[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. 830, 4/9/2001, § 5; by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, § 9; by Ord. 929, 6/14/2010; by Ord. No. 1056, 6/24/2024]
The following are hereby established as the metered parking lots operated by the Town of Bloomsburg:
A. 
A lot of land located on Pine Avenue and Miller Avenue known as the "Pine Avenue Lot."
B. 
A lot of land located on the north side of Pine Avenue east of Iron Street known as the "East Pine Avenue Lot."
C. 
A lot of land located at the west side of Murray Avenue, north of Pine Avenue known as the "West Pine Avenue Lot."
D. 
A lot of land located at the north side of Pine Avenue west of Whiteman Avenue known as the "Library Lot."
E. 
(Reserved)
F. 
A lot of land located at the northern side of East Main Street west of North Street and south of Ridge Avenue known as the "Diner Lot."
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; as amended by Ord. No. 1056, 6/24/2024]
Parking meters installed in the said lots shall be placed immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces that shall be marked off in the said lots. Each parking meter installed shall indicate, by a proper legend, the legal time established by this Part and, when occupied, shall indicate the duration of the period of legal parking and, on expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
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Editor's Note: Former § 15-502, Parking Time Limits and Changes. adopted by Ord. 641, 10/9/1978, as amended, was repealed by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016. This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former §§ 15-504 through 15-510 as §§ 15-502 through 15-508, respectively.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed upon the various metered parking lots hereby established, adjacent to each parking meter, for the purpose of designating the parking space for which such meter shall be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall be parked within the lines or markings so placed and applicable to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to park any vehicle:
A. 
Across any such line or marking.
B. 
In such a position that such vehicle shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
C. 
Elsewhere in any such lot than in an individual parking space adjacent to a parking meter.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 15-503, Parking Restrictions in Metered Lots, adopted by Ord. 940, 6/27/2011, § 5, was repealed by Ord. 945, 1/3/2012, § 1.
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Editor's Note: Former § 15-504, Manner of Parking at Meter, adopted by Ord. 641, 10/9/1978, was repealed by Ord. No. 1056, 6/24/2024.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978; amended by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016; by Ord. No. 977, 9/12/2016]
1. 
Whenever any vehicle is to be parked in any of said parking lots, at any time during the period of limited parking prescribed, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering a parking space adjacent to a parking meter, 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. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by a proper signal that the lawful parking time shall have expired, such vehicle shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this Part, provided that every hour that a vehicle shall remain parked at a meter showing a violation shall constitute a separate violation of this Part.
2. 
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 at any time between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, in any of the parking lots herein established, 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.
3. 
The charges for parking in off-street metered parking spaces shall be as set by resolution of Town Council from time to time.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
It shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Part, 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; 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 and/or the Town Council.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978]
The metered parking lots hereby established are hereby declared to be for the use of private passenger vehicles only, and it shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any person to park in any such lot any bus, truck, tractor, trailer, tractor-trailer or commercial vehicle of any kind or nature.
[Ord. 641, 10/9/1978, as amended by Ord. 680, 2/11/1985, § 80; by Ord. 793, 3/10/1997, § 4; by Ord. 882, 2/28/2005, §§ 11, 12 by Ord. 920, 2/9/2009, §§ 4, 5; by Ord. 973, 3/14/2016; by Ord. 977, 9/12/2016; by Ord. No. 1056, 6/24/2024]
1. 
Any person violating § 15-505 of this Part shall pay at the office of the Chief of Police the sum of $20 within 20 days of the date of the violation. 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.
2. 
Any person who shall violate § 15-506 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 $40 within 20 days of the date of the violation. If the sum of $40 is not paid within 20 days of the violation, a citation shall be filed in the office of the Magisterial District Court and, upon conviction, such person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $50, plus costs of prosecution, or in default of payment, to imprisonment for one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance.