[Adopted 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 12-1985]
[Amended 3-5-1990 by Ord. No. 11-1990]
A.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
MOTOR HOME
PASSENGER CAR
SCHOOL BUS
TRACTOR-TRAILER
As used in this article, unless otherwise stated, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
Any vehicle for which it is required to possess a Class A
or Class B driver's license to operate as defined in 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 1504d(1) and 1504d(2) and/or any vehicle which it
is required to possess a Pennsylvania Utility Commission number and/or
a United States Department of Transportation number.
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling
or office, except a motor vehicle equipped with a truck-camper.
[Added 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
A motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 passengers or less
and primarily used for the transportations of persons.
Any vehicle used either on a full-time or part-time basis
for the transportation of students to or from school or a school-related
activity, except such vehicles as fall within the definition of "passenger
car," as defined herein.
A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing of
vehicles and not so constructed to carry a load other than a part
of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial vehicle,
passenger car, school bus, motor home or tractor-trailer or to permit
such vehicle to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a highway
or in any of the following places:
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
(1)
Within an intersection;
(2)
On a crosswalk;
(3)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of
points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
(4)
Within 25 feet from the intersection of curblines or, if none, within
15 feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of
streets or highways;
(5)
Within 30 feet upon the approach to an official flashing signal,
stop sign or traffic signal located at the side of the roadway;
(6)
Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station;
(7)
Within 15 feet to a fire hydrant;
(8)
On a sidewalk;
(9)
In front of a private driveway or alongside of any street or highway
excavation or obstruction, nor opposite the same, unless a clear and
unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet upon the main travel portion
of said street or highway shall be left free for passage of other
vehicles;
(10)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
curb or edge of the street or highway;
(11)
At any place where official signs have been erected prohibiting
standing or parking;
(12)
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a stream or interurban
railway crossing;
(13)
Where such stopped or parked vehicle would prevent free movement
of a motor bus; or
(14)
Except where necessary for obedience to signal regulations or
traffic signs or signals or where angle parking is permitted, the
operator of such vehicle shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle
on a street or highway within a business or residence district other
than parallel with the edge of the street or the highway, headed in
the direction of traffic, and with the curbside of the vehicle within
six inches of the edge of the street, highway or curb. Vehicles which,
because of type of construction, cannot load or unload parallel to
the curb shall be exempt, during loading or unloading, from the requirement
of standing parallel to the curb.
C.
No person shall park a commercial vehicle, as defined in this article,
on any public street in the City of Nanticoke.
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
D.
The restrictions set forth in Subsection C above shall not apply to the following:
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
(1)
Vehicles of the municipality of the City of Nanticoke;
(2)
Commercial vehicles actively being used in the course of construction,
repair of streets or sidewalks, moving to or from a residential or
commercial structure or while actively engaged in making deliveries
in or upon any public street in the City of Nanticoke; and
(3)
Any school bus actually engaged in picking up or discharging students
but only for a period of time necessary to safely pick up and discharge
students.
E.
In addition to the restrictions set forth hereinabove, no school
bus shall be parked on any street within the City of Nanticoke at
any time except as is necessary to safely pick up or discharge passengers.
F.
No commercial vehicle with a gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds, or with more than two axles, or any truck, tractor, or school bus, as defined hereinabove, shall be stored, parked, or otherwise kept in an area classified as an R-1, R-2 or R-3 District, as defined in the Nanticoke City Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 500) in effect within the City of Nanticoke.
[Added 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
G.
No person
shall park a motor home, as defined in this article, on any public
street in the City of Nanticoke.
[Added 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022]
Any police officer or duly authorized City employee shall place upon vehicles parked in violation of the provisions set forth in § 485-6 a notice for the owner or operator to report to the Nanticoke City Police Station regarding the violation.
[Amended 12-7-2016 by Ord. No. 5-2016]
For the violation of § 485-6 of this article, the owner or operator of any vehicle shall, within 72 hours of the time when such notice was attached to his vehicle, pay a fine of $25 in the full satisfaction of the violation. If the fine is paid after 72 hours, the fine will be $35. Failure to pay according to the above schedule will result in a traffic citation being filed and further prosecution before the Magisterial District Court, including the imposition of Court costs.
