; Ord. 864, 6/23/2003, § 7; by Ord. 878, 8/9/2004; by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, §§ 3,4; and by Ord. 940, 6/27/2011, §§ 1-4]
Parking meter areas are hereby established upon and along certain of the highways in the Town of Bloomsburg, as follows:
Street
Between
Center Street
Second (Main) Street and Third Street, east side only
East Street
Second (Main) Street and Fifth Street
East Street
First three parking stalls east of East Street on the south side
Fifth Street, East
East Street and Chestnut Avenue, first two parking stalls on the north side
First Street, West
Market Street and Murray Avenue, first two parking stalls on the south side
First Street, West
First two parking stalls on the south side, west of Market Street
Iron Street
Second (Main) Street and Third Street, west side only
Market Street
West Ridge Avenue and Anthony Avenue, including both sides of Market Square
Second Street
East Street and West Street
Second Street, East
[Amended by Ord. 983, 9/11/2017]
East Second Street, 500 block, north side only, in front of Soltz Hall
Third Street, East
East Street and Chestnut Avenue, first three parking stalls on the south side
Third Street, West
[Added by Ord. 944, 12/11/2011, § 7]
Market Street and Murray Avenue, south side only
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 680, 2/11/1985, § 3; by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, § 5; by Ord. 977, 9/12/2016; by Ord. 983, 9/11/2017; and by Ord. No. 1001, 9/16/2019]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked for longer than the period of time displayed on the meter (example: no longer than two hours in a two-hour parking meter area) at any time between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, upon any of the streets herein established as parking meter areas, with the exception of the 500 block of East Second Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, provided that the requirements of this section as to parking time limit and as to deposit of coins in parking meters shall not apply on Sunday and legal holidays.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
Parking meters installed in the parking meter areas established as provided in § 15-401 of this Part shall be placed upon the sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Town and, when occupied, shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk and/or highway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which such meter is to be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall be parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part to park any vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park any vehicle in such a position that such vehicle shall not be wholly within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 680, 2/11/1985, § 3; by Ord. 716, 10/5/1990, § 16; and by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, § 6]
1. 
Whenever any vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter shall have been placed, at any time during the period of limited parking prescribed, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering such parking space, immediately deposit, or cause to be deposited, in such parking meter, one or more proper coins of the United States as shall be specified in the legend upon such parking meter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins, and placing the meter in operation such parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle.
2. 
The charges for parking in on-street metered parking spaces shall be as set by resolution of Town Council from time to time.
[Added by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016]
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to deposit or to cause to be deposited, in any parking meter, any coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the total legal parking time of two hours in a two-hour parking meter zone or five hours in a five-hour parking meter zone.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, § 7]
1. 
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, for any person to permit a vehicle to remain in any parking space adjacent to a parking meter when such meter shall display a signal indicating that such vehicle shall already have been parked beyond the period of time prescribed for such parking space.
2. 
Vehicles parked in these areas are required to be moved from the specific parking stall every two hours. The Town shall post conspicuous notice of such requirement upon each meter or with signage. Parking enforcement officers and police officers may mark tire tread with chalk or other substance to determine the time vehicles are parked at the two-hour metered location or through the use of computerized or other parking enforcement devices.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 680, 2/11/1985, § 3]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part 4, 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 Part, provided that nothing herein shall apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees and/or police officers of the Town under the direction of the Mayor, Chief of Police and/or the Town Council.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 680, 2/11/1985, § 3; by Ord. 793, 3/10/1997, § 4; by Ord. 830, 4/9/2001, § 1; by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, § 8 and by Ord. 920, 2/9/2009, §§ 2, 3]
1. 
Any person violating § 15-405 of this Part shall pay at the office of the Chief of Police the sum of $10 within 10 days of the date of the violation. If the sum of $10 is not paid within 10 days of the date of the violation, such person shall pay $20 at the office of the Chief of Police. If the sum of $20 is not paid within 20 days of the date of the violation, a citation shall be filed in the Office of the Magisterial District Court, and upon conviction, the violator shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $30 plus costs of prosecution, or in default of payment, to imprisonment for one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance.
[Amended by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016]
2. 
Any person who shall violate § 15-408 of this Part shall have a citation filed in the Office of the District Justice and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs of prosecution and in default of payment of such fine and costs undergo imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
3. 
Any person violating any other section of this Part shall pay at the office of the Chief of Police the sum of $25 within 20 days of the date of the violation. If the sum of $25 is not paid within 20 days of the date of the violation, a citation shall be filed in the Office of the Magisterial District Court, and upon conviction, the violator shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $35 plus costs of prosecution, or in default of payment, to imprisonment for one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance.
[Amended by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016]