Borough of Mount Joy, PA Parking Regulations

[Amended 8-7-1995 by Ord. No. 518]

Whenever a space is marked off on any street for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle parked there shall be parked wholly within the lines bounding that space, and it shall be a violation of this section for any person to park a vehicle or allow it to remain parked otherwise.

Every vehicle parked upon a street shall be positioned to the right side of the street, with the right side wheels within 12 inches of the curb or the right-hand edge of the street. On one-way streets, vehicles may be parked with either the right or left side thereof to the curb when headed in the legal direction of traffic, unless parking on such side is otherwise prohibited.

No vehicle shall be at any time parked in front of any private garage or driveway or within a private drive so as to impede or prohibit entrance or exit, unless the vehicle blocking such garage, driveway or private drive is that of the owner of the garage, driveway or private drive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no vehicle shall be parked in any manner so as to impede or prohibit the passage of emergency vehicles.

No person shall park or permit to be parked a vehicle upon any public street in the Borough for a period in excess of 48 hours.[1]

[1]

Editor's Note: Former Subsection E, prohibiting parking of certain vehicles in excess of 48 hours, was repealed 6-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2-17.

§ 255-63 Parking prohibited at all times in certain locations.

[Amended 8-7-1995 by Ord. No. 518; 4-20-1998 by Ord. No. 539]

Parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following locations:

Street	Side	Between
Alley "R"	East	West Donegal Street and David Street
Bridge Boulevard [Added 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. 5-16]	East	Wood Street and South Angle Street
Bridge Boulevard [Added 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. 5-16]	West	Wood Street and a point 55 feet south of Wood Street
Bridge Boulevard [Added 8-1-2016 by Ord. No. 5-16]	West	From a point 105 feet south of Wood Street to South Angle Street
Comfort Alley	East	Marietta Avenue and David Street
Comfort Alley	East	West Main Street and Appletree Alley
Donegal Springs Road	North	Angle Street and Musser Road
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North	A point 126 feet east of Coal Alley and a point 231 feet east of Coal Alley
East Main Street	North	East Main Street at Marietta Avenue
East Main Street	North	North Barbara Street and a point 48 feet east
East Main Street	North	North Barbara Street and a point 50 feet west
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North	North Market Street and a point 136 feet west of North Market Street
East Main Street	South	902 East Main Street to 1000 East Main Street
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	First Federal S&L driveway and a point 25 feet west from the driveway and a point 10 feet east of the driveway
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	A point 48 feet east of South Barbara Street to a point 72 feet east on East Main Street
Fairview Street	Both	East Main Street and Birchland Avenue
Fairview Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Frank Street	South	North Barbara Street and Snyder Alley
Hill Street [Added 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North	Orchard Road and a point 435 feet west of Orchard Road
Hill Street [Added 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	A point 200 feet east of North Plum Street and a point 360 feet west of Orchard Road
Jacob Street	East	Points 30 feet north and 50 feet south of Mount Joy Street
Jacob Street	West	East Donegal Street and a point 90 feet south
Jacob Street	West	Mount Joy Street and Main Street
Lumber Street	West	Marietta Avenue and West Donegal Street
Manheim Street [Added 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	Both	West Main Street to municipal boundary
Manheim Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Manheim Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Manheim Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Manheim Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Marietta Avenue	North	Points 15 feet east and 15 feet west of Comfort Alley
Marietta Avenue	North	Market Street and East Main Street
Marietta Avenue	North	New Haven Street and a point 50 feet from Greiner Alley
Marietta Avenue	North	South Market Street and a point 50 feet west
Marietta Avenue [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	Main Street and a point 107 feet south
Marietta Avenue	South	New Haven Street and a point 50 feet east of Delta Street
Market Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	East	East Main Street and a point 35 feet north
Market Street [Added 6-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2-19]	East	Frank Street and a point 20 feet north of the curbline of Frank Street
Market Street	West	West Main Street and Appletree Alley
Mount Joy Street	Both	North Barbara Street and a point 50 feet west
New Haven Street	East	Henry Street and West Main Street
New Haven Street	West	West Donegal Street and the railroad bridge
North Barbara Street	East	East Main Street and Caroline Alley
North Barbara Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	West	Appletree Alley and East Main Street
North Barbara Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
North Barbara Street	West	Frank Street and north Borough line
Old Market Street	East	Market Street and Manheim Street
Park Alley [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	Eby Alley and North Market Street
Pinkerton Road	East	Borough line and Marietta Avenue
Plum Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
South Barbara Street	East	East Main Street and East Donegal Street
South Market Avenue [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
South Market Avenue [Added 6-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2-19]	East and west	Square Street and the railroad tracks
South Market Street	Both	50 feet south of Marietta Avenue
South Plumb Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	Both	Square Street and West Main Street
Springville Road [Added 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. 10-21]	West	Main Street and Cedar Street
Square Street [Added 6-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2-19]	North	South Market Avenue and a point 130 feet west of the curbline of South Market Avenue
Walnut Street	East	Marietta Avenue and Sassafras Alley
West Donegal Street	North	Donegal Springs Road and a point 130 feet east
West Donegal Street	North	New Haven Street and a point 151 feet west
West Donegal Street	South	Alley "R," east 50 feet
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	North	Fairview Street and a point 73 feet west
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	North	Manheim Street and a point 347 feet east
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	North	Manheim Street to Fairview Street
West Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North	Railroad tracks and a point 131 feet west of Springville Road
West Main Street [Added 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North	A point 198 feet west of Springville Road and Square Street
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
West Main Street	South	50 feet east and west of Angle Street
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	South	Comfort Alley and a point 30 feet west
West Main Street [Added 11-6-2017 by Ord. No. 3-17]	South	Lemon Street and a point 125 feet west of the eastern Lemon Street curbline
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	South	Lumber Street and a point 26 feet west
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	South	New Haven Street and a point 380 feet east
West Main Street [Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]	South	New Haven Street and Lumber Street
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	South	Points 50 feet east and 50 feet west of Orange Street
West Main Street	South	Railroad tracks and a point 107 feet east
West Main Street	South	432 West Main Street and 350 West Main Street
West Main Street [Repealed 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]
West Main Street [Repealed 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3-10]
Willow Alley	East	David Street and West Donegal Street

§ 255-64 Parking prohibited during certain days and hours.

[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]

Parking shall be prohibited in the following locations at all times on the days and between the hours indicated in the Section, as follows:

Street	Side	Between	Days	Hours
(Reserved)

§ 255-65 Parking of trucks, buses and certain other vehicles; exceptions.

[Amended 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 2-12]

It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or allow to remain parked, on any of the Borough streets or parts of streets, any vehicle other than a passenger car (which shall not include any bus, motor home or passenger car attached to a trailer of any kind), with the exception of the following streets, roads, avenues, drives etc.:

	Street	Between
	(Reserved)

The provisions of § 255-65A shall not apply to the following classes of vehicles:

(1)

Buses, taxicabs and other motor vehicles transporting passengers for pay or hire.

(2)

School buses.

(3)

Any Borough, Mount Joy Borough Authority, police department or fire company vehicle and any vehicles owned by a public utility and being used in the performance of work connected with such public utility.

(4)

Vehicles making local deliveries or necessary in services being rendered to occupants of buildings or other persons.

(5)

Vehicles owned by the United States of America, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any division, department or agency thereof.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park and to permit the following to remain standing on any public street or alley within the Borough of Mount Joy except for local deliveries:

(1)

A boat.

(2)

A trailer, as defined in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.

(3)

A camping or recreational vehicle.

(4)

A commercial vehicle licensed to permit a gross vehicle weight in excess of 11,000 lbs.

The following are exceptions to the provisions of § 255-65C:

(1)

Any motor vehicle licensed to permit a gross vehicle weight of 11,000 pounds or less whereupon is mounted an enclosure, such as a low-profile pickup "mini-camper," which extends no more than 12 inches above the cab roof.

(2)

Any motor vehicle which is being used in conjunction with construction or property repairs where the owner of said vehicle is engaged in such construction or repairs and the vehicle is a necessary part thereof.

(3)

Any vehicle, trailer or boat parked on a public street or wherein the owner or driver has received permission from the police department to park such vehicle, trailer or boat.

§ 255-66 Parking time limited during certain days and hours.

[Amended 4-20-1995 by Ord. No. 539]

No person shall park a vehicle, or allow it to remain parked, for longer than the time indicated, in any of the following locations, at any time on the days and between the hours indicated:

Street	Side	Between	Days	Hours	Time
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	North and south	Barbara Street to Marietta Avenue	Monday to Saturday	8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.	2 hours
East Main Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15; repealed 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. 10-21]
Main Street	North and south	Marietta Avenue to New Haven Street	Monday to Saturday	8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.	2 hours
Marietta Avenue	South	A point 130 feet south of Main Street and a point 55 feet north of the railroad bridge	Monday to Saturday	8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.	2 hours
Mount Joy Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
North Market Street [Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]	East	A point 35 feet north of Main Street and a point 95 feet further north	All	All	10 minutes
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]

§ 255-67 Special purpose parking zones.

[Amended 8-7-1995 by Ord. No. 518; 4-20-1998 by Ord. No. 539; 3-5-2007 by Ord. No. 3-07; 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 2-11]

The following are established as special purpose parking zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or to allow it to remain parked in any such zone, except as specifically provided for that zone:

Street	Side	Location	Authorized Purpose or Vehicle
East Appletree Alley [Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 5-12]	N/A	Public parking lot at 33-35 East Appletree Alley	Contracted long-term parking for a parking space or parking spaces as identified on posted signs
East Henry Street [Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 5-12]	N/A	Public parking lot at 21 East Henry Street	Contracted long-term parking for a parking space or parking spaces as identified on posted signs
East Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
East Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
East Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Marietta Avenue [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
New Haven Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
North Barbara Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
Pink Alley [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
South Barbara Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
South Jacob Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]
West Main Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]

§ 255-68 Standing or parking on roadway for loading or unloading.

It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle (other than a pedalcycle) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street, except that standing or parking for the purpose of loading or unloading persons or property shall be permitted on the following named streets on Monday through Saturday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and for no longer than necessary for the loading or unloading:

Street	Side	Between
(Reserved)

§ 255-69 Angle parking.

[Amended 4-20-1998 by Ord. No. 539]

Only angle parking shall be permitted on the following portions of streets:

	Street	Side	Between
	North Market Avenue	East	West Main Street and a point 65 feet north of West Main Street
	West Donegal Street [Repealed 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1-15]

On all streets where angle parking is required, every vehicle parked at the angle shall be parked with its front nearest the curb.

§ 255-70 Residential permit parking.

Findings and purpose. The Borough finds that:

(1)

Certain residential areas in the Borough are subjected to commuter vehicle parking, therefore depriving the residents of those areas of spaces in which to park their own vehicles;

(2)

Those residential streets are also subjected to a high degree of commuter traffic, which substantially reduces the quality of the ambient air level; and

(3)

The establishment of a parking permit program for certain affected areas should facilitate efficient movement of traffic by providing for parking preference during certain hours of the day and days of the week. Therefore, the Borough considers it to be in the interest of the people of the Borough to provide for the establishment of a residential permit parking program to insure primary access to available parking spaces by neighborhood residents and also to provide a cleaner ambient air level.

Definitions. For the purpose of this section, words and terms listed in this subsection, as follows, shall have the following meanings:

COMMUTER VEHICLE

A motor vehicle parked in a residential area by a person not a resident of that residential area.

PROPRIETOR

A person who owns or leases real estate within a residential area of which he is not a resident, but who owns or manages a business enterprise or professional office maintained at that address. For the purpose of this section, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking permit for that business or professional office address.

RESIDENT

A person who owns or leases real property within a residential area and who maintains either a voting residence or bona fide occupancy, or both, at that address.

RESIDENTIAL AREA

A contiguous area containing public highways or parts of public highways primarily abutted by residential property or residential and nonbusiness property (such as schools, parks, places of worship, hospitals and nursing homes).

Criteria. The residential areas designated in Subsection D of this section are those deemed impacted and hence eligible for residential parking on the basis of the following criteria:

(1)

During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except legal holidays, the number of vehicles parked (or standing), legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or more of the legal on-street parking capacity of the area. For the purpose of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet.

(2)

During the same period as specified in Subsection C(1), directly above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in the area. For the purpose of this criterion, the latest available information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Licensing of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding registration of motor vehicles shall be used, provided that, in determining that a specific area identified as impacted and eligible for residential permit parking is designated as a residential permit parking area, the following factors are taken into consideration:

(a)

The local and metropolitan needs with respect to clean air and environment;

(b)

The possibility of a reduction in total vehicle miles driven in the Borough;

(c)

The likelihood of alleviating traffic congestion, illegal parking and related health and safety hazards;

(d)

The proximity of public transportation to the residential area;

(e)

The desire and need of the residents for residential permit parking and their willingness to bear the administrative costs in connection with it; and

(f)

The need for parking in excess of the residential permit parking program in proximity to establishments located in the residential permit parking area and used by the general public for religious, health or educational purposes.

Designation of residential permit parking areas:

(1)

The following are designated as residential permit parking areas:

	Area	Bounded by and Including
	(Reserved)

(2)

Signs shall be erected along the streets in each residential permit parking area, indicating the days, hours, locations and conditions under which parking shall be by permit only.

Application for permit. Application for a residential parking permit shall be made to the Chief of Police by the person desiring the permit, who shall be only the owner or the driver of a motor vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately adjacent to a street or other location within a residential parking permit area. A separate application shall be required for each motor vehicle, and each application shall be accompanied by a permit fee, set pursuant to a resolution of the Borough Council, which shall be for the use of the Borough, to be applied to the cost of administering the residential permit parking program. Each application shall contain the following information: the name of the owner or the driver, as the case may be, of the motor vehicle; the address of the resident or the proprietor, as the case may be; the make, model and registration number of the motor vehicle; and the driver number as taken from the applicant's current driver's license. At the discretion of the Chief of Police, the applicant shall be required, at the time of making application, to present his driver's license and the vehicle registration card.

Issuance of permit. Upon receipt of the application and the permit fee, and determination by him that the information upon the application shows that the applicant is entitled to a residential parking permit, the Chief of Police shall issue to the applicant a residential parking permit, which shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year. The permit shall display the serial and registration numbers of the motor vehicles, the residential parking area number, and the expiration date. The permit shall be renewable annually before the expiration date, upon making application for renewal and payment of the permit fee. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to display other than the current and valid permit while standing or parking in a residential permit parking area at any time when those permits are to be displayed.

Temporary and exemption parking permits. Temporary parking permits may be issued by the Chief of Police, upon payment of a fee established pursuant to a resolution, to bona fide visitors of residents of a designated residential permit parking area, and exemption parking permits may be issued, without payment of a fee, to handicapped persons.

Responsibility of permit holder.

(1)

Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor vehicle operated by him in any designated residential parking area during those times when parking of motor vehicles is permitted in that area. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit has been issued is so parked, that permit shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.

(2)

A residential parking permit shall not authorize its holder to stand or park a motor vehicle in any place where or at any time when stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for other specified types of vehicles, nor shall the permit exempt its holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation other than residential permit parking regulation or restriction.

(3)

No person other than the permit holder whose name appears on the permit shall use a residential parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated; any such use or display by a person other than the permit holder shall constitute a violation of this section by the permit holder and by the person who so used or displayed the parking permit.

(4)

It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish false information in an application to the Chief of Police in order to obtain a residential parking permit.

(5)

Revocation of permits. The Chief of Police shall have authority to revoke the residential parking permit of any permit holder found to be in violation of any provision of this section. Upon written notification to him of the revocation, the permit holder shall surrender the permit to the Chief of Police. Failure to do so, when so requested, shall constitute a violation of this section, provided that any person receiving such a notice may, within 10 days after the date of the notice, appeal to Borough Council for a hearing on the revocation, and the decision of Borough Council shall be final.

§ 255-71 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 2-7-2011 by Ord. No. 1-11; 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 2-12]

Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $20 for offenses other than parking within a handicapped parking area and $50 for parking within a handicapped parking area and all court costs unless the section imposing such regulation or the Vehicle Code sets forth a higher fine, in which case such person shall be subject to the greatest fine authorized by law, provided that it shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement personnel of the Borough to report to the appropriate official all violations of any provision of this article indicating, in each case, the section violated; the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation; the location where the violation took place; and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. The police officer or other person making the report shall also attach to or place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was placed in violation of this article. The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the vehicle that if he will report to the Office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $20 for offenses other than parking within a handicapped parking area and $50 for parking within a handicapped parking area within 48 hours after the time of the notice, or if he will place the sum of $20 or $50, as applicable, in the United States mail, that act will save the violator from the prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section. Borough Council hereby reserves the right to increase this sum by ordinance or resolution.

[Amended 11-6-2017 by Ord. No. 3-17]

Any person who violates § 255-65 shall, upon summary conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and all court costs, provided that it shall be the duty of the police officers and parking enforcement personnel of the Borough to report to the appropriate official all violations of § 255-65, indicating, in each case, the section violated; the license number of the vehicle involved in the violation; the location where the violation took place; and any other facts that might be necessary in order to secure a clear understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. The police officer or other person making the report shall also attach to or place upon every such vehicle a notice stating that the vehicle was placed in violation of § 255-65. The notice shall contain instructions to the owner or driver of the vehicle that if he will report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $100 within 48 hours after the time of the notice, or if he will place the sum of $100 in the United States mail, that act will save the violator from the prosecution and from payment of the fine and costs prescribed in the first sentence of this section. Borough Council hereby reserves the right to increase this sum by ordinance or resolution.

§ 255-72 through § 255-81. (Reserved)