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Township of Upper Moreland, PA
Montgomery County
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The boundary limits of the Township of Upper Moreland are hereby established as a zone in which motor vehicles may remain standing without lights, and all highways within such boundary limits are hereby designated as highway where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.
Vehicles will be parked within marked areas wherever a space is designated for single vehicles to park.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations, on that side that has been duly posted with official signs.
Street
Prohibited Area
Abbyview Avenue
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length; here to corner on the north side at Davisville Road
Abbott Road
[Added 8-3-2015 by Ord. No. 1653]
On the street at the dead end
Allison Road
Easton Road to Moreland Road
Armour Road
Entire length
Ashley Drive
[Added 8-7-2017 by Ord. No. 1680; amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
North side for 30 feet from the corner of the intersection with Warminster Road
Barbara Road
Entire length
Barrett Road
[Repealed 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Barrett Road
[Added 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 1743]
North side for a distance of 85 feet from the intersection of Easton Road
Barrett Road
[Added 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 1743]
South side for a distance of 110 feet from Easton Road
Belmar Road
Entire length
Blair Mill Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Bready Road
Entire length
Brooks Street
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length on the north side; between 138 and 210 Brooks Street on the south side
Cameron Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Here to corner at Easton Road
Carrell Lane
Both sides for 100 feet from the corner of Carrell Lane and Blair Mill Road
Castello Avenue
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Cedar Avenue
Easton Road to York Road
Cedar Avenue
Summit Road to Easton Road
Center Avenue
Easton Road to York Road (200 feet west of Easton Road)
Chelsea Road
Entire length
Cherry Street
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
York Road to Moreland Road
Church Street
York Road to Moreland Road
Commerce Avenue
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Computer Avenue
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Welsh Road to Maryland Road
Country Club Drive
Entire length
Creek Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Crown Street
Entire length
Dallas Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Here to corner at Easton Road
Davisville Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Davisville Road
[Repealed 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Division Avenue
Entire length
Dorothy Street
Entire length
Duffield Street
[Added 1-11-2016 by Ord. No. 1662; amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
North side for 60 feet from the corner of the intersection with York Road and the entire length of the south side
Easton Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length on both sides
Easton Road
[Repealed 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Eberly Street
Entire length
Edward Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Evans Avenue
Entire length
Evans Circle
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Everett Avenue
Entire length
Exton Road
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
From Orangemans Road to Bensal Road
Fairhill Street
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Fern Avenue
Entire length
Fitch Road
Entire length
Fitzwatertown Road
Entire length
Forest Avenue
Entire length
Frazier Avenue
Entire length
Grant Avenue
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Ellis Road to a point 50 feet south of curbline (west side); entire length of the east side
Grant Avenue
[Repealed 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Heaton Road
Entire length
High Avenue
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Between signs at Fern Village Park
Huntingdon Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Inman Terrace
Entire length
James Road
Entire length
Krewson Terrace
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Lavinia Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Lincoln Avenue
Entire length
Lincoln Avenue
South side for 100 feet east of the intersection with Grant Avenue
Maple Street
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length of the east side
Maryland Road
Entire length
Memorial Park Drive
[Added 7-12-2010 by Ord. No. 1589; amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Mill Road
[Amended 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 1593]
Elm Avenue to Easton Road
Mill Road
[Added 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. 1668]
South side for 2,150 feet traveling west from the intersection with York Road
Mineral Avenue
[Added 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 1593]
Entire length
Moreland Road
Entire length
Nash Avenue
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Woodlawn Avenue to Inman Terrace (west side), except Sundays; Moreland Road to 30 feet north of Evans Avenue (east side); Inman Terrace to Evans Avenue (west side); Overlook Avenue to Woodlawn Avenue (west side)
New Street
Entire length
New Street
[Added 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 1745]
South side for a distance of 60 feet from the intersection of Davisville Road
Newington Drive
[Repealed 7-11-2022 by Ord. No. 1731]
Newton Road
Entire length
Norwyn Road
Entire length
Orangemans Road
Byberry Road north for 754 feet
Park Avenue
Entire length
Patterson Avenue
East side for a distance of 40 feet from the intersection with Fairhill Street
Pennypack Circle
Both sides where posted
Pennypack Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length
Quigley Avenue
Entire length
Raab Street
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Here to corner at Warren Street
Reed Street
[Repealed 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Reed Street
[Added 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
North side from here to corner
Sampson Avenue
Entire length
Sherman Avenue
[Repealed 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Shirley Road
Entire length
Shoemaker Road
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Silver Avenue
Entire length
Skrobul Road
Entire length
Summit Avenue
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length, except between signs on Sundays where posted
Sunset Lane
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688]
Entire length
Tanner Avenue
[Added 12-1-2014 by Ord. No. 1647; amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
South side for 275 feet from the corner of the intersection with Warminster Road; north side between Bensal Road and Warminster Road
Terwood Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
North York Road to Davisville Road (both sides)
Turnpike Drive
[Added 1-9-2017 by Ord. No. 1673]
South side for 306 feet, 6 inches, from the corner of the intersection with Davisville Road, and north side for entire length from the corner of the intersection with Davisville Road
Veser Lane
Both sides for 100 feet from the corner of the intersection of Blair Mill Road
Vincent Road
Entire length
Walton Road
Entire length
Warminster Road
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Ashley Drive to County Line Road
Warren Street
Entire length
Willow Brook Drive
Entire length
Willow Brook Drive
[Added 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 1745]
South side for a distance of 100 feet from the intersection of Edge Hill Road
Winner Road
Entire length
Woodlawn Avenue
Entire length
Wyandotte Road
[Added 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire length; no stopping, standing, parking 500 feet from Easton Road
York Road
Easton Road to Newington Drive
York Road
Moreland Road to Cherry Street
[Amended 7-12-2010 by Ord. No. 1589; 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 1593; 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1688; 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked for longer than the time herein indicated in any of the following locations at any time on the days and between the hours herein indicated:
Street
Area
Day/Week
Prohibited
Time Limit
(hours)
Inman Terrace
S/S for 130 feet from York Road
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1
Mill Road
Hatboro Avenue
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
2
York Road
W/S from Church to Davisville Roads
Monday to Saturday
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
2
A. 
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning or having custody or control of any motor vehicle to park or leave the vehicle unattended on any of the streets of Upper Moreland Township when such vehicle does not have a current state inspection sticker or a registration plate for the current year.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be given notice either in person or by certified mail to remove said vehicle within 24 hours after receipt of such notice.
C. 
Any person who, having received notice to remove a vehicle by reason of violation of this chapter, fails to do so within 24 hours, shall be served with a written ticket or notice either personally or by affixing it to the vehicle that has been unlawfully parked. The notice shall consist of a heavy paper tag upon which the police officer making the notification shall indicate the violation, the model of the vehicle, the license number (if any), the name and address of the owner, if such information is immediately available, the place and time of the violation and the officer's name.
D. 
Each day the uninspected or unlicensed vehicle remains on the street from the date of original notice or violation shall be considered a separate offense under the chapter.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any bus, truck or commercial vehicle above Class 3, as defined by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, to park such vehicle at any time on any public street in a residentially zoned area situated in the Township of Upper Moreland, except for delivery or servicing to a home in such area. Such vehicles may be parked or stored in a closed garage.
A. 
No owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall park any motor vehicle in a parking space on public or private property posted with official signs and reserved for the use of those handicapped persons designated herein unless such owner or operator is authorized to do so. Such signs may be erected on private property with the consent of the property owner.
B. 
An owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall be authorized to park the vehicle in the designated spaces reserved for handicapped persons only upon receipt by the owner or operator of either:
(1) 
A special registration license plate issued by Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation or any other state or commonwealth which designates the vehicle so licensed as owned and/or operated by a handicapped person or a disabled veteran; or
(2) 
A parking placard issued by Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation or any other state or commonwealth which designates having the right to use the vehicle for the purpose of assisting the handicapped person or disabled veteran.
C. 
Any person violating the provisions of the section shall be charged with a violation of § 3354(d)(3) of the revised Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and shall be guilty of a summary offense as provided for therein. Such person shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $20, together with costs of prosecution.
The stopping or standing of vehicles shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations on that side which has been duly posted with official signs:
Street
Between
Easton Road
Park Avenue to Moreland Road
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Township's police officers to report to the Chief of Police all violations of any provisions of this article, indicating, in each case:
(1) 
The date and hour or such violation;
(2) 
The state license number of the vehicle involved;
(3) 
The nature of the violation and the section violated;
(4) 
The location of the violation; and
(5) 
Any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances.
B. 
The police officer shall also attach to every violating vehicle a notice that announces the violation and instructs the owner or operator that if a fine of $20 is paid to the office of the Township Treasurer within five days after the time of the notice issuance, the violator will be relieved from prosecution. Should the offender fail to pay the fine or challenge the notice of violation, the Police Department will rescind it and file a non-traffic citation with the Township Magisterial District Judge, resulting in the imposition of fines as provided in the Motor Vehicle Code.
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1689; 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
No person shall park a vehicle or allow the same to remain parked during the times herein indicated in any of the following locations at any time on the days and between the hours herein indicated:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
Davisville Road
York Road to Woodlawn Avenue
Monday to Saturday
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Jason Drive
[Added 3-4-2013 by Ord. No. 1624]
From the intersection with Shoemaker Road to 100 feet east of the intersection on both sides of Jason Drive
Monday to Friday, excluding legal holidays and days in which school is not in session.
7:30 a.m to 8:30 a.m; 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Orangemans Road
[Added 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 1722]
Southbound side, 268-foot section where posted
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Reed Street
[Added 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
Entire south side
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sherman Avenues
[Added 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1697]
East side between Lincoln Avenue and Ellis Road
Monday to Saturday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Sycamore Avenue
Easton Road and Veser Lane
Friday
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
[Amended 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 1593; 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. 1656]
A. 
Pursuant to § 3354(d)(2) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354(d)(2), the Board of Commissioners shall, from time to time, set by resolution those parking places to be designated as reserved for handicapped persons.
B. 
Signs erected at the parking places designated by resolution to be reserved for handicapped persons shall be in accordance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to indicate that the parking place is reserved for a handicapped person, that no parking is allowed there by others and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject to a fine. The Upper Moreland Township Police Department is authorized to cite any unauthorized parking in those spaces designated for handicapped persons, in accordance with § 3354(e) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
When parked, vehicles must face the same direction as the last of traffic directly adjacent to the parking lane. Vehicles may not cross into the opposing lane of traffic in order to park facing the wrong direction.
[Added 3-4-2013 by Ord. No. 1624]
The stopping or standing of vehicles shall be prohibited during the times herein indicated in the following locations on that side which has been duly posted with official signs:
Street
Between
Days
Hours
Jason Drive
From the intersection with Shoemaker Road to 100 feet east of the intersection on both sides of Jason Drive
Monday to Friday, excluding legal holidays and days in which school is not in session.
7:30 a.m to 8:30 a.m; 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.