The boundary limits of the Borough of Jacobus 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 highways where motor vehicles may remain standing without lights.
The loading and unloading of goods, wares and merchandise is
hereby restricted to such length of time as is absolutely necessary
for the purpose of loading or unloading of such goods, wares and merchandise.
For the purpose of enforcement of this section, such loading or unloading
of any vehicle shall not be considered as parking, provided, without
having first obtained permission from the Chief of Police to do so,
no person shall load or unload a vehicle from any place upon any street
or alley in the Borough where parking is prohibited or shall allow
a vehicle to remain, for loading or unloading, in any place upon any
street or alley where parking is limited as to time for longer than
the time for which parking is permitted or shall load or unload upon
any street or alley in such a way that one lane for vehicular traffic
shall not be kept open at all times. Where such permission is granted
by the Chief of Police, he may, at his discretion, block off the portion
of the street or alley affected by such loading or unloading.
[Amended 8-7-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1]
A.
Wherever a particular parking space shall be lined or marked off
on any street or alley or upon the adjacent curb, every vehicle parked
shall be parked within the lines marking such parking space. All vehicles
parked on streets or alleys, whether parking spaces are marked or
not, shall be parked only in the direction of the permitted traffic
flow.
B.
Parking, stopping and standing shall be prohibited at all times by
any vehicle which in any way will block the intersection of any street
or alley or the entrance or exit of any street or alley.
C.
Parking shall at all times be prohibited within the painted line
area adjacent to any fire hydrant.
D.
Parking, stopping and standing within the painted line area marking
the permissible distance to park from any intersection along the curb
is prohibited. "No parking, stopping or standing" signs are enforceable
to the extent the curb is also painted, for the entire distance the
curb is painted.
E.
Parking in any manner so as to block any private or public driveway
or accessway to a parking lot or parking facility or other facility
of the Borough of Jacobus is prohibited.
[Amended 8-2-1995 by Ord. No. 122; 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-133]
Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:
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Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Church Street
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South
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From the intersection of York Road and Church Street to a point
150 feet east thereof
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Main Street
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East
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From a point 63 feet north of the intersection of Main Street
and Church Street to a point 48.5 feet south thereof
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Main Street
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East
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From the intersection of Main Street and Geiselman Drive to
a point 54 feet south thereof
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|
Main Street
[Added 1-4-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1] |
East
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From the intersection of Main Street and Meadow Street to a
point 125 feet north thereof, ending at the driveway located at such
distance
|
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Main Street
|
East
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From the intersection of Main Street and York Road to a point
114 feet north thereof
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Main Street
|
East
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From the intersection of Main Street and York Road to a point
98 feet south thereof
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Main Street
|
West
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From the intersection of Main Street and Church Street to a
point 240 feet north thereof
|
|
Main Street
|
West
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From the intersection of Main Street and Church Street to a
point 115 feet south thereof
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Main Street
|
West
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From the intersection of Main Street and Valley Road to a point
195 feet north thereof
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Main Street
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West
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From the intersection of Main Street and Water Street to a point
100 feet north thereof
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Main Street
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West
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From Meadow Street to a point 242 feet north of Meadow Street
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Park Street
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All
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From the cul-de-sac at the end of the street
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School Road
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North
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From Main Street to Franklin Street
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Smith Street
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Both
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From Main Street to Pleasant Avenue
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South Pleasant Avenue
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Both
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From the cul-de-sac to the south line of the Borough
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Valley Road
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Both
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From Main Street to Cherry Lane
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Woodland Drive
[Added 6-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-4] |
West
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From a point on the west side of Woodland Drive perpendicular
to the intersection of Pine Street and Woodland Drive to a point 40
feet north thereof
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York Road
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East
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From the intersection of York Road and Church Street to a point
120 feet south thereof
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Parking is hereby prohibited on the following streets and alleys
of the Borough at any and all times between the hours indicated:
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Name of Street
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Side
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Between
|
Hours
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|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
[Amended 8-2-1995 by Ord. No. 122; 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-2]
The following are hereby established as special purpose parking
zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle,
trailer or tractor or to allow the same to remain parked in any such
zone, except as specifically provided for such zone:
|
Street
|
Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
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|---|---|
|
Main Street
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1 handicapped parking spot directly in front of 55 North Main
Street. Parking is restricted in this area for approved handicap vehicles.
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Parking area around Municipal Building
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Parking area around Municipal Building shall be limited to parking
for Borough business.
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The parking of any motor vehicle, tractor or trailer, or combination
thereof, upon streets and highways of the Borough for repairs, whether
upon the traveled or untraveled portion thereof, shall be temporary
only and limited to times for emergency repairs. This section shall
not be construed to permit parking for repairs at locations where
parking is otherwise prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a trailer (which
shall mean a vehicle without motive power, designed to carry property
of passengers or designed and used exclusively for living quarters
wholly on its own structure, and to be drawn by a motor vehicle or
tractor and including, but not limited to, house trailers, boat trailers,
and rental handling trailers) upon any street or highway in the Borough
without having attached to such trailer a means of mechanical traction
constructed or designed for the purpose of drawing such trailer.
[Added 11-4-1992 by Ord. No. 113; amended 5-4-2005 by Ord. No.
2005-171]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be subject to a fine, imprisonment and costs and procedures as stated
in the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 75 Pa.C.S.A,
which fine shall be disposed of as stated in the aforesaid Vehicle
Code; provided, however, that a penalty of $25 for violation of any
provision contained in this article hereof is prescribed under the
following conditions: that the police officer shall attach to the
vehicle or hand to the operator any notice that such vehicle is parked
or stopped or standing in violation of this article, which notice
shall contain instructions that if such owner or operator shall report
to the Police Department within five days after the time of such notice,
or place said sum with an envelope and mail, within such time limit,
the same shall save such violator from the prosecution and from payment
of the above-stated fine and costs.
